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July 2026
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House Clearance Sale | 📍1 Shaftesbury Road, N19 | 4 July | (£)
Something a little different this week, and a first for us. A family is opening up their grandmother's house after she passed away, and inviting neighbours in to take home a piece of it: plant pots, books, furniture, clothes, vintage toys, collectibles, a lifetime of bits and pieces. Prices are low and they'd love to see her things go to people who'll enjoy them. Come and have a wander between 11am and 2pm.
Warm Studios First Birthday | 📍Blue House Yard, N22 | 4 July | Free
Warm Studios in Wood Green turns one, and they're throwing an evening to thank the community that got them through the first year. Music, food, sweet treats, creative activities and games, plus a raffle raising money for founder Princess Adenrele. Warm Studios started in 2025 as a space for making, workshops and connection, as much a place to talk as to shop. Whether you've been in since day one or never been, you're welcome. Wheelchair accessible, 6pm to 11pm.
My Dinner With Jess Cole & Friends | 📍Myddleton Grange Community Hall, N4 | 4 July | (£)/Pay what you want
The idea is simple: nobody should have to eat alone. Jess Cole runs a travelling community supper that brings strangers to one long table for the evening, and this one lands near Manor House with a two-course Korean meal from Gim, a husband-and-wife kitchen, plus Caribbean mezze and a Nepalese dessert. There's live music and performances through the night, it's pay-what-you-want and BYOB, and what you give goes to Breadline London to keep the meals going. Plant-based throughout. From 6pm, book by emailing [email protected] with your name and any allergies.
Vintage Weekend | 📍Priory Park, N8 | 4 - 5 July | Free
Two days of steam and classic cars in Priory Park, marking the park's hundredth year. Horton's Steam Fair runs across both days, 11am to 8pm, with a carousel, fairground rides and steam engines. On the Saturday only, the Classic Car Pageant brings together over fifty classic vehicles with the Whitewebbs Museum of Transport, 11am to 5pm, and at 5pm the Lotus cars drive out in convoy through Hornsey to the old factory by the station where they were built. Free entry, from 11am both days.
Art + Design Market | 📍Abney Public Hall, N16 | 4 - 5 July | Free
60 independent artists and makers fill Abney Public Hall on Stoke Newington Church Street, selling art prints, zines, ceramics, handmade jewellery and slow fashion, the kind of one-off pieces you won't find on the high street. The makers are there to chat about how they work if you want to ask, and there's pierogi from Pierogi Queen and seasonal teas to keep you going. Accessible, dog friendly, free entry, 11am to 5pm both days.
Ceramics Market & Open Garden | 📍Rochester Square, NW1 | 4 July | Free
Artist Ewelina is leading a communal build at Rochester Square, and what everyone makes becomes a permanent fish pond in the garden. Member artists sell their pots, vases and sculptures, there's free clay workshops and pot painting to join in, and food and drink out in the garden while the kids meet the hens and rabbits. 11am to 5pm.
Bar Rioja Festival | 📍Bar Rioja, N1 | 4 July | (£)
Starts as a wine tasting, ends as a party. Sixteen Riojas to work through in a hidden Victorian courtyard off Pentonville Road, with someone carving Ibérico ham, paella when you need it, and a DJ who runs from mid-afternoon well into the evening.
Jester Festival | 📍Fortune Green, NW6 | 4 July | Free
For 52 years, a handful of volunteers have put on a festival on Fortune Green, and they're still at it. This is the day West Hampstead comes out for its own: live music, a funfair, circus skills and a climbing wall, the raffle with prizes from every shop on the high street, and whatever the volunteers have dreamed up this year. What money it makes goes to the West Hampstead Food Hub, feeding neighbours who need it. Come down between 11.15am and 6.30pm.
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Bowes Park Pride | 📍Myddleton Road, N22 | 5 July | Free
London Pride is the day before, but if big crowds aren't your thing, Bowes Park has its own. Myddleton Road closes to traffic for a neighbourhood Pride celebration with live music, performances, food stalls and local businesses. Relaxed, family friendly and rooted in the local community. 12pm to 6pm.
