Home What’s on By day Wednesday 21 October What’s on in London on Wednesday 21 October
235 listings starting this day, checked this morning, earliest first. Exhibitions and places open every day are on their venue pages .
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GoodGym Lambeth: Help Out Vauxhall Gardens Community Centre! 09:15 · Vauxhall Gardens Community Centre · Free Bootcamp 09:30 · Queens Park Gardens · Free Breeze to the White Bear 10:00 · Panagua Bikes in Hayes · Free Crick Crash Course: How the fly helps us to understand health and disease 10:00 · The Francis Crick Institute · See listing Culture and Community: Southwark’s Black Heritage Events in the 1980s and 1990s - Southwark Heritage Centre and Walworth Library 10:00 · Southwark Heritage Centre and Walworth Library · Free Gardening Club 10:00 · St John’s Waterloo · See listing Harrow Means Business 2026 10:00 · Victoria Hall - main entrance Sheepcote Rd · Free Move, Share & Exchange 10:00 · COSSALL TRA HALL · Free Strength & Toning 10:00 · Bushy Park · Free Urban Makers Wednesdays 10:00 · Old Spitalfields Market · Free Breeze round Westminster to Fitzrovia Chapel 10:10 · Boots the Chemist · Free Royal London 10:15 · St James' Park Tube the Broadway/Westminster Abbey exit opposite the Conrad Hotel · £20 (students £15) Artificial Intelligence Explained 10:30 · Old Town Hall · Free Boram Kim Workshop: Techno Body 10:30 · The Coronet Theatre · Free Crib Notes Choir rehearsal 10:30 · The Bedford · See listing Reclaiming Our Creative Centre (Womb): Black History Month special 10:30 · Haringey · See listing Wild Harrow - The Listening Walk at Headstone Manor 10:30 · Headstone Manor Park Pinner View · Free Gamechangers! The people and events that changed Britain – and the world. 10:45 · Embankment Station, the Villiers Street Exit by the Blues and Royals Coffee Stand · £20 (students £15) Undiscovered London, Butlers Wharf and Shad Thames 10:45 · Bermondsey underground station, London · £20 (students £15) Christopher Wren's London - over 300 years 11:00 · Monument Tube, Fish Street hill exit · £20 (students £15) Little Venice – the pursuit of pleasure 11:00 · Warwick Avenue underground station, London · £20 (students £15) Naza 11:00 · The Castle Cinema · See listing Oxleas Woods – Slowing the Flow 11:00 · Oxleas Wood Cafe · Free The Inns of Court 11:00 · Holborn underground station, London (main exit, debouches onto Kingsway) · £20 (students £15) Tudor London – Walking with Matthew Shardlake (and Barak) 11:00 · Blackfriars Underground Station (by Petit Pret) · £20 (students £15) Case 137 11:15 · The Castle Cinema · See listing T. S. Eliot – The Waste Land Tour 11:30 · Blackfriars tube station Exit on the corner of New Bridge Street and Queen Victoria Street · £20 (students £15) Bring Your Own Baby Comedy 12:00 · OSO Arts Centre · Some free, up to £14 Gentle Restorative Yoga 12:00 · Bishopsgate Institute · £15 Barrio Triste 12:05 · ICA · See listing Hiit 12:30 · Stratford Cross (formerly IQL) · Free Museum Guided Tour 12:30 · Royal College of Music · See listing #CommunityLegacies Yoga 13:00 · Haringey · See listing 30+ Black & POC Singles Night at La Camionera All day · La Camionera · From £10 + fees Aftermath (4) All day · House of Annetta · Pay what you can + fees Amy Winehouse Back to Black 20 All day · Roundhouse · See listing Bi+ Speed Dating & Karaoke All day · BAM Karaoke Box | Victoria · From £15 + fees Black History Month 2026: Open Mic Night All day · Oxford House Derbyshire Street · See listing Black History Month: A Young Archer All day · The Wallace Collection · Free Blue-Ray Cabaret: Buffy The Vampire Slayer All day · Love Affair Basement · From £14 + fees CAYA Presents: Gay Games Night All day · Old Nun's Head · Free or pay what you can Cha-cha-chá: Footwork, Partnerwork & Social Dancing | Workshop with Kasia | Open Level All day · GHappy Feet Studios · From £25 + fees Co-Working Wednesdays All day · Orchard Gardens Community Centre · Some free, up to £4 + fees Dinner and a Show at the Roses (A/W 26-27) All day · Ground Floor Bar · From £25 + fees GRIT - Extreme Vocal Workshops All day · Aaja Basement · Pay what you can + fees Hair Braiding Workshops All day · More Life Home Unit 3 Jura House 61 Aberfeldy street · See listing Inclusion by Design: Developing Your School’s Inclusion Strategy All day · Hobbs Hill Wood Primary School · Free Indoor Climbing Taster Sessions at RavensWall All day · RavensWall Climbing Centre · £12 + fees Just The Tip #5 All day · The Greyhound - Peckham · £10 + fees Kensington and Chelsea Music Society 2026 - 27 at Leighton House All day · Leighton House · From £12 KOMPAS – Męskie Spotkania Better Together All day · Slough & Windsor Quaker Meeting House · Free Learn. Cook. Eat: Pasta! All day · St Leonard's Mews Hoxton · £25 + fees LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year 2026 - SEMI FINALS 2 - Queen of Hoxton All day · Queen of Hoxton · £14 + fees LIPSYNC1000 Heats 1-8 All day · The Divine · Free LoveDance All day · Steps Studios UK · £14 + fees Lunchtime Concert: The charm of the French horn 13:00 · Westminster Abbey · Some free, up to £10 Murphy All day · The Waiting Room · See listing Open Readings & Publishing Q&A with Naya Antonio All day · Streatham · Free Pure Strength All day · LSBU Active Sports Centre · From £7.50 + fees RCM at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey: The charm of the French horn 13:00 · St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey · See listing Sense And Sensibility 13:00 · The Castle Cinema · See listing Sherri Lun piano 13:00 · Wigmore Hall · £10 Sip + Paint - “Honouring Our Communities” All day · Orchard Gardens Community Centre · Free or pay what you can Solopreneur and Micro Business Owner Leadership Workshop All day · Maylands Business Centre · Free Steppers Black History Month All day · The Common Press Dalston · £5 + fees The Marginal Film Festival Pre-Screening + Fundraiser All day · LARC · Pay what you can, up to £12 + fees The Marketing Meetup IRL: Reading All day · Dog House · Free Tower Hamlets Sustainability Fair All day · Tower Hamlets Town Hall 160 Whitechapel Road · See listing Transmissions Presents: In My Skin All day · Dalston Superstore · Pay what you can, up to £6 + fees Trinity Laban Lunchtime Concert 13:00 · Queen's House · Free Turgwe hippo: guardians of the Turgwe Hippo Trust All day · Royal Geographical Society · £15 Understanding People: Adapting Your Management Style All day · Slough CVS Main Hall, No 29 - through the Black Iron gate. · Free Vagina Museum Lates All day · Vagina Museum · From £7.50 + fees Walking the city at night All day · Studio 5 · £5 + fees Wednesday Intermediate Level Only 7:30pm All day · Eastway Baths · £7 + fees What We Were and What We Are All day · Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury · See listing Mindful Pilates 13:05 · Bishopsgate Institute · £15 Case 137 13:20 · ICA · See listing Late Shift 13:30 · The Elgiva · From £8 UCL AI Society x NVIDIA - GTC Berlin Watch Party for Students 13:30 · London (address on registration) · Free Chelsea Odyssey - Riverside Village, Legends & Landmarks, Art, Architecture & Anecdotes 13:45 · Sloane Square tube station, London · £20 (students £15) Nadja 13:50 · ICA · See listing Beatles Magical Mystery Tour London 14:00 · Tottenham Court Road Station, Exit 1 opposite The Flying Horse Pub · £20 (students £15) Extra Geography 14:00 · The Castle Cinema · See listing Film Screening: Hidden Figures (2016) 14:00 · Haringey · See listing Hampstead Village Walking Tour 14:00 · Hampstead Underground station, London · £20 (students £15) Sorting & Stocking @ Borough Food Cooperative 14:00 · St George the Martyr Church · Free The Grand Budapest Hotel 14:00 · The Rex Cinema · From £8 Elisabeth Tsai (piano) 14:10 · St James’s Church Piccadilly · See listing British Museum Tour 14:15 · Russell Square underground station, London · £20 (students £15) Old London 14:15 · St. Paul's underground station, London (exit 2) · £20 (students £15) 500 Miles 14:30 · David Lean Cinema · £10.50 Asian Womens Group 55yrs+ 14:30 · The Mill · See listing Gin Lane: William Hogarth and the Gin Craze 14:30 · Leicester Square underground Station, Cranbourn Street (Exit 4) · £20 (students £15) The Tate Modern Highlights Tour 14:30 · Just inside the entrance to the Turbine Hall. · £20 (students £15) Hadestown: The Musical 15:00 · The Lexi Cinema · From £8 Murder Ballad 15:00 · Greenwich Theatre · From £15 My kitchen is your kitchen - Conversation Café - Southwark Heritage Centre and Walworth Library 15:00 · Southwark Heritage Centre and Walworth Library · Free Sense and Sensibility 15:15 · The Garden Cinema · £8.50 Street Fighter 15:15 · Genesis Cinema · £4.99 Everybody Digs Bill Evans 15:20 · MK Gallery · £9 Naza 15:30 · ICA · See listing The Social Reckoning 15:30 · Genesis Cinema · £4.99 The Social Reckoning 15:30 · The Garden Cinema · £8.50 Digger 15:35 · Genesis Cinema · £4.99 Naza 15:50 · The Garden Cinema · £8.50 By Design 16:00 · ICA · See listing Jacksons Lane Theatre and Circus programme 16:00 · Haringey · See listing Lights, Camera, Coffee: Forgotten Island 16:00 · The Arzner · See listing African and Caribbean Poetry Reading with Live Piano Interlude 16:30 · Haringey · See listing Book Discussion | Becoming Agarwal: The Manufacture of a Close-Knit Mercantile Caste 17:00 · Bush House, SE 2.10 · See listing Profound Platform Deep Dive 17:00 · InterContinental London - the O2 by IHG · Free Bringing Books to Life - Latin American Heritage Month 17:30 · Southwark Heritage Centre & Walworth Library · Free Pressure 17:30 · David Lean Cinema · £10.50 Silent Book Club 17:30 · Twickenham Library · Free Case 137 17:45 · The Garden Cinema · £15 AMPLIFY Creative Writing Workshop for Black History Month 18:00 · Camberwell Space · Free Breaking Barriers, Making Leaders: Women, Law and the Future of Global Finance 18:00 · Bush House, Lecture Theatre 2 · See listing Creative Encounters: Poetry and Ink 18:00 · The Clore Ballroom, Southbank Centre · Free European Security Strategy: Geopolitics, Defence, and Economic Power 18:00 · Macadam Building, 604 · See listing Gresham College lecture: Why Is There Music? 18:00 · LSO St Luke's · Free Grove Vale Library Biography Group: Black Teacher by Beryl Gilroy 18:00 · Grove Vale Library · Free Hidden Pubs of Old London Town 18:00 · Temple underground station, London · £20 (students £15) I Promised The World 18:00 · New Cross Inn · See listing Practical Quantum: Creative Computing Workshops Ual Students and Staff Only 18:00 · UAL Creative Computing Institute · Free Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Lecture 2026 18:00 · Somerset House East Wing, Moot Court (1.18) SHEW Building · Free Vocal Masterclass with Željko Lučić 18:00 · Milton Court Concert Hall · Free Who are you? 18:00 · Ground Floor · Free Cat Video Fest 2026 18:15 · Genesis Cinema · See listing Naza 18:15 · Rio Cinema · From £11 The People's Emergency Briefing + Discussion 18:20 · The Lexi Cinema · From £8 Akinola Davies presents BELLY 18:30 · Rio Cinema · See listing Caitlin Cook: The Writing on the Stall 18:30 · The Bill Murray · See listing Clearing out Duke's Meadow 18:30 · Chiswick Town Hall · Free Cooling Without Air Conditioning: Passive Design Lessons from Traditional Islamic Architecture 18:30 · British Library · Free Group Run: Dawson’s Heights 18:30 · Old Spike Roastery · Free Half Six Fix: Bruckner 9 18:30 · Barbican Centre · From £16 incl. fees Kraken Rum Terrarium & Cocktail Experience 18:30 · The Rhum Tavern · £55 + fees Leafleting for Boogie Wonderland (part 2) 18:30 · Sidcup Leisure Centre · Free Live Jazz from the Piano Bar at Red Room Studios, Soho 18:30 · Piano Bar Soho · See listing Naza 18:30 · Genesis Cinema · £4.99 Ocean Film Festival World Tour 18:30 · Union Chapel · See listing Rude Health 2026: A Festival of Contemporary Composition 18:30 · King Charles Court, Old Royal Naval College · Free Site&Sound 12 - Suburbs 18:30 · The Garden Cinema · See listing Space for Storytelling 18:30 · St John’s Waterloo · See listing These