Notting Hill Carnival, London
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Events, markets & festivals

Listings last checked 1 Nov 2026

55 events

Festivals, sport & seasonal 11

Festival
Starts in 7 days

Lord Mayor's Show

Procession sets off from Mansion House at 11am

Mansion House (procession through the City), City of London

Hyde Park Winter Wonderland, Hyde Park
Seasonal
Starts in 12 days

Hyde Park Winter Wonderland

Open daily except Christmas Day; pre-booked timed entry

Hyde Park

London New Year's Eve fireworks, River Thames, near the London Eye
Seasonal
Starts in 54 days

London New Year's Eve fireworks

8pm to 12:30am; ticketed viewing areas

River Thames, near the London Eye, Westminster & South Bank

Sport
Starts in 155 days

The Boat Race

River Thames, London

RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Royal Hospital Chelsea
Festival
Starts in 192 days

RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Royal Hospital Chelsea, Chelsea

Sport
Starts in 233 days

The Championships, Wimbledon

All England Club, Wimbledon

Exhibitions 28

Exhibition
8 days left

Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and Friends

Young V&A, Bethnal Green

Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific, V&A South Kensington
Exhibition
On now

Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific

V&A South Kensington, South Kensington

Exhibition
On now

The Music is Black: A British Story

V&A East Museum, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford

Renoir and Love, The National Gallery (Sainsbury Wing)
Exhibition
On now

Renoir and Love

The National Gallery (Sainsbury Wing), Trafalgar Square

Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough: A Conversation, The National Gallery
Exhibition Free
On now

Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough: A Conversation

The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square

Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: Inside Bloomsbury, Tate Britain
Exhibition
Starts in 5 days

Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: Inside Bloomsbury

Tate Britain, Millbank

Exhibition
Starts in 168 days

South Asia Now: Fashion. Art. Design.

V&A East Museum, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford

Markets, every week 12

Borough Market, Borough Market
Market Free
Tuesday to Sunday

Borough Market

Tue-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm; closed Monday

Borough Market, Borough

Market
Every Sunday

Brick Lane Market

Sundays 10am-3pm (Tower Hamlets Council listing)

Brick Lane, E1, Shoreditch

Market
Every day

Brixton Village

Mon 8am-6pm; Tue-Sun 8am-midnight

Coldharbour Lane, SW9, Brixton

Market
Every Saturday & Sunday

Broadway Market

Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm

Broadway Market, E8, Hackney (London Fields)

Camden Market (Camden Lock Place), Camden Lock Place
Market
Every day

Camden Market (Camden Lock Place)

10am-7pm daily, including bank holidays

Camden Lock Place, Camden

Columbia Road Flower Market, Columbia Road
Market
Every Sunday

Columbia Road Flower Market

From 8am until about 3pm (organiser: "8am 'til 3'ish")

Columbia Road, Shoreditch & Bethnal Green

Greenwich Market, Greenwich Market
Market
Every day

Greenwich Market

10am-5:30pm daily; closed Christmas Day and the first six Mondays of the year

Greenwich Market, Greenwich

Market
Every Saturday & Sunday

Maltby Street Market

Sat 9am-4pm, Sun 11am-4pm (Southwark Council listing)

Maltby Street, SE1, Bermondsey

Old Spitalfields Market, Horner Square, E1
Market
Every day

Old Spitalfields Market

Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri 10am-8pm; Thu 8am-6pm; Sat 10am-6pm; Sun 10am-5pm

Horner Square, E1, Spitalfields

Old Spitalfields Thursday Antiques Market, Old Spitalfields Market
Market
Every Thursday

Old Spitalfields Thursday Antiques Market

Thursday (the market trades 8am-6pm on Thursdays)

Old Spitalfields Market, Spitalfields

Market
Every Sunday

Petticoat Lane Market

Sundays 9am-3pm (Tower Hamlets Council listing)

Middlesex Street, E1, Aldgate & Spitalfields

Portobello Road Market, Portobello Road
Market
Every Friday & Saturday

Portobello Road Market

Busiest on Fridays and Saturdays; check stall times with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Portobello Road, Notting Hill

Dates to be announced 4

Festival
Dates to be announced

Open House London

Usually September

Buildings across London, Across London

Festival
Dates to be announced

Totally Thames festival

Usually September

Along the River Thames, Thames, London

Trooping the Colour (the King's Birthday Parade), Horse Guards Parade
Festival
Dates to be announced

Trooping the Colour (the King's Birthday Parade)

Usually June

Horse Guards Parade, Westminster

Events change: check the organiser before you go. Dates and hours come from each organiser's own page, linked on every card.

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