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There’s so many things to do in North London this weekend. Here’s the full list.
— Maryam
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Your guide to what’s happening in North London this week. Events marked with (£) require a ticket in advance.
Ladies’ Halloween Craft Night | 📍Ye Olde Mitre Inne, Chipping Barnet, EN5 | 24 October | (£)
Pumpkins, candles, pressed flowers and prosecco at one of Barnet’s oldest pubs. And MNL readers get £7 off their ticket, link already has it applied. Women 18+.
Kidzworld Pumpkin Patch | 📍Hampstead Heath, NW3 | 24 & 31 October | (£)
Pick your own pumpkin on Hampstead Heath, with a funfair, trick or treat maze, fun games, food stalls and a marshmallow roasting pit. 10am to 6pm both Saturdays.
The Rock Orchestra: Arena of Fire | 📍OVO Arena Wembley, HA9 | 25 October | (£)
An orchestra playing rock and metal at Wembley, with fire performers and pyrotechnics going off around them. Ninety minutes of it. Doors 7pm.
The Bayeux Tapestry | 📍British Museum, WC1B | Until 11 July 2027 | (£)
The Bayeux Tapestry has left France for the first time in nearly a thousand years. The 70-metre embroidery tells the story of the Norman Conquest of 1066 in pictures, stitched shortly after it happened. Currently sold out, next tickets released 21 October.
Oktoberfest at Dugdale | 📍Dugdale Arts Centre, EN2 | 24 October | (£)
Brats, beer and belly laughs at Dugdale, with comedy oompah band The Stompin' Steiners running a full Bavarian beer hall night. Sing, sway and get pulled into it whether you like it or not. £14 includes a pretzel and half pint. Doors 6pm, show 7pm.
UK Card Expo | 📍Southgate School, Barnet, EN4 | 25 October | Free + paid entry
Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic and other trading cards have become a whole collecting world of their own, and this is a day for rummaging through it. UK Card Expo is coming to Southgate School with tables of cards and collectibles to buy, sell and trade, whether you already have folders full of them or you’re just curious about why people collect them. Bring your own cards if you fancy trading with other collectors, or simply wander the stalls and see what turns up. 11am to 4pm, with early entry, general admission and a free entry option available. Free parking on site.
Book Buzz | 📍artsdepot, North Finchley, N12 | 25 October | Free
artsdepot’s annual books festival this year zooms in on comics, manga and graphic novels — drop-in activities, hands-on workshops with professional comic creators, and a book swap. All free, no booking needed.
Touchy Feely | 📍Lumen Church, WC1H | 24 October | (£)
You know how ceramics exhibitions make you want to pick things up and you can’t? This one is built entirely around that. Susurri Shop fills a church with 30+ gallery-worthy drinking vessels by master ceramicists from Japan — and you’re encouraged to hold them, turn them, feel how fire and time shaped them. Exhibition only (£11) or add a workshop with coffee and Japanese snacks to study one piece properly (£28.50). Booking required. 18+.
Stardust Antique & Vintage Fair | 📍St Stephen’s, Pond Street, NW3 | 25 October | Free
Stardust’s autumn fair comes to Hampstead for one day. You’ll find antique jewellery, vintage fashion, collectables, homewares and all those wonderfully unusual finds you never knew you needed.
Pumpkin Time at GROW Farm | 📍GROW Farm, N20 | 24 October | (£)
GROW Farm’s students and young people kept thirteen varieties of pumpkins alive through this summer’s drought, and on 24 October you can come and buy them. Blue Banana, Turk’s Turban, Pacific Giant and ten more, plus farm tours, kids’ activities and free homemade soup. Solidarity pricing and free tickets for those who need them. Book ahead, spaces are limited. 10am to 2pm.
