The Strokes, who play All Points East on Friday

FROM the countless clips on social media, the deluge that caught Stormzy’s fans during Blinded By Your Grace at All Points East festival last Friday could have been arranged with the heavens… APE continues this weekend with another incredible bank holiday line-up including The Strokes + Yeah Yeah Yeahs + Amyl & The Sniffers (Aug 25); Jungle + Erykah Badu + Raye + Gabriels (Aug 26); Dermot Kennedy + Olivia Dean + Sg Lewis (Aug 27) and Haim + Confidence Man + Girl In red – plus many, many more. Over at Notting Hill, Carnival will be packed with the usual selection of banging sound systems including old faves Channel One Sound System and plenty of surprise appearances – keep an eye out for announcements.

• If that’s not enough, celebrate 50 years of hip hop culture at Inverness Street’s Bloc Party on Saturday (Aug 26) with DJs from Dig It Sound System plus spoken word, DJs and dance ft DJ Matt White, Sarah Love and DJ 279 (12pm-7pm).

Eddy Grant

• Once you’ve recovered from the Bank Holiday weekend, Camden Inspire festival takes over Buck Street (Sept 2-3) with live music including from Amy Mason, Awate, Bandini, street art, workshops and more. Then, Camden launches into a week of celebrations (Sept 4-9), performances and unveilings as Camden Walk of Fame honours Janice Joplin, Eddy Grant, The Kinks, Paul ‘Trouble’ Anderson, Billy Bragg, The Sugarhill Gang and more with a special set at KOKO on Sept 4 from UB40 ft Ali Campbell. The week ends with the inaugural Camden Music Festival on Sept 9), a free all-day event with a main stage in Hawley Crescent ft Billy Bragg, Shalamar, Jazzie B, and more plus a sound system on Camden high-street hosting DJs throughout the day. And we thought the festival season was nearly over…

• If you like your movies with a music focus, Barbican’s Outdoor Cinema has The Last Waltz, Martin Scorsese’s concert film of The Band’s last concert appearance on Aug 25; Amazing Grace documenting Aretha Franklin’s celebrated 1972 appearance at the New Temple Missionary Church in LA (Aug 30) and Singin’ In The Rain (Sept 3).

• Odd Future’s Earl Sweatshirt marks Doris 10 Year Anniversary at KOKO on Aug 25.

• If you were lucky enough to get tickets for An Evening with Gabriels at Union Chapel on Aug 25 expect a stripped back set and Q&A as they celebrate the release of new album Angels and Queens.

• Take part in a mass music lesson with Aussie outfit Pub Choir at The Garage on their This Worked At Home tour on Aug 27. Led by Astrid Jorgensen, bring an open mind and prepare to be transformed into a harmonious choir. Also at The Garage, Irael’s Eurovision 2018 winner Netta appears on Sept 1 and, on Sept 2 Hishek Bishek – a club night dedicated to the Arabic-speaking world’s popular music scene takes over the decks – unmissable.

• NYC art rock band The Walkmen have reunited to play their first shows together in a decade and play three nights at KOKO on Aug 29-31.

• Electric Ballroom hosts Finneas on Aug 30 – tickets sold out in no time, and then Royal Blood have their Back To The Water album launch show on Aug 31 + Jack Saunders DJ set.

• Our fave miserablist club night Feeling Gloomy marks its 18th birthday at The Phoenix on Sept 2. Mark the mood of the times with sad songs, cake, wilted flowers and awful poetry.

• The first ever one-day Tiffcuff Festival takes place at the Roundhouse on Sept 2 with The Cribs, Glasvegas, Spector + more – 16 acts listed so far across the main space and Studio Theatre.

• Change things up with The Dublin Castle’s Punk N Roll Rendezvous All Dayer ft PollyPikPocketz + Elysian Divide + Operation Julie + Chemiqueen + Flesh Tetris + Kontrol Freaks + Having Issues (Seattle)on on Sept 2.

• Remember Kula Shaker? They play 100 Club on Sept 4. Then, on Sept 5, Kick Out! The Newtown Neurotics story premieres on Sept 5 with a Q&A with Steve Lamacq + live performance from the band.

