MCM Comic Con – May 2025
Cosplayers, film geeks, and graphic novel fans gather under one colourful roof to pledge their pop cultural allegiance during the biannual MCM Comic Con. This is part one of the UK’s …
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Urban Village Fete 2025
A free, modern take on the traditional British summer fete, celebrating design, art, music and craftmanship. The Urban Village Fete takes place in Greenwich’s Central Park (the green space …
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IWA Canalway Cavalcade 2025
A bank holiday celebration of London’s nautical-dwelling communities, this is the 41st anniversary of IWA Canalway Cavalcade. The free event takes place in Little Venice along the Grand …
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Free Clothing Repair Workshops at Westfield
Westfield Good Festival is back, and well worth a visit. This sustainability-focused event shares the small, everyday changes that can really help the planet – and your bank balance. The …
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London Games Festival
The London Games Festival is a multi-day celebration of the art, culture and business of video games. Back for its eighth year, the London Games Festival is an umbrella under which events are …
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London Coffee Festival 2025
The London Coffee Festival is back, bringing coffee lovers and the coffee industry together at the Old Truman Brewery in Shoreditch. What’s on at London Coffee Festival A lot of fine …
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Horniman Spring Fair 2025
A whole host of family-friendly activities make up the Horniman Museum’s fabulous annual spring fair: live music, craft workshops and stalls, face painting, children’s rides, a …
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House of Holi
Grab that tatty t-shirt and those trackies you’re too embarrassed to put on Vinted; it’s time to get messy and have some fun. (You will be given protective coveralls, but I still …
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St Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival 2025
For guaranteed fun and a good-natured party vibe follow the St Patrick’s Day Parade, complete with floats, marching bands and dance troupes. The route starts at Hyde Park Corner, passing …
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Holi Colour Dance Festival
Celebrate the Hindu festival of colours at the Magic of India’s Holi Colour Dance Festival. With performances from professional dancers and drummers, a selection of street food stalls, a …
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Frost Fair, Bankside
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the surface of the Thames froze over completely on over twenty occasions. Londoners responded by holding Frost Fairs on the ice; full-on markets, food …
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Christmas Carols in Trafalgar Square
Carol singing is coming back to Trafalgar Square this Christmas! There will be more than 40 carol groups gathering for an hour at a time under the big Christmas tree to fill you with festive …
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Disagreeing Well across Generations
This is a past eventThis event is part of UCL’s Disagreeing Well campaign, a series of events that seeks to explore what is required to help people to disagree well – a vital skill in encouraging respectful …
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Lead Me Into Temptation Please: LGBT Summer Fair
This is a past eventCelebrate queer history with an all-star cast including cabaret superstar David Hoyle, Rupaul’s Drag Race UK’s Black Peppa, and drag icon Mahatma Khandi! Enjoy market stalls, …
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The Great British Tattoo Show 2024
RescheduledThis is a past eventThe Great British Tattoo Show has announced its departure from Alexandra Palace to merge with Tattoo Freeze in Telford from 2024.
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In A Field By A Bridge Festival
This is a past eventA brand new weekend festival launches in London Bridge this July, aimed at inspiring sustainable living and celebrating community action. In a Field by a Bridge is the first opportunity to …
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TogethernessFest at Kindred
This is a past eventA staggering 700,000 Londoners admit to feeling lonely ‘always’ or ‘most of the time’, so in partnership with West London Queer Project, London Writer’s Salon, and the Head of TED, …
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The Big Docklands Street Party
This is a past eventCelebrate 20 years of the Museum of London Docklands with Drag Race royalty Vanity Milan leading the birthday celebrations. Hackney Showroom are hosting an evening of live music alongside street …
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Wembley Park Coronation Celebration
This is a past eventTo honour the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III on Saturday 6th May, North London neighbourhood Wembley Park will be holding a free-to-attend Coronation Day celebration. Featuring live …
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WOW – Women of the World Festival 2024
This is a past eventThis year marks the 13th anniversary of WOW Festival, which launched in 2010 to celebrate the centenary of International Women’s Day. WOW is now a global movement that has held festivals …
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Chanukah in Trafalgar Square
This is a past eventTo celebrate Chanukah, the Jewish festival of lights, a giant menorah is lit up in Trafalgar Square. One of the lights will be lit each day with live music and dancing; the menorah will be on …
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An Evening with Shaun Ryder
This is a past eventShaun Ryder is from Salford, Greater Manchester, where in 1980 he formed Happy Mondays. The band signed to Factory Records and their releases included the two classic albums ‘Bummed’ in 1988 …
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The Day of the Dead – Mexico After Hours
This is a past eventLike an irrepressible autumn ritual, the Crick Crack Club’s annual celebration inspired by the Mexican festival of the Dias de Los Muertos has become part of the fabric of London’s …
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