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Inside an old railway carriage with wooden slatted benches, two pairs of glowing headphones hanging on chains from the ceiling rail and paper bats overhead

Halloween 31 Oct 18:30–00:00

Halloween Silent Disco at the Transport Museum

London Transport Museum, Covent Garden Piazza, WC2E 7BB · London

Paper-cut walled garden at dusk, a crescent moon and a setting sun over dark trees, bundles of dried herbs tied with string on the wall, a single red rose and a steaming teapot among the leaves

Halloween 31 Oct

Season of the Witch II, Physic Garden

Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road · London

Strings of red, yellow and blue paper bunting over a canal lined with orange brick arches and lit market stalls

Halloween 1 Nov 13:00–19:00

Day of the Dead at Camden Market

Camden Market Hawley Wharf, 1 Dockray Place, NW1 8QH · London

On now

A garden square seen from above as an open rectangle of ground ringed by flat terraced house fronts

Festival until 31 Oct

Bloomsbury Festival 2026

Bloomsbury · London

Rows of red-and-white striped deckchairs on a rooftop facing a blank outdoor cinema screen, four white power-station chimneys behind

Halloween until 31 Oct

JOIA rooftop Halloween films, Battersea

JOIA, art'otel London Battersea Power Station · London

A tall tapering tower filled with green plants and small lit windows, bats circling its top and a crescent moon in its glass base, above a dark city skyline on a cream ground

Halloween until 31 Oct

Dance of the Dead: Sky Garden Halloween 2026

Sky Garden, 20 Fenchurch Street · London

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Ten empty picture frames of different sizes hung across a gallery wall

Exhibitions 27 Aug 2026

What is actually hanging in London right now

Ten London shows are on the critics' list. Six of them close before January, one has sold more advance tickets than anything in Tate's 128-year history, and two of the best are free.

A blank plaque on a brick wall with feathers and ribbons fanning out behind it

Carnival 28 Aug 2026

Notting Hill Carnival turns sixty

A plaque at Westbourne Park names seventy people who built Carnival — unveiled for its sixtieth year, and for seventy years since London Transport went recruiting in the Caribbean.

A cut-paper stage of concrete grey layers on a plum ground, one slim white paper spotlight beam crossing it

Music 24 Oct 2026

FKA twigs takes Meltdown 2027

The Southbank Centre has named FKA twigs the 32nd curator of Meltdown, London's artist-curated festival, for 10 to 20 June 2027 — eleven days of concerts, two weekends of free events, and a one-off headline show of her own.