ListingsUpdated Sun 25 Oct
Free events in London right now
Everything on this site that costs nothing, from museum late openings to cemetery open days and the free half of the big festivals. Free does not always mean unticketed: where a free event still needs a booked slot, the listing says so.
Showing free. Clear
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.
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Seasonal Free
Diwali at Neasden Temple
Until 10 Nov
Diwali and the annakut at the Neasden temple, over the five days of the festival. Free to enter. The temple sets its own hours for these days and had not published them when we checked.
Saturday
7 November-
Seasonal Free
Diwali at Neasden Temple
Until 10 Nov
Diwali and the annakut at the Neasden temple, over the five days of the festival. Free to enter. The temple sets its own hours for these days and had not published them when we checked.
Sunday
8 November-
Seasonal Free
Diwali at Neasden Temple
Until 10 Nov
Diwali and the annakut at the Neasden temple, over the five days of the festival. Free to enter. The temple sets its own hours for these days and had not published them when we checked.
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Seasonal Free
Remembrance Sunday at the Cenotaph
Whitehall closes and the service is at eleven. Free to watch from the pavement if you are there by nine thirty; after that you will hear it rather than see it.
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Gigs Free
Downstairs at the King’s Head: Crouch End Jazz
A free jazz jam, founded in 1985 and a weekly fixture at the King's Head for more than 40 years.
Monday
9 November-
Seasonal Free
Diwali at Neasden Temple
Until 10 Nov
Diwali and the annakut at the Neasden temple, over the five days of the festival. Free to enter. The temple sets its own hours for these days and had not published them when we checked.
Tuesday
10 November-
Seasonal Free
Diwali at Neasden Temple
Diwali and the annakut at the Neasden temple, over the five days of the festival. Free to enter. The temple sets its own hours for these days and had not published them when we checked.
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Cabaret Free
Dragaoke: Drag Hosted Karaoke!
An evening in the basement under the Phoenix Theatre, 10pm. The room is low ceilinged and seats a few dozen, so nothing is far from the stage.
Wednesday
11 November-
Free
Woolwich Works: Stitch Night
Bring your knitting, crochet or sewing to the Visitors' Book Cafe for a cuppa with other makers. Free, from half six, no booking.
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Free
Woolwich Works: Games Night
Board games in the Visitors' Book Cafe: play theirs or bring your own, alone or with friends. Free, from half six, no booking.
Thursday
12 November-
Seasonal Free
Covent Garden at Christmas
Until 6 Jan 2027
The tree, the mistletoe and more than 300,000 lights, lit from 12 November. Free, busy from four, best on a weekday morning.
Saturday
14 November-
Seasonal Free
Lord Mayor’s Show
Eight hundred years old, three miles of procession through the City and free from the pavement. Fireworks off the river in the afternoon. Second Saturday in November.
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Seasonal Free
The Lord Mayor’s Show
The procession sets off from Mansion House at eleven and fills most of the City. Free.
Sunday
15 November-
Gigs Free
Downstairs at the King’s Head: Crouch End Jazz
A free jazz jam, founded in 1985 and a weekly fixture at the King's Head for more than 40 years.
Tuesday
17 November-
Cabaret Free
Dragaoke: Drag Hosted Karaoke!
An evening in the basement under the Phoenix Theatre, 10pm. The room is low ceilinged and seats a few dozen, so nothing is far from the stage.