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

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

Evening

Golden Mic Comedy
Stand-up · 7 PM – 10 PM · South Bank
🇩🇴BACHATA CLASSES & PARTY downstairs @ SWAY BAR EVERY THURSDAY
Class · Salsa & Bachata · 7 PM – 11:55 PM · Covent Garden
PINK INK WORKSHOP
Writing Group · 7 PM · Kings Cross
Deaf Havana - Fools & Worthless Liars + More
Live Music · 7 PM · Shepherds Bush Green
Thu 7pm 7 a side @Highbury - RSVP Open on FootyAddicts.com
Game · Football · 7 PM – 10 PM · Highbury
Here Is Where We Meet - John Berger at 100
Books & Readings · 7 PM – 10 PM · Holborn
Plant Shop Sessions @ Forest, East Dulwich: Intimate Acoustic Gig Series
Live Music · 7 PM – 10 PM · East Dulwich
modernlove.
Live Music · Indie / Alternative · 7 PM · Camden Town
Guided meditation for beginners
Meditation · 7 PM · London Diamond Way Buddhist Meditation Centre
Children of Zeus
Live Music · 7 PM · Canonbury
Sanctuary Meditation: Connect to Your Higher Self
Class · Meditation · 7 PM · Notting Hill
Southfields Soul Talks
Meetup · 7 PM · Southfields
Vietnamese Appreciation Group: Monthly Dinner Nov-26
Dinner · Vietnamese · 7 PM · Soho
Danko Jones
Live Music · 7 PM · Highbury
Thursday Night Comedy, 7PM, Leicester Square
Stand-up · 7 PM · Chinatown
Thursday 7.10pm-8.30pm, basketball games, Wimbledon (south-west London)
Play · Basketball · 7:10 PM · Copse Hill
How to Be a Strong Woman in One Hour - A Comedy Show by Monica Hsueh
Stand-up · 7:15 PM · Charing Cross
Aerial Relaxation Pods… with Sound journey! Two sessions 7:15-8:30 & 8:45-10pm
Meditation · Electronic · 7:15 PM · The Skylight Centre
One Big Unit - Samhain Circle
Meetup · Samhain · 7:30 PM · Peckham
Titanique
Musical · 7:30 PM · St. James'S
The Hunger Games - On Stage
Arts · 7:30 PM · Wood Wharf
Tosca
Live Music · Classical · 7:30 PM · London Coliseum
🏸Frienly Train and Play (2 HOURS)📍Whitechapel 📶Mixed Ability
Lesson · Racket Sports · 7:30 PM · East End
Learn to Meditate - Free 10 Week Sahaja Yoga Course - 7.30pm Thursdays
Meditation · 7:30 PM · New Wanstead
Free Meditation & Yoