The ianVisits guide to cheap and free things to do in London on Saturday 27th April.
Top events in London on Sat 27th Apr 2024
Normally you need to pay to visit the gardens, but on a few weekends a year, the gardens are free to visit.
10am to 4pm
East Molesey
The Chelsea Physic Garden will have over 30 stalls selling plants, which gives you both a chance to buy a plant and to visit the Physic Garden for free.
10am to 5pm
Chelsea
£22.00
A weekend of computer games. W.A.S.D is the central playable and interactive feature of London Games Festival.
10am to 6pm
Whitechapel
The two-day festival includes 100+ vintage fashion traders, rare classic cars and more.
10am to 6pm
Kings Cross
The Museum's depot in Acton will be open for three days, giving you the opportunity to explore our collections store, with its treasure trove of over 320,000 objects.
10:30am to 5pm
Acton
An exhibition of quilts to celebrate this SE London quilting group's 25th anniversary.
10:30am to 4pm
Lewisham
The counter-cultural publishing house presents an evening of eclectic authors, artists and musicians, including Jarvis Cocker, Sheena Patel and Musa Okwonga.
Starts at 7:30pm
Southwark
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
11am to 8pm
Strand
Closing soon Mon, 6th May
An exhibition marking the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale between Britain and France.
12pm to 6pm
South Kensington
Closing soon Sat, 27th April
10am to 6pm
Camden
Closing soon Sun, 28th April
A large scale new commission from Hong-Kong based artist Zheng Bo, transforming Somerset House’s courtyard into a bamboo garden.
All Day
Strand
Closing soon Sun, 28th April
Free
1001 Days in London
Street photographer Steve Hollingshead celebrates this vibrant metropolis with a gallery-filling installation of 1001 individual photographs.
11am to 6pm
Southwark
Closing soon Sun, 28th April
Around 120 examples of the fusion between sportswear and fashion from the Westminster Menswear Archive.
11am to 7pm
Camden
Closing soon Sun, 28th April
Be astonished as over 100,000 tulip bulbs erupt in colour in one of the UK’s biggest display of planted tulips.
10am to 4pm
East Molesey
Closing soon Mon, 29th April
Spanning over 60 years of contemporary sculpture, this exhibition highlights ways in which artists draw on familiar experiences of movement, flux and organic growth.
10am to 8pm
Southwark
Closing soon Sun, 5th May
This exhibition finds conversations between various forms of abstraction, symbolism and figuration that were circulating and interacting in the visual culture of Brazil in the mid-20th century.
11am to 6pm
Whitechapel
Closing soon Sun, 5th May
Explore how music shapes our lives in this interactive exhibition.
10am to 6pm
South Kensington
Closing soon Mon, 6th May
Regular Events - Saturday 27th April 2024
Tours last about an hour and fifteen minutes and includes a short walk to set our local context. Tickets cost £12, with discounts for Friends and students.
10am to 11:30am
Stockwell
Have you ever wondered what Somerset House was built for and what has taken place within this Grade 1 listed building over the years?
12pm to 1pm Strand
