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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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

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

Brass band performing on stage at Brassworks, Woolwich Works

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

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

The Barbican Conservatory's glasshouse interior with mature planting under the steel and glass roof

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

Skate Somerset House

Skate at Somerset House returns in November, and they’ve even got the après-ski covered

Rosalind in a festival-style wedding dress and fairy lights in the Forest of Arden, Shakespeare's Globe's 2026 production of As You Like It

Shakespeare’s Globe closes its summer season with a boundary-pushing As You Like It

Become a Peaky Blinder: inside the immersive Shelby experience opening at London Bridge

Partial eclipse

Still need eclipse glasses? Here’s where to buy them in person in London before Wednesday

Guests with cocktails gathered around a laden table at the launch of Freak Scene's Monster Brunch in Balham.

Freak Scene is turning its Balham weekends into a DJ-led bottomless brunch, DIY sushi included

Notting Hill Carnival

Notting Hill Carnival is back this month, here’s everything you need to know

The new building in Smithfield

A fatberg, Charles I’s execution vest and a nightclub after-party: London Museum’s incredible new home is nearly here

Woman with headdress staring at the viewer

Every surviving Van Eyck portrait is coming together for the first time ever, and it’s happening at the National Gallery this November

Dua Lipa in yellow top

Dua Lipa is curating London’s literature festival this year, and she’s brought Patti Smith and Zadie Smith with her