LONDON WEEKEND BREAKS - Special Events
This page is used to list any special events or unusual performances that are not part of London's typical tourist and entertainment schedule. London weekend breaks can be enhanced by the inclusion of an unusual or infrequently experienced event like an exhibition or a special performance.
Here is a list of some of the events taking place in London in late 2010. Some will have a Christmas or seasonal theme.
- Burn the floor – 21 July to 14 September (Shaftsbury theatre)
London drum show – 4 to 5 September (Olympia)
Myths and Monsters – 13 to 15 September (Horniman museum)
The Deep – to 5 September (Natural History museum)
Speciality food fair – 5 to 7 September (Olympia)
Into the woods in Regents Park – to 11 September
Mayor's Thames festival – 11 to 12 September
Victoria and Albert Art and Love – to 31 October (Queens gallery)
Enchanted palace exhibition – March 2020 to January 2012 (Kensington Palace)
National home improvements show – 1 to 3 October
Turner Prize – 5 October to 2 January 2011
London music show – 8 to 10 October
Sci Fi London – 14 to 16 October
RunFest 2010 – 16 to 17 october
Ballroom dancing – 21 October
Spirit of Christmas Fair – 3 to 7 November
Natural History museum ice rink – 4 November to 16 January
The wine show – 12 to 14 November
Masterchef live – 12 to 14 November (Olympia)
The Wine show – 12 to 14 November
London Jazz festival – 12 to 21 November (numerous venues)
Lord Mayor's show 13 November
Skate at Somerset house – 10 November
Trafalgar Square Christmas – 2 December to 3 January
Great Christmas Pudding race – 4 December
AEGON tennis masters – 30 November to 5 December
King's College Choir – 20 December
Midnight Mass – 24 December (St Paul's cathedral)
New Year's Eve fireworks – 31 December
East End Wednesdays – 5 June to 4 February