August 2026

• Toto
• Pip and Posy Live on Stage
• The Pied Piper: A Rat’s Tale
• Pocket Money
• The 10 best new London theatre openings in September 2026
• Tyler the Creator at All Points East 2026: set times, last-minute tickets, setlist and what you need to know
• Table 17
• Why the Royal Academy is Time Out’s favourite London art gallery right now
• First look: inside London’s vast new £4.3 billion train station
• Maribou State at Lido Festival 2026: set times, last-minute tickets and what you need to know
• Award-winning Manchester bar Schofield’s – one of the best cocktail bars in the world – is moving to London
• Tru
• Silk Road Festival
• Dishoom is set to open another London restaurant on the South Bank
• What is London’s best chain restaurant? This Sri Lankan brand is Time Out’s top choice
• 10 Must-See Movies Hitting Cinemas This September – From ‘Sense and Sensibility’ to ‘Resident Evil’
• Twenty One Pilots at All Points East 2026: set times, last-minute tickets, setlist and what you need to know
• Deftones at All Points East 2026: set times, last-minute tickets, setlists and what you need to know
• Lorde at All Points East 2026: set times, last-minute tickets, setlist and what you need to know
• Jorja Smith and Tems at All Points East 2026: set times, last-minute tickets, setlists and what you need to know
• Notting Hill Carnival 2026: start times and the full schedule for this year’s event
• The full Notting Hill Carnival 2026 parade route with map
• Notting Hill Carnival 2026 parties: The best warm-ups and afterparties this weekend
• Notting Hill Carnival 2026: full list of road closures
• London Tube and Train Disruption This August Bank Holiday Weekend: Full List of Closures for August 29-31 2026
• London’s best chain restaurants, ranked
• Three Men in a Boat
• The world’s first three Michelin star Indian restaurant is opening a bar in London
• BFI London Film Festival 2026
• Free art in London
• The 20 best things to do in King’s Cross
• Royal Academy of Arts
• Bleecker
• National Dance Company Wales: Blue | Glas
• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
• Where to see Yayoi Kusama artworks in London
• Two of India’s most celebrated chefs are opening a London restaurant
• Musquiqui Chihying: A Life of Navigation
• Where to watch the August 2026 lunar eclipse ‘blood moon’ in London tonight: best places & timings
• Emma Thompson’s new musical ‘Nanny McPhee’ will open in London next year
• London August Bank Holiday 2026 weather forecast: will Notting Hill Carnival be a washout?
• The 6 best free things to do in London this August bank holiday weekend [August 28-31 2026]
• Rose Easton
• Things to do in London today
• Gagosian Gallery
• Arcadia Missa
• The best hotel in the UK is in London, according to Muddy Stilettos
• Soho’s legendary Colony Room Club has closed (again)
• V&A East is hosting evening parties every week for the rest of the summer
• London is set to get direct trains to Europe every 15 minutes
• A new Superloop bus route launches in east London next week – and it’ll be free to ride
• Ginny on Frederick
• Frith Street Gallery Golden Sqaure
• Professor Green’s fast food restaurant is coming to London
• A Slow Fire
• My Son’s a Queer, (But what Can You Do?)’ review
• Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists
• Darkling
• Million Dollar Quartet
• The best bars in Soho
• London events in October 2026
• Chelsea Arts Festival
• Swingers West End
• God Save The Queens
• Kash & Pharxoh: Carnival Sunday Edition
• Afroheat London - Carnival Weekend
• For The Dancers - Carnival Warmup Party & Social
• Dende Nation Pre Carnival Night With Reggae Choir
• System Carnival Special
• Carnival 60
• Freddie Mercury’s most dazzling outfits are going on display at the V&A
• Notting Hill Carnival 2026 festival: dates, lineup, tickets and schedule
• Notting Hill Carnival interactive route map
• Hokusai: Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji
• The Top 2%: Our 200 favourite restaurants in the UK are here
• Constantinople to Istanbul: One City, Two Empires
• Studio Voltaire
• Becoming America: How Science Shaped a Nation
• The best restaurants in Hackney
• Wonton Charlie's
• This north London gastropub has the best breakfast in the city, according to Time Out
• Tower Bridge is getting a cool new upgrade for hotter summers
• Brassworks
• Peckham and Nunhead Free Film Festivals
• Creative Intelligence
• The National Theatre’s hit musical ‘Pride’ is transferring to London’s West End
• 25 brilliant ways to celebrate the August bank holiday in London
• Heart n Soul’s Let It Be Awesome Party!
