What’s hot in London this week (7-13 July)

Jul 07, 2025

Fashion and the Arts: Creating Equity – 1-to-1 discussions on inclusion in fashion and the arts.
- Chelsea College of Arts | 14:00–17:00 | Free
Bitesize Festival opens today – New Theatre at Riverside Studios
A month of bold, bite-sized performances, short films and art. Fresh, fearless and unmissable.
- 7 July – 3 August 2025 | Festival Pass: £50 (2 tickets to every show) | Riverside Studios, Hammersmith
  - Kicking off this week:
    • Philos & Amica Do Time
    • The Girls I Look Up To
    • Happy Ending

Stick To Your Guns – Live hardcore punk show
- Downstairs at The Dome | 19:00 | GRAB YOUR TICKETS HERE
English Grammar Day 2025 – A full day of expert talks and discussion on the role of grammar today.
- British Library | 09:30–17:00 | £15

Tuesday 8

Hunterian Museum – Free timed entry, booking required
Free evening acting classes – Summer term 2025
- Fulham, William Morris Way | Booking via WhatsApp 07300 561627
The Queer Comedy Club - Joe Sutherland: Tour Preview | 18:30 | TICKETS

Connecting lived experience with entrepreneurial journeys – Knowledge-sharing session on Ethnic Minority owned businesses
- 250 Bishopsgate | 17:00–19:30 | Free
The Annual Vintners Procession – Traditional ceremonial walk from Vintners’ Livery Hall to St James Garlickhythe, including a unique road-sweeping ritual.
- St James Garlickhythe | 11:45–12:15 | Free
Rolling Stones Unseen – Exhibition of over 100 rare 1963 photos capturing The Rolling Stones on their first UK tour | Dockside Vaults, St Katharine Docks

The Teskey Brothers – Live concert
Alexandra Palace Park | Thu, 10 July, 17:00
SELECT YOUR TICKETS
The history of art in prisons – Exploring prisoner art past and present
Royal College of Nursing Library & Heritage Centre | 17:30–19:00 | Free
Emma Amos: pioneering African American artist – first UK solo show
- Alison Jacques Gallery, 22 Cork Street | 10 July – 9 August 2025 | Free

Lego robotics club – Build and program lego robots with motors and sensors for children aged 8–11 | Kensal Library | 16:00–17:00 | Free
The Eeps – Live music at Gunners Pub | 19:00 | Free

Public open evening of the Houses of Parliament | 17:30-20:00
Barnes Fair – food, music & family fun
- Barnes Green, Church Road| 09:30–17:30 | Free
Rockstar Energy Presents Wireless 2025

FREE Boxing Camp – Waltham Cross – ages 10–16 | Waltham Cross Playing Fields Car Park | 12:00–12:45 | Free
Inpop Presents – O2 Academy Islington | 18:00

Old Coulsdon Village Fair | 12 - 16:30 | FREE
Summer Tribute Festival 2025
Harrow Lodge Park, Hornchurch (RM11 1JR) | 2pm–10:30pm | FREE
BST Hyde Park - Stevie Wonder | TICKETS

‘Elsewhere’ — Manow Nowhere solo exhibition
BSMT Space, Dalston (E8 4AR) | Until Sun 13 Jul 2025 | Free

Sunday Jazz Lunch | The American Songbook
- Boisdale Of Canary Wharf | GET YOUR TICKETS
Jazztrain Shoreditch – Rolling Stock, Shoreditch (E2 8DN)
Free live jazz gig with artsy vibes and a cosy garden bar, Sunday 13 July from 2pm to 8pm.
Free Quick Pet Portraits – SoLo Craft Fair, Brixton (SW9 8PS)
Get a free sketch of your pet (or a photo of them!) by artist Annie Dalton, Sunday 13 July from 11am to 2pm.