Things to do in London on Thursday, November 5, 2026

298 events listed in and around London, each with its time and venue.

Evening

Stress Less, Relax More
Talk · Stress · 6 PM · St Giles
Designing Futures: What We Give Forward
Talk · Design · 6 PM – 9 PM · Soho
Sip & Paint: The Cocktail Canvas at Courtyard Wine Cellars
Art Class · 6 PM · Covent Garden
Building for the next generation
Learning · 6 PM · Shoreditch
Thursday Board Game Night on Bermondsey Beer Mile
Game Night · 6 PM – 9 PM · Bermondsey
Marketing, Sales & Business Growth Networking | Professionals
Networking · 6 PM – 9 PM · Bishopsgate
Tina Sandwich
Live Music · Indie / Alternative · 6 PM · New Cross
Islamic Art Inspired Bookmark Painting Workshop
Art Class · Bookmark Painting · 6 PM · Covent Garden
🏐Volleyball Complete Beginners📍Clapham 📶 Beginner Ability
Lesson · Volleyball · 6 PM · Clapham Leisure Centre
Context-Aware Agent Patterns
Talk · AI · 6 PM · Borough
Startup Funding & Networking | Founders, VCs & Angel Investors
Networking · 6 PM – 9 PM · Bishopsgate
🏐Volleyball Sessions📍Canary Wharf📶 Mid Intermediate
Play · Volleyball · 6 PM · Wood Wharf
The Anatomy of Betrayal - London
Talk · 6 PM – 10 PM · East End
Iranian Cookery Class with Saeid |LONDON | Pop Up
Cooking Class · 6:15 PM · Islington
Climate Café
Meetup · 6:15 PM · Kilburn
Italian Conversation in Camden | Intermediate | Free for All
Language · Italian · 6:30 PM · Camden
Thursday Mile End Basketball Pickup Game- Sign Up on www.basketble.com
Play · Basketball · 6:30 PM · Bow
Belsize Open Mic
Open Mic · 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM · Swiss Cottage
Comedy Night at Timber Lodge | Headlined by HEADLINED BY BOBBY MAIR
Stand-up · 6:30 PM – 11 PM · Temple Mills
🏸DROPSHOTFOLKS - WISE GAMES📍Whitechapel 📶Mixed Ability
Play · Racket Sports · 6:30 PM · East End
Salsa and Bachata Meetup with Latin KRAZY @ SWAY BAR
Class · Salsa And Bachata · 6:30 PM – 12 AM · Covent Garden
National Theatre Live: Golden Boy (Opening Night)
Film · 6:30 PM – 10 PM · Canary Wharf
Brazilian Portuguese Conversation in Camden | Intermediate | Free for All
Language · Portuguese · 6:30 PM · Camden
Global Soul - Live: Ivana June, Gaïa, Lina Nikol, Tayah & Marzena
Live Music · Singer-Songwriter · 6:30 PM · Islington
cook club with Riya Patel [diwali edition]
Cooking Class · Diwali · 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM · Nine Elms
BASIC PLUMBING EVENING
Class · Plumbing · 6:30 PM · The Goodlife Centre
The UK's social media ban: where are we and what’s in store?
Talk · Social Media · Sold out · 6:30 PM – 10 PM · Shoreditch
Discovering Tantric Connection - with Andy Butterfield
Class · Tantra · 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM · Islington
FREE SALSA CLASS THIS THURSDAY & FREE ENTRY @ Metropolis V
Class · Salsa · 6:30 PM – 11:30 PM · Vauxhall
Tubular Steel Chairs to Brutalism: The Marcel Breuer Collection in Budapest
Museum & Gallery · 6:30 PM · Gospel Oak
Live Jazz from the Piano Bar at Red Room Studios, Soho
Live Music · Jazz · 6:30 PM · Soho
Icons of Italy Wine Tasting with Marchesi Antinori | Amathus Wimbledon
Tasting · 6:30 PM · Wimbledon
GoodGym Waltham Forest // Group Session // Do Good & Get Fit
Volunteering · 6:30 PM · Walthamstow
What If You'd Chosen Differently? -- A Sci-Fi Short Story Club
Book Club · 6:30 PM · Canary Wharf
Spanish Conversation in Soho | Beginners | Free for All
Language · Spanish · 6:30 PM · Soho
Property, Landlords & Business Owners - Business Networking Event in London
Networking · Property · 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM · Covent Garden
🏸 Badminton Game📍Whitechapel 📶 Lower Intermediate
Play · Racket Sports · 6:30 PM · East End
Shut Up & Write!® in Angel, Islington, London
Writing Group · 6:30 PM · Islington
An Evening of Wine : Andrew Wood & Christina Makris - Hatchards, Piccadilly
Talk · 6:30 PM · Mayfair
Italian Conversation in Camden | Beginners | Free for All
Language · Italian · 6:30 PM · Camden
Mamma Mia! The Party
Nightlife · 6:30 PM · The O2
Soho Life Drawing Thursdays!
Art Class · Life Drawing · 6:30 PM · Covent Garden
Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key of Life Performances
Live Music · 6:30 PM · The O2
INTRO TO WOODWORK – FLIP LID DOVETAIL BOX – 6 EVENINGS
Craft Workshop · Woodwork · 6:30 PM · The Goodlife Centre
Incomplete Ideas
Meetup · Ideas · 6:30 PM · Fitzrovia
Mike Wozniak: The Bench
Comedy · 6:30 PM · Soho
