Clocked off? The Garden has Thursday and Friday evenings sorted with 90 minutes of bottomless pizza and drinks, plus free arcade games, from £19.99. Launching on 1 October and running throughout the month, it’s a pretty convincing reason to get the group chat together and stick around in Vauxhall after work.

Vauxhall is getting a shiny new place to work up a sweat. GymNation opens its new Albert Embankment gym and café on 10 October, with the full offering of classes, reformer Pilates, wellness facilities and changing rooms following from 2 November. Early birds take note: the first 100 Founding Members can bag 30 per cent off their membership for life.

Forget avocado toast. Rojak is taking over Bonnington Café for a vegetarian and vegan Singaporean brunch inspired by the dishes its team grew up eating back home. There’ll be three courses packed with Singaporean flavours, plus plenty of kopi and sambal – and it’s BYOB. There are just two sittings, at 11am and 1.15pm, so booking ahead is a very good idea.

No script, no safety net and absolutely no idea what’s going to happen next. Elephant in the Room takes over the legendary Royal Vauxhall Tavern for a night of live improv featuring five acts, from an entire musical created from audience suggestions to gossip, secrets and gloriously silly scenes invented on the spot. One room, five acts and plenty of potential for chaos.

Taylor fans, clear the diary. The Black Dog is bringing back its All Too Brunch for two Saturdays this October, complete with 90 minutes of bottomless mimosas and prosecco, an arrival cocktail and brunch. Whether it’s a Red, Fearless or 1989 kind of morning, this is one for the Swifties who like their Taylor singalongs served with bubbles and something good to eat.

Tuesday nights sound considerably better underground. Beneath Brunswick House, The Black Duke’s historic cellars host free live jazz every week, led by Mark Kavuma and The Banger Factory. Grab a seat among the dripping candles, order something from the cocktail or wine list and settle in for two sets in one of Vauxhall’s most atmospheric drinking dens. Seats are limited, so getting there early pays off.

Books, puppets and one of Vauxhall’s loveliest squares – not a bad way to spend a Saturday. The first Bonnington Square Book and Puppet Fair brings together local artists, publishers and performers for a community day of books, self-publishing, flash-fiction and comic workshops, child-friendly activities and a puppet-show bonanza. Italo will be on hand with food and drinks throughout the day too.

Embody Wellness is turning the volume down with a 90-minute session combining ceremonial cacao, gentle yoga and sound meditation. Led by Heather Hepburn, Root & Restore is a chance to slow down, stretch and switch off, finishing with a soothing sound bath featuring a collection of instruments. A rather calmer way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

Dig out the Nokia 3310 and prepare for a very noughties Halloween. Club 3310 returns to Eagle London for a night of queer millennial nostalgia, spooky bangers and pop throwbacks until 4am. Costumes are very much encouraged, with the night taking its cues from the era of MSN statuses, iPods, Sabrina, Goosebumps and Twilight. Basically, Halloween circa 2005 – with a much better dancefloor.

The humble pub snack has had an upgrade at The Jolly Gardeners. Chef Will’s new menu goes well beyond a packet of crisps, with cauliflower wings and chipotle mayo, an Iron Age pork sausage roll, chorizo Scotch egg with roast garlic aioli, breaded whitebait and potato doughnuts with smoked cheddar. There’s even Welsh rarebit with mushroom ketchup. Prices start at £6 – leaving enough change for one of the pub’s £5 happy-hour pints.