Lorena Torres: Un Suspiro Lleno el Mundo, painting show.
until Sat 21 Nov
Beetles + Huxley
Things to do in London today
Things to do in London today, Thursday 29 October: 1,390 events, among them 269 in exhibitions and museums, 225 in theatre, 135 in concerts, 134 in workshops and courses, 101 in party and club, 88 in food and drink and 438 others.
Everyone Involved: Ian Giles installation with A Gay Song.
until Sat 21 Nov
Queer Britain
Free
Beyond Bayeux: Tapestry Now with Tom Phillips and Hockney.
until Sun 21 Mar
Flowers Gallery
Becoming America: how science shaped a nation, 1760s–1790s.
until Sun 25 Apr
Science Museum
Free
Film Africa 2026: festival of African cinema across London.
until Sun 1 Nov
Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)
Euphoria - Art is in the Air: touchable inflatable art.
until Thu 31 Dec
Excel
Fright on the Thames: Halloween cruise with ghost stories.
until Sun 1 Nov
London Eye
£23.50–24.50
October half term: free family activities at Docklands.
until Sat 31 Oct
London Museum Docklands
Free
October half term: bug crafts, stories and science shows.
until Sun 1 Nov
National Maritime Museum
Free
Family Film Week: films, crafts and fun for kids.
until Sun 1 Nov
Barbican Cinemas
Jet and Space Week: planetarium, laser tag and mystery hunt.
until Sun 1 Nov
RAF Museum
£5–6.50
Maya, Give Me a Title!: Michel Gondry animation for all.
until Sat 31 Oct
Rio Cinema
£5
Made in Taiwan: Taiwanese cinema with Mark Lee Ping-bing.
until Tue 15 Dec
The Garden Cinema
The Town Mouse & The Country Mouse: puppet show.
until Sun 15 Nov
The Puppet Theatre Barge
Babies: musical about Year 11s raising robot babies.
until Sat 31 Oct
Mountview Academy
£21
Pumpkin Carving for Halloween at Rainham Hall.
until Fri 30 Oct
Rainham Hall
£5
Half term at the Royal Observatory: family astronomy.
until Sun 1 Nov
Royal Observatory
£24
October half term: family tours and a Halloween trail.
until Sun 1 Nov
The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre
£12–24
Sanlé Sory: In Fine Style, a photography exhibition.
until Sat 27 Feb
David Hill Gallery
Meeting Mohini: Zoya Thomas Lobo's photos of Koovagam.
until Sun 15 Nov
Horniman Museum
Free
Voyage to the Deep: hands-on underwater exhibition.
until Sun 1 Nov
Horniman Museum
£7–9.80
Kay’s Gruesome Games: grisly medical quiz for ages 7 up.
until Sun 1 Nov
Leicester Square Theatre
from £23
Wallace & Gromit, Shaun and More: immersive Aardman show.
until Mon 4 Jan
Lightroom
£15–25
The Pied Piper: A Rat's Tale, puppet show for over 5s.
until Sat 7 Nov
Little Angel Theatre
£14–16
Globe Theatre Guided Tour: inside Shakespeare's wooden 'O'.
until Sun 31 Jan
Shakespeare's Globe
£23–31
Ghosts & Ghouls Family Tour: spooky Globe Theatre tour.
until Sat 30 Jan
Shakespeare's Globe
£15–23
Frida: The Making of an Icon, exhibition on Frida Kahlo.
until Sun 3 Jan
Tate Modern
£25
The 90s: Art and Fashion, curated by Edward Enninful.
until Sun 14 Feb
Tate Britain
£22
Light and Magic: The Birth of Art Photography, Tate Modern.
until Sun 21 Feb
Tate Modern
£20
Gathering Ground: art on ecology and justice.
until Sun 7 Mar
Tate Modern
Free
Garry Starr: Classic Penguins, a comedy in flippers.
until Sun 3 Jan
The Other Palace
£20–45
The Hallelujah House: Inside Handel's HQ.
until Sun 14 Mar
Handel & Hendrix
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Ronnie Wood: Portraits of Jimi Hendrix.
until Sun 11 Apr
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Cosmic Breath: Joe Namy's call-to-prayer installation.
until Sun 7 Mar
Ibraaz
Windrush Food Culture: How a Generation flavoured Britain.
until Sun 3 Jan
National Maritime Museum
Free
Jurassic Oceans: monsters of prehistoric seas.
until Sun 3 Jan
Natural History Museum
£15–17.50
Visions of Nature: VR trip to future ecosystems.
until Sun 3 Jan
Natural History Museum
£9.95
The Baa-Ewe Tapestry: a knitted tribute to Shaun the Sheep.
until Sun 1 Nov
Natural History Museum
Free
Wide-Angle View: 1960s photographs of architecture by RIBA.
until Sun 1 Nov
Tate Liverpool + RIBA North
Free
Operation Mincemeat: a musical of wartime deception.
until Sat 29 May
Fortune Theatre
£62