IN PHOTOS: 5 things to do in Mumbai on the first weekend of August 2025

Updated On: 31 July, 2025 10:33 AM IST | Raaina Jain

August is almost here, and there are many activities Mumbaikars can explore to bring in the new month with an exciting weekend. From folk music and comedy shows to monsoon food pop-up and nature trail, here is a line-up of events that is sure to keep you busy (Story by Devashish Kamble)

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Friday

Sounds like Punjab

Witness musicians Sunaini Guleria Sharma and Amit Yamla pay tribute to Punjabi folk icons Surinder Kaur and Yamla Jatt (Representational Pic/Pixabay)

TIME 8 pm
AT Royal Opera House Mumbai, Charni Road
LOG ON TO in.bookmyshow.com
ENTRY Rs 2360

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Entrance hall at Manik Bagh Palace in Indore (Pic Courtesy/Taimur Hassan Collection)

Saturday

Observe and win

Join a walkthrough of the Eckart Muthesius and Manik Bagh exhibition, and don your thinking hats with mid-day’s Features Editor, Fiona Fernandez. An engaging quizzing session around the design marvel will test your memory and observation skills. There are prizes to be won

TIME 4 pm onwards
AT Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Rani Baug, Byculla East
LOG ON TO @bdlmuseum
ENTRY Rs 100 (exclusive of Museum entry)

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Need some space?

Comedian Varun Thakur (above) is now a “man trying to keep up with life”. Catch his inimitable unfiltered rants and observations on growing up amidst an existential crisis in Space Cadet (Pic Courtesy/Varun Thakur on Instagram)

TIME 10 am
AT Habitat, Road 3, Khar West.
LOG ON TO in.bookmyshow.com
ENTRY Rs 499

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Sunday

Wild tastes

From bamboo shoots and wild greens to monsoon crabs, chef Harshita Kakwani will bring wild delicacies from the heart of Pench, Madhya Pradesh to Mumbai at a limited time monsoon food pop-up. Show up with an appetite for some wild lesser-known facts and lip-smacking fare (Pic Courtesy/Harshita Kakwani on Instagram)

TIME 7.30 pm
AT Powai (full location revealed on registration)
LOG ON TO immersivetrails.com (for more details)
ENTRY Rs 3000

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A previous monsoon walk on the Malad Trail (Pic Courtesy/SGNP)

Give me green

Play it safe this monsoon with an expert-guided walk through the three-km-long Malad Trail inside Sanjay Gandhi National Park. The picturesque trail with diverse vegetation along the western edge of the forest is fit for all ages

TIME 6.45 am
MEETING POINT Nature Interpretation Centre, SGNP, Borivli East
CALL 7738778789
ENTRY Rs 600

Photo of Day

Breaking barriers and building pyramids — Women power in action!

Sashastra Seema Bal’s (SSB) Daredevils team performs during rehearsals for the Republic Day Parade, in New Delhi. PIC/PTI

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