Fun in London this August 2014:
Friday 1st to Sunday 31st August 2014
Category: Families
Young fans of theatre love Kids Week from 1-31 August 2014, where children from 5 to 16 get free tickets to various West End shows, go backstage, take part in workshops and sing with the cast.
Address: The West End, London, Soho, London WC2H 7BP Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £12!
Friday 1st August 2014 to Saturday 1st August 2015
Category: Culture
Model ships, medals, weapons and photographs will be displayed as part of the National Maritime Museum's commemoration of World War One in the exhibition Forgotten Fighters: the First World War at Sea from 1 August 2014 to 1 August 2015.
Address: National Maritime Museum, Park Row, Greenwich, SE10 9NF Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £9.89!
Saturday 2nd August 2014
Category: Culture
Mark the end of Ramadan with the Eid Festival in on Trafalgar Square on 2 August 2014 with entertainment, live music and food stalls.
Address: Trafalgar Square, Westminster, London WC2N 5DS Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £12!
Saturday 2nd August to Sunday 28th September 2014
Category: Culture
Fans of the monarchy can have a look around the 19 State Rooms the Royal Family use in their London royal residence during the Buckingham Palace Summer Opening from 2 August to 28 September 2014.
Address: Buckingham Palace, Buckingham Palace Road, Westminster, London SW1A 1AA Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £15!
Thursday 7th to Wednesday 20th August 2014
Category: Culture
One of the most famous of London's summer open air film events, Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House puts on an eclectic mix of movies for film fans from 7-20 August 2014.
Address: Somerset House, Strand, Covent Garden, London WC2R 1LA Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £12!
Saturday 9th August 2014
Category: Sports
Britain's biggest bike festival, RideLondon invites cyclists to take part in various events across the capital and the Surrey countryside including the Olympic Park and The Mall on 9 and 10 August 2014.
Address: The Mall, Westminster, St James's, London SW1Y 5AH Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £12!
Tuesday 12th to Saturday 16th August 2014
Category: Food and Drink
The Great British Beer Festival at Olympia from 12-16 August 2014 welcomes more than 66,000 visitors to this celebration of more than 700 beers, real ales, ciders and perries and beers from across the globe.
Address: Olympia, Hammersmith Road, Kensington, London W14 8UX Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £18.33!
Thursday 14 to Sunday 17th August 2014
Category: Food and Drink
Beer enthusiasts will be heading to the London Craft Beer Festival to sample over 100 beers from 18 craft brewers from the UK and Europe at the Oval Space in Bethnal Green from 14-17 August 2014.
Address: Oval Space, 29-32 The Oval, Hackney, London E2 9DY Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £19!
Friday 15th and Saturday 16th August 2014
Category: Culture
This new alternative music festival, Jabberwocky will take place at ExCel Exhibition Centre on 15-16 August 2014, featuring indie rock band Neutral Milk Hotel, doom metal Electric Wizard and duo I Break Horses.
Address: ExCel London Exhibition Centre, One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, E16 1XL Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £13.75!
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th August 2014
Category: Music
Canary Wharf Jazz Festival is London's largest free jazz festival, with MOBO Award-winning musicians and other famous acts performing in Canada Square Park, Canary Wharf from 15-17 August 2014.
Address: Canada Square Park, Canada Square, Tower Hamlets, London E14 5AX Map View
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Friday 15th to Sunday 17th August 2014
Category: Food and Drink
London's top restaurants and Michelin star chefs will be giving live demonstrations and dishing out food samples at Foodies Festival Battersea Park from 15-17 August 2014.
Address: Battersea Park, Albert Bridge Road, Battersea, London SW11 4NJ Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £16.50!
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th August 2014
Category: Families
Dubbed 'the big bash for little people', LolliBop Festival is also known as Glastonbury for under-10s, with a Big Top circus, live music and popular kids' TV characters all Hatfield House from 15-17 August 2014.
Address: Hatfield House, Great North Road, Hatfield, London AL9 5NQ Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £20!
Thursday 21st to Monday 25th August 2014
Category: Culture
Fans of horror movies, zombie films and thrillers will flock to Film4 FrightFest at the Empire Cinema Leicester Square from 21-25 August 2014 for screenings and premieres.
Address: Empire Leicester Square, 5-6 Leicester Square, Soho, London WC2H 7NA Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £12!
Saturday 23rd August 2014
Category: Sports
Rugby fans will flock to Wembley Stadium on 23 August 2014 for the Challenge Cup Final, one of the rugby league's most prestigious fixtures in the whole world.
Address: Wembley Stadium, Wembley, HA9 0WS Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £11.67!
Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th August 2014
Category: Music
The world's top DJs including Deadmau5, Pete Tong and Eric Prydz will spin tunes at South West Four Weekender on Clapham Common on 23 and 24 August 2014.
Address: Clapham Common, Windmill Drive, Clapham, SW4 9DE Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £16!
Sunday 24th and Monday 25th August 2014
Category: Music
The highlight of London in the summer, the Notting Hill Carnival is Europe's biggest street party and brings the music and flavours of Caribbean to the streets of West London over the August bank holiday weekend of 24 and 25 August 2014.
Address: Notting Hill, London W11 3AG Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £8.99!
Thursday 28th August to Sunday 14th September 2014
Category: Culture
Film fans will immerse themselves in new film-makers' work at the Portobello Film Festival from 28 August to 14 September, with screenings, workshops and talks taking place at Westbourne Studios.
Address: Westbourne Studios: Under the Westway, 242 Acklam Road, Notting Hill, London W10 5JJ Map View
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Friday 29th and Saturday 30th August 2014
Category: Culture
Expect audience participation and prizes as Geordie duo Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly bring their hit ITV show Ant & Dec's Takeaway On Tour! to the O2 Arena on 29 and 30 August 2014.
Address: The O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, Greenwich, London SE10 0BB Map View
Hotels: Stay nearby from only £13.75!
