What's on in London on Saturday 22nd October 2022

Top events happening London

Diwali lantern parade and illuminations

A lantern parade and light show in Greenwich to mark the end of a day of Diwali celebrations. As the sun sets, follow the lantern parade as it winds its way from the National Maritime Museum to the riverside lawns …

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Start time to be confirmed
Free
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

Apple Day at Dulwich Orchard

Join us for Apple Day on Saturday 22nd October, from 12pm-3pm. London Wildlife Trust and the orchard volunteers welcome the local community to celebrate with us all the apples grown locally. Activities on the day will include apple inspired crafts, …

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9:30am to 3:30pm
Free
Dulwich

Beyond the Visual

Hear from a wide range of speakers reflecting on what blindness brings to the experience of art within cultural organisations and beyond. Your speakers will include artists, creative practitioners, disability activists, historians, researchers and scientists. This symposium goes beyond thinking …

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10:00am to 5:30pm
Free
Wellcome Collection, Camden

The London Welsh Autumn Emporium

The London Welsh Centre hosts the annual London Welsh Autumn Emporium. Just in time to get some Christmas shopping….. Come along and sample the delights that Wales has to offer from food, drink, homeware and craft. It’s the perfect place …

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10:30am to 5:30pm
£5.35
Farringdon

The Ghost of London Past

A terrifyingly enjoyable evening, as you explore the London home of Charles Dickens, led by an unearthly guide. ‘The Ghost of London Past’ once appeared to the great author himself, and now it has returned. Heed its warning and hear …

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Starts at 5:00pm
£20
Charles Dickens Museum, Clerkenwell

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Shattered glass of Beirut

On the evening of 4 August 2020, a massive stockpile of ammonium nitrate exploded at the port of Beirut. The blast killed at least 218 people, injured 7,000 and displaced 300,000 as well as causing $15bn of damage. The immediate …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 23rd Oct 2022 Closing Soon
Free
British Museum, Russell Square

Between the Sheets: Turner's Nudes

Encounter a little known and rarely seen side of Britain’s greatest artist. Loved as the master of landscapes and seascapes such as The Fighting Temeraire, Hannibal Crossing the Alps and Norham Castle, few know that Turner’s sketchbooks also contain depictions …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 30th Oct 2022 Closing Soon
£10
Twickenham

Alter Ego

An ancient tradition that has proved itself timeless and vital, Portraiture and the Artist’s obsession with capturing human likeness is still relevant. This October BSMT will be opening ‘Alter Ego’, an exhibition of Urban and Contemporary portraiture showcasing artists who …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 30th Oct 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Hackney

The Royal Signals

Secure communication is vital to the Army. Throughout Cyber Awareness Month, the National Army Museum is showcasing the work of the Royal Signals through a series of dynamic photographs. Every British Army deployment around the world is underpinned by the …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 30th Oct 2022 Closing Soon
Free
National Army Museum, Chelsea

Chiswick House LEGO brick model

Using more than 50,000 bricks and taking two years to build, the Chiswick House Friends, in conjunction with Brick Galleria , present an incredible LEGO brick model of Chiswick House. This model illustrates the dramatic architectural changes that Chiswick House …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 30th Oct 2022 Closing Soon
£11
Chiswick House & Gardens, Chiswick

Life Through a Royal Lens

Life Through a Royal Lens explores the Royal Family through photography and brings together some of the most iconic images ever taken of the Royal Family to Kensington Palace. For almost 200 years the medium of photography has created an …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 30th Oct 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Kensington Palace, Kensington

Halloween at Chiswick House & Gardens

As Halloween creeps closer and the days shorten, a mysterious mist falls across the gardens at Chiswick House & Gardens. Join with family and friends to wander from dusk into darkness between one ghostly space to another. Watch out for …

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Exhibition ends on Monday 31st Oct 2022 Closing Soon
£16.50
Chiswick House & Gardens, Chiswick

Ghost Show: The Haunted House

Ghost Show: The Haunted House is a one-week art exhibition using the classic ‘haunted house experience’ to think about new ways of exhibiting art, supported by Arts Council England. Residing within a bespoke theatrical horror setting in Copeland Park, working …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 5th Nov 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Peckham

Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear

At a moment of unprecedented creativity in men’s fashion and reflection on gender, this exhibition explores how designers, tailors and artists – and their clients and sitters – have constructed and performed masculinity, and unpicked it at the seams. The …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 6th Nov 2022 Closing Soon
£20
Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum, South Kensington

Maurice Broomfield: Industrial Sublime

Maurice Broomfield’s dramatic photographs captured factories and their workers in an era of rapid transition, depicting the remnants of the industrial revolution alongside emerging technologies. The exhibition is in room 100, Photography Centre – The Bern and Ronny Schwartz Gallery. …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 6th Nov 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum, South Kensington

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