Big Fair at Hampstead Festival | 📍Heath Street, NW3 | 5 July | Free
110 stalls line Heath Street for the closing day of the Hampstead Summer Festival, with a funfair, live music and children's activities run by artist Emma McGarry. Runs 11am to 5pm, and all proceeds go to Hampstead School of Art and Keats Community Library.
The Cally Festival | 📍Caledonian Road, N1 | 5 July | Free
Once a year, they close Caledonian Road and 7,000 people throw a party in it. Music, performance, art, workshops, street food and a market. 12pm to 6pm.
Jazz and More on the Green | 📍Hadley Green, EN5 | 5 July | (£)
An open air music afternoon on Hadley Green in Barnet, organised by the Hadley Residents' Association. Four bands across the afternoon including the Lazy Rhythm Boys, Lana Shelley, The Truants and Highstone. Bring a picnic, refreshments available on site. Proceeds go towards a management plan for Hadley Green and its ponds. Grounds open 12pm, music 1pm to 6pm.
Ally Pally Allotments Open Day | 📍Ally Pally Allotments, N22 | 5 July | (£)
Wander 140 allotment plots on a south-facing hillside beside Alexandra Park, with views across to central London and, on a clear day, the North Downs. Set up in 1917, the site runs like an urban village: a members' shop, a community polytunnel, beehives kept by North London Beekeepers, and a weekly art group who draw and then put the kettle on. Meet the growers, see how it works, and browse plants, produce and secondhand tools for sale. Home-made teas, dogs and picnics welcome. Adults £5, children free, and it all goes to the National Garden Scheme's charities. 1pm to 4pm.
Love's Labour's Lost | 📍Camden Square, NW1 | 5 July | (£)
Shakespeare in the Squares marks its tenth anniversary with Love's Labour's Lost in Camden Square, a comedy of flirtation, foolishness and falling in love, directed by Toby Gordon. The company stages one Shakespeare play per London garden square each summer, working with local committees to build something tailored to each venue. Their patron is Dame Judi Dench. Gates open from 3.30pm so you can picnic before the play starts at 5pm sharp, with a brief interval and a finish by 7pm.
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Stardust Vintage & Antique Fair | 📍St Mark's Church, NW1 | 11 July | (£)
Sixty-odd vintage and antique dealers set up inside St Mark's, a church in a canalside garden just past London Zoo, selling jewellery, records, posters, Art Deco glass, lighting and French bits. Tea and homemade cakes when your feet give out. 10am to 5pm.
Zinespiration Club: Home Is Where The Heart Is | 📍Community Cafe, Pancras Square, N1C | 11 July | Free
Drop-in afternoon of making your own zine, a little self-published booklet, with Sassify Zine in King's Cross. This session teaches a fold that opens out like a room in a house, then asks you to fill it with what home means to you. Bring nothing, all the materials are there, and the idea is as much about meeting people and swapping stories as the making itself. All ages welcome, with a particular invitation to LGBTQ+ folks aged 16 to 28. 1pm to 4pm.
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Kaleidoscope Festival | 📍Alexandra Palace Park, N22 | 11 July | (£)
A one-day music and comedy festival in Alexandra Palace Park with views across London. Rudimental headline, with Groove Armada (DJ set), MJ Cole, Black Grape, Roni Size and The Amy Winehouse Band. Russell Kane leads the comedy. Multiple stages, immersive experiences under the Palace, and a family area. Gates open 1pm. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult over 21.
De Beauvoir Jazz Festival | 📍De Beauvoir Town, N1 | 10 - 12 July | (£)
Three days of jazz across a little neighbourhood between Hackney and Islington. Shows at St Peter's Church, Hoxton Hall, Mildmay Club and the Vortex. Highlights include Ego Ella May (R&B and neo-soul singer, JAZZ FM Best Vocalist winner), Theon Cross (tuba player who blends jazz with dub, grime and sound-system culture) and Mercury Prize nominee Joe Webb on piano. Plus a New Orleans-inspired block party on the Saturday and a special Sunday show from Tuba Skinny, one of the great contemporary New Orleans bands.
