Creating itineraries for your guests involves careful planning to ensure they experience the best the city has to offer. Here's a round-up of forthcoming events to help you ensure guests leave with lasting impressions of their stay.
PARADES & FESTIVALS
Winter By The River, London Bridge (12 November-5 January)
MedievalFest!, British Library (7 December)
London New Year's Day Parade (1 January)
CAROLS & CHRISTMAS ATTRACTIONS
Snow Globe Climb, Up at The O2 (Ends 5 January)
La Clique Caberet, Leicester Square (6 November-5 January)
A Christmas Carol, The Old Vic (9 November-4 January)
Robin Hood & The Christmas Heist, Rose Theatre (30 November-5 January)
Christmas Carol Concert in the Chapel, Old Royal Naval College (2nd, 9, 16 December)
The Culture Mile Community Carol Service, St. Giles Cripplegate (10 December: 1pm)
Pop-Up Winter Bar, St Martin in the Fields (To late December)
Victoria's Childhood Christmas, Kensington Palace (4 December-5 January)
Father Christmas Storytelling, Chelsea Physic Garden (Ends 22 December)
The Elves and the Magic Bear/Father Christmas Storytelling, Old Royal Naval College (Ends 23 December)
The Santa Steam Express, London Victoria (21 & 22 December)
Christmas Eve at the Charles Dickens Museum (24 December)
The Great Christmas Feast, The Lost Estate (Ends 12 January)
PANTOMIMES
Peter Pan, Phoenix Theatre (Ends 6 January)
Robin Hood, London Palladium (7 December-12 January)
Beauty and the Beast, Richmond Theatre (7 December-5 January)
Aladdin, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre (Ends 5 January)
Dick Whittington & His Cat, Hackney Empire (Ends 5 January)
WINTER MARKETS
Southbank Centre Winter Market (1 November-26 December)
Covent Garden Christmas markets (Opens 12 November)
DIY Christmas Art Market, Peckham (7 December)
Winter by the River, at London Bridge City (Ends 5 January)
Kingston Christmas Market (Ends 5 January)
SPORT & SPORTING ACTIVITIES
Formula 1 Exhibition, ExCel Centre, London (Ends 31 December)
THEATRE & SHOWS:
PINOCCHIO, Stratford East Theatre (23 November-4 January)
The Truth About Harry Beck, Cubic Theatre (5 January)
A Midsummer Night's Dream, RSC, Barbican Theatre (3 December-18 January)
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, Sadler’s Well's Theatre (3 December-26 January)
The Tempest, Theatre Royal Drury Lane (7 December-1 February)
Waiting for Godot, Theatre Royal Haymarket (Ends 14 December)
The Duchess, Trafalgar Theatre (Ends 20 December)
Barcelona, The Duke of York's Theatre (Ends11 January)
Dr. Strangelove, Noël Coward Theatre (Ends 25 January)
Starlight Express, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre Ends 16 February)
CABARET at the Kit Kat Club (Ends 31 May)
La Clique Cabaret, Leicester Square (Ends 5 January)
Cirque du Soleil's Corteo, the Royal Albert Hall (9 Jan-2 March)
SCISSORHANDZ: A Musical Reinvented, Southwark Playhouse Elephant (23 January-29 March)
Clueless the Musical (Opens February)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Ambassadors Theatre (Ends 15 February)
Much Ado About Nothing, Theatre Royal Drury Lane (10 February–5 April)
The Last Laugh, Noël Coward Theatre (25 February-22 March)
The Devil Wears Prada (Booking to 31 May)
101 Dalmatians The Musical, Eventim Apollo (18 July-30 August)
MAMMA MIA! Novello Theatre (Booking to 27 September 2025)
ART & EXHIBITIONS
Batman Unmasked Exhibition, Wellington Street (Ends 30 December)
Moco Masters, Moco Museum (Permanent exhibition)
Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection, V&A South Kensington (Closes 5 January)
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum It Will End In Tears, The Curve, Barbican (Ends 5 January)
A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography, Tate Modern (Ends 14 January 2025)
The Art of Banksy, Soho (Ends January)
Van Gogh Poets & Lovers (Ends19 January)
Making Egypt, Young V&A South Kensington (15 February-2 November)
Turner Prize 2024, Tate Modern (Ends 16 February)
Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael. Florence, c. 1504, Royal Academy of Arts (Ends 16 February)
Barbie®: The Exhibition, the Design Museum (Ends 23 February)
MARILYN The Exhibition, Arches London Bridge (Currently booking to 23 February)
Marina Abramovic's 'Healing Frequency', Moco Museum (Ends 11 March)
Versailles: Science and Splendour, Science Museum (12 December-21 April)
Naomi In Fashion, V&A South Kensington (Ends 6 April)
The World of Tim Burton. the Design Museum (Ends 21 April)
OTHER EVENTS
Buckingham Palace State Room Tours (Every Sunday, Monday, Friday, Saturday to 5 January)
Buckinghm Palace East Wing Guided Tours (mid-January-late May)