Harvest Festival & Apple Day at Lordship Hub | 📍Lordship Hub, Lordship Rec, N17 | 24 October, 1–5pm | Free
Two celebrations in one: a harvest festival with a free hearty vegetarian buffet, traditional crafts and songs. Plus Apple Day with heritage apple tasting, traditional juicing, apple bobbing and the longest peel competition. Just drop in.
Trent Park House of Secrets | 📍Walker Lower Hall, N14 | 24 October | Free
Trent Park House in Enfield opened this July as a museum telling the story of WWII’s ‘Secret Listeners’ — intelligence operators hidden in the basement who eavesdropped on senior German prisoners and delivered some of the war’s most important intelligence breakthroughs. The museum’s director, Dr Giuseppe Albano MBE, comes to Southgate to share the stories, secrets and memories behind it. Described as nationally significant on the level of Bletchley Park.
Coach Trip to Copped Hall | 📍Departs Highgate, N6 | 24 October | (£)
Copped Hall is an 18th-century Essex mansion that burned down in 1917 and has been slowly brought back to life by volunteers ever since. The Highgate Society is running a coach from N6 to see the restoration up close guided tour of the building, tea, and the gardens included. Departs South Grove at noon, back by 6pm. Bring a picnic. Limited spaces, asap.
A Matter of Perspective | 📍Karamel, Wood Green, N22 | 25 October | ( £ donation)
A comedy, spoken word and music night at Karamel where your ticket directly funds safe housing for refugees in Haringey. Come for spoken word artist Maureen Onwunali, bilingual protest-song duo Pepa Duarte and Alex Etchart, and comedians Samira Banks and Selam Amare — vegan food included, good company guaranteed. Every ticket is a donation to Haringey Welcome’s Solidarity Fund, run in partnership with the Museum of Homelessness.
Charity Comedy Night for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care | 📍Totteridge Cricket Club, N20 | 24 October | (£)
A stand-up night at Totteridge Cricket Club raising money for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care, a Barnet charity providing free support and complementary therapies to people living with cancer. The lineup: Boothby Graffoe (called a “genius” by Stewart Lee and Omid Djalili), BAFTA-winning Radio 4 comedian Sarah Mills, Ramsey Smith, Jacqui Doherty, Chris Ford and MC Sion James. Doors 7pm, show 8pm. 18+.
Borehamwood Brass Autumn Concert | 📍St John the Baptist Church, Barnet, EN5 | 24 October |(£)
Borehamwood Brass bring their autumn concert to a Barnet church, with a programme of live music plus stories from their recent trip to Offenburg, Germany, the twin town of Elstree and Borehamwood. Refreshments served at the interval. 7:30pm.
Vintage & Makers Market at The Old Dairy | 📍The Old Dairy, N4 | 24 October | Free
The Old Dairy pub has been closed for a while and this Saturday it opens its doors for a vintage and makers market filling the whole venue. Vintage treasures, handcrafted goods by local artists, fashion and food.
Highgate Watercolour Group Annual Exhibition | 📍Lauderdale House, N6 | 21 October to 16 November | Free
A group of Highgate locals have been meeting every Thursday since 1980 to paint the neighbourhood together. Once a year they hang the results at Lauderdale House. This year: 21 artists, over 250 works across two floors, including London scenes painted en plein air, botanicals, still lifes and a section of miniature paintings at minimal prices.
Hidden Gardens of London Walking Tour | 📍Meets near St Paul’s, EC1A | 25 October | (£)
The Square Mile has 200 hidden gardens, most of them churchyards left behind by the Great Fire of 1666 and the Blitz. This 90-minute walking tour visits some of the best, including Postman’s Park, Christchurch Greyfriars and the private gardens of two Livery Companies, finishing at a churchyard said to be haunted by two quarrelling ladies. Led by tour guide Bridget Chandler. Meet outside the Lord Raglan pub at 11am.