Somers Town Festival | 📍Charlton Street, NW1 | 11 July | Free
Camden's biggest street festival lands a real one this year: P.P. Arnold headlines, the soul singer behind The First Cut Is the Deepest and Angel of the Morning, who came up with Ike and Tina Turner and went on to record with the Rolling Stones and the Small Faces. All free, on four stages, with a South American dance parade, a hip hop stage, a funfair, Irish and Bangladeshi dancing, and local acts like Somers Town's own Greedy Soul and Shae O'Leary. Food stalls, a kids area and a museum trail too. 12pm to 6.30pm on Charlton Street.
Noel Park Festival | 📍Russell Park, N22 | 12 July | Free
Noel Park's own summer festival returns for a fourth year, held in Russell Park, the biggest green space on this historic Wood Green estate. There's a live music stage, community stalls, food, and an eco-village with activities for all ages. A free afternoon put on for the people who live in and around the estate, and anyone else who wants to come along. 12pm to 5pm.
Hayward Restaurant | 📍Hayward Adventure Playground, N7 | 6 July | (£)
Have dinner in an adventure playground, cooked and served by the kids who go there. Once a month the Hayward in Islington becomes a restaurant, two courses for £10 with help from the Dusty Knuckle chefs, and you eat among the swings, the pirate ship and a crackling fire pit. It's run by and for young people with additional needs, and every penny goes back to them. Flag any allergies when you book.
Clothes Swap | 📍Rosslyn Hall, NW3 | 11 July | (£)
Bring an item of clothing you no longer wear, swap it for tokens, then spend those tokens on something new to you. Rosslyn Hill Chapel runs its first clothes swap in Rosslyn Hall next door (the chapel itself is closed for building works), with refreshments and time to browse and chat across the afternoon. Runs 1.30pm to 4.30pm.
Camden Mela | 📍Coram's Fields, WC1N | 12 July | Free
Mela means gathering, and this one has been bringing communities together in London since 1992. Live music and dance, food stalls, arts and crafts, funfair rides and family activities at Coram's Fields in Bloomsbury. Noon to 6pm.
South Asian Arts Fest | 📍Ducketts Common, N15 | 12 July | Free
Day of South Asian music, dance, fashion and visual art on Ducketts Common by Turnpike Lane, run by The Community Hub Haringey. Live performances and exhibitions across the afternoon, plus ethno crafts, immersive storytelling and children's theatre, so there's something for the kids too. Family friendly, free entry, 2pm to 8pm with doors at 1pm.
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Keats House After Hours | 📍Keats House, NW3 | 16 July | (£)
Keats House stays open late for one evening, so you can wander the Regency villa where John Keats wrote some of his best-known poetry, inspired in part by his love for Fanny Brawne, who lived there too. Admission includes the current exhibition, The Nightingale Suite. Drop in any time between 7pm and 8pm.
Meet the Pioneers: The Revolutionary Publishers | 📍British Library, NW1 | 16 July | (£)
In the late 1960s, Margaret Busby and activists Jessica and Eric Huntley started their own publishing houses to put writers of the global majority into print when the mainstream wouldn't, paving the way for everything from the Jhalak Prize to #Merky Books. This evening of conversation, poetry and song celebrates them, with Busby
Crafty Fox Summer Market | 📍The Crossing, N1C | 19 July | Free
110 independent makers under one roof at The Crossing in King's Cross, by the entrance to Central Saint Martins. Jewellery, ceramics, prints, textiles, candles, homeware and the kind of one-off pieces you won't find on the high street. Crafty Fox have been running these since 2010, so they know how to fill a room. Indoors, dog friendly, free entry, 11am to 5pm.
Hackney Flea Market | 📍Abney Public Hall, N16 | 18 - 19 July | Free Hackney Flea returns to Abney Public Hall on Stoke Newington Church Street, with forty handpicked vintage traders selling 20th century furniture, records, salvaged French homeware, lamps, textiles, curiosities and the kind of one-off finds you go home pleased with. The street itself is half the draw, all independent shops, cafes and pubs, so you can rummage and then stop off for a coffee. Dog friendly, free entry, 10am to 5pm both days.
