Queen's Yard Summer Party 2026
Queen's Yard Summer Party 2026 takes place across several venues in Hackney Wick and focuses on electronic music, anchoring the area's summer events calendar. The Queen's Yard Summer Party programme features more than 100 DJs and collectives, covering styles such as house, techno, garage and disco. The festival also continues into evening events at different clubs across Hackney Wick.
📍Hackney Wick, multiple venues | 2 May 2026
Affordable Art Fair Hampstead 2026
Affordable Art Fair Hampstead returns to Hampstead Heath from 6–10 May 2026, bringing together more than 100 galleries from around the world. The Affordable Art Fair features a wide selection of contemporary art, with prices starting from around £100, as well as works by emerging artists. Alongside paintings and prints, the fair also includes ceramics. Hampstead is a charming part of London to explore during your visit to the fair, and Hampstead Heath itself is one of the favourite outdoor areas in London.
📍Hampstead Heath | 6–10 May 2026
Chelsea in Bloom 2026
Chelsea in Bloom 2026 takes place with the theme "Out of this World". Chelsea in Bloom extends the atmosphere of the Chelsea Flower Show across the wider area, with floral displays inspired by themes such as astrology and outer space. Installations can be found around Sloane Square, Pavilion Road, Duke of York Square, King's Road and Sloane Street. It is also a good opportunity to explore Chelsea, an area many London visitors leave outside their itineraries.
📍Chelsea | 18–24 May 2026
Belgravia in Bloom 2026: Fairy Tales in Belgravia
Belgravia in Bloom 2026 takes place with the theme "Fairy Tales in Belgravia". Belgravia in Bloom features floral displays and installations inspired by fairy tales and imaginary worlds across the neighbourhood. Like Chelsea, Belgravia is often missed by visitors, but it is a very attractive area and, in our opinion, well worth exploring.
📍Belgravia | 18–24 May 2026
Urban Village Fete 2026
Urban Village Fete is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary on the Greenwich Peninsula with a varied programme combining music, culture and community. Previous editions of Urban Village Fete have featured performers such as Gilles Peterson, talks hosted by Robert Elms, dozens of workshops, food stalls and activities for all ages, from family-friendly entertainment and creative sessions to wellbeing, movement and crafts. The program and the dates are still being finalised.
📍Greenwich Peninsula | TBD
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 is London's most important gardening event and often attracts royal visitors. Held at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the Chelsea Flower Show presents current ideas in garden design, planting and sustainability through a series of designed gardens and displays. The Show Gardens highlight major design concepts, All About Plants focuses on planting, and the Balcony and Container Gardens section looks at smaller urban spaces. The Great Pavilion brings together international growers, plant displays, floristry, new plant varieties, and current industry trends. Chelsea Flower Show tickets sell out quickly and are released in stages through the RHS, so book ahead. The flower show is also a good opportunity to explore Chelsea more widely.
📍Chelsea | 19–23 May 2026
Jurassic Oceans: Monsters of the Deep at the Natural History Museum
Jurassic Oceans: Monsters of the Deep is the Natural History Museum's new exhibition for 2026, focusing on life in prehistoric seas and the creatures that ruled the oceans in the age of the dinosaurs. The Natural History Museum exhibition combines fossils millions of years old with hands-on elements, and visitors can touch real specimens, such as a dinosaur tooth and shark skin. The objects on display and expert interpretation help visitors understand how these animals dominated the seas in the distant past. The exhibition is suitable for visitors aged 8 and over.
📍Natural History Museum, South Kensington | 22 May 2026 – 3 January 2027
The Big Bahooey at Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace hosts The Big Bahooey, a family-friendly event featuring aerial acrobatics, street theatre, circus workshops, stage performances and roaming entertainers. The Big Bahooey is produced in collaboration with Cirque Bijou and takes place whatever the weather. Hampton Court Palace is also a wonderful place to visit in spring and summer, when its gardens are at their best.
📍Hampton Court Palace | 23–25 May 2026
A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe
Shakespeare's Globe in London, on the banks of the Thames, is a reconstruction of a theatre from Shakespeare's time and regularly stages Shakespeare's plays. A Midsummer Night's Dream is set during a night when the boundary between everyday life and the unusual begins to blur. On the eve of a royal wedding, a group of amateur actors prepare for a performance, while a group of young lovers enter the forest and encounter fairy-like figures. Misunderstandings follow, relationships change, and by morning the situation has transformed. The area around Shakespeare's Globe is also one of the places we would definitely recommend visiting on a trip to London.
📍Shakespeare's Globe, South Bank | 23 April – 29 August 2026
Cleopatra: The Experience at ExCeL London
At ExCeL London, Cleopatra: The Experience combines technology and historical objects across several different sections. Cleopatra: The Experience includes 3D holograms, 360-degree projections, and virtual and augmented reality experiences. Original objects such as sculptures and papyri are also on display. Interactive spaces and reconstructed environments depict places and moments, including Alexandria, royal rooms and key historical events. The exhibition focuses on Cleopatra's life and the world of her time.
📍Immerse LDN, ExCeL London Waterfront | 30 March – 12 July 2026
