What's on in London on Saturday 8th June 2024

Top events happening London

Slimewatch 2

Explore Deptford Creek to take samples of the mud surface and then study them under high-powered microscopes. They expect to find a variety of algae and other organisms, which we will record as part of our growing data bank. We’ll …

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10:00am to 1:00pm
Free
Deptford

Piccadilly Animals Fair

Participating charities/groups represent a variety of local, national and international animal welfare causes. The stalls raise funds for their work by offering a variety of goods, gifts and bargains for sale. Leaflets and information on their work is available at …

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10:30am to 4:15pm
Free
Picadilly

World Naked Bike Ride in London

Expect to see a lot of people wearing considerably less than usual cycling around London. The London leg of the World Naked Bike Ride in 2024 rides from a number of start points and then merge into a spectacular 1,000+ …

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Starts at 12:00pm
Free

The Fair in the Square

The Fair in the Square is a free community event run entirely by volunteers for the benefit of the local neighbourhood. The Fair showcases local businesses, organisations and societies with stalls around Pond Square and along the length of South …

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12:30pm to 5:30pm
Free
Highgate

Rebels & Reformers

In this informal history talk explore the rich and varied contributions women have made to social movements across East London. Line up includes: Historian Michelle Johansen on Muriel Lester (1883-1968). Born in Leytonstone, Lester was a social reformer, pacifist and …

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2:00pm to 3:00pm
Free
Bethnal Green

East End Shorts

Short and informal talks covering Black History in Tower Hamlets, Bengali-led women’s activism and 1970s working-class creativity. Line up includes: Activist and Campaigner, Julie Begum on founding, Women Unite Against Racism (WUAR) an anti-racist group established in 1993 following the …

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3:00pm to 4:00pm
Free
Bethnal Green

Firebirds: Pyrodise - The Legend of the White Phoenix

In Pyrodise even the smallest flame will dance up a storm. Be entranced as the creatures who inhabit this land celebrate fire, movement and manipulation. This joint production of Firebirds and Flame Flowers companies commemorates the sudden loss of their …

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9:30pm to 10:10pm
Free
Hounslow

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Monster Mayhem at The Mall

Watch in wonder as The Mall Wood Green comes alive with a series of giant inflatable sculptures. With exotic flowers sprouting from entrances, mysterious tentacles emerging from the car park, and strange colourful creatures watching your every move, you’re encouraged …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 9th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Wood Green

Acts of Resistance: Photography, Feminisms and the Art of Protest

Photography has long been associated with acts of resistance. It is used to document action, share ideas, inspire change, tell stories, gather evidence and fight against injustice. This group exhibition at the SLG, organised in collaboration with the V&A, spans the Main Gallery and …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 9th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Peckham

Ceramics Summer Show in Peckham

Showcasing around 100 up-and-coming artists and designers working with ceramics, it is an opportunity to see a range of handmade work, meet the makers and see the studios where the work itself is made. All work on display is for …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 9th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Peckham

Fanciful Figures

anciful Figures turns visitors’ attention to ‘staffage’, the small human and animal figures in architectural drawings, which became increasingly popular during the eighteenth century. Drawing on the drafting practices of past and present, the exhibition illustrates staffage’s ability to animate …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 9th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Sir John Soane's Museum, Holborn

M&S Marble Arch Reimagined

An exhibition of Middlesex University MA Interiors work that reimagines the opportunities of existing buildings for sustainable redevelopment. Marks and Spencer Marble Arch flagship store, on Oxford Street, has become central to the debate around adaptive reuse and retrofitting our …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 13th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Hendon

Greening the Campus: Towards a more biodiverse Marylebone

Explore and be part of an ideas exhibition, for the redesign of the public realm outside the University of Westminster’s Marylebone Campus. The street frontage of University of Westminster’s Marylebone Campus is heavily used by 7500 students, as well as …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 15th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Camden

At Home in Hackney: A community photographed 1970-today

From 1970s activism to the current party scene, the exhibition displays five decades of Hackney life through a camera lens. Featuring work from established and emerging photographers connected with Hackney, including Tom Hunter, Hackney Flashers, Neil Martinson, Dennis Morris, Rachel …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 15th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Hackney Museum, Hackney

Rediscovering gems

Gems were the picture book of the ancient Mediterranean world. Depicting deities, famous individuals, animals, objects, and scenes from myth or daily life, these small artworks have made a significant impression throughout history. Classical gems have been highly prized by …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 15th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
British Museum, Russell Square

Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron Portraits to Dream In

Photographers Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron are two of the most influential women in the history of photography. They lived a century apart – Cameron working in the UK and Sri Lanka from the 1860s, and Woodman in America …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 16th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
£8.50
National Portrait Gallery, Soho

Christopher Hope-Fitch: Brutalism in Colour

Brutalism sheds its grey reputation and is given a polychromatic reimagining at Gareth Gardner Gallery during London Festival of Architecture. Photographer Christopher Hope-Fitch presents his long-term project ‘Brutalism in Colour’, revealing the multitude of textures, geometries and hidden colours within …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 16th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Deptford

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