Experience an event in London: monthly events’ calendar for music, sports, dance

As a vibrant and dynamic metropolis, London hosts a wide range of events in various fields such as sports, dance or music. Those will leave you with the most incredible memories!

Events’ calendar:
January:
• New Year’s Day Parade
Tube: Westminster

• Russian Winter Festival - January 13th
Tube: Charring Cross

February:
• Chinese New Year (main celebrations in Leicester Square, China Town)
Tube: Leicester Square/Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square Tube: Charing Cross

March:
• St Patrick’s Day Festival – massive celebrations for the Irish Party with plenty of Guinness and fun!
Tube: Trafalgar Square/Leicester Square/Covent Garden

April:
• Oxford vs. Cambridge Boat Race: famous university boat race on the Thames known as the "the world's longest surviving sporting challenge".

May:
• Chelsea Flower Show: gardening Mecca of Europe which exhibits creative garden designs creating a floral wonderland.
Tube: Sloane Square

June:
• Wimbledon Tennis Championships (last week of June - first week of July)
Tube: Wimbledon/Wimbledon Park/Southfields

• Diana, Princess of Wales by Mario Testino
Tube: High Street Kensington

• O2 Wireless Festival
Tube: Marble Arch/Hyde Park Corner

July:
• Tour de France opening
Tube: Tower Hill

• Royal Opera House Events - BP Summer Screens
Tube: Tower Hill or Canary Wharf

August:
• Notting Hill Carnival (Last weekend of August – Bank Holiday weekend)
Tube: Notting Hill Gate
bestlondonhostels nearby: Astor Quest

• Hampstead Heath concerts
Tube: Hampstead / Train: Hampstead Heath

September:
• BBC Proms final representation in Hyde Park - 8 September
Tube: Hyde Park Corner or Marble Arch

• Open House weekend 15-16 September (at various locations)

• Festival season

• London Fashion Week (catwalks at the National History Museum.)
Tube: South Kensington
bestlondonhostels nearby: Globetrotter Inn

October-November:
• Halloween celebrations

• London’s Film Festival

November:
• Ravenscourt Park Fireworks on Bonfire Night – November 5th
Tube: Stamford Broke
bestlondonhostel nearby: Globetrotter Inn

• Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs from 15 November 2007 to 30 August 2008 at the O2
Tube: North Greenwich
bestlondonhostel nearby: St Christopher's Greenwich

• Ice-skating at Kew Gardens from November 25th
Tube: Kew Gardens
bestlondonhostel nearby: Globetrotter Inn

December-January:
• Ice-skating
Somerset House – Tube: Charing Cross or National History Museum – Tube: South Kensington or National Maritime Museum in Greenwich – Tube: North Greenwich
bestlondonhostel nearby: Globetrotter Inn , St Christopher's Inn Greenwich


• Winter Wonderland
Hyde Park – Tube: Hyde Park Corner or Marble Arch


• Norwegian Christmas Tree
Trafalgar Square – Tube: Charing Cross


• Christmas lights
Oxford Street and Regent's Street – Tube: Oxford Street or Picadilly Circus


• Christmas carol concerts
St Martin-in-the-Fields – Tube: Charing Cross
bestlondonhostel nearby: The Generator, Ashlee House, Clink


• Great Christmas Pudding Race
Covent Garden – Tube: Covent Garden