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What’s on today.
Every free night out and proper bargain in London, dug out before it sells out.
Free outdoor cinema
Every free outdoor screening this summer
23 things
Film
Free outdoor cinema at Canary Wharf Summer Screens
Daily until Monday 1 September 2026
Canada Square Park, Canary Wharf
Free
Free outdoor cinema
Coco
Wed 12 Aug · 12:00 pm
Canalside Steps, Granary Square, King's Cross
Free
Free outdoor cinema
Monsters, Inc.
Wed 12 Aug · 2:30 pm
Canalside Steps, Granary Square, King's Cross
Free
Free outdoor cinema
School of Rock
Wed 12 Aug · 5:00 pm
Canalside Steps, Granary Square, King's Cross
Free
Free outdoor cinema
Tangled
Wed 12 Aug · 5:30 pm
Merchant Square Big Screen, Merchant Square, Paddington W2 1JZ (canal-side)
Free
Free outdoor cinema
Ocean with David Attenborough
Wed 12 Aug · 7:30 pm
Canalside Steps, Granary Square, King's Cross
Free
Free outdoor cinema
How to Train Your Dragon
Thu 13 Aug · 12:00 pm
Canalside Steps, Granary Square, King's Cross
Free
Free outdoor cinema
The Wild Robot
Thu 13 Aug · 2:30 pm
Canalside Steps, Granary Square, King's Cross
Free
Free outdoor cinema
Clueless
Thu 13 Aug · 5:00 pm
Canalside Steps, Granary Square, King's Cross
Free
parties
King's Cross Summer Sounds
6.30pm to 6pm
Coal Drops Yard, kingscross
Free
parties
Back II Life Cafe with Jazzie B and guest David Rodigan
5pm to 8pm
Camden Market Hawley Wharf, camden
Free
Food & drink
Reggae Party Gastronomic Experience | Your Story Festival
3pm to 8pm
Union Chapel, Sunday School Hall Entrance, islington
Free
Performing arts
Greenwich+Docklands Festival: free outdoor arts
Friday 21 August to Sunday 6 September 2026
Across Greenwich and the Docklands, Greenwich
Free
Nightlife
Tate Modern Lates
Friday, 28 August 2026 · evening
Tate Modern, Bankside
Free
Nightlife
V&A Friday Late
Friday, 28 August 2026 · 6:30pm to 10pm
V&A South Kensington, South Kensington
Free
Nightlife
First Thursdays late gallery night
Thursday, 3 September 2026 · until 9pm
Whitechapel Gallery + east London, Whitechapel
Free
Performing arts
Comedy Virgins free comedy night
Mon-Wed · 8pm
The Cavendish Arms, Stockwell
Free
Nightlife
Science Museum Lates
Friday evenings, 6.30pm to 10pm
Science Museum, South Kensington
Free
Deal
2-for-1 cinema tickets, every Tuesday and Wednesday
Every Tuesday and Wednesday
Odeon, Vue, Cineworld and Picturehouse, London-wide
2 for 1
Live music
Free lunchtime concerts at St Martin-in-the-Fields
Mon, Tue & Fri · 1pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square
Free
Performing arts
Free stand-up at Angel Comedy
Nightly · 7:30pm
The Camden Head, Islington
Free
Deal
National Theatre £10 Friday Rush
Every Friday · 1pm online
National Theatre, South Bank
£10 theatre tickets
Live music
Free concerts at the Royal Academy of Music
Most weeks · see listings
Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone
Free
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