30 things to do this weekend

Sunday

Radical Music Network 2012 Pre-Party
Tokyo's foremost musical polyglot party is back, with a guest appearance from mestizo supremo Sergent Garcia, plus swing-klezmer-rockabillies Asakusa Jinta, electro-cumbia oddballs EKD and mambo big band Copa Salvo. Read more

Lady Gaga
Today is your final chance to see this year's most controversial 'electro-metal pop-opera' , and amazingly there are still a few tickets left – though you'll need to turn up at 1pm to snag a date with Gaga. Read more

Kazutoki Umezu
It's the closest thing you'll get to a Jewish wedding all weekend: reedsman Kazutoki Umezu takes his Pit Inn residency in an Eastern European direction tonight, as he hooks up with klezmer group Komaccha. Read more

Thai Festival 2012
Get your fill of phat thai, Singha beer and, er, the Thai Philharmonic Orchestra at this bumper-sized celebration of The Land of Smiles, marking 125 years of diplomatic relations between Japan and Thailand. Read more

Design Festa Vol 35
Whether it's interior design, fashion, handicrafts or avant-garde performance art that gets you out of bed in the morning, you'll probably be able to find something to your tastes at this mammoth art jamboree. Read more

Tokyo Wasshoi! Vol. 1
The capital's avid world music fans look closer to home for a change, in an evening of Japanese folk songs and roots music featuring 'matsuri rock' band Aragehonzi, DJ sets and live taiko drumming. Read more

10am Film Festival
In a disappointing weekend for new film openings (see: Killer Elite, Last Night, Larry Crowne), there's still one thing to look forward to: a repeat screening of Martin Scorcese's 1976 classic, Taxi Driver. Read more