Free
SE8 · 6 min from New Cross ELL
Spring 2026: Come 'n' Grow
The Albany
Social & meetupsvia The Albany
Things to do in Deptford and New Cross this week
Updated Thursday 15 October. 6 listings, checked this morning.
Deptford and New Cross are student-heavy neighbourhoods around Goldsmiths, University of London, with a long-running street market on Deptford High Street, small galleries and live music pubs.
It’s a good part of London for cheap gigs, art openings and student shows, and the Albany is a local arts centre with theatre and music. Greenwich is a short walk east.
Free this week near Deptford and New Cross
£10 or less this week
From £5, plus up to about 60p booking fee
SE8 · 8 min from New Cross ELL
Lug Hole 008! w. Florence Shaw, Andy Cringle, Thomas Wells, Minna Pöllänen & Hot Pasty
Piehouse Co-Op
Social & meetupsvia OutSavvy
From £5
SE8 · 6 min from New Cross ELL
DL Regular 2026-27: Roller Disco
The Albany
Nightlifevia The Albany
£8.80
SE14 · 3 min from New Cross Gate
Pohl & Ogives
New Cross Inn
Live musicvia DICE
From £7, plus up to about 80p booking fee
SE8 · 8 min from New Cross ELL
Bar Wotever - London's Legacy Queer Cabaret: Black History Month
Piehouse Co-Op
Theatre & dancevia OutSavvy
£8.80
SE14 · 3 min from New Cross Gate
painlesslightness vol 1
New Cross Inn
Live musicvia DICE
Getting there
A lot of these are near New Cross ELL and New Cross Gate. 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.
Trains from Deptford reach London Bridge in a few minutes, the DLR stops at Deptford Bridge, and New Cross and New Cross Gate are on the Overground.
The main stations are Deptford, New Cross, New Cross Gate and Deptford Bridge.