What's On in London, North

Alpaca walks

Venue: Capel Manor Gardens

Website: www.capelmanorgardens.co.uk

Alpaca walking is great fun and a fantastic experience for all animal-lovers. Your day will begin with our zookeeper giving a quick health and safety briefing. You will then learn some fun alpaca facts...

Anna Fiorentini Taster Day

Venue: Acland Burghley School

Website: www.afperformingarts.com/theatre-and-film-school/schools/camden

Students follow a weekly timetable of Drama / Film, Singing and Dance all taught by leading industry professionals.Take part in a taster day to ensures the school is right for your child. If you are unable...

Chatterbooks Children's Reading Group

Venue: Dalston CLR Library

Website: www.lovehackney.uk/dalston-clr-james-library-activities

Last Wednesday of the month from 4pm to 5pm. A monthly reading group for children aged 8 to 12. Join the library to talk about books, meet new people and discover your next favourite read!

Chess Club

Venue: Dalston CLR Library

Website: www.lovehackney.uk/dalston-clr-james-library-activities

Every Sunday 2pm to 3pm join the club of one of the oldest games in the world. It teaches strategic thinking, logic and it’s fun too. No booking required. Open to any skill level. Ages 7+.

Dwight School London Open Day Events

Venue: Dwight School London

Website: www.dwightlondon.org

Dwight School London's outstanding teaching staff will take the time to learn about your child, encouraging them to pursue their passions and learn from the diverse perspectives of the school's international...

First Class Learning

Venue: Various venues

Website: www.firstclasslearning.co.uk/tuition-centres

First Class Learning offers a tailored, structured programme to suit each child, bridging gaps and building up their confidence at a pace that is comfortable for them. Their programme is aligned with the...

Fun Fridays, Super Saturdays and school holidays

Venue: Hackney Museum

Website: www.hackney-museum.hackney.gov.uk

Learn about life in Hackney with fun hands-on toys and dressing up every Saturday and school holidays. Live like Anglo-Saxons and load the Saxon boat, learn about Victorian toys,try on historical costumes...

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...

Kids for a Quid

Venue: Epping Ongar Railway

Website: www.eorailway.co.uk

Keep the kids entertained on a day out with a steam and hauled heritage train service when Child tickets are just £1! Tickets offer unlimited travel on heritage steam and diesel trains and vintage London...

Lego Club

Venue: Dalston CLR Library

Website: www.lovehackney.uk/dalston-clr-james-library-activities

Every Saturday 2pm to 4pm. Helping children to develop and reinforce play and social skills. Join the club, no booking required. Best for ages 6 and over.

Little Swifts 2025

Venue: RAF Museum London

Website: www.rafmuseum.org.uk

Fun and lively sessions for pre-school children which include arts and crafts, games, stories and songs. Each session is linked to the amazing collection and helps bring the Museum to life. Free but please...

Minecraft Experience

Venue: Maritime Street

Address: Corner Corner, Canada Water

Website: www.minecraftexperience.com/london

Don’t miss Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue, the ultimate real-life immersive adventure coming to London. Battle mobs and collect resources in a daring quest to save the villagers. Experience Minecraft...

New Sunday Stagecoach Performing Arts School

Venue: Highgate and Hampstead

Website: www.stagecoach.co.uk/highgate

Stagecoach Highgate and Hampstead are excited to be opening a new school at Henrietta Barnett School in NW11 on Sunday mornings. Suitable for a range of aptitudes, Stagecoach teach children and teenagers...

Perform weekly drama, dance and singing classes

Venue: Aldersbrook, Bow, Hackney, Haggerston, Isle of Dogs, Leyton, South Woodford, Stratford, Walthamstow, Wanstead

Website: www.perform.org.uk/try

Confidence-building drama classes for 4-7s and 7-12s. A unique mix of fun drama games, dance and singing specially designed to boost confidence, communication, concentration and coordination. To book a...

Platinum Performing Arts

Venue: Millfield Arts Centre

Website: www.millfieldtheatre.co.uk

The Platinum Performing Arts School offers training in dance, drama, and singing for ages 3-17. For those 16+, the Platinum Academy provides elite coaching in performance and production.Whether watching...

Rip's Nature Trail

Venue: Forty Hall Estate

Website: www.fortyhallestate.co.uk

Go and explore the Nature Trail. It was created by our young curators during The Wild Escape workshops, some as young as 6 years old! This trail is a new activity for children to explore the grounds of...

Transport Explorers: A Live Show

Venue: London Transport Museum

Website: www.ltmuseum.co.uk

Packed with comedy, science demos, and audience interaction, this 60-minute show takes kidson a journey through amazing moments in London’s transport history, from world-changing innovation in the 1800s...

