What's On in London, North

Children's Activity - Rip's Nature Trail

Venue: Forty Hall

Website: www.fortyhallestate.co.uk

This trail is a new activity for children to explore the grounds of Forty Hall Estate. Can you complete all the tasks? Can you solve the riddles? Only one way to find out. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and...

Children's Performance Project

Venue: Chickenshed

Website: www.chickenshed.org.uk

Perfect for children of all experience levels, Performance Project is creatively designed to combine and develop music, dance, and singing skills. You can join in on a weekly basis, but do note that spaces...

From Scrap to Stage: Make Your Own Tabletop Puppets Course

Venue: Harrow Arts Centre

Website: www.harrowarts.com

Design and construct your own tabletop puppets using recycled and everyday materials. Gathering inspirations from simple daily objects and transforming them into expressive characters! This course integrates...

Airfix Model Club

Venue: RAF Museum London

Website: www.rafmuseum.org.uk

Over ten weekends throughout the year, aspiring engineers aged 8 and over will have fun constructing classic aircraft models and earning progress rewards along the way.Recommended for ages 8+. Adults do...

Winnie-the-Pooh at London Zoo

Venue: London Zoo

Website: www.londonzoo.org

Families and fans are invited to follow an enchanting trail across the Zoo, discovering beautifully illustrated pages retracing Pooh and Eeyore’s journey as it unfolds among iconic landmarks and animals...

Birthday Parties at Avenue

Venue: Avenue Conference and Events

Address: 58 Regents Park Road

Website: www.avenue.uk.com

Planning an event - whether it's a children's birthday party, a grand celebration or an intimate gathering, requires careful planning, attention to detail, and creativity. Avenue offers a versatile venue,...

Board Game Afternoons

Venue: Cricklewood Library

Website: www.cricklewoodlibrary.org.uk

Join Michael Mertl and friends every Saturday, 2–4pm, for a lively afternoon of free board games at the library. Expect strategy, rivalry, teamwork, surprises and plenty of laughs — whether you’re...

Children's Activity - Rip's Nature Trail

Venue: Forty Hall

Website: www.fortyhallestate.co.uk

This trail is a new activity for children to explore the grounds of Forty Hall Estate. Can you complete all the tasks? Can you solve the riddles? Only one way to find out. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and...

Examberry Tuition

Venue: Kingston upon Thames, New Malden, Slough, Wimbledon, Sutton and online

Website: www.examberry.com

Examberry is one of the UK’s largest producers of 11+ test papers, mirroring the exact style and difficulty used in real grammar and independent school exams. Experience exam day, before it counts with...

Free Readers

Venue: 71–75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden

Website: www.freereaders.co.uk

At Free Readers, your child’s academic success and wellbeing is priority. Free Readers serve children of all year groups, from ages 3 to 11, offering enrichment or extra help in Reading, Maths and English,...

Highbury Fields Junior Parkrun

Venue: Highbury Fields

Website: www.parkrun.org.uk/highburyfields-juniors

A free, fun, and friendly weekly 2k event for juniors (4 to 14 year olds) held every Sunday at 9am. Free to join but register before you first go along. The aim is to have fun so go along and join in...

Kumon

Venue: Various locations

Website: www.kumon.co.uk

Kumon’s study programmes place great importance on self-learning, encouraging students to discover how to solve problems for themselves. Children are supported as they pursue their own potential. Book...

Little Voices Hackney

Venue: Frampton Park Road

Website: https://littlevoices.org.uk/locations/locations/hackney/

Through fun, interactive sessions, children master public speaking and communication skills that last a lifetime. They can also take prestigious LAMDA exams, celebrating their personal growth along the...

Mindset Maverick Kids

Venue: Online

Website: https://mindsetmaverickkids.com/home

Mindset Maverick Kids work with children through tailored one-on-one coaching, group sessions and interactive workshops supporting children develop a strong mindset so they can make positive choices and...

Mini Farmers Club

Venue: Hackney City Farm

Website: www.hackneycityfarm.co.uk

Held every Saturday morning from 10.20am-12.30pm for children ages 8-12 years. This is a great way for children to learn about nature, make art and crafts and get to know the animals under the careful...

Nile Wilson Gymnastics

Venue: Queens Park, Chelsea and Muswell Hill

Website: www.nwga.co.uk

NWG Academy is a specialist Gymnastics, Freestyle and Acrobatic Dance company based in London.Through classes and holiday camps, children build strength, fine-tune motor skills, and improve their flexibility...

