London’s best pop-ups

Tooting’s turning up the heat for 2026’s Valentine’s weekend with the launch of the Tooting Food Festival, a two-day celebration of global flavours, local legends and proper community vibes. Taking over Tooting Market and Broadway Market, the festival brings together the neighbourhood’s best traders for tasters, street eats and stories behind the dishes. Expect live music from afternoon to evening, guided tours exploring Tooting’s rich food heritage and plenty of chances to graze your way around the world. Entry’s free – just grab food tokens and follow your nose. A tasty new highlight of Wandsworth’s Borough of Culture year.

Champagne bar Searcys are once again hosting a weekend dedicated to sparkling wine in 2026. More than 40 distinguished Champagne houses and English sparkling wine growers, including Veuve Clicquot and Taittinger, will be in attendance at Carlton House Terrace for the two-day soiree. Guests will get to indulge in unlimited tastings of over 100 cuvées and there’ll be culinary delights to compliment all that fizz and keep you satiated throughout the plethora of tastings and masterclasses.

Spending the first month of the year on the wagon? It’s a long old slog, but Lucky Saint is trying to make Dry Jan that little bit easier for anyone who wants to avoid alcohol this month without avoiding the pub. The booze-free bear brand has teamed up with pubs across London to give away hundreds of thousands of freshly-poured non-alcoholic pints. There are literally hundreds of great London boozers taking part too; find your nearest participating boozer, and sign up for your free drink here. You’ve got until mid-February to claim it, in case you decide to stick with the whole booze-free thing a little longer. Cheers!

Feeling thirsty? Desperate for a funky sour, cheeky saison or a fruity IPA? You’re in luck. The Capital’s biggest beer celebration is back for 2026, taking place at Southwark Park, for four-hour sessions of non-stop-beer-drinking bliss. Set over two days, you’ll get to sample London’s best beers as well as some international standouts, including our faves Gipsy Hill, Verdant, Deya and more. Hungry? The food line up is pretty serious too, this year featuring Meltdown Cheeseburgers, Bone Daddies and Chick N’ Sours. A ticket gets you a four-hour session and access to more than 800 beers from over 100 brewers, and there are group discounts available too. All the beer is included in the ticket price. Happy drinking, folks. 

Boxpark Shoreditch is calling on all the huns to herald in the St Paddy’s weekend with a mega bottomless brunch. They’re calling on gals to grab their besties and pull up in their finest emerald fits for a green-tinged brunch fit for a queen. They’ll be serving up bottomless cocktails (green ones, we presume), street food, and blasting out party anthems spanning RnB, hip hop, afrobeats, dancehall and throwback hits.