From £15
SE1 · 4 min from Waterloo
Oktoberfest at Between The Bridges
Between The Bridges
Food & drinkvia Skiddle
Cheap dates in London this weekend
Updated Thursday 15 October. 38 listings, checked this morning.
Plans for a date this weekend that won’t cost more than the drinks: evenings from Friday to Sunday for £15 or less a ticket, with something to watch or do together.
Underneath are free exhibitions open over the weekend, for a daytime date that’s easy to leave or easy to extend. Everything is from the venues’ own listings, checked this morning.
Weekend evenings for £15 or less
TomorrowFriday 16 October
£12
WC2B · 6 min from Covent Garden
CallMeManny: “Dual Citizenshit”
Top Secret Comedy Club, Kingsway
Comedyvia Top Secret Comedy Club
Free
W12 · 6 min from Shepherd's Bush Market
Album Launch Party + Signing with Vinyl DJ Set
Next Door Records
Live musicvia Luma
Free
SW3 · 4 min from Sloane Square
FOCUS Friday Late
Saatchi Gallery
Art & culturevia Luma
Free
E8 · 3 min from Dalston Kingsland
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Ridley Road Market Bar
Nightlifevia DICE
From £9.50
E8 · 3 min from Hackney Central
Luke Una & Paula Tape - 'É Soul Cultura' Residency [Four Fridays In October]
Night Tales
Nightlifevia DICE
Free
E1 · 1 min from Shoreditch High Street
*Birdnoise*: R&B Edition
Boxpark Shoreditch
Nightlifevia DICE
£15
E1 · 4 min from Stepney Green
Bad Apples
Genesis Cinema
Filmvia Genesis Cinema
£12
W6 · 8 min from Hammersmith (Dist&Picc Line)
Line Dancing
Riverside Studios
Theatre & dancevia Riverside Studios
£15
W6 · 1 min from Hammersmith (H&C Line)
For the Culture: Theatre503 Masterclass - Oladipo Agboluaje
Lyric Hammersmith
Talks & classesvia Lyric Hammersmith
Some free, up to £20
N6 · 1 min from Highgate
Who Cares?
Jacksons Lane
Theatre & dancevia Jacksons Lane
From £10
E1 · 4 min from Stepney Green
Naza
Genesis Cinema
Filmvia Genesis Cinema
Free
EC4M · 2 min from St. Paul's
A celebration of the life and work of Bill Viola
St Paul's Cathedral
Talks & classesvia St Paul's Cathedral
Some free, up to £10
E9 · 2 min from Hackney Wick
Shedding Histories: Jawa Jones // Bror Havnes // Mimika (Funk, Psych, Jazz, Disco)
Grow
Live musicvia Grow Hackney
£12
SE17 · 8 min from Elephant & Castle
Adult Afro Dance Class in London
Husky Studios
Theatre & dancevia Southwark Presents
£12
WC2B · 4 min from Covent Garden
Friday Stand Up Comedy Early Show
Top Secret Comedy Club, Drury Lane
Comedyvia Top Secret Comedy Club
From £10
WC2N · 3 min from Charing Cross
The English Concert: Handel's Scipione
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Live musicvia St Martin-in-the-Fields
Some free, up to £25
N6 · 1 min from Highgate
Jon Udry's Variety Bungalow
Jacksons Lane
Theatre & dancevia Jacksons Lane
From £11
E1 · 9 min from Tower Gateway
Romeo and Juliet - Oct26
Wilton’s Music Hall
Theatre & dancevia Wilton’s Music Hall
£11
SE1 · 7 min from Elephant & Castle
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky Bundle
Southwark Playhouse Borough
Theatre & dancevia Southwark Playhouse
£7
SE1 · 7 min from Elephant & Castle
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky Playtext
Southwark Playhouse Borough
Theatre & dancevia Southwark Playhouse
Free
E8 · 2 min from Dalston Junction
Vinyl Lounge Session
Farr's Dalston
Nightlifevia DICE
Free
W1D · 3 min from Tottenham Court Road
Coven Presents: Feral Fridays
COVEN HEADQUARTERS
Nightlifevia DICE
Free (paid tickets too)
EC2A · 7 min from Shoreditch High Street
So Fresh So Clean
Queen Of Hoxton
Nightlifevia DICE
Free
N16 · 1 min from Dalston Kingsland
Chess at SJQ
SJQ
Social & meetupsvia DICE
From £6
SE1 · 8 min from Mansion House
As You Like It 26
Shakespeare's Globe
Live musicvia Skiddle
From £10
SE16 · 1 min from Canada Water
In My Head
Canada Water LIbrary
Theatre & dancevia Southwark Presents
From £8
SE10 · 8 min from Cutty Sark (for Maritime Greenwich)
Evening Concerts at the Queen's House: Vita String Quartet
Queen's House
Live musicvia Royal Museums Greenwich
Free
N1 · 8 min from Angel
Angel Comedy Fridays @ Camden Head
The Camden Head
Comedyvia Angel Comedy Club
From £10
E8 · 2 min from Hackney Central
Gluck: Orpheus and Eurydice
Hackney Empire
Theatre & dancevia Hackney Empire
Daytime dates: free exhibitions this weekend
Free
EC2Y · 5 min from Barbican
Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Barbican Centre
Art & culturevia Barbican
Free
SW7 · 5 min from South Kensington
dRMM: Building from Forests
V&A South Kensington
Art & culturevia V&A
Free
NW1 · 2 min from Euston Square
The Coming of Age
Wellcome Collection
Art & culturevia Wellcome Collection
Free
TW1 · 8 min from Twickenham
Antique Teapots Exhibition
Twickenham Museum
Art & culturevia Visit Richmond
Free
EC2V · 5 min from Bank
Heritage Gallery Display: America and London
City of London Heritage Gallery
Art & culturevia City of London
Free
W1F · 3 min from Oxford Circus
NINAGAWA Mika: Captive Blooms
The Photographers' Gallery
Art & culturevia The Photographers' Gallery
Free
TW9 · 9 min from Kew Gardens
Revolution 250: America's Independence Story 1763–1783
The National Archives
Art & culturevia The National Archives
Free
SE23 · 9 min from Forest Hill
British Wildlife Photography Awards
Horniman Museum and Gardens
Art & culturevia Horniman Museum
Getting there
A lot of these are near Elephant & Castle, Covent Garden, Dalston Kingsland, Hackney Central and Highgate. Every listing shows its nearest station and the walk from it, and the event page works out your journey there and home from any postcode.
Pick somewhere easy for both of you to get to. Each event page works out the journey from any postcode or station, there and back, including the last trains home.
The Night Tube runs on Friday and Saturday nights on lines including the Victoria, Jubilee and most of the Central, Northern and Piccadilly lines, and night buses run every night.