The 14 Best Things to Do in London This August
Date
Event
Location
Jul 31 Fri
Beach East Someone’s gone and dumped 2,200sqft of golden sand all over the Olympic Park in Stratford, and everyone’s surprisingly relaxed about it.
Beach East Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Someone’s gone and dumped 2,200sqft of golden sand all over the Olympic Park in Stratford, and everyone’s surprisingly relaxed about it.
Date
Event
Location
Jul 31 Fri
10th Annual Brompton World Championship Turns out, these miniature folding bicycles are serious racing machines. Now you can see them in all their sporting glory, thanks to this Grand Prix around the regal St James Park.
10th Annual Brompton World Championship St James Park Turns out, these miniature folding bicycles are serious racing machines. Now you can see them in all their sporting glory, thanks to this Grand Prix around the regal St James Park.
Date
Event
Location
Jul 31 Fri
Eastern Electrics Twelve thousand dance music connoisseurs descend upon the decadent Hatfield House again this year for a heady day of beats, bass, and definitely, absolutely, certainly no drugs.
Hatfield House, Hertfordshire
Eastern Electrics Hatfield House, Hertfordshire Twelve thousand dance music connoisseurs descend upon the decadent Hatfield House again this year for a heady day of beats, bass, and definitely, absolutely, certainly no drugs.
Date
Event
Location
Jul 31-Dec 31
Time Run Join this mind-bending immersive theatre experience that's a cross between an escape the room game, a functioning time machine, and The Crystal Maze.
9-15 Helmsley Place
Time Run 9-15 Helmsley Place Join this mind-bending immersive theatre experience that's a cross between an escape the room game, a functioning time machine, and The Crystal Maze.
Date
Event
Location
Aug 1 Sat
Dine Street Beer, BBQ, and a Sunday afternoon. The folks from Howard's Meat Co. are hitting Brew By Numbers' beer factory to give you 16-hour, Austin-style ‘cue.
Dine Street Brew By Numbers Beer, BBQ, and a Sunday afternoon. The folks from Howard's Meat Co. are hitting Brew By Numbers' beer factory to give you 16-hour, Austin-style ‘cue.
Date
Event
Location
Aug 4 Tue
Hamlet with Benedict Cumberbatch Cumberbatch plays the world’s whiniest prince in Shakespeare’s sublime tale of incest, murder, madness, and betrayal. To go or not to go, that is the question.
The Barbican
Hamlet with Benedict Cumberbatch The Barbican Cumberbatch plays the world’s whiniest prince in Shakespeare’s sublime tale of incest, murder, madness, and betrayal. To go or not to go, that is the question.
Date
Event
Location
Aug 10-Dec 31
Great British Beer Festival Over 350 breweries descend on 27 bars armed with more than 900 beers, ciders, perries, and ales for the 38th year of this CAMRA organized pint-o-rama.
Olympia
Great British Beer Festival Olympia Over 350 breweries descend on 27 bars armed with more than 900 beers, ciders, perries, and ales for the 38th year of this CAMRA organized pint-o-rama.
Date
Event
Location
Aug 12-Dec 31
London Craft Beer Festival Okay, it’s the second beer festival in this list, but don’t act like you’re not impressed. This one welcomes craft houses and microbreweries, so you can find/drink the next big thing.
Oval Space
London Craft Beer Festival Oval Space Okay, it’s the second beer festival in this list, but don’t act like you’re not impressed. This one welcomes craft houses and microbreweries, so you can find/drink the next big thing.
Date
Event
Location
Aug 14 Fri
Red Bull Air Race Expect barrel rolls, speeds in excess of 230mph, and some (probably) unhinged pilots.
Royal Ascot
Red Bull Air Race Royal Ascot Expect barrel rolls, speeds in excess of 230mph, and some (probably) unhinged pilots.
Date
Event
Location
Aug 22 Sat
JAWS at the Open Air Theatre On the 40th anniversary of Spielberg’s watery epic, this huge outdoor screen puts the giant great white into horrifying new dimensions.
Regent’s Park
JAWS at the Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park On the 40th anniversary of Spielberg’s watery epic, this huge outdoor screen puts the giant great white into horrifying new dimensions.
Date
Event
Location
Aug 22 Sat
The Mind Sports Olympiad An "Olympics for the mind," this weeklong festival sees global geniuses battle it out across 60 board games and mental disciplines. Sounds childish? Think again: the Pentamind event carries with it a six-digit prize fund..
JW3 Finchley Rd, West Hampstead
The Mind Sports Olympiad JW3 Finchley Rd, West Hampstead An "Olympics for the mind," this weeklong festival sees global geniuses battle it out across 60 board games and mental disciplines. Sounds childish? Think again: the Pentamind event carries with it a six-digit prize fund..
Date
Event
Location
Aug 28 Fri
South West Four Fatboy Slim, Faithless, Skrillex, and Basement Jaxx descend upon the Common for what has been described -- possibly slightly underwelmingly -- as "Clapham does Ibiza."
Clapham Common
South West Four Clapham Common Fatboy Slim, Faithless, Skrillex, and Basement Jaxx descend upon the Common for what has been described -- possibly slightly underwelmingly -- as "Clapham does Ibiza."
Date
Event
Location
Aug 29 Sat
Notting Hill Carnival Europe’s biggest street festival returns this year to show why it’s the jewel in the crown of London’s summer. We shouldn’t really have to sell this one to you.
Notting Hill
Notting Hill Carnival Notting Hill Europe’s biggest street festival returns this year to show why it’s the jewel in the crown of London’s summer. We shouldn’t really have to sell this one to you.
Date
Event
Location
Aug 29 Sat
Secret Sundaze Day & Night Birthday Party A two-part festival stretching over two venues and one day in East London, Sundaze celebrates its birthday with a lineup of achingly cool underground DJs.
Oval Space, Bethnal Green
Secret Sundaze Day & Night Birthday Party Oval Space, Bethnal Green A two-part festival stretching over two venues and one day in East London, Sundaze celebrates its birthday with a lineup of achingly cool underground DJs.