Razzamataz Free Taster

Venue: Razzamataz Theatre School Hackney

Website: www.razzamataz.co.uk/school/44/Hackney

Razzamataz Hackney offers a unique curriculum of dance, singing and acting classes and covers the commercial elements of street dance, screen acting and pop singing as well as traditional Broadway and...

The Jolly Postman

Venue: The Postal Museum

Website: www.postalmuseum.org

Step inside the story in an immersive exhibition celebrating 40 years of the much-loved children’s book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Meet the Jolly Postman – off on his rounds with letters for some...

Westminster Abbey Choir School

Venue: Westminster Abbey

Website: www.abbeychoirschool.org

Choristers enjoy an outstanding education at the Abbey’s unique Choir School, coupled with specialist musical training and the wealth of performance opportunities which come with being a member of the...

Home Ed Self-led Visits

Venue: The Postal Museum

Website: www.postalmuseum.org

Self-led visits for Home Educators to visit at discounted rate. Tickets include Mail Rail ride and Exhibitions. Book Sorted! with your visit for children aged 1-8 (under 1s go free). Sign up to the Home...

Dawnosaurs

Venue: Natural History Museum

Website: www.nhm.ac.uk/events/dawnosaurs.html

Dawnosaurs is a free event for neurodivergent children, including those with autism, ADHD, Tourette’s, OCD and other sensory processing difficulties. Enjoy the Museum, free from the hustle and bustle...

Rabbit and Rey and the Lost Things

Venue: Half Moon Young People’s Theatre

Website: www.halfmoon.org.uk/whats-on/

A joyful adventure for families and for anyone who has ever felt a little out of step. This funny and heart-tugging adventure mixes puppetry, visual storytelling and beautiful twists of the imagination,...

RBC Race for the Kids

Venue: Hyde Park

Website: www.race.gosh.org

From walking and wheeling to running and scooting, take on 2k or 5k your way. Whether you're sprinting like a superhero, whizzing on wheels, or simply enjoying a family stroll, every step will help beat...

Cable Street Stories: A Family Story and Creative Workshop

Venue: JW3

Website: www.jw3.org.uk

The session begins with a lively reading from the story, bringing Elsie's world to life before families are invited to explore a series of creative activity stations. Decorate a paper brick with drawings...

Mr Sleepybum's Dream Machine

Venue: Jacksons Lane

Website: www.jacksonslane.org.uk

Mr Sleepybum is sad. He can’t dream. To solve this problem, he invents a machine that magically brings dreams to life, featuring dinosaurs, robots, car chases, the world’s largest blanket, and much...

The Mystery Of…artsdepot

Venue: Arts Depot

Website: www.artsdepot.co.uk

An award-winning board-game style theatre show where your skills are needed to solve this thrilling murder mystery.From the creators of I Believe in Unicorns comes this new brain-teasing interactive adventure....

Caribbean Journeys

Venue: London Transport Museum

Website: www.ltmuseum.co.uk

From conductor to engineer, learn about the diverse and inspirational careers of London Transport’s Caribbean workforce. This story telling session uncovers how Caribbean culture has shaped the way we...

Jade and the Beanstalk

Venue: Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Website: www.streetzahead.org

A powerful hip hop and dance theatre production for schools, families and young people. Blending hip hop, rap, animation and dance theatre, Jade explores grief, neurodiversity, resilience and belonging,...

Family Festival: Stories, Sign and Shine

Venue: British Library

Website: https://events.bl.uk/events/family-festival-stories-sign-and-shine

Make, move, sign and explore, through fun and play, with activities taking place all over the Library. This event is fully accessible for families with D/ deaf children, parents and carers. Run in partnership...

Surinderella

Venue: Arts Depot

Website: www.artsdepot.co.uk

Bursting with Bollywood sparkle, laugh-out-loud comedy, dazzling costumes and irresistible music, Surinderella is a joyful reimagining of the classic fairytale. Packed with colourful characters and unforgettable...

Surinderella

Venue: Pentland Theatre

Website: www.artsdepot.co.uk

Back by popular demand for 2026, the award-winning Rifco Theatre presents an evening of laughter, romance, and larger-than-life entertainment. Welcome to The Bolly-woods, where the dancing is non-stop,...

The Luck Child and other Strange Tales

Venue: Jacksons Lane

Website: www.jacksonslane.org.uk

As Halloween approaches and the shadows stretch, the terrific Daniel Morden tells a classic Grimms’ fairytale and other tales of strange and weird happenings. Everything you could hope for is here…...

