ListingsUpdated Fri 23 Oct
Food festivals and drink events in London this week
Markets, late kitchens, the pubs that are worth the journey, and the strips where dinner is the evening rather than the thing before it. Prices here are what a main course or a pint actually costs, not the cheapest thing on the menu, and anywhere serving after eleven is flagged.
What to expect
39 listings filed under Food and drink. The busiest rooms are Woolwich Works, Hyde Park and Leadenhall Market. Concentrated in Mayfair, Woolwich and Shoreditch.
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Showing free. Clear
Friday
23 October-
Food and drink Free
Leadenhall Market
A Victorian covered market in cream and burgundy, free to walk through and open to the street. Busy with the City at lunch and almost empty at the weekend, which is when to photograph it.
Friday
6 November-
Food and drink Free
Christmas by the River, London Bridge City
Until 24 Dec
Chalets along the Thames path between Hay's Galleria and Tower Bridge. Free, and the walk is the point: the bridge lit on one side, the City on the other. 2026 dates not yet announced.
Sunday
7 February-
Food and drink Free
Chinese New Year in Chinatown
The largest celebration outside Asia: lion dances through Gerrard Street, the parade up to Trafalgar Square and stages on the square itself. Free, and packed from midday.