• What does it mean when a London Underground station is in two zones?
• Jane Eyre: A Musical
• The best sustainable restaurants in London
• House of Dreamers
• Kinz
• Sourdough Sophia
• The best bakeries in London
• One of London’s most important Shakespeare sites is opening up to the public with new tours
• Where to buy last-minute tickets for Ariana Grande at London’s O2 Arena
• Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine merch 2026: where to buy official merchandise in London, including prices
• The Piccadilly line will be closed for three whole days this week
• Spring
• Taiwanese restaurant Din Tai Fung has revealed its fifth London location
• As You Like It
• Larger Than Life: Starring Wallace & Gromit, Shaun and More
• Woolwich Carnival
• Woolwich Works Big Beer Festival
• Saatchi Gallery Lates: The Sun and The Moon
• The best Airbnbs near London for a weekend escape
• Pride
• Foku
• Tate Modern Late: Ana Mendieta
• Pokemon is hosting a huge Team Rocket themed event in London this weekend
• Cult vegan sandwich spot Coven of Wiches has moved to a new location
• These cool Piccadilly line backpacks are now on sale
• Every London borough ranked from friendliest to most miserable
• The exact date London will be hit by the sixth heatwave of the summer
• A new immersive exhibition and archive will celebrate Romford’s underrated electronic music history
• Caravan’s biggest restaurant yet is opening on the South Bank
• The Charterhouse
• London Tube and Train Disruption This Weekend: Full List of Closures for August 22-23 2026
• David Shrigley’s first UK exhibition in 15 years is opening in London next year
• Lara Ricote: Inkling
• Stokey Karaoke
• The best Airbnbs in London to book right now
• Islington bakery Quince has announced the opening date for its first café
• Legendary filmmaker Steven Soderbergh is curating a London movie season – with a twist
• Serpentine Gallery
• London’s newest Omaze house is a £3.5 million Victorian home with a zip line
• Dream Story
• Electra/Persona
• I went to London’s brand new Peaky Blinders experience – with a 1920s pub and secret underworld
• The restaurant team behind Gloria and Jacuzzi is launching a first City of London location
• The 6 best free things to do in London this weekend [August 21-23 2026]
• Lucky Voice Waterloo
• Lucky Voice Soho
• Lucky Voice Liverpool Street
• Lucky Voice Islington
• Lucky Voice Holborn
• Van Eyck: The Portraits
• Peggy Guggenheim in London
• William Eggleston: All That Goes Unnoticed
• London’s best riverside restaurants for dinner by the water
• Nicole Eisenman
• David Zwirner
• The Natural History Museum is opening a room that has been closed to the public since World War II
• Autumn Knight: I Can’t Complain
• Café Clement
• Southwark will become the second London borough to cap e-bike prices at £1.75
• London’s best escape rooms
• Prison Island
• Peckham’s legendary car boot is launching a new market in east London
• Escape from the Golden Hinde
• All Points East 2026: Full list of food and drink options at this year’s festival
• How the Other Half Loves
• Did you know that London’s night tube is 10 years old today?