Finance, Banking, Investment, Property - Business Networking Event in London
Networking · Finance · 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM · Covent Garden
Pass the Sherry and Cheese please!
Tasting · 6:30 PM · Mayfair
WARM Hatha flow yoga
Yoga & Pilates · 6:45 PM · Walworth
Speyer's Space Trio (Downstairs)
Live Music · Jazz · 6:45 PM · Dalston
Basketball in King's Cross/Angel every Thursday - full court, 2 hours, £13
Play · Basketball · 7 PM · Islington
🏖️ Beach Volleyball - Social Training🏐📍Leyton 📶 Mixed Ability
Lesson · Volleyball · 7 PM · Feel Good Too Sports Centre
Undeath
Live Music · 7 PM · Downstairs at The Dome
Interior Design and Architecture Networking Event
Networking · 7 PM – 11 PM · Farringdon
More Fire Performance Poetry Ignited Apples & Snakes Presents Pioneers & Legends
Books & Readings · Performance Poetry · 7 PM – 10 PM · Woolwich
THURSDAY Studio: Drop in Life Drawing
Art Class · 7 PM · Kings Cross
Magic Mike Live!
Arts · 7 PM · The Theatre at the Hippodrome Casino
LATIN KRAZY SALSA AND BACHATA LESSONS @ SWAY + PARTY NIGHT
Class · Salsa & Bachata · 7 PM – 1 AM · Covent Garden
🏀BC - Basketball Sessions📍Crystal Palace BC📶 Mixed Ability
Play · Basketball · 7 PM · Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
Joan As Police Woman - 20 Years of Real Life Tour
Live Music · 7 PM · Islington
Crashdïet
Live Music · Rock · 7 PM · Islington
English/Spanish Meetup
Language · 7 PM – 11 PM · Leyton
LATIN KRAZY SALSA AND BACHATA LESSONS DOWNSTAIRS @ SWAY BAR + PARTY
Class · Salsa & Bachata · 7 PM – 12 AM · Covent Garden
Yazmin Lacey
Live Music · 7 PM · Covent Garden
BUSINESS AFTER BUSINESS - PECKHAM
Networking · 7 PM · Peckham
America’s Undoing in the Middle East, with Kim Ghattas and Lyse Doucet
Talk · 7 PM · Covent Garden
Flamenco Dance for Improvers
Class · Flamenco · 7 PM · Mayfair
Comedy in Your Eye - Stand up Comedy in Camden Town
Stand-up · 7 PM · Camden Town
Raynes Park International Café
Language · English · 7 PM · Bushey Mead
How to Find Your Basic Purpose - Workshop!
Class · Purpose · 7 PM · South Bank
Thursdays 7-9pm, volleyball games for improvers/intermediate players, Fulham
Play · Volleyball · 7 PM · Fulham Palace
Matt Lang
Live Music · 7 PM · Chalk Farm
🏐Volleyball Sessions📍Tooting📶 Mixed Ability
Play · Volleyball · 7 PM · Tooting
🏀94feet Hoops Run📍Bow School 📶 Upper Intermediate
Play · Basketball · 7 PM · Bromley-By-Bow
C'est plus facile! Waterloo
Language · 7 PM · South Bank
Hine After Hours
Dance Party · 7 PM · Canary Wharf
The Mission- Gods Own Medicine 40th Anniversary Shows
Live Music · 7 PM · O2 Forum Kentish Town
Thu 7pm / 8 a-side at Southfields
Game · Football · 7 PM · Aspire Centre, Southfields
Italian and Friends: solo 4 chiacchiere
Language · Italian · 7 PM · South Bank
The Big Vegan Quiz
Trivia · 7 PM – 10 PM · Camden
THE BLACKOUT - 5 NOVEMBER
Stand-up · 7 PM · Greenwich
Dabeull
Live Music · 7 PM · Stepney
The Mandate Men’s Conference 26: The Standard: A Return to Original Design
Meetup · 7 PM · Brent Cross
Beginners & Improvers Badminton Coaching Course
Class · 7 PM · Temple Mills
Sons of Legion - Soul to SØL World Tour 2026
Live Music · Rock · 7 PM · Brixton
Matilda The Musical
Musical · 7 PM · St Giles
Thursday Evening Badminton - High Intermediate/ Advanced @Euston_MariaFidelis
Play · Racket Sports · 7 PM · Kings Cross
Thursday 5km run followed by pub drinks
Run Club · 7 PM – 10 PM · Highbury
⚽Women's Casual 6 Aside📍Stratford 📶 Mixed Ability
Play · Soccer · 7 PM · Temple Mills
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - One Part Show
Theater · 7 PM · Soho
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Theater · 7 PM · St Giles
Meet & Make evening | Clapham
Craft Workshop · 7 PM · Clapham
KEF Playback Presents: Classic Rock in Dolby Atmos®
Live Music · Rock · 7 PM · Fitzrovia
Evangelia | London, XOYO
Live Music · 7 PM · Shoreditch
Beginner-Friendly Foosball Social at The Horatia
Game Night · Foosball · 7 PM – 10 PM · Highbury
DOMINICAN BACHATA CLASSES WITH BRANDY 🇩🇴plus Social Dancing !
Class · Salsa & Bachata · 7 PM – 1 AM · Covent Garden
The Hardkiss - European Anniversary Tour 2026
Live Music · 7 PM · Camden
Backgammon Social x Assouline: The Art of the Game
Game Night · Backgammon · Sold out · 7 PM · Soho
Double Bill: Tell Me Straight & Aggy
Arts · 7 PM · Islington
Orange Wine Tasting, Battersea
Tasting · 7 PM · Chelsea Harbour
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