What's on in London on Sunday 5th January 2025
Top events happening London
Twelfth Night celebrations 2025
Twelfth Night is an annual collective celebration of the New Year held in the Bankside area, mixing ancient Midwinter seasonal customs and contemporary festivity. To herald the celebration, the extraordinary Holly Man, the Winter guise of the Green Man (from …
Starts at 12:00pmFreeSouthwark
Twelfth Night is an annual collective celebration of the New Year held in the Bankside area, mixing ancient Midwinter seasonal customs and contemporary festivity. To herald the celebration, the extraordinary Holly Man, the Winter guise of the Green Man (from …
Wassail in the PleasaunceExpect singing from Halstow Community Choir , dancing from Greenwich Morris Men and a invitation to make some noise with drums and carnivalesque procession led by Brazilian / Samba style Taru Arts.
1:00pm to 3:00pmFree
Expect singing from Halstow Community Choir , dancing from Greenwich Morris Men and a invitation to make some noise with drums and carnivalesque procession led by Brazilian / Samba style Taru Arts.
Ten exhibitions that are closing soon
Huang Po-Chih: WavesTaiwanese artist Huang Po-Chih uses the personal narratives of workers to investigate globalised trade, with a focus on the textile industry in East Asia. — Drawing upon his family heritage – particularly his mother’s experiences as a garment worker in …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing SoonFreeHayward Gallery, Southwark
Taiwanese artist Huang Po-Chih uses the personal narratives of workers to investigate globalised trade, with a focus on the textile industry in East Asia. — Drawing upon his family heritage – particularly his mother’s experiences as a garment worker in …
Haegue Yang: Leap YearA world of inventive, immersive and multisensory installations and sculptures that weave connections between disparate histories, cultures and traditions. — Haegue Yang’s work spans a vast range of media – from paper collage to performative sculpture and immense sensorial installations. …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing Soon£19Hayward Gallery, Southwark
A world of inventive, immersive and multisensory installations and sculptures that weave connections between disparate histories, cultures and traditions. — Haegue Yang’s work spans a vast range of media – from paper collage to performative sculpture and immense sensorial installations. …
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum It Will End in TearsIn her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings. Enter a world of Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum’s creation in ‘It Will …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing SoonFreeBarbican Arts Centre, Barbican
In her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings. Enter a world of Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum’s creation in ‘It Will …
The Imaginary Institution of India Art 1975–1998A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years. Featuring artwork by over 30 Indian artists, this major exhibition is bookended by two transformative events in India’s history: Indira Gandhi’s declaration of …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing Soon£21.50Barbican Arts Centre, Barbican
A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years. Featuring artwork by over 30 Indian artists, this major exhibition is bookended by two transformative events in India’s history: Indira Gandhi’s declaration of …
Birds: Brilliant and BizarreUnravel the epic story of birds, discover the secrets to their success and learn some of their surprising and often shocking tactics for survival. Birds are the soundtrack to our mornings, they soar through our skies and swoop around our …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing Soon£16.50Natural History Museum, South Kensington
Unravel the epic story of birds, discover the secrets to their success and learn some of their surprising and often shocking tactics for survival. Birds are the soundtrack to our mornings, they soar through our skies and swoop around our …
The Art of Sidney H. Sime, Master of FantasySidney Sime was a painter, illustrator and caricaturist. He was born in 1867 in Manchester to a poor family. He worked in the coal mines as a boy, then for a linen draper and a barber, before taking up sign …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing Soon£6Heath Robinson Museum, Pinner
Sidney Sime was a painter, illustrator and caricaturist. He was born in 1867 in Manchester to a poor family. He worked in the coal mines as a boy, then for a linen draper and a barber, before taking up sign …
Making Poetry: Astra PapachristodoulouExplore poetry off the page in Astra Papachristodoulou’s debut solo exhibition, where poems exist as sculpture, objects and textiles. Papachristodoulou’s object poems encourage interactive and shared participatory experiences, and present alternative ways for poetry to exist today. New commissions as …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing SoonFreeSouthwark
Explore poetry off the page in Astra Papachristodoulou’s debut solo exhibition, where poems exist as sculpture, objects and textiles. Papachristodoulou’s object poems encourage interactive and shared participatory experiences, and present alternative ways for poetry to exist today. New commissions as …
Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish CollectionShowcasing over 300 rare prints from 140 photographers, this exhibition is a major presentation of twentieth and twenty-first century photography on loan from the private collection of Sir Elton John and David Furnish. Selected from their collection of over 7,000 …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing Soon£20Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum, South Kensington
Showcasing over 300 rare prints from 140 photographers, this exhibition is a major presentation of twentieth and twenty-first century photography on loan from the private collection of Sir Elton John and David Furnish. Selected from their collection of over 7,000 …
Serial Killer: The ExhibitionSerial Killer: The Exhibition in London explores the Serial Killer phenomenon from a historical, educational, and scientific perspective. Learn about the most notorious criminals in history, analyse how investigative techniques have evolved, discover over 1000 original artefacts, and explore reconstructed …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing Soon£25Southwark
Serial Killer: The Exhibition in London explores the Serial Killer phenomenon from a historical, educational, and scientific perspective. Learn about the most notorious criminals in history, analyse how investigative techniques have evolved, discover over 1000 original artefacts, and explore reconstructed …
For Arts Sake x Pitzhanger: Original Works on PaperDedicated entirely to original works on paper, For Arts Sake x Pitzhanger will showcase over 150 pieces in Pitzhanger Gallery, by both established and emerging artists. The display, which will be updated over the Christmas season, will feature various printmaking …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 12th Jan Closing SoonFreePitzhanger Manor & Gallery, Ealing
Dedicated entirely to original works on paper, For Arts Sake x Pitzhanger will showcase over 150 pieces in Pitzhanger Gallery, by both established and emerging artists. The display, which will be updated over the Christmas season, will feature various printmaking …