Key Dates For Your Guests' Itineraries
- lisahylton2
- Apr 8
- 3 min read
Updated: Apr 11
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
Hampton Court Palace Tulip Festival (11 April-5 May)
The Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race, West London (13 April)
The Passion of Jesus, Trafalgar Square (18 April)
Foodies Festival, Syon Park, Brentford (24-26 May)
SPORTING EVENTS
Oxford V Cambridge Boat Race (13 April)
London Games Festival (9-25 April)
TCS London Marathon (27 April)
OUTDOOR FAVOURITES
IWA Canalway Cavalcade, Little Venice (3-5 May).
Chelsea in Bloom, Flowers in Fashion, (19-25 May)
RHS Chelsea Flower Show (May 20-24)
Buckingham Palace East Wing Guided Tours (Ends late May)
London Open Gardens (7-8 June)
THEATRE & SHOWS:
Retrograde, Apollo Theatre (8 March-14 June)
Hold On To Your Butts, Arts Theatre (7-12 April)
The Great Gatsby, London Coliseum (11 April-7 September)
The Years, Harold Pinter Theatre (Ends 19 April)
Teatro La Plaza: Hamlet, Barbican Theatre (24-27 April)
The Book of Mormon, Prince of Wales Theatre (Ends 26 April)
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, Cambridge Theatre (28 April-15 December)
Stereophonic, Duke of York's Theatre (Opens May)
An Oak Tree, The Young Vic (6-24 May)
Richard II, Bridge Theatre (Ends 10 May)
Noah Davis, Barbican Art Gallery (Ends 11 May)
The Fifth Step, @sohoplace (12 May-26 Jul)
Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical, Shaftesbury Theatre (15 May-10 January)
Fiddler on the Roof, Barbican Theatre (24 May-19July)
The Koala Who Could, Unicorn Theatre (21 May-1 June)
Bat Out of Hell, London Peacock Theatre (21 May-7 June)
CABARET at the Kit Kat Club (Ends 31 May)
Chicago, New Theatre Wimbledon (9-14 June)
Clueless the Musical (Ends14 June)
Evita, The London Palladium (14 June - 6 September)
101 Dalmatians The Musical, Eventim Apollo (18 July-30 August)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Ambassadors Theatre (Extended to 30 August)
Good Night, Oscar, Barbican Theatre (31 July-21 September)
MJ The Musical, Prince Edward Theatre (Ends 13 September)
Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular, Earl Court, London (Ends 21 September)
Death on the Nile, Richmond Theatre (7-11 October)
Starlight Express, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre (Ends 26 October)
The Devil Wears Prada (Extended to 3 January 2026)
The Red Shoes, Sadler's Wells,London (2 December-18 January 2026)
Our Town, Rose Theatre, Kingston upon Thames (26 February - 28 March 2026)
MAMMA MIA! Novello Theatre (Extended to 28 March)
Hamilton, Victoria Palace Theatre (Extended to 28 March 2026)
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, His Majesty's Theatre (Extended to 28 March 2026)
MUSIC & DANCE
Little Simz’ Meltdown, Southbank Centre (12-22 June)
Gala de Danza, Central Hall Westminster (25-26 Jun).
Paradise Under the Stars, The Lost Estate, Earl's Court (Booking to 29 June)
58th Street, Belle Livingston's 58th Street Country Club, Peckham (Booking to 29 June)
OPEN AIR THEATRE
The Crucible, Globe Theatre (8 May-12 July)
Shucked, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre (10 May-14 June)
Flamenco Festival, Sadler's Wells Theatre & Lilian Baylis Studio (27 May-8 June)
Family Takeover Day at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre (25 May 2025)
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Dream Ballets: A Triple Bill (19 June – 22 June 2025)
ART & EXHIBITIONS
Moco Masters, Moco Museum (Permanent exhibition)
Dress Codes Exhibition, Kensington Palace (From 13 March)
Cartier, V&A South Kensington (12 April-16 November)
Versailles: Science and Splendour, Science Museum (Ends 21 April)
The World of Tim Burton. the Design Museum (Ends 21 April)
Arpita Singh: Remembering, Serpentine Galleries (Ends 27 July)
Hiroshige: artist of the open road, The British Museum (1 May-7 September)
Affordable Art Fair is back in Hampstead, (7–11 May)
Noah Davis, Art Gallery, Barbican (Ends 11 May)
More Than Human, The Design Museum (11 July–6 October)
Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography, The King's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse (Ends 7 September)
Giuseppe Penone: Thoughts in the Roots, Serpentine South (Ends 7 September)
Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur, Wallace Collection (Ends 26 October)
Making Egypt, Young V&A South Kensington (Ends 2 November)
ROYAL ATTRACTIONS
St James's Palace Exclusive Guided Tours (11 April-31 May)
Buckingham Palace East Wing Guided Tours (Ends late May)
The Edwardians: Age of Elegance, The King's Gallery (Ends 23 November)
OTHER EVENTS
Firsts: London's Rare Book Fair, Saatchi Gallery (15 - 18 May)