Violent Delights 18:30 · Peckhamplex · From £7.59 incl. fees Mistura 18:35 · Genesis Cinema · £10 Alex Bonney, Tim Giles, Alcyona Mick 18:45 · Vortex Jazz Club · See listing Garden Tidying for Hornsey Housing Trust 18:45 · Blue House Yard · Free Painting and gardening at Charlton Manor Primary School 18:45 · Charlton House, Charlton, · Free Violet Hour Xiii: Through A Glass Darkly 18:45 · The Castle Cinema · See listing Aimée Fatale 19:00 · The Courtyard Theatre · See listing Belle Livingstone's 58th Street Country Club 19:00 · Belle Livingstone's 58th Street Country Club · See listing Bobbie Dazzle 19:00 · Bush Hall · See listing BOOK LAUNCH: ‘Listening with Love’ by Vishwam Gurudas 19:00 · Housmans Bookshop · From £2.50 Courtney Barnett 19:00 · O2 Forum Kentish Town · See listing Crypt Live: Duke Street Big Band 19:00 · St Martin-in-the-Fields · £20 Curió Curió 19:00 · Jazz Cafe · See listing Flo & Joan - With Feeling 19:00 · O2 Shepherds Bush Empire · See listing Golden Hour, Blue Light & London at Night Photography Tour 19:00 · Westminster Underground station, London (exit 4, opposite Big Ben) · £20 (students £15) Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody 19:00 · Underbelly Boulevard · See listing K2B Presents... Christopher Bliss' Halloween Spookfest 19:00 · MOTH Club · £17.10 Khakikid 19:00 · The Lower Third · See listing Lime Garden 19:00 · Electric Brixton · See listing Masego 19:00 · Blue Note London · See listing Monthly Mix + Mingle 19:00 · Dalston Superstore · See listing Mould 19:00 · London Oslo · See listing Nao-Cola Yamazaki in conversation with Sharlene Teo 19:00 · Daunt Books Marylebone · £12 Nectar Woode 19:00 · KOKO · See listing Newhvn 19:00 · The George Tavern · £15.50 People's Question Time 2026 - Islington 19:00 · Islington (venue on registration) · Free Perilous Enchantment – The True History of Faeries 19:00 · The London Library · From £8 Radio Wigwam Presents: 8:00PM Cheap Suits 8:40PM Infra Violet 9:25PM the Sixx 19:00 · The Bedford · Free Róisín Tapponi & Amelia Abraham: Scene City 19:00 · London Review Bookshop · £10 Rosie Holt: The Illegal Aliens Have Landed! 19:00 · Leicester Square Theatre · £22 + fees Space Hippo 19:00 · Jacksons Lane · From £10 The Mountain Goats Night 1 19:00 · Hackney Church · See listing The Players' 90th Birthday Music Hall Gala 19:00 · Wilton’s Music Hall · From £15 Transmissions Presents: in My Skin (2002) 19:00 · Dalston Superstore · See listing Wojtek Mazolewski: Live + Signing 19:00 · Rough Trade East London · From £18.02 Cultivate: The Other Half 19:15 · Riverside Studios · £5 7ebra + Louis Grace + guess how much I love you 19:30 · The Shacklewell Arms · Free Angel Comedy RAW Wednesdays 19:30 · The Camden Head · Free Bottle Rockets 19:30 · The Lexington · £14.50 Brahms 1 19:30 · Cadogan Hall · £10 for students Catching Cairo 19:30 · Colours Hoxton · See listing Duke Special 19:30 · South Street Arts Centre · £28 FesTeLõn 2026 – The Spanish Bawd (La Celestina) 19:30 · Canada Water Library · From £17 Free Krav Maga Self-Defence Taster Workshop in Peckham 19:30 · St James Church Hall · Free Free Women's Social Darts Taster Session – The Bricklayers Arms, Kingston 19:30 · The Bricklayers Arms · Free In Her Eyes I'm a Good Man 19:30 · Theatre Peckham · From £10 Jack the Ripper Walking Tour 19:30 · Tower Hill underground station, London (meet by the Tower Hill Tram coffee stand) · £20 (students £15) Julia Fischer plays Brahms 19:30 · Royal Festival Hall · £15 for students Kaktus Einarsson (Album Launch) + The Party 19:30 · Paper Dress Vintage · £11.33 Low Stakes - Free Games Night 19:30 · Peckham Levels · Free Makeshift Art Bar 19:30 · Dublin Castle · See listing Nebbia / Downes / Lisle: Exhaust 19:30 · Cafe OTO · From £16 Newbuild, Form Affinity, Van Quan, Sativa 19:30 · Windmill Brixton · £6 Nish Kumar: Angry Humour From a Really Nice Guy 19:30 · The Hexagon · £25 Rhythm Stick Club Night - Live From Ally Pally 19:30 · Alexandra Palace · £7 Page 1 2
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