The Quest for Planet P

Venue: Half Moon Young People’s Theatre

Website: www.halfmoon.org.uk

Follow Ozmo and Orbi, two brave little aliens, as they set off on an amazing journey to find the perfect planet. Using projection, dance and storytelling, children interact with the performers throughout...

Alice in Wonderland: Let's All Dance

Venue: Jacksons Lane

Website: www.jacksonslane.org.uk

The Let’s All Dance Ballet Company returns with this fabulous family favourite. Stunning dancing, much loved characters and super costumes bring the famous tale to life in this magical production. Don’t...

Nick Cope Family Show

Venue: Pentland Theatre

Website: www.artsdepot.co.uk

Join Nick Cope for a brand new, delightful family concert. Nick has been writing and recording his beautiful and totally unique songs for children and their families for over 10 years, he performs with...

Relaxed Events

Venue: The Postal Museum

Website: www.postalmuseum.org

This relaxed event has been co-produced with Ambitious about Autism and a group of their autistic Youth Patrons. The event is designed to support autistic and neurodivergent people, including families...

Dear Zoo

Venue: Pentland Theatre

Website: www.artsdepot.co.uk

The timeless children’s classic book returns to the stage! Help your children learn as the book leaps onto the stage and share a magical experience as the story unfolds with child-engaging puppets, music...

John Parnham's Kidzworld Pumpkin Patch

Venue: Lower Fairground Site, East Heath Road

Website: www.parnhamfunfairs.co.uk

This is a token operated fun fair, 1 token for £1.20 or 10 tokens for £10. Book online or pay on entry. Includes pumpkin picking, fun games and lots more.

October Half Term: Jet and Space Week

Venue: RAF Museum London

Website: www.rafmuseum.org.uk

Get ready for a week packed with space exploration, action-packed missions and family fun. From stepping inside a giant planetarium to battling it out in laser tag and helping Percy and Mr Fox solve a...

October half-term: along the Piccadilly line

Venue: London Transport Museum

Website: www.ltmuseum.co.uk

Go to the Museum over the October half term and celebrate the 120th anniversary of London’s Piccadilly line. The Piccadilly line opened in 1906 and now stretches over 70km with 53 stations. In 1977,...

The Elves and the Shoemaker

Venue: Half Moon Young People’s Theatre

Website: www.halfmoon.org.uk

This well-known and well-loved tale has been re-heeled by Theatre of Widdershins in their own inimitable style. Beautifully crafted puppets, original music, a kaleidoscope of miniature shoes and a comic...

Book Buzz

Venue: Arts Depot

Website: www.artsdepot.co.uk

The annual BOOK-tastic day celebrating books and reading returns! Join Arts Depot for Book Buzz, a lively, free family festival. Enjoy book swaps, a local book stall and creative drop in activities bringing...

Club Origami

Venue: Arts Depot

Website: www.artsdepot.co.uk

Dive into the magical world of Club Origami, an immersive and interactive dance show. Dance, fashion and live music meet the magic of origami to sweep us up on a spirited and inspiring adventure in a land...

Comedy Club 4 Kids

Venue: Park Theatre

Website: www.parktheatre.co.uk

Since 2005, Comedy Club 4 Kids has been bringing top stand-up comedians, sketch acts, and cabaret stars from the international circuit to perform for young audiences - minus the rude bits! Suitable for...

Diwali on the Square 2026

Venue: Trafalgar Square

Website: www.london.gov.uk

Celebrate the Mayor of London's annual Diwali on the Square right in the heart of London. The event runs from 1-7pm, and best of all, it’s free – no need to book a ticket. Includes family-friendly...

Claytime

Venue: Harrow Arts Centre

Website: www.harrowarts.com

The award-winning Indefinite Articles present: Claytime! A play with clay, PLUS a workshop where the audience are invited to participate. Each Claytime is totally unique - creating its own world, its own...

Halloween at Capel Manor Gardens

Venue: Capel Manor Gardens

Website: www.capelmanorgardens.co.uk

From themed trails to live entertainment and fascinating animal encounters in the mini zoo, there will be plenty for little monsters and grown-ups alike to enjoy throughout the day. Visitors are encouraged...

Halloween Tales

Venue: Chickenshed

Website: www.chickenshed.org.uk

Halloween Tales takes everything you love about Tales from the Shed - the music, the silliness, the warmth - and adds a seasonal sprinkle of spooky fun. Think cobwebs, creaky sounds and characters that...

