What's on in London on Saturday 8th July 2023

Top events happening London

Barnes Fair

A group of around 300 exhibitors offering fashion, jewellery, gifts and homeware for browsing plus food and drink stalls from some of Barnes’ favourite bars and restaurants. Our much-loved food and drink area with live music and margaritas will be …

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9:30am to 5:30pm
Free
Barnes

English National Opera clearance sale

DATE CORRECTION – is happening on Fri & Sat only. — For the first time in a decade, the English National Opera is having a clearance sale to sell off some of their unwanted costumes and props. It’s a rare …

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10:00am to 4:00pm
Free
Charlton

Meet the British Library

Celebrate the British Library’s 50th birthday in style with a day of tours and talks exploring the library. With a range of curator and talks, sound performances, workshops and activities around the building throughout the day, there’s something for everyone. …

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11:00am to 5:00pm
Free
British Library, Camden

Summer fete at Westminster Abbey

The annual Choir School summer fete will take place in Dean’s Yard (through the archway) and all the family are welcome. There is no need to book a ticket in advance, just arrive and have fun. The Dean of Westminster, …

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11:00am to 3:30pm
Free
Westminster Abbey, Pimlico

Reopening of Boston Manor House

Following several years of restoration work, Boston Manor House reopens to the public. Boston Manor is an English Jacobean manor house built in 1622 with internal alterations, intensively restored in later centuries and Boston Manor Park is the adjoining publicly …

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12:00pm to 5:00pm
Free
Brentford

New Cross Fire Station open day

This summer London’s fire stations be opening their red doors to the public for a number of open day events across London. Fire stations will be hosting open days throughout the summer months for the local communities. The aim of …

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Starts at 12:00pm
Free
New Cross

Doctor Who: Classic Dalek Episode Showcase + Introduction by Matthew Sweet

Made at Riverside Studios between 1964 and 1968, Doctor Who is one of the world’s most successful and enduring television programmes. In 2023, it turns sixty and, in the run-up to the anniversary in November, we will be screening Riverside-filmed …

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2:00pm to 3:30pm
£13
Hammersmith

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Flesh to Touch, Flesh To Burn! Don't Keep The Wicker Man Waiting!

As an official partner to the 50th anniversary celebrations of the original release of Robin Hardy’s controversial and troubled film The Wicker Man which became a cult classic. The exhibition celebrates the history and continued contemporary influence of the film …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 8th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Horse Hospital, Clerkenwell

Shape Art Weekend

An art installation inside a new housing development for a few days. Key features of the installation include Jo Peel’s murals depicting layered cityscapes, abstract forms and pops of colour, which will adorn the walls of the ground floor space, …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 9th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Southwark

RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show 2023

The RHS return to Saatchi Gallery for the third year in a row to showcase new work from leading botanical artists and photographers across three galleries. Entries for the show have been through a meticulous pre-selection process, where the scientific …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 9th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
£7
Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea

Summer Science Exhibition 2023

The Royal Society’s annual Summer Science Exhibition offers a free interactive experience for anyone curious about the latest advances in science and technology. This year, visitors can get hands-on with drumming to improve their brain plasticity, predicting the next eruption …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 9th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
St James

Coronations from the middle ages to the present day

To mark the coronation of King Charles III, Lambeth Palace and Lambeth Palace Library collections are bringing you an exhibition of materials relating to previous coronations from that of Henry I in 1100 to that of our new sovereign. The …

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Exhibition ends on Tuesday 11th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Lambeth Palace Library, Southwark

No Place Like Home

Located in the heart of the Vietnamese community on Kingsland Road, Museum of the Home commissioned a new contemporary art exhibition, No Place Like Home (A Vietnamese Exhibition) Part II. Co-curated and led by KV Duong and Hoa Dung Clerget, …

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Exhibition ends on Tuesday 11th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
The Museum of the Home, Bethnal Green

Punks, Princes and Protests: The Chronicles of Feliks Topolski RA

The exhibition showcases Feliks Topolski’s lifelong commitment to reportage, using the occasion of Charles III’s coronation to highlight how the artist oscillated between the Establishment and Counter-Culture. Topolski’s artistic and social core was his Studio on the South Bank, occupied …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 15th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Southwark

1980s People Power: The Campaign for St Leonard's Hospital

A small temporary exhibition looks at Hackney Health Emergency, a successful people-led campaign to save St Leonard’s Hospital in Shoreditch from closure in 1983-84. The exhibition, 1980s People Power – The Campaign for St Leonard’s Hospital, co-curated with members of …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 15th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Hackney Museum, Hackney

Kateřina Šedá: I Would Name My House the Swallow's Nest

KateÅ™ina Å edá’s first solo exhibition at Bosse & Baum and solo projects since 2011, presents models of houses originally realised for the garden of a home for the elderly in Lower Austria, and presents a view of the project Herzlich …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 15th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Peckham

Freud's Antiquity: Object, Idea, Desire

An exhibition exploring the crucial role that Freud’s collection of antiquities played in his development of the concepts and methods of psychoanalysis. Freud’s study at 20 Maresfield Gardens contains a vast array of figurines, books and artwork that either originate …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 16th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
£14
Freud Museum, Hampstead

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