Concerts & Events This Weekend in London
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Concerts & Events This Weekend in London
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Phoenix Theatre - London
Fri 6 Nov · 13:00Check ticket prices
Find ticketsAvenue Q
Shaftesbury Theatre
Fri 6 Nov · 14:30Check ticket prices
Find ticketsMoulin Rouge - The Musical
Piccadilly Theatre
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Find ticketsThe Book of Mormon
Prince of Wales Theatre
Fri 6 Nov · 14:30Check ticket prices
Find ticketsBeetlejuice - The Musical
Prince Edward Theatre
Fri 6 Nov · 15:00Check ticket prices
Find ticketsSuede & Manic Street Preachers
O2 Arena - London
Fri 6 Nov · 18:30Check ticket prices
Find ticketsMatilda the Musical
Cambridge Theatre
Fri 6 Nov · 19:00Check ticket prices
Find ticketsMy Neighbour Totoro
The New London Theatre
Fri 6 Nov · 19:00Check ticket prices
Find ticketsDeaf Havana
O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
Fri 6 Nov · 19:00Check ticket prices
Find ticketsWicked
Apollo Victoria Theatre
Fri 6 Nov · 19:30Check ticket prices
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London events this weekend
London weekends start Thursday and do not really stop until Sunday roast. Thursday after-work pubs across Soho, Shoreditch, and the City fill up by 6 pm, and the first West End curtains go up at 7 or 7.30.
Friday is one of the heaviest theatre nights of the week, with the entire Theatreland district running an evening show plus The O2, OVO Wembley, Eventim Apollo, and the Roundhouse typically booked for an arena or mid-tier touring act. Saturday adds matinees — most West End houses run a 2.30 pm show alongside the 7.30 pm slot.
Premier League fixtures shape the weekend more than anything else. Saturday 3 pm kickoffs at the Emirates, Stamford Bridge, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the London Stadium, or Selhurst Park pull tens of thousands across the Tube.
Saturday 5.30 pm and Sunday 2 pm or 4.30 pm are the broadcast slots. Match-day pubs fill by mid-morning.
Clubs in East London — XOYO, Village Underground, Fabric in Farringdon, Moth Club in Hackney — programme their biggest nights Friday and Saturday, most running 11 pm to 4 am. Sunday has its own rhythm.
Pub roast service from noon to 4 pm fills every gastro pub from Hampstead to Peckham, with the best spots booking a week ahead. West End matinees now run a Sunday afternoon slot at a growing share of houses — Sunday is a standard performance day at most musicals post-pandemic.
Sunday evening at the Royal Albert Hall, the South Bank, and the smaller jazz rooms tends to be the most relaxed live music tier of the week. The Tube's Sunday service runs a reduced timetable — check the last train if heading out of central late.
What's on by month
November
Bonfire Night fireworks on November 5th light up displays across the city — Alexandra Palace, Battersea Park, Wimbledon Park, and Victoria Park all run major events. The Lord Mayor's Show fills the City of London the second Saturday. The Christmas lights turn-ons at Oxford Street, Regent Street, Covent Garden, and Carnaby Street happen the first half of November. The ATP Finals (when in London years) used to land at The O2 mid-month. Winter Wonderland opens at Hyde Park late November and runs through early January.
December
Boxing Day football on December 26th is one of the most distinctive traditions in the English calendar — every Premier League side plays a home or away fixture, with a packed schedule that fills pubs and stadiums across the city. Winter Wonderland runs at Hyde Park all month. Somerset House outdoor skating, the Tower of London moat skating, and the Natural History Museum skating draw families. The West End programmes pantomime across multiple houses. The Royal Albert Hall runs Christmas concerts. New Year's Eve on the Thames brings the official fireworks display launched from barges and the Eye, with ticketed viewing zones along the river and free spots filling by early afternoon.