T. Rex Show with Teach Rex

Venue: Natural History Museum

Website: www.nhm.ac.uk

Teach Rex use life-like dinosaurs to perform their show about the anatomy and life of Tyrannosaurus rex, one the most amazing creatures to have ever roamed our planet.The show delves into the jaws of this...

Super Spooky Cabaret for Kids

Venue: Jacksons Lane

Website: www.jacksonslane.org.uk

Head to Highgate for an hour of spectacular circus, magical mayhem and silly Halloween fun, packed with juggling, aerial, contortion, hula hoops and much more! Expect big skills, ridiculous characters,...

Depot Family Tours

Venue: Museum Depot, Acton

Website: www.ltmuseum.co.uk

Join one of the enthusiastic Learning Facilitators for a highlight’s tours of the bus and train sheds. Here, you’ll uncover fascinating stories and facts about the incredible vehicles in the Collection....

Early Explorer morning: along the Piccadilly line

Venue: London Transport Museum

Website: www.ltmuseum.co.uk

This session is designed especially for families with children with special educational needs, neurodivergent and disabled children. There will be a sensory space, a quiet space and sensory bags available...

Relaxed Tours at London Zoo

Venue: London Zoo

Website: www.londonzoo.org

Relaxed Tours allow neurodivergent people and other people who would benefit in a calm and safe environment to enjoy the Zoo. For people who benefit from a calm and quiet environment. Relaxed Tours take...

Captain Calamity's Mad Science and Bubble Show

Venue: Harrow Arts Centre

Website: www.harrowarts.com

Join Captain Calamity and his wonderfully eccentric professor friend as they unleash an hour long whirlwind of spectacular science experiments, outrageous comedy, and the UK's best bubble show. Featuring...

The Amazing Bubble Man

Venue: Pentland Theatre

Website: www.artsdepot.co.uk

From square bubbles, bubbles inside bubbles, fog-filled bubbles, giant bubbles, bubble volcanoes, tornados and trampolines to people inside bubbles, the Amazing Bubble Man conjures shrieks of laughter...

This is Your Trial, Kids' Court

Venue: JW3

Website: www.jw3.org.uk

Award-winning and critically-acclaimed, this is the only live comedy show where you can accuse your friends and/or members of your family of ‘crimes’ and see them put on trial. Before the show starts...

Spine Chilling Cellars and Garden Ghost Hunt

Venue: Stephens House and Gardens

Website: www.stephenshouseandgardens.com

Dare you go down into the spine chilling Cellars? Can you spot the ghosts around the Garden and claim your prize? Start your hunt anytime between 1-3.30pm. Booking essential.

Spooky Puppet Theatre Workshop

Venue: Harrow Arts Centre

Website: www.harrowarts.com

Get ready for a frightfully fun family workshop where imagination takes centre stage! Using recycled and everyday materials, you'll design and create your own spooky puppets before bringing them to life...

Flotsam

Venue: Half Moon Young People’s Theatre

Website: www.halfmoon.org.uk

A new opera for young children based on the much-loved picture book by David Wiesner. When a curious child discovers a mysterious camera washed up on the beach, the photos inside reveal a chain of children...

Halloween Spooky Walks

Venue: Lauderdale House

Website: www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk

Join a cast of live performers for an immersive adventure through Lauderdale House and Waterlow Park, Packed with mysterious encounters, eerie surprises and just the right amount of family-friendly fright.Think...

K-Pop Power and Pop Idols: Spooky Edition

Venue: Millfield Theatre

Website: www.millfieldtheatre.co.uk

Join RiRi and her K-Pop Power Superstars for a spooktacular, high-energy party experience where the audience becomes part of the show.Sing along to your favourite K-pop and pop anthems, dance like a star...

Protein presents Luca Silvestrini’s The Magic Flute

Venue: Pentland Theatre

Website: www.artsdepot.co.uk

The Magic Flute is brought to life with Protein’s playful mix of dancing, storytelling, singing and stunning visuals, featuring rearranged Mozart alongside original music by composer Frank Moon. This...

Coram's Fields Fireworks Night

Venue: Coram's Fields

Website: www.coramsfields.org

Join Coram’s Fields for their annual Fireworks Night, with live stage performances, food and drink stalls, fairground rides and a spectacular fireworks display in the heart of London. General entry is...

