ListingsUpdated Sun 25 Oct
Seasonal events in London
The annual fixtures: Halloween, Bonfire Night, the Christmas markets and lights, New Year, Pride, Carnival. Each has its own guide, rewritten every year with confirmed dates.
Wednesday
4 November-
Seasonal Free
Carnaby Street Christmas lights
Until 6 Jan 2027
A different theme every year and never a snowflake, which is why it earns a detour. Switch-on Wednesday 4 November. Free.
Thursday
5 November-
Seasonal
Wimbledon Park fireworks
One of the few displays actually on the 5th. Merton has not put up 2026 prices, and the Home Park Road gate shuts at 6.25pm.
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Seasonal Free
Regent Street Christmas lights
Until 6 Jan 2027
The angels, best walked north from Piccadilly Circus with the curve ahead of you. Switch-on Thursday 5 November. Free.
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Gigs From £18
Candlelit concert at Southwark Cathedral
Until 23 Dec
A Gothic nave lit by candles and nothing else, a minute from London Bridge station. The programme runs from early November; check which evenings before crossing the river.
Friday
6 November-
Markets Free
Leicester Square Christmas Market
Until 4 Jan 2027
Stalls around the square with a spiegeltent in the middle, free to wander, and it runs later into January than most. 2026 dates not yet announced.
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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.
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Pick Seasonal From £11.50
Alexandra Palace Fireworks and Drone Festival
Until 8 Nov
Fireworks and drones on the hill with the city behind them. Gates 4pm, from £11.50. Saturday is the festival, Sunday is earlier.
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Seasonal £18 late release, ages 5 to 15 £11.50, under 5s free but must be reserved
Battersea Park Fireworks
Until 8 Nov
Rudimental DJ at 7.30pm, then the display at about 8.30pm and a Disco Ceilidh after it. Gates at 6pm, last entry 8pm.
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Seasonal £16, 11 to 15s £10, under 11s £5
Blackheath fireworks
Ticketed now, not the free display people remember: £16 adults, £10 for 11 to 15s, £5 under 11s, with a funfair and a Big Top.
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Seasonal From £10.95
Diwali Fireworks in London: Byron Park, Harrow
The Brent, Wembley and Harrow fireworks are a Diwali display too: funfair from noon on 7 Nov in Byron Park, tickets from £10.95.
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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Pick Seasonal From £11.50
Alexandra Palace Fireworks and Drone Festival
Fireworks and drones on the hill with the city behind them. Gates 4pm, from £11.50. Saturday is the festival, Sunday is earlier.
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Seasonal £18 late release, ages 5 to 15 £11.50, under 5s free but must be reserved
Battersea Park Fireworks
Rudimental DJ at 7.30pm, then the display at about 8.30pm and a Disco Ceilidh after it. Gates at 6pm, last entry 8pm.
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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.
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.