Festival Events in London

Destination City 2022

A spectacular free event will transform the City of London’s streets with a huge programme of theatre, games, and performance on Saturday 15 October. Featuring over 100 performers, the …

Gin & Juice: Old School Hip-Hop Indoor/Outdoor Festival

If you’re a fan of 80s/90s old school hip-hop then this is how you want to sign off the summer. Eight solid hours of classic hip hop, a professional sound system and headlining DJs, with …

Blueprint Festival

Head over to the Blueprint Festival for an extraordinary fortnight of new and unusual theatre 12th – 24th September. Blueprint has something for everyone! New Writing, Immersive Experiences, …

‘Celebrating 10 Years’ Festival

The ‘Celebrating 10 Years’ Festival Site runs from 11am until 9pm every night for 16 days – from Sunday 24 July to Monday 8 August and will take place at Hopkins Field on the northern …

Underbelly Festival

We’re still waiting for 2023 dates for this – check back as we’ll let you know as soon as we hear!

Columbia Road Christmas Wednesdays

Columbia Road is usually at its busiest during the Sunday flower market, but the area is also home to over 60 independent shops, as well as restaurants, galleries and cafés. Shops and …

Regent’s Park Music Festival

Free concerts featuring local bands, choirs and jazz bands on Saturday, Sundays and bank holidays at Regent’s Park bandstand.

Lovebox Festival

Started in a strip club by Groove Armada back in 2003, the Lovebox Festival quickly grew to be a major two-day music festival. When last held in 2019, the festival moved from Victoria Park to …

GENDERS at Science Gallery London

Science Gallery London’s fascinating GENDERS exhibition is now open to the public until late June. It’s an open and nuanced look at gender, the conflicts that surround it and the people most …

Canary Wharf Short Story Competition

Looking for an excuse to start writing more? Well there’s never been a better time! Canary Wharf, in league with publishing house short édition, has kicked off its inaugural writing …

Klook Explores: Time Travel, Is It Possible?

Ever wondered whether time travel is possible? Popular science speaker and astronomer Colin Stuart is here to show how we’re already using it as we go about our daily lives. One of astronomy’s …

The Winter Forest at Broadgate Circle

Broadgate Circle will get a sparkling, festive makeover from concrete city space to a winter forest throughout November and December. The forest will be lined with pine trees, cosy wooden cabins …

One Day At The Disco

Brand new London festival One Day at the Disco rolls into Three Mills Island this August bank holiday weekend for a Saturday of disco and house. Belgian duo 2Many DJs will headline back to back …

National Park City Festival

Replacing the popular London Tree Week, this celebration of green spaces is being held by the Mayor of London’s office in partnership with National Park City Foundation. There are plenty …

Re-Textured

Re-Textured is a new multi-sensory art and music festival by London promoters Krankbrother combining electronic music, brutalist and modernist architecture and lighting installations. The music …

IWD Future Leaders Forum

The Sister Sister Network is on a mission to empower women into leadership through education, inspiration and community. This International Women’s Day, the Network is launching the Future …

Welcome to the Forest

In 2019, Waltham Forest will become the first-ever London Borough of Culture, as awarded by the Mayor of London putting arts and culture at the heart of the north east London communities that …

Winterville

Pitching itself as London’s alternative Christmas Experience, Winterville is back this year and bigger than ever. Filling Clapham Common with its ice rink as well as markets, Plonk Golf, …

Pearly Kings and Queens Harvest Festival

Even most Londoners could be forgiven for thinking Pearly Kings and Queens were a thing of the past, but ‘pearlies’ (as they’re also known) are merrily strutting through our capital in their …

Camberwell Fair

The roots of Camberwell Fair go back a long, long way. All the way to the Middle Ages in fact, from 1279 until 1855, when it was shut down due to “immoral and riotous behaviour”. Centuries …

Neverland London Presents Fulham Beach Club

London may be a little way from the coast, but that hasn’t stopped rise of the Urban Beach. South West London gets sandy at Neverland, which has sadly ditched its BYOB policy, but alongside sun …

The Great Fête

A free one-day outdoor festival in the park at Alexandra Palace. Most of the events are free apart from Silent Disco, indoor ice-skating and Block Party Cinema screenings. But there’s plenty of …

River Stage

A free riverside festival outside the National Theatre on weekends (including Friday evenings) in July and August. There will be live music, dancing, DJs, family workshops and theatre. Each …

Femini Festival

To celebrate its second birthday, Femini Magazine by hosting a mini festival, including feminist panel discussions, film screenings  and a magazine launch party. The magazine is run by a young …