Angelica Rockne

• More upcoming gigs: Aug 25 – Fozzy, The Forum; The Hempolics, The Forge; Neck, The Underworld; Josh Abbott Band + Matt Hodges, 100 Club; The Spacewasters + Knock Off + Suckerpunch + Thee Creepfreaks, The Black Heart; Gypsy Witch + Last of the Misfit Heroes + Ditch The Demon + L’Extravagante, The Dublin Castle; Deafhaven, Islington Assembly Hall; Sophie Benfold + Sonna Rele + Matilda Gracia, The Camden Club; Aug 26 – Crowd Company, The Forge; Camden Rocks All-Dayer with Tom Seth Johnson + more, The Camden Assembly; Asakaa Boys, Islington Assembly Hall; Kankan, Islington Assembly Hall; Aug 27 – Angelica Rockne, Green Note; Pabllo Vittar, The Forum; Benny Bassett + Athamé  + Fibz, The Fiddlers Elbow; Jan Doyle Band + The Beautiful Game + Whelligan + John Bass, The Dublin Castle; Kankan, Islington Assembly Hall; Aug 28 – Gráinne Hunt and Dan Wilde, Aces & Eights; Jeff Cohen and Panchos Lament, Green Note; Aug 29 – The Lazy Eyes, Dingwalls; Panic Atom + Mangoseed + Silhouettes + For Those Who Sin, The Water Rats; The IB + The Parallels + Solomon Hails + Charlie Pughe, The Social; Eli Young Band – Break Up In A Bar tour, Islington Assembly Hall + Jordan Harvey; Tyler Booth, Camden Assembly; Chali 2na, Jazz Café; Lena Jonsson and Martin Coudroy, The Harrison; Aug 29- 30 – Goldie, Ronnie Scott’s; Aug 29-31 + Sept 1-3 – Mario Biondi, The Forge; Aug 30 – Suthering, Green Note; Dustbowl Revival, The Lexington; Aug 31 – Megan Moroney, The Garage; Whitney K, The Lexington; Lemfreck, The Social; The Dirty Strangers album launch, 100 Club; Jacob Collier, Madison Cunningham and Chris Thile, Union Chapel; Horace Andy & Dub Asante ft Matic Horns, Jazz Café; Sept 1 – ESCAPE-ISM ft Ian Svenonius + Adulkt Life, The Lexington; Nickel Creek + Gabby Moreno, Barbican; Gaye Bykers On Acid, 100 Club; Wild Rivers + Hazlett, Islington Assembly Hall; Doom Club + Sleep Stranger + Stripnroll + Cho Garna, The Fiddlers Elbow; Mike Tramp, The Camden Assembly; Paradise Fell, The Black Heart; Wild Rivers, Lafayette; Burna Boy, Roundhouse; Groove Armada (DJ set), Koko; Sept 2 – The Kiffness, The Garage; The Quireboys: Beautiful Curse 10th Anniversary + Blackballed, Islington Academy; Colour TV, Water Rats; Ray Gelato & The Giants, 100 Club; The Zipheads + CaveGirl & The Neandergals, The Black Heart; Lex, Islington Assembly Hall; Lex, Islington Assembly Hall; Dunewind + The Silent Era + Shivani & Alia, The Camden Assembly; Sept 3 – Games We Play, The Camden Assembly; Inme – Overgrown Eden 20th Aniversary, Islington Assembly Hall; Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra / Keri-Lynn Wilson; Rojak! ft Omar Musa, Mariel Roberts, Will Harris + Raymond Antrobus, Spiritland; Sept 4 – Macie Stewart, The Lexington; Sept 5 – Samia + Art School Girlfriend, The Forum; Victoria Canal, The Lower Third; Hot Milk, Signature Brew; Izo Fitzroy, Jazz Café; Sept 6 – Boy Bleach, Lafayette; Allah-Las, KOKO; Kara Jackson, St Pancras Old Church; Sept 7 – My Everest + Darlin’, The Old Queen’s Head; Teiger + Rival Karma + Anolah An Zee Bonez + Fractal Blow, The Underworld.