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London events today and this week

Every event we have checked and put in, soonest first. Tonight and this weekend have their own editions.

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When Today 159 This weekend 178 Next 7 days 258 Free 107
Where Soho 258 Covent Garden 102 Camden 78 Bloomsbury 73 Dalston 38 Crouch End 29 Mayfair 26 Islington 24 Alexandra Palace 21 Shoreditch 20 Woolwich 16 Fitzrovia 15

Friday

16 July

  1. Gigs From £8

    BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall

    19:30 Royal Albert Hall, Kensington

    Until 11 Sep

    Eight weeks of concerts and the cheapest classical music in the country: promming tickets are a few pounds on the day, standing in the arena or the gallery. Queue from late afternoon.

Saturday

7 August

  1. Gigs £18 in advance plus booking fee

    The 100 Club: The Jam’d

    19:30 The 100 Club, Soho

    A Jam tribute with a brass section, the hits and the B-sides, and a replica of Rick Buckler's Great White drum kit.

Friday

20 August

  1. Gigs From £65

    All Points East

    13:00 Victoria Park, Hackney

    Until 30 Aug

    The August bank holiday festival in Victoria Park, with free community days midweek between the two ticketed weekends. Hackney Wick and Mile End are the walkable stations.

  2. Gigs From £20

    Electric Ballroom: The Devout

    18:00 Electric Ballroom, Camden

    Depeche Mode tribute The Devout on a Greatest Hits tour built on the Singles 81 to 85 and 86 to 98 albums.

Sunday

29 August

  1. Seasonal Free

    Notting Hill Carnival: Children’s Day

    10:00 Notting Hill, Notting Hill

    The Sunday is the family day and the one to bring anyone under ten to. Same route, same sound systems, a fraction of the crush. Free, and the buses stop running near it early.

Monday

30 August

  1. Seasonal Free

    Notting Hill Carnival: Monday parade

    10:00 Notting Hill, Notting Hill

    The main day, two million people, and the last of the sound systems off at seven. Walk in from Shepherd's Bush or Paddington: the stations inside the route are exit only or shut.

Wednesday

1 September

  1. Markets Free

    Totally Thames: river festival, whole programme

    Times vary Various riverside venues, South Bank

    Until 30 Sep

    A month of walks, boat trips, art on the foreshore and one super-choir on the river. Most of it costs nothing and needs no booking.

Friday

10 September

  1. Gigs From £75 (weekend ticket)

    Electric Ballroom: London MetalFest 2027

    12:30 Electric Ballroom, Camden

    London MetalFest 2027 in Camden, with weekend tickets giving general admission to both days of the festival.

Saturday

11 September

  1. Talks Free

    Open House London: buildings open to the public

    10:00 Buildings across all 33 boroughs, The City

    Until 19 Sep

    Nine days of normally shut buildings, free, from private houses to livery halls. The 2027 dates are ours until Open City publishes.

  2. Gigs From £30

    Proms in the Park

    16:00 Hyde Park, Mayfair

    The Last Night relayed to a crowd in Hyde Park with its own bill before it. Ticketed and it sells out, but the atmosphere is the point rather than the sightlines.