Dino Snores for Kids

Venue: Natural History Museum

Website: www.nhm.ac.uk

Have you ever wanted to have a sleepover with a giraffe? Or spend the night camped beneath a blue whale? Join the Natural History Museum for a night of exploration and adventure among the Museum’s most...

Fireworks and Drone Festival

Venue: Alexandra Palace

Website: www.alexandrapalace.com

Saturday brings the full festival atmosphere, while Sunday offers an earlier, family-focused experience with an earlier display alongside a jungle kids’ rave, a karaoke singalong with Shaun Williamson...

Groove into Pixel Land

Venue: Half Moon Young People’s Theatre

Website: www.halfmoon.org.uk

Packed with spectacular animated visuals, interactive theatre and a soundtrack bursting with funky grooves, pop anthems and rock energy, Groove into Pixel Land is a thrilling, funny and thought-provoking...

The Walker Ground Fireworks Display and Drone Show

Venue: 175 Waterfall Road

Website: www.thewalkerground.co.uk

Following the huge success of last year, the spectacular drone show returns and is included with your fireworks entry ticket. Expect an unforgettable evening packed with a spectacular fireworks display,...

The Wind in the Willows

Venue: Arts Depot

Website: www.artsdepot.co.uk

From the peaceful pleasures of Ratty’s beloved river bank to the fearful frights and wicked weasels of the Wild Wood, join Mole and Ratty on their marvellous adventures, along with gruff old Badger and...

Lip Sync Brawl: Ghetto Fabulous

Venue: Jacksons Lane

Website: www.jacksonslane.org.uk

A spectacle where the energy of a rock concert collides with the theatrics of a drag show, all fuelled by the competitive spirit of a lip sync battle. That’s the promise of Lip Sync Brawl, the show that...

Florsam: Operaupclose

Venue: Jacksons Lane

Website: www.jacksonslane.org.uk

David Wiesner’s magical picture book adapted and brought to life in words and music by award-winning composer and writer Kerry Andrew. Guided by the idea of photographing the world, curiosity and wonder...

12 Days

Venue: Chickenshed

Website: www.chickenshed.org.uk

This Christmas, five children are chosen for an extraordinary journey to discover the true meaning of love. Travelling through a divided world, they uncover empathy, trust, courage and belonging - learning...

Jack and the Beanstalk

Venue: Hackney Empire

Website: www.hackneyempire.co.uk

Join happy-go-lucky Jack on an epic adventure after he sells his family’s beloved cow for a handful of magic beans, setting off a chain of events that leads high into the clouds. Whether this is your...

Beauty and The Incredible Beast

Venue: Millfield Theatre

Website: www.millfieldtheatre.co.uk

Get ready for a tale as old as time with a RiCreative twist! When two ambitious scientists attempt to create the perfect man, their experiment goes wildly wrong, transforming a lonely Prince into a beast...

Dick Whittington

Venue: The Playhouse

Website: www.questors.org.uk

Dick Whittington arrives in London to seek his fortune, but instead he finds Vermin Supreme, a rat with a purpose - to steal the city from those houmous-loving humans and spoil everybody’s fun. Get on...

Sleeping Beauty

Venue: Harrow Arts Centre

Website: www.harrowarts.com

The award-winning team at Immersion Theatre are back with their dreamiest, most enchanting pantomime yet: Sleeping Beauty! Bursting with their trademark energy, side-splitting humour, and show-stopping...

Snow White Pantomime

Venue: The Radlett Centre

Website: www.radlettcentre.co.uk

Upstage Productions return with another fabulous traditional pantomime, packed with stunning sets and costumes, wonderful choreography and audience participation! Follow Snow White's adventure in the enchanted...

The Snowman with Live Orchestra

Venue: Watford Colosseum

Website: www.carrotproductions.com/whats-on/snowman-tour

Enjoy a festive treat with Fleece Navidad, a hilarious Shaun the Sheep Christmas short, accompanied live by the musicians. There’s also a joyful festive medley, an introduction to the orchestra by CBeebies...

Nutcracker

Venue: London Coliseum

Website: www.ballet.org.uk

This festive season, step into a world where anything is possible. Join Clara on a fantastical adventure as English National Ballet’s Nutcracker bursts to life with over 100 dancers and musicians. The...

The Snowman in Concert

Venue: Cadogan Hall

Website: www.cadoganhall.com

A regular highlight of Christmas in Chelsea, the Mozart Symphony Orchestra returns for its annual performance of the timeless classic, The Snowman, for which the film is shown on the big screen with live...