• The Royal Opera House is launching exclusive night tours for the first time
• The best restaurants in King’s Cross
• The east London borough that is the unfriendliest place in England, apparently
• The Weeknd merch 2026: where to buy official merchandise in London, including prices
• The Weeknd Wembley seating map 2026: best seats and total capacity information for London shows
• How and where to buy last-minute tickets for the Weeknd’s final Wembley show tonight
• Ayllu
• Lima London
• The Weeknd at London Wembley Stadium 2026: stage times, last-minute tickets and ultimate guide
• The best mezcal bars in London
• The best bars in Hackney
• Doña
• Holy Fool
• Annie Wobbler (Revisited)
• Anthony Bourdain’s London: we toured the legendary chef’s foodie favourites
• This Fulham bakery has award-winning pain au chocolat
• Zine Making Club with Artizine
• Soca Dance
• The Art House
• Ridley Road Summer Fair
• Camden Art Centre
• Arts Emergency Takeover
• Club NVRLND
• Londoners can take home plants from the Barbican greenhouse
• 30 ways to feel like a big kid in London
• London's best barbecues
• Quirky restaurants in London for a unique meal out
• Draughts
• Texas Joe's Slow Smoked Meats
• Death Note: The Musical
• London’s historic Cinema Museum has launched a campaign to secure its future
• Virgin Trains is officially launching direct routes from London to Europe: destinations, launch date and everything you need to know
• East London borough Waltham Forest could get e-bikes for the first time
• The 25 best cinemas in London
• Albers
• Photographers’ Gallery
• The Dog & Bell Cider & Sausage Festival
• Pinterest Festival Corner Pop-up Shop
• Andrew Scott’s powerful new Shakespeare drama is kicking off this year’s BFI London Film Festival
• Central London is getting two major new Wetherspoons pubs this autumn
• Quince Bakery Pie Party
• Treehouse Hotel
• Southwark: major Jubilee line tube station is closing on weekdays for a month
• The 21 best online flower deliveries in London
• Cult Australian frozen yoghurt brand Yo-Chi is opening its first London location
• In pictures: Ariana Grande fans bring ‘Eternal Sunshine’ to London
• The OXO Tower’s famous rooftop restaurants have been taken over by the Fallow team
• Disney’s ‘The Greatest Showman: The Musical’ will debut in London’s West End next year
• East London football club Leyton Orient has opened a new museum
• Paradox Museum
• This wacky ’90s south London landmark might be getting a controversial makeover
• The finest afternoon tea in London 2026, according to lifestyle guide Muddy Stilettos
• One of Canary Wharf’s tallest skyscrapers could get the area’s first viewing platform
• New ‘sky’ walkways will transform London Stansted Airport
• The world’s first painless tattoo has been invented in London
• London Tube and Train Disruption This Weekend: Full List of Closures for August 15-16 2026
• Hotel Indigo K West
• Big Penny Social’s Family Summer Festival
• Retro arcade bar NQ64 is opening its biggest venue yet in Soho
• King’s Cross surf and turf restaurant Island is closing – and moving to a new location
• It’s official: London now has more cycle lanes than tube lines
• Greenwich Market
• The Barbican is launching a furniture collection inspired by its iconic brutalist architecture
• The 6 best free things to do in London this weekend [August 14-16 2026]
• Bayeux Late: Medieval Making
• Luke Jerram: Gaia
• ‘Wonderful and strange’: an immersive David Lynch weekender is returning to London this September
• The biggest meteor shower of the year will peak in London tonight
• The UK’s biggest Harry Potter store is opening in London – and the opening date has been revealed
• The best rooftop bars in Soho and Covent Garden
• The Ship Southwark
• Two Michelin starred Texas BBQ joints are coming to London
• Last chance! Five brilliant London art exhibitions are closing very soon
• Where to watch the August 2026 solar eclipse in London today: best places & timings
• El Pastor Kings Cross
• Island
• St Kat’s Jazz Festival
• Chelsea Physic Garden Open Weekend
• The best Indian and South Asian restaurants in London
• The Great River Race
• Oudh 1722
• The Friends of Brompton Cemetery Annual Open Day
• Brompton World Championship
• Queer Frequencies
• The best hotel bars in London
• Johnny Boy’s
• ZooNation: Future Artists of Hip-Hop
• Croydon Pride
• Play Make Do
• Jim's Café
• London’s first ‘authentic’ BBQ restaurant chain has closed all locations
• Rossella Muswell Hill
• The best cocktail bars in London
• ‘The diviest of dive bars’: Why Big John’s Biltong Bar in Deptford is Time Out’s ultimate London dive bar in 2026
• A useful London app shows every pub with a playground in the city
• The top Indian restaurant in London was just crowned by the 2026 English Curry Awards
• London's best Brazilian restaurants