Family Art Day: Discover, Play and Share | 📍Estorick Collection, N1 | 25 October | Free with admission
Wanda and Marion Wulz were a mother and daughter running a photography studio in early 20th-century Italy who quietly became two of its most radical experimenters, layering images and playing with light and motion in ways that were decades ahead of their time. This family morning at the Estorick Collection puts their ideas in children’s hands, with creative challenges inspired by their work. There’s also a dedicated quieter space with dimmed lighting for children who need a calmer experience.
Autumn Guided Walk at Highgate Wood | 📍Highgate Wood, N10 | 24 October, 11:30am | Free
Highgate Wood staff lead a guided walk through the wood as it turns. No booking needed, just turn up at the information hut by the café.
Enfield Art Circle Art Show and Sale | 📍St Stephen’s Church Hall, EN1 | 24 October | Free entry
Browse original oils, acrylics, watercolours and pastels by around 20 local artists — including some of local scenes. Chat to the artists, enjoy light refreshments, and there’s a free car park.
A Homemade Evening with Nara Smith | 📍Union Chapel, N1 | 25 October | (£)
Nara Smith, the TikTok cook with millions watching her make bread and butter from scratch in a ballgown, comes to Union Chapel for a live conversation with Rochelle Humes about food, motherhood and the autoimmune diagnosis that started it all. Tickets are limited
Night Maps | 📍Warburg Institute, WC1H | 21 October - 17 April | Free
An exhibition at the Warburg tracing how humans have mapped the night sky from medieval courts to the 21st-century space race, and what those maps were really being used to say about power on earth. World maps from the 13th to 19th centuries from the Sunderland Collection, running through to April.
Young Soul Rebels : screening + performance + Q&A | 📍The Beehive Pub, Tottenham N17 | 25 October | (£)
Isaac Julien’s 1991 cult classic lands at The Beehive for the final night of Film Tottenham’s Rebel Party season. It’s 1977, the Queen’s Silver Jubilee is days away, and two Black pirate radio DJs are about to have their world torn apart. Part thriller, part gay love story, entirely electric. Stick around after — artist Reggiimental performs live, then joins a Q&A on music, prison radio, and why rebellion still matters. 18+.
Day of the Dead at Canopy Market | 📍Canopy Market, N1C | 23 - 25 October | Free
MexiBrit takes over Canopy Market for Día de Muertos, antojitos, pan de muerto and a community ofrenda where you can leave a tribute to someone you’ve lost. Independent makers and food stalls fill the rest of the space.
Creepy Creatures with Wildfangs | 📍Lewis of London, Barnet, EN5 | 24 October | (£)
Wildfangs brings five live creatures to the Lewis of London site for a 30-minute handling session, the kind where you actually get to touch the things that usually make people shriek. Good for curious kids from 12 months up, and honestly probably more fun for the adults. Spaces are small by design so book ahead.
Witchy Wares Craft Market | 📍The Fields Beneath, NW5 | 25 October | Free
The Fields Beneath is doing a Halloween craft market on the Hunter’s Full Moon, which is either a coincidence or very much on purpose. Tarot readings, handmade candles, art prints and crochet from a small roster of independent makers, plus a charity raffle for Streets Kitchen.
Vintage & Makers Pop Up at the Old Dairy | 📍The Old Dairy, N4 | 24 October | Free
Otoch Bespoke takes over the Old Dairy pub on Crouch Hill for a one-day market, vintage, ceramics, jewellery, candles and clothing from local makers.
God Save the Queens | 📍Museum of Youth Culture, NW1 | 23 October - 22 November | Free
Punk had women at the centre of it. This exhibition makes that case with their actual stuff, Poly Styrene’s archives, photographs, handmade fashion, personal material from the women who built the visual language of the movement. Basement gallery, pay what you can.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | 📍Tower Theatre, N16 | 21 - 31 October | (£)
The Headless Horseman, a terrified schoolteacher and a town that can’t tell ghost story from reality. Tower Theatre’s half-term production of the Washington Irving classic, played for chills and laughs in equal measure. From £10, ages 11 and up.
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