September is the month London shakes itself back into action and remembers it has things to do. The summer crowds thin out, the cultural institutions come back from their August slowdown with something to say, and the city enters what many Londoners quietly consider its best season. The light turns golden, the queues get shorter, and the programming gets sharper.
Open House London arrives in September, giving you access to buildings that are closed the other 51 weeks of the year. The autumn theatre season launches. Major exhibitions open. And the food and drink scene, refreshed and re-energised, starts doing the most interesting work of its year. Summer was fun. September means business.
16 Apr – 19 Sep 2026
The free Barbican exhibition that takes you back to the year Britain lost its mind
18 Jun – 30 Sep 2026
You can now step aboard the International Space Station without leaving Camden
13 Jul – 30 Sep 2026
The Science Museum just opened a free-roam VR journey to the edge of a black hole
27 Jul – 13 Sep 2026
What happens when Horrible Histories meets 3,000-year-old Egyptian artefacts? This.
3 Sep – 13 Sep 2026
A Decade of Pods and Punchlines: London Podcast Festival Is Back for 2026
