{"title": "Voila Festival '26", "start": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Space", "address": "Westferry Road 269, E14 3RS London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["stage/theatre"], "description": "Voila! Festival '26 is a theatre festival running for two and a half weeks at The Space. It presents border-busting, multi-lingual and migrant-led productions, joined by 8 other venues across London. 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It is directed by Kylie Williams, who performs alongside devisers Hector Berenger and Hollie Milne, with sound design by Hollie Milne. Day after day their routine, repeated like a loop, becomes ritual dedicated to survival, until it begins to slip and the family starts to break apart. The show is in English and non-verbal, is recommended for ages 12 and up, and carries warnings for mentions of violence, reference to guns, and loud noises including sirens.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/overflood-voila-festival-60528/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/overflood/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8273de4aad53bffe0771a0de9d7215cbc9e006720387d14b0d278f2bf709072b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Seat of Me (VOILA! 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It is a new offering for 2026 from Blackheath Halls as part of the LIFEM26 early music festival. Many events take place in the Halls' Hearn Recital Room and offer insight into the world of early music, with celebrated performers, instrument makers showcasing their work up close and performances by rising stars.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lifem26-exhibition-plus-day-pass-69569/", "official_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/lifem26-exhibition-plus-3-day-pass-thu-fri-sat/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Balance by Brainfools at VOILÀ! Theatre Festival", "start": "2026-11-08T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Space", "address": "Westferry Road 269, E14 3RS London", "price": "", "price_from": "13.00", "price_to": "18.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/circus"], "description": "Balance is a contemporary circus theatre show by the Austrian-British circus artists Brainfools, presented as part of the VOILÀ! 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After the 45-minute performance, offered in Latin American Spanish with English surtitles for ages 14 and over, Hilanderas hosts a Q&A and a Roy Hart-based workshop.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-voice-of-butterflies-60519/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/the-voice-of-butterflies/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0e53b6b5efb173a3ed6ab8b18e3bd1a35a7ec13e53e468e751ee3a3fd1318a0a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "LitOct", "start": "2026-10-03T10:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T23:00:00Z", "place": "Southlands Arts Centre", "address": "The Green 75, UB7 7PW West Drayton", "price": "£25 event pass", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.ticketsource.com/yiewsley-and-west-drayton-arts-council/t-ejqzzae", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "LitOct 2026 is Hillingdon's literary festival, held at the Southlands Arts Centre. It is a celebration of literature, creativity, and community, bringing together writers, readers, and neighbours for a month of storytelling. A £25 event pass gives access to all events except Writing through lifes turning points and Linocut, and includes a LitOct goody bag. The full festival schedule runs from Saturday 3rd October, 10:00 AM to Saturday 31st October, 11:00 PM.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/litoct-38689/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ef7c6259ac1759724da6b3a4e45801f1388a01e8076127bfa0937c8fe3a85bf9-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Keep Calm and Bring Back the Cricket! (VOILA! 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Recommended for ages 12 and over.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/keep-calm-and-bring-back-the-cricket-voila-festival-60517/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/keep-calm-and-bring-back-the-cricket/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3cbbc45b0d8de5674439a9321652faf297f68682ec944dacc16acd2e9ea30d06-1200.webp"}, {"title": "LIFEM26: Exhibition ‘Plus’ 2 day Pass Thu & Fri", "start": "2026-11-12T09:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Blackheath Halls", "address": "23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ London", "price": "£25 / Free Students & U21s", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/book/?bookevent=5184", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["music/classical/early-music"], "description": "LIFEM26: Exhibition ‘Plus’ 2 day Pass Thu & Fri is a two-day pass to the LIFEM26 exhibition of early music at Blackheath Halls, held alongside the festival's music events. The pass gives access to the exhibition itself, plus all the Makers' Demonstrations and Performers' Platforms, and a full range of talks, presentations and fringe events, many in The Hearn Recital Room. It offers an insight into the world of early music, with celebrated performers, instrument makers showcasing their instruments up close, and performances from emerging early music talent. On the Friday, it also includes access to the final of the Early Music Young Ensemble Competition.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lifem26-exhibition-plus-2-day-pass-thu-fri-69570/", "official_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/lifem26-exhibition-plus-2-day-pass-thu-fri/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival 2026", "start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T00:00:00Z", "place": "Arts Depot", "address": "Nether Street 5, N12 0GA London", "price": "Full price: £13.50, Concessions: £11.50", "price_from": "13.50", "price_to": "13.50", "tickets_url": "https://www.artsdepot.co.uk/book-online/908804", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/shakespeare"], "description": "Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival 2026 is an evening of Shakespeare performed by local school students on a professional theatre stage. It is presented by Coram Shakespeare Schools, a national cultural education charity dedicated to transforming young lives through the power of Shakespeare. The world's largest youth drama festival gives students from more than 350 schools a platform to develop oracy and teamworking skills, grow in confidence and perform abridged plays for their community. The event runs at artsdepot from Mon 9 to Wed 11 Nov 2026 and is suitable for all ages.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/coram-shakespeare-schools-festival-2026-73812/", "official_url": "https://www.artsdepot.co.uk/event/coram-shakespeare-schools-festival-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/558589743a2822175f71992cc87a961b9c0cea1a82761d997ff483e40a4761dc-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Silk Road Festival", "start": "2026-10-03T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-12T00:00:00Z", "place": "World Heart Beat", "address": "3 Ponton Rd, SW11 7BD London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://worldheartbeat.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173690581/events", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk"], "description": "The Silk Road Festival is a series of music concerts at the World Heart Beat venue in London. It is presented by World Heart Beat and runs from 3 October to 12 December 2026, with events at its Embassy Gardens site. 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Performances include Echoes of the Silk Wind: Siqian Li + Kang Yang, Lucine Musaelian & The Khio Trio (Music from Armenia), Ustad Kamal Sabri & Ustad Tari Khan: Peace through Music Concert, and The Songs She Carried: Women’s Voices Across the Silk Road.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/silk-road-festival-70799/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "LIFEM26: Festival Pass Wed 11th–Sat 14th Nov", "start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Blackheath Halls", "address": "23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ London", "price": "£185 / £95 Students & U21s", "price_from": "185.00", "price_to": "185.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/book/?bookevent=5150", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["music/classical/early-music"], "description": "A festival pass giving access to all events of LIFEM26, the four-day London International Festival of Early Music at Blackheath Halls and St Michael & All Angels Church, Blackheath. The pass covers the lunchtime and evening concerts, the exhibition, and the full programme of workshops, talks and recitals. It offers a discount of up to £25 on events across the festival and supports LIFEM's world-leading programme of early music in 2026 and beyond. Included acts range from Phantasm with Elizabeth Kenny and Erik Bosgraaf & Baltic Baroque Orchestra to Nigel North, Ensemble Inventio, L'Artefice and Eun Sol Lee.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lifem26-festival-pass-wed-11thsat-14th-nov-69566/", "official_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/lifem26-festival-pass-wed-11th-sat-14th-nov/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/996210157896a97ca90e547193f0b30b0cadedefef3639c44aedeb18b0af2f03-2000.webp"}]}