June is an unmissable month when it comes to visiting London. The warmer weather means the events calendar is packed with sporting spectacles, music festivals, outdoor entertainment and more. And this makes June one of the most lively and exciting times to explore the city.
Check out our curated guide with the best things to do and see in London this June.
Make sure to visit this global gathering of the world’s most ambitious and imaginative designers, curators and design institutes. Taking over the entirety of Somerset House, including the Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court and River Terrace, participants from across the globe will be invited to imagine and enact new forms of international cooperation —including with each other—through the medium of design.
Enjoy performances from London’s most celebrated West End musicals and discover exciting new shows with West End LIVE in Trafalgar Square. Theatre’s biggest stars will perform some of London’s leading musicals and must-see new shows. This event is free and wildly popular. No need to book - just turn up on the day and join in!
Explore a diverse collection of green spaces from the historic and traditional to the new and experimental. Open to the public for a special weekend, this weekend features over 100 unique and hidden spaces in the green heart of the capital.
June is one of the best months to visit Kew Gardens, when the flowers and deciduous trees are at their best. If you want to level-up your experience at the gardens, attend an early-morning yoga session in the world's most spectacular setting, the Temperate House. Beat the rush of day visitors with this pre-opening class in our stunning Victorian glasshouse. The one-hour vinyasa flow will be held in the midst of 10,000 rare and endangered plants, and led by Anil Jangi, Kew's own yoga instructor.
Every summer, Taste of London takes over Regent’s Park for a next level food-fuelled garden party, slam-bang in the centre of one of the coolest cities on earth. Join over 55,000 hungry Londoners ready to devour the best food and drink in the country.
Join the revellers this Summer as mother nature envelops the Globe Theatre for Shakespeare’s deliciously disruptive and intoxicating comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
This ground-breaking and critically acclaimed winner of every ‘Best Musical’ award on Broadway, this Pulitzer-Prize winning show bursts onto the stage this summer for a limited season.
Hell-bent on breaking free of his own self-perception, Usher, a young, gay, Black writer who hates his day job, writes a musical about a young, gay, Black writer who’s writing a musical about a young, gay, Black writer...a strange loop. Usher grapples with desires, identity and instincts he both loves and loathes, all brought to life on stage by a hilarious, straight-talking ensemble.
A comic parable of love, hope, and transformation from the creatives behind Matilda The Musical and The Old Vic’s A Christmas Carol, this Olivier Award-winning (Best New Musical, Best Actor) musical sensation based on the 1993 hit film returns to The Old Vic this summer.
Immersive theatre legends Punchdrunk return with a jaw-dropping riff on Greek myth. An extraordinarily beautifully wrought tribute to the savage, doomy mysticism of Greek mythology, it is definitely worth visiting.
Explore the powerful work of two groundbreaking modern artists. This is a unique chance to discover the visionary work of Swedish painter Hilma af Klint and experience Dutch painter Piet Mondrian’s influential art in a new light. Both artists shared an interest in new ideas surrounding spirituality, scientific discovery and philosophy. Af Klint was also a medium, and this exhibition showcases the large-scale, otherworldly masterpieces she believed were commissioned by higher powers. Visitors will be immersed in these ideas through the vibrant signs, shapes, and colours in both artists’ beautiful, complex work.
Ai Weiwei's first exhibition focusing on design will mix recent works with commissioned pieces, inviting us into a meditation on value and humanity, art, and activism. This major exhibition, developed in collaboration with the artist, will be the first to present his work as a commentary on design and what it reveals about our changing values. Through his engagement with material culture, Ai explores the tension between past and present, hand and machine, precious and worthless, construction and destruction.
This display celebrates the glittering world of musical theatre, exploring the evolution and craftmanship of iconic musicals, from Miss Saigon and My Fair Lady to modern classics SIX the Musical, and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
Following the wildly successful release of BEYONCÉ’s seventh studio album, RENAISSANCE, the global superstar has announced RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR, her first solo tour in over six years.
Depeche Mode are bringing their Memento Mori Tour to Twickenham Stadium on Saturday 17 June 2023. This will be Depeche Mode’s 19th tour and their first in over five years. Having sold more than 100 million records and played to more than 35 million fans worldwide, Depeche Mode remains an ever-evolving and singularly influential musical force.
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