Home What’s on By day Friday 16 October What’s on in London on Friday 16 October
366 listings starting this day, checked this morning, earliest first. Exhibitions and places open every day are on their venue pages .
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Broadway Boogie at YMCA Wimbledon 10:00 · Wimbledon town centre · See listing Thames Road Wetland: Help Manage An Important Wetland 10:00 · Thames Road Wetland · Free Thames Sightseeing, Brunel’s River Cruise – "not just a good walk, a perfect walk" (Lawrence's review) 10:00 · Embankment underground station, London (river exit) · £20 (students £15) Vinyl Market 10:00 · Old Spitalfields Market · Free Breeze to the parks and gardens at King’s Cross 10:15 · Catford Bridge Station at Adenmore Road · Free Honeywood Mice 10:15 · Honeywood Museum · Free Beatles Magical Mystery Tour London 10:30 · Tottenham Court Road Station, Exit 1 opposite The Flying Horse Pub · £20 (students £15) My Walthamstow exhibition 10:30 · The Mill · See listing The City Churches Tour 10:30 · Cannon Street Underground station Exit on Dowgate Hill · £20 (students £15) Wildlife Walk: Exploring Costons Brook & Its Water Vole Potential 10:30 · Pear Tree Bistro · Free Victoria & Albert Museum Tour 10:45 · South Kensington underground station, London (meet just beyond the ticket barrier) · £20 (students £15) 400 years of Black history in Tottenham: Walking Tour 11:00 · Haringey · See listing Flower Demonstrations: Foam Free Trends from around the world 11:00 · St Martin-in-the-Fields · £15 Hidden London 11:00 · Monument Underground station, London (Fish Street Hill exit) · £20 (students £15) Knitting at The Mill 11:00 · The Mill · See listing Library and Archives Open Day 11:00 · Natural History Museum · Free Mini Makers - Circus Play 11:00 · Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery · See listing Naza 11:00 · The Castle Cinema · See listing Neoclassicism: Art, Ideas, and Influence 11:00 · Richmond Library Annexe · Free Rug Rhymes: Autumn 11:00 · National Poetry Library, Southbank Centre · See listing Songs & Smiles 11:00 · Tower Bridge Care Home · Free Strength Based Exercise 11:00 · Kilburn Library · Free Tea Shift at ESK & Food Handling(Sandwiches, prep food bags) 11:00 · St John's Church · Free The Fixery Repair Cafe Richmond 11:00 · Grove Gardens Chapel · Free The Future of African Art Collecting - Strauss & Co 11:00 · Somerset House · See listing Sense And Sensibility 11:15 · The Castle Cinema · See listing Planet Play Autumn 11:30 · Chickenshed · £10 *Friday Session PM* Help Out Vauxhall Gardens Community Centre! 12:00 · Vauxhall Gardens Community Centre · Free A Taste of Nigeria, Ghana & Jamaica: Standing Firm in Resilience & Hope 12:00 · Ray Gunter House · Free French class for beginners 12:00 · The Mill · See listing How to make your Will: Solicitor Q&A 12:00 · V&A South Kensington · Free Spring 2026: Come 'n' Grow 12:00 · The Albany · Free Cotton Queen 12:15 · ICA · See listing Flower Demonstrations: Orchid Fest 12:15 · St Martin-in-the-Fields · £15 Free Tai Chi Class in Nunhead (Weekly, All Levels) 12:30 · The green · Free Naza 12:30 · ICA · See listing Sorting & Stocking @ Borough Food Cooperative 12:30 · St George the Martyr Church · Free Abolition Song and its Legacies All day · The Foundling Museum · See listing Action to Improve Health & Prevent Deaths – Learning Disability & Autism All day · Boland House · Free All Star Fridays at The Queer Comedy Club All day · The Queer Comedy Club · Free Barbershop Uncut Stories All day · Reading Rep Theatre · Free Blacktober Fest 2026: Beyond the Month. Beyond the Moment All day · Colour Factory · £15 + fees Brutal London: A spotters guide to Brutallist Architecture All day · Meeting point, SE1 8SQ · Free to try Bump, Birth & Baby Stuff Day Event - Leighton Buzzard Children's Centre All day · Leighton Buzzard Children's Centre · Free Canary Wharf to Paddington via Regent’s Canal towpaths All day · Meeting point, E14 5NY · Free to try Carδamo All day · Roundhouse · See listing Case 137 13:00 · The Castle Cinema · See listing Celebrity Traitors Screening - Free! All day · The Divine · Free Celebrity Traitors Screenings at Betty & Joan's All day · Betty & Joan’s · Free Cheerful Earful All day · The Bedford · See listing Comedy in Ruins All day · 40ft Brewery Blackhorse · £14.50 + fees Contemporary Dance StreamMovement Workshop All day · New Unity · £15 + fees Deer Keeping: Autumn Rut - sold out All day · Knole · See listing Dials After Dark: Voices Radio + Afoma V All day · Seven Dials Market · See listing Ealing Broadway Circular via Ealing Common and Four Ealing Parks All day · Meeting point, W5 2NU · Free to try Feral Fridays All day · COVEN HEADQUARTERS · £5 + fees Founders Launchpad London Pitch Event All day · 116 Pall Mall - Institute of Directors · Free French conversation class 13:00 · The Mill · See listing Friday Night Club at the Rvt with Paul Heron All day · Royal Vauxhall Tavern · £7 + fees Fruit Bowl Fridays All day · The Crown & Anchor · Free Ghana Property & Lifestyle Expo London 2026 | 10th Year Edition All day · Business Design Centre · Free Guided Tours - Bhaktivedanta Manor All day · Hare Krishna Temple · Free Hazard Band All day · Black Horse · Free Hazard Indie Rock & Pop All day · The Black Horse Pub · Free Highlights of the Collection Tours All day · The Wallace Collection · Free Hyundai Commission: Tarek Atoui: Live Programme Sessions 1 and 2 All day · Tate Modern · Free Inond: Innovation In Action All day · x+why Unity Place · Free Just Vibez final party @ Pop Brixton the Encore!!!! All day · Pop Brixton · Free Knitting and Crochet Club 13:00 · Blue Anchor Library · Free Kundalini Therapeutics @The Om Show All day · Alexandra Palace · Free London Durga Puja 2026 by Bengali Cultural & Social Club All day · Swaminarayan Sports World · Free London Job Show | Westfield London | Careers Fair All day · Westfield London · Free Lunch & wellbeing service at Ealing Soup Kitchen 13:00 · St John's Church · Free Lunchtime Book Club 13:00 · Landmark Arts Centre · From £5.50 incl. fees Next Big Thing? the Start-Up Pitch Challenge Hosted by Tc Group All day · x+why Unity Place · Free Perfect Timing All day · 88 Fleet St · Free or pay what you can Pop Load! 2-Floor Pop Party All day · The Divine · £10 + fees Princxss & Jester Hat Workshop All day · QueerSwap Studio · From £10 + fees Queer Britain Museum All day · Queer Britain · Pay what you can, up to £10 + fees Queer Presenting: Pitch Your Pal All day · The Ministry · £10 + fees Rep Your Endz All day · St Anne's RC Primary School · Free Scream Kweenz Halloween All day · The Divine · Pay what you can, up to £10 + fees Sexquisite Halloween: Witch Better Have My Money All day · Bethnal Green Working Men's Club · £16 + fees South East London Dyke Yoga All day · The Green · From £7.50 + fees South East Sapphics Monthly Social All day · SE19 1RX · Pay what you can, up to £5 + fees Technology for talent All day · MK Gallery · Free The Blow Monkeys All day · Union Chapel · See listing The Common Press After Hours All day · The Common Press Dalston · Free The Front All day · Studio 1 · From £10 + fees The Great AI Debate: AI, Opportunity, Threat or Both All day · South Central Institute of Technology. Bletchley College · Free The Lost Children of Tuam 13:00 · The Garden Cinema · £8.50 The Next Drag Superstar! SX Bracket 2: WK2 - Talent Show All day · Queen of Hoxton · £15 + fees The Renoir Girls: Book talk with Catherine Ostler and Christopher Riopelle All day · National Gallery · From £10 W1 Curates, Sir Michael Craig-Martin & The Night League presents: THE PARTY All day · W1 Curates · Free Women's Wellbeing Circle: Milton Keynes All