What's On in London This Weekend: Halloween, 31 October to 1 November 2026

Halloween falls on a Saturday this year. This is a short, dated list for the weekend of 31 October and 1 November, written on Friday 30 October. Every item below appears in at least two of the sources at the foot of the page, one of them the venue or organiser where it could be read; anything we could only find in one place was left out. Times and availability move, so check the venue before you travel. For the ten days to 8 November, see London culture this weekend and next week.

Saturday 31 October, Halloween

• Hamlet Hail to the Thief opens at the Barbican Theatre: the RSC and Factory International production, with Thom Yorke's Hail to the Thief reworked for a live cast, runs to 23 January 2027, per the Barbican and the RSC. The production
• Duran Duran play The O2 on Halloween night; the arena lists the show as Halloween 2026, and Time Out's Halloween guide carries the same date.
• Fireworks come early in Herne Hill: the Friends of Herne Hill Velodrome's Halloween Fireworks open at 5pm, with the bonfire lit at 6pm and the display at 7pm, per the organiser's ticket page and IanVisits. The organiser's page said the event was sold out on 30 October, with a waiting list. The rest of the displays

All weekend, ending Sunday 1 November

• Halloween at Kew: the evening light trail at Kew Gardens runs to Sunday 1 November, from 4pm on the final nights, per IanVisits' listing and Time Out. Booking is required.
• Hidden London's first Halloween tour of the Clapham South deep-level shelter, the London Transport Museum's Second World War tunnels, runs to 1 November, per IanVisits and Time Out. IanVisits gives tickets from £39 for adults.
• Frieze Sculpture's last day in The Regent's Park is Sunday 1 November; it is free, per ArtRabbit and Wallpaper. The Frieze fairs

Film

• Ken Russell's The Devils returns to UK cinemas from Friday 30 October in a new 4K restoration, which the BFI calls the first publicly released version of the film as Russell intended; Screen Daily's release calendar lists it for the same date.
• The next two Fridays' openings are in UK cinema releases, 6 and 13 November.

Open throughout

The long-running shows are unchanged from our ten-day guide: Tarek Atoui's free Hyundai Commission in the Turbine Hall, Light and Magic at Tate Modern, William Eggleston at The Photographers' Gallery and Wildlife Photographer of the Year at the Natural History Museum. If the weekend sends you looking for a shoot of your own, our guide to planning a content day is the place to start.