What's on in London on Sunday 16th July 2023

Top events happening London

Summer Celebration and Craft Fair at Capel Manor Gardens

Celebrate summer in full bloom at Capel Manor Gardens. Enjoy exploring Capel Manor’s 40 inspiration gardens, as well as the stunning Walled Garden, maze and mini zoo. Visitors can wander around handmade craft stalls or chat to local societies and …

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10:00am to 5:00pm
£10.84
Enfield

So Last Century's Vintage Market at the Mansion

Celebrating their seventh summer at this stunning location in Beckenham Place Park, So Last Century is back with another Vintage Market at the Mansion. An amazing collection of 50 of the best vintage traders from London and the south, inside …

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10:00am to 5:00pm
Free
Beckenham

Northcote Road Summer Fete

Northcote Road’s businesses will be opening their doors onto the pavements, while a variety of stalls, activities, entertainment and games will be provided by the businesses on the street Think gourmet food, community ping pong tables, a selection of children’s …

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11:00am to 6:00pm
Free
Battersea

ChessFest at Trafalgar Square

ChessFest returns to Trafalgar Square this July, bigger and better than before. The UK’s largest one-day chess event is aimed at anyone who loves or wants to learn chess, and is completely free of charge. They will once again have …

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11:00am to 6:00pm
Free
Trafalgar Square, Trafalgar Square

Soho Village Fete

The 48th Soho Village Fete on Sunday 16 July 2023 12-6pm, St Anne’s Gardens, Wardour Street, Soho A traditional Village Fete with a Soho Twist! FREE Entry TICKETS include:- *6 hours live music and The French House Bar! *Spaghetti Eating …

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12:00pm to 6:00pm
Free
Soho

South London Comic & Zine Fair

Cartoonists, self-publishers, small press, zine makers and book artists come together to show, share and sell their creations. There will also be an all ages comic and zine library, and a short programme of talks and workshops. Plus, an opportunity …

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12:00pm to 6:00pm
Free
South Norwood

Oscar Wilde's Prison Door: LGBTQIA+, laws and imprisonment

Join Neil Bartlett, Liv Wynter, and the Bent Bars Project as they discuss the legacy of Oscar Wilde, stigma and LGBTQIA+ imprisonment. Neil Bartlett (he/him) has been working as an out gay author and director since 1982. His first book, …

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2:00pm to 3:30pm
£5
Queer Britain, Kings Cross

Procession of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Every year, thousands of people flock to the streets around the Church to watch the procession and to participate to the feast of the Church where you can buy the typical Italian products from different stands. The procession swings around …

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3:30pm to 5:00pm
Free
Clerkenwell

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

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

Treasures from Faraway: Medieval and Renaissance Objects from the Schroder collection

In the latest of its series of In Focus displays, Strawberry Hill House shines a spotlight on how diverse natural materials, from coconuts to rock crystal, along with trade networks with Asia and the Far East created new opportunities for …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 19th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
£16
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham

Totalitarian Props

This exhibition explores and investigates certain acts of tyranny, particularly within the context of the Pan-Africanism ideal and Pan-Arabism dream. It looks at how state, government and utopian dictatorships developed modalites of population mass-control and utilised surveillance mechanisms. By playing …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 19th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Southwark

Hackney 300,000 BC

Hackney Museum is inviting residents to step back in time with its new temporary exhibition ‘Hackney 300,000 BC: Meet the Neanderthal neighbours and curious creatures of the borough’s Old Stone Age’. The exhibition provides a rare glimpse into pre-historic Hackney …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 22nd Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Hackney Museum, Hackney

Zaha's Moonsoon: An Interior in Japan

This exhibition explores the design story of the Moonsoon bar and restaurant (1979-80), Zaha Hadid’s first completed project outside of the UK. Drawing on the rich archival material from ZHF, the exhibition offers a rare insight into the conception of …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 22nd Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Clerkenwell

Dolls

An exhibition of dolls created during the lockdown by the artist John Lee Bird. Spread over 3 floors of the Ugly Duck premises there will be 800+ dolls (I’m still counting) and large-scale paintings, collages and drawings, lino cuts, sculptures, …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 23rd Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Southwark

Unfamiliar

Carefully chosen and curated by physician associate Debbie Jegede, and photographer Theo Deproost, these seemingly inert objects have been transformed through photography to show altered perspectives that challenge our understanding and impression of them. The photographs will be displayed alongside …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 28th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Royal College of Physicians Museum, Camden

Dawit L. Petros: Recollections

This solo exhibition continues Petros’ inquiries into the complex relationship between African and European histories of colonialism and modernity. Petros’ aesthetics are anchored on the visual syntax of abstraction. The language of the exhibition brings together highly representational images – …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 29th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Cromwell Place, South Kensington

Mars: War and Peace

Following on from Luke Jerram other astronomical artworks the Museum of the Moon and his Earth artwork Gaia (both previously shown at St John’s), we are happy to showcase Luke’s exhubition of Mars at our church. Measuring seven metres in …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 30th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
West Kensington

Ai Weiwei: Making Sense

Ai Weiwei’s exhibition focuses on design with a mix recent works and commissioned pieces, inviting us into a meditation on value and humanity, art and activism. Ai Weiwei is one of the most significant and recognised artists working today. Known …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 30th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
£16.50
Design Museum, Kensington

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