Islington Festival of Music and Art | 📍Various venues across Islington | 24 July - 2 August | (£)
This started as garden concerts during lockdown in 2020 and has since grown into a ten-day festival across Islington. Yoga with a harp, swing dancing at the Angel piazza, Sidney Bechet-inspired jazz, and Edward Elgar meets Oscar Wilde. The theme this year is music inspired by literature, from Shakespeare to Tolstoy and Dante to Wilde. Intimate venues throughout the borough including Little Angel Theatre, Old Sessions House and Christ Church Highbury.
AG Fest 2026 | 📍Copthall Playing Fields, NW4 | 25 July | (£)
DJ AG, the street DJ whose live sets took off online, throws his first festival on Copthall Playing Fields in Barnet. Two stages running across genres from midday to 10pm, with food from around the world, a funfair, face painting and ice cream vans for the kids. Lyrics are kept clean so it works for all ages, the site is wheelchair accessible, and there's a free shuttle all day from the nearest tube. Family tickets need everyone to arrive together.
The Barn x Fabrica X: London Brew Up | 📍Fabrica X, N1 | 25 July | (£)
Spend a Saturday afternoon watching people compete at making coffee. Eighteen home brewers battle it out live at Fabrica X in King's Cross, and a £5 spectator ticket gets you a drink, a bag of coffee to take home and a spot in the raffle. Berlin roasters The Barn are throwing it to mark a year in London, and if you fancy entering yourself you don't have to be a barista, just someone who loves brewing at home. Competition runs 2pm to 5pm, bar open until 7pm, and £15 if you want to compete.
Pillows and Pilots | 📍RAF Museum London, NW9 | 25 - 26 July | (£)
Organised youth groups can bed down for the night beneath the aircraft at the RAF Museum, sleeping in Hangar 1 surrounded by planes like the Short Sunderland and Westland Sea King. The evening runs from 5.30pm with a live history show, a circus skills display, a film and dinner, then breakfast in the morning. For young people aged 6 to 15, minimum 12 per group. Adults £15, young people £50, and spaces go quickly.
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Ice Heritage Weekend | 📍London Canal Museum, N1 | 25 - 26 July | (£)
Once a year the London Canal Museum opens the Victorian ice wells beneath the building, and this is the weekend. Norwegian ice was once shipped down the Regent's Canal and lowered into these wells, and on Sunday you can climb down into them with a guide, watch Victorian ice cream made without a freezer, and see rare archive film. Saturday is the family day, with storytelling, an ice trail and a hunt through old photos of the ice trade. Boat trips run both days. The Sunday descent is an adults' event, minimum age 12, and needs booking ahead.
London Brick Festival | 📍Royal National Hotel, WC1 | 26 July | (£)
Not just a kids' day out. The London Brick Festival pulls in serious adult builders and collectors alongside the families, with huge LEGO displays to gawp at, speed building competitions, a hands-on building area, and traders selling everything from loose bricks to long-retired sets. Standard entry is £8 adults, £6 children, or £22 for a family of four, under 5s free. Early entry at 10am is £15 and gets you an extra hour plus a free LEGO gift. Runs until 4pm.
Kilburn High Road Festival | 📍Kilburn High Road, NW6 | 31 July - 15 August | Free
Sixteen days of free performances, music and exhibitions along Kilburn High Road, made by and for the people who live here. Highlights include Passages, a promenade walk drawing on 95 real stories of Kilburn nights out; Reel Kilburn, an evening of local film history; and the Kilburn House Band playing live at Kilburn Market. Presented by Kiln Theatre.
Collage Art Workshop | 📍The Old Nursery, N15 | 30 July | (£)
Evening of cutting and sticking at The Old Nursery in Tottenham Green, led by North London collage artist Vicky. You'll start with a quick warm-up, then work on a bigger piece with prompts you can take wherever you like, since there's no right way to do it. Everything's provided, magazines, vintage books, scissors, glue and papers, so just turn up. No experience needed, come solo or bring someone. Adults 18+, 7.30pm to 9.30pm.
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