day · Unity Place · Free Wonder Women: The Baroque's Forgotten Composers All day · Fenton House and Garden · See listing Year 7 Open Mornings at Westminster City School All day · Westminster City School · Free Yiannis live at The Two Brewers, Clapham! Friday 16th October 2026 - 7pm. All day · Two Brewers · £10 + fees RCM at St Mary Abbots Church 13:05 · St Mary Abbots Church · See listing Trinity Laban Lunchtime Concert 13:05 · Old Royal Naval College Chapel · Free Brunel Arts Lunchtime Concert - Jali Bakary Konte 13:10 · Brunel University: The Beldam - Eastern Gateway Building · Free Hidden Stories of St. James's Park Walking Tour 13:15 · St James's Park · See listing Lunchtime recital: Blaze Ensemble, George Vass – conductor, Nick Ridley – oboe 13:15 · St Bride's Church · Free Flower Demonstrations: Grow Your Own 13:30 · St Martin-in-the-Fields · £15 Help the Christian Care team of volunteers with clearing an area in a garden 13:30 · House number to follow via email · Free Australian Tales on the Streets of Westminster 14:00 · £20 (students £15) Cocktail 14:00 · The Rex Cinema · From £8 Digger 14:00 · The Castle Cinema · See listing Let's Walk - Black History Month Poplar Canal Walk to Tobacco Dock 14:00 · e5 Poplar Bakehouse · Free Rock 'n' Roll London 14:00 · Tottenham Court Road Station, Exit 1 opposite The Flying Horse Pub · £20 (students £15) Seyni Awa Camara: Magician of Our Earth – The Gallery of Everything & Bac’ART 14:00 · Somerset House · See listing Soft Ground: Textiles and Self-Soothing Workshop Series 14:00 · SET Social · Free Strength building class 14:00 · Harlesden Library · Free Unfaithfull - The Marianne Experience (A Riverside R&D Sharing) 14:00 · Riverside Studios · £3 Junior Academy Showcase 14:10 · St James’s Church Piccadilly · See listing Case 137 14:15 · ICA · See listing The National Gallery Guided Tour 14:15 · Embankment underground station, London (Villiers Street exit) · £20 (students £15) Ahoy! Mayflower & the Ships of Rotherhithe 14:30 · Bermondsey tube station, London · £20 (students £15) Bloomsbury's Brilliant Women 14:30 · Russell Square Tube · £20 (students £15) The Old Palace Quarter 14:30 · Green Park underground station, London (Green Park exit, by the fountain) · £20 (students £15) Clean-up shift at Ealing Soup Kitchen 15:00 · St John's Church · Free Coyote vs. Acme 15:00 · Peckhamplex · From £7.59 incl. fees Hyde Park Nursery Walking Tour 15:00 · Hyde Park · See listing Street Fighter 15:00 · Genesis Cinema · From £10 The Science Museum with a Scientist 15:00 · Meet outside the Science Museum entrance, Exhibition Road. A few minutes' walk from South Kensington Underground Station. · £20 (students £15) Case 137 15:15 · The Garden Cinema · £8.50 Film Screening: Selma (2014) 15:15 · Haringey · See listing Digger 15:25 · Genesis Cinema · From £10 African Modernists and the Winds of Change 15:30 · Somerset House · See listing Help set up the book fair at St James Church 15:30 · Saint James Church Hall, Martin Way · Free The Social Reckoning 15:30 · The Garden Cinema · £8.50 Mistura 15:50 · Genesis Cinema · £15 Alternative Oktoberfest - Berlin Edition 16:00 · The Three Compasses · Free Forgotten Island 16:00 · Genesis Cinema · From £10 In Conversation: Isabel Nolan with Judith Carlton 16:00 · Southwark Park Galleries · Free Once Upon an Invention (Ham) 16:00 · Ham Library · Free Who Gets Left Behind - CPW Speaker event 16:00 · LSE Students' Union · Free Friday Afternoon Pack-Down at St Matthew’s Church Foodbank 16:15 · St Matthew's Church · Free By Design 16:30 · ICA · See listing Crochet and Knitting club - Una Marson Library 16:30 · 62 Thurlow Street · Free Everybody Digs Bill Evans 16:30 · MK Gallery · £9 Tabber : Modern Goth London 16:30 · Heaven · From £44.85 Extra Geography 16:45 · The Castle Cinema · See listing 10 Years of Addis Fine Art: A Decade