• Bodean's
• Bodean's
• Bodean's
• The best restaurants in Mayfair
• Langan’s Brasserie
• The fifth heatwave of the summer will hit London this week – here’s when 36C will hit (and when it will next rain)
• Jacuzzi
• Gökyüzü Walthamstow
• Dear Jackie
• Love’s Labour’s Lost/Much Ado About Nothing
• Simply Indian
• Guanabana
• Sune
• The best fried chicken in London
• London’s top pub in 2026, according to beer experts
• Legendary jazz club Blue Note has revealed the opening date of its first London venue
• Big Mamma’s Sagra di Shoreditch
• Hon’s BBQ
• Formula E London ePrix
• The best King’s Cross bars
• Vermuteria
• The Golden Hinde is being transformed into a floating pub
• The 20 best things to do in Walthamstow
• A cool new culture festival will take place on an iconic south London rooftop
• One of London’s most famous commercial art galleries is closing
• A massive new neon arcade with real-life Pac-Man is opening in south London
• A luxury kebab festival is coming to Trafalgar Square this month
• This ‘tiny but cool’ north London wine bar is the chicest in the city right now
• Review: ‘Cats’ at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
• The Car Man
• La-Yam Rooftop
• The best Italian restaurants in London
• The 50 best shops in London
• Unmissable things to do and events in London in November 2026
• Treehouses, a giant ship, and a £3m makeover: Look inside the revamped Diana Memorial Playground
• Brasserie Olivia
• This south London pub is officially one of the best in the UK
• Three of the UK’s must-visit pubs are near London
• The best hotels near Heathrow Airport for early morning flights
• EFG London Jazz Festival
• The first ever Time Out Market London is coming to Piccadilly
• 6 iconic London buildings you’ll be able to access for free in Open House 2026
• 6 stunning London homes you can explore for free in Open House 2026
• The best vegan restaurants in London
• The best restaurants in Walthamstow
• Could Soho pubs be forced to ban standing pints and become table-service only?
• Nola
• The best bars in London
• One of London’s most glamorous old hotels is getting a £30 million revival
• The neglected part of the Thames that is set for a huge revival with 8,000 homes
• A new West African bar is coming to Shoreditch
• The best hotels in Paddington, London for 2026
• Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant: Inside Bloomsbury
• Nan Goldin: ‘You Never Did Anything Wrong’
• London Latino Film Festival
• World Press Photo Exhibition 2026
• MPB Gallery
• London Tube and Train Disruption This Weekend: Bakerloo and Overground Closures [August 8-9 2026]
• The 6 best free things to do in London this weekend [August 7-9 2026]
• The Best Outdoor & Rooftop Cinemas in London (Summer 2026)
• Rooftop Cinema Club
• London Oyster Championships
• End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland
• Happy Gilmore at Swingers West End
• The ‘most powerful’ art gallery in the world is in London
• Brick Lane Curry Festival
• Cocktails in the City
• Summer Sounds Music Festival
• The Bakerloo line’s ancient trains are finally being replaced
• Painting the French Riviera
• London’s best alternative Christmas events
• Best Christmas events in London for 2026 hand picked by our editors
• Christmas in London 2026
• 4 London restaurants were added to the prestigious Michelin Guide in July 2026
• Best places to go ice skating in London this winter
• The best Christmas markets in London for 2026
• Dog Man: The Musical
• Bank holiday in London
• M&S is opening a massive new store in northwest London
• The top London theatre shows according to our critics
• Connolly
• Gail’s is opening a new bakery in north London – and it’s already controversial
• Skoob Books Extravaganza
• Bearpit Karaoke
• BFI London Film Festival 2026: Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘deliriously funny’ new film is this year’s closer
• London’s biggest McDonald’s will soon be open 24 hours
• ‘Europe’s most terrifying horror attraction’ is coming to London
• London is home to the world’s only women’s sculpture park – it could be forced to close
• Horizons Casino
• The Nightmare Realm
• Room 13
• Open-air theatre in London
• Who Killed Marilyn?
• Martin Guerre
• ‘Easygoing with punchy cocktails’: this Dalston spot is London’s coolest bar in 2026
• August: Osage County
• Three new clubs were just added to Time Out’s list of the greatest nightclubs in London
• This Notting Hill restaurant with a ‘brilliantly over-the-top feasting menu’ has the tastiest halal food in London
• Sh!t-faced Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
• Patti Harrison: Just Ironing Some Things Out!
• The ‘world’s best burger’ restaurant is opening its first north London location
• Now You See Me Live
• HeliLondon
• IGNI
• Abigail’s Party
• Tao of Glass