Mallinson Holiday Camps

Venue: Highgate School

Website: www.highgateschool.org.uk/mallinson/holiday-camps

Mallinson’s Multi-Activity camps offer fun and engaging activities, including sports, arts and crafts, bouncy castles, archery tag, zorbs and much more! The experienced camp leaders provide a supportive...

North London Cricket Club’s Summer Camp

Venue: Crouch End Playing Fields, Montenotte Road

Website: www.northlondoncricketclub.org

Open to boys and girls of all abilities, the camp is led by experienced, ECB-qualified coaches who make every session fun, active and inclusive. Whether your child is picking up a bat for the first time...

The Smeds and The Smoos

Venue: Lyric Theatre

Website: www.tallstories.org.uk/dates-and-tickets/the-smeds-and-the-smoos

A joyful tale of star-crossed aliens. Music, laughs and interplanetary adventures for everyone aged 3 and up, from Tall Stories – the company that brought you The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom live...

Summer holidays: Rail Adventures

Venue: London Transport Museum

Website: www.ltmuseum.co.uk

From the first underground railway to the opening of the Elizabeth Line, the Museum will be celebrating key milestones in London’s railway’s history and the stories of people who made them possible....

Summer of Fun and Flight

Venue: RAF Museum London

Website: www.rafmuseum.org.uk

Introducing the Summer of Fun and Flight, a six-week extravaganza of activities that is guaranteed to keep the kids entertained all summer. With everything from an extremely competitive Top Trump Tournament...

The Baddies

Venue: Cadogan Hall

Website: www.cadoganhall.com

The Baddies love being bad. They roar, spook and cast spells to try and scare a little girl… but will they succeed? With songs by Joe Stilgoe, The Baddies is a wickedly hilarious adaptation by Freckle...

Make You LOL

Venue: Little Angel Theatre

Website: www.littleangeltheatre.com

The Listies are rolling into London with their toilet-paper cannons locked and loaded, fresh from conquering their twelfth Edinburgh Fringe.Featuring puppetry, clowning, alien attacks, toilet-paper guns,...

The Pigeon and the Peacock

Venue: Little Angel Theatre

Website: www.littleangeltheatre.com

An expressive and interactive play for children, portrayed through marionette puppetry and live, jazz-influenced music. The story powerfully portrays the path Pigeon takes to find self-confidence and how...

Puppet Playcation - Under the Sea

Venue: Little Angel Theatre

Website: www.littleangeltheatre.com

The adventure starts by making your very own goggle and snorkel headpiece then design and create your very own sea creature puppets – think dancing jellyfish, friendly octopuses, and maybe even a mysterious...

Hickory Dickory Dock

Venue: Little Angel Theatre

Website: www.littleangeltheatre.com

In a marvellous museum of clocks is the wonderful Mouse Clock for all to see. One day the clock gets broken and a brave little mouse runs away… Join this slapstick show, starring glove puppets, silly...

Twelfth Night

Venue: Kenwood House

Website: www.tlcm.co.uk

Join The Lord Chamberlain’s Men for Shakespeare’s greatest romantic comedy, Twelfth Night. With a history stretching back to William Shakespeare’s original company, they present this joyous play...

Puppet Playcation - Safari

Venue: Little Angel Theatre

Website: www.littleangeltheatre.com

Using colourful craft materials, bring your creatures to life with movement, and character expression. Each child will make their own binoculars and with their handcrafted puppets and explorer gear, they’ll...

Puppet Playcation - Seaside

Venue: Little Angel Theatre

Website: www.littleangeltheatre.com

Using craft treasures, children will design and bring to life their very own seaside puppets – perhaps a mischievous crab or a soaring seagull. Each seaside explorer will also craft a colourful flag...

The MK-7 Experience

Venue: Red Bull Racing

Website: www.experiences.redbullracing.com/experiences/the-mk-7-experience-2025

The MK-7 Experience 2025 at Oracle Red Bull Racing Technology Campus offers a thrilling, family-friendly dive into Formula OneTM. Perfect for kids aged 5 and up, explore legendary racing cars from RB1...

Zippos Circus

Venue: Stoke Newington

Website: www.zippos.co.uk

Zippos Circus is back with an all-new 2025 show and have no price increases so you pay the same as in 2024! The show is packed with edge-of-your-seat thrills. From Italy, they have the very funny Mr Lorenz...

ABBA for Kids

Venue: Cadogan Hall

Website: www.cadoganhall.com

Featuring all your favourite ABBA hits including ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘Waterloo’, ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You’, ‘Thank You For The Music’, ‘Super Trooper’, ‘Money, Money, Money’, ‘Dancing...