of Discovery 17:00 · Somerset House · See listing Joint Evensong with the Choir of Westminster Cathedral 17:00 · Westminster Abbey · Free Jukebox Friday 17:00 · STEREO Covent Garden · Free Oktoberfest on the Common 17:00 · Clapham Common · From £26 + fees Autumn Art Fair 17:30 · Landmark Arts Centre · £6.50 incl. fees The Social Reckoning 17:45 · Rio Cinema · From £12.50 Sense and Sensibility 17:50 · The Garden Cinema · £15 *Birdnoise*: R&B Edition 18:00 · Boxpark Shoreditch · Free 2026 Le Sserafim Tour 'pureflow' 18:00 · The O2 · See listing Album Launch Party + Signing with Vinyl DJ Set 18:00 · Next Door Records · Free Alfies Soho - Live Jazz and Blues 18:00 · Alfie's Soho · See listing Along the Thames Pub Walk – Go with the Flow 18:00 · Blackfriars tube station Exit on the corner of New Bridge Street and Queen Victoria Street · £20 (students £15) BAMPI at Blackheath Halls 18:00 · Blackheath Halls · £5 CallMeManny: “Dual Citizenshit” 18:00 · Top Secret Comedy Club, Kingsway · £12 Electric Eel Shock 18:00 · New Cross Inn · £16.50 Ella Feingold + Charlie Hunter 18:00 · Fox And Firkin · £28.38 FOCUS Friday Late 18:00 · Saatchi Gallery · Free Homelands Film Series: 48-Hour Film Challenge 18:00 · Regent Street Campus · See listing Icons Only 18:00 · Ridley Road Market Bar · Free India Society Give It A Go 18:00 · LSE Old Building · Free for students Luke Una & Paula Tape - 'É Soul Cultura' Residency [Four Fridays In October] 18:00 · Night Tales · From £9.50 Oktoberfest 18:00 · Between The Bridges · From £17 Steak 18:00 · The Underworld · £26.70 Tech Startups in the Pub, Shoreditch - Relaxed Networking 18:00 · The Windmill in the City · See listing The Coral 18:00 · KOKO · See listing The Friday Night Show! 18:00 · Up The Creek · See listing Bad Apples 18:20 · Genesis Cinema · £15 A celebration of the life and work of Bill Viola 18:30 · St Paul's Cathedral · Free A Heavenly Night in the Blue Basement 18:30 · The Blue Basement · Free For the Culture: Theatre503 Masterclass - Oladipo Agboluaje 18:30 · Lyric Hammersmith · £15 God Save The Queens - 50 Years of She-Punk 18:30 · Electric Brixton · See listing Line Dancing 18:30 · Riverside Studios · £12 manifest 18:30 · OVO Arena Wembley · See listing manifest - Venue Premium Tickets 18:30 · OVO Arena Wembley · See listing Massaoke: Time Machine 18:30 · The Clapham Grand · £25.97 Matt Johnson (Jamiroquai) 18:30 · Jazz Cafe · See listing Matt Johnson (Jamiroquai) 18:30 · The Jazz Cafe · £29 Naza 18:30 · Genesis Cinema · From £10 Notre-Dame de Paris / Invisible Bodies 18:30 · STÜCK · Free The Clockworks 18:30 · Scala · £23.67 Vittorio Angelone: you can’t Say Nothing any more 18:30 · Theatre Royal Stratford East · From £23 Who Cares? 18:30 · Jacksons Lane · From £10 Downstairs Living Room: Evelyn Axton 18:45 · Vortex Jazz Club · See listing 3 Evenings: Friday 19:00 · Wapping Hydraulic Power Station · See listing 3 Evenings: Installations 19:00 · Wapping Hydraulic Power Station · See listing Adult Afro Dance Class in London 19:00 · Husky Studios · £12 Belle Livingstone's 58th Street Country Club 19:00 · Belle Livingstone's 58th Street Country Club · See listing Billy Nicholl, Frank Francis + airbed 19:00 · The Elephants Head · Free Capoeira Classes 19:00 · Wimbledon town centre · See listing Celebrating Drake: 10 Years of Views w/ a Live Band 19:00 · The Blues Kitchen Brixton · £12 Chess at SJQ 19:00 · SJQ · Free Codefendants 19:00 · O2 Academy Islington · See listing Comedy Night | Bier Keller 19:00 · Bier Keller · £12 + fees Connor Burns: Flow 19:00 · Leicester Square Theatre · £24.50 + fees Coven Presents: Feral Fridays 19:00 · COVEN HEADQUARTERS · Free Diarra Walcott-Ivanhoe 19:00 · Morocco Bound Bermondsey · £12 DJ Nights: Mi-Soul Radio Fridays 19:00 · Boisdale, Canary Wharf · See listing Page 1 2
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