What’s On

The latest from London — new openings, just-announced events, selling-out shows and everything worth knowing about this week in the city.

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Hundreds of glowing paper lanterns bearing handwritten messages float on the water at dusk during the Water Lantern Festival

Write a message and float a lantern across Clapham Common’s Long Pond this September

Monet and Renoir painted the same scene, side by side, in 1869. For a few weeks only, you can see the results together again, free.

A candlelit string quartet performing Disney love songs at the Candlelight concert series

Can You Feel the Love Tonight? A candlelit string quartet is bringing Disney’s love songs to Southwark Cathedral

Steve Rubie at the piano at the 606 Club

From a Chelsea basement to a cultural landmark: the 606 Club turns 50

Lantern House, 2022, by architect Tosin Oshinowo

The Design Museum’s major new exhibition on contemporary Black design opens this autumn

People making colourful feathered Carnival headdresses at a workshop table

Make your own feathered Carnival headdress at this hands-on City workshop this week

The Rio Cinema exterior lit up pink and red at dusk on Kingsland High Street

Rio Cinema turns 50 this autumn, with Ben Whishaw, Asif Kapadia and a bespoke IPA joining the celebrations

A KFC bucket of popcorn chicken served with La Vieille Ferme rosé on a silver tray

Tenders and rosé, hot wings and red: KFC and La Vieille Ferme’s wine bar pops up in Shoreditch this bank holiday

The main room at Sunday Papers Live, decorated with newspaper bunting

Sunday Papers Live is bringing roast lunches, Bloody Marys and a live crossword back to Clerkenwell this autumn

Nan Goldin, Young love, 2024, paired with a classical sculpture

Nan Goldin’s first major UK show in over two decades opens at the Hayward Gallery this November

A saxophonist plays as climbers reach the summit during Up at The O2's Summer Sessions

Sunsets, sounds and skylines: Up at The O2 brings Summer Sessions back to the summit

Blue Note London exterior render, credit: Legeard Studio

Robert Glasper, Erykah Badu, Jamie Cullum and Nubya Garcia: Blue Note London’s opening season lineup revealed

The Fake Mac burger at Zula Burger

Zula Burger is popping up at East London wine bar Tempo for one night only

Friends toasting with pink sriracha cocktails at Pho

Pho is turning King’s Cross hot pink this week to launch the world’s first Pink Sriracha

Perseid meteor streaking across the night sky

London gets a rare double bill tonight: the Perseids peak hours after this evening’s solar eclipse

Brass band performing on stage at Brassworks, Woolwich Works

Brassworks is back for Woolwich Works’ fifth birthday, and it’s the biggest one yet

Crowd at Body Movements festival, Southwark Park, at sunset

Body Movements returns to Southwark Park with its strongest lineup to date: Romy, Eris Drew & Octo Octa, Horse Meat Disco

Chase & Status DJing at the CUPRA Raval launch event

Chase & Status are playing a secret, free gig in Shoreditch this Friday

Crowds at the Art Car Boot Fair, Coal Drops Yard, King's Cross

The “most stylish car boot sale imaginable” returns to King’s Cross this September

Barbican Conservatory

The Barbican Conservatory is giving away 2,000 of its own plants before a three-year closure