Events

Preview Cigalon’s new autumn menu over two evenings, with five courses for £43, or £65 with four paired wines. From 5.45pm.Read our guide: 5 Reasons to Try Cigalon’s October Menu Test Drive

The final run of Dylan Ward’s funny, heartfelt one-man show about growing up autistic, at the Drayton Arms Theatre in South Kensington, 6 to 10 October at 7.30pm.Read our guide: […]

The world premiere stage adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s classic ghost story, adapted by Stef Smith, at Richmond Theatre from Tuesday 6 to Saturday 10 October.Read our guide: 5 Reasons to See The Haunting of Hill House

The UK’s biggest film festival turns 70, with screenings across London and the UK. Competition winners announced on Sunday 18 October.Read our guide: 5 Things to Know About the LFF […]

The first UK institutional exhibition by Justin Caguiat, with colour-changing paintings, flower-shaped bronze bells and a 16mm film, at Serpentine South in Kensington Gardens. Free entry.Read our guide: 5 Reasons […]

Bologna funk, rock and blues trio Savana Funk play a rare London show, following their new single Làbas.Read our guide: 5 Reasons to See Savana Funk

Rajen Patel’s one-day Indian live-fire BBQ on The Broadcaster rooftop, with unlimited food for £39 per person and Windrush 1027 Rum cocktails.Read our guide: 5 Reasons to Try The Homies […]

Award-winning Istanbul bartender Burak Türkkan and Fable Cocktail Service take over Chiave on Redchurch Street for one night only, with signature cocktails inspired by Istanbul’s neighbourhoods and spice markets.Read our […]

A limited-edition charcoal rotisserie chicken sharing feast for OctoberBEST at The Crazy Goose in Brighton, weekdays from 12 to 25 October, 12pm to 5pm, £30 per person.Read our guide: 5 […]

The 606 Club in Chelsea celebrates 50 years of live music with 50+ artists over 14 days, including Jamie Cullum, Gwilym Simcock with Kyle Eastwood, Julian Joseph, Soweto Kinch, Liane […]

Three courses for £35 at The Coal Shed London: BBQ Jacob’s Ladder, dry-aged chateaubriand with beef dripping chips, and sticky toffee pudding with beef fat caramel. Also at The Coal […]

The first UK exhibition devoted exclusively to Georg Baselitz’s breakthrough Hero paintings, with loans from Tate and major German museums, at Ely House in Mayfair.Read our guide: 5 Reasons to […]

Kew Gardens becomes an illuminated after-dark trail with Dracula, fire performers and the Headless Horseman. 6pm to 10pm from 16 to 24 October, and 4pm to 10pm from 25 October to 1 November. Plus a free Hey Duggee family trail by day from 17 October.Read our guide: 5 Reasons to Visit Kew Gardens This October

An immersive Halloween horror from the director of Peaky Blinders: The Rise, inspired by the 2015 fire at Battersea Arts Centre. Around 35 minutes, age 16+. Various time slots.Read our […]

Halloween half-term fun at the UK’s largest zoo, with a Ghastly Ghost Tour, the Spooky Railway, creepy crafts and daily costume competitions. Free with zoo entry.Read our guide: 5 Reasons […]

Manchester’s Forbici, one of the Top 100 Best Pizzas in the World, opens at 120 Tooley Street near Borough Market, with its signature Biga dough and pizzas cut with scissors.Read […]

Hijingo’s high-tech bingo becomes a live-action horror show for Halloween, with jump scares, spooky cocktails and prizes including £250 cash. From Tuesday 27 October to Sunday 1 November, with a Bottomless Brunch on Halloween weekend.Read our guide: 5 Reasons to Play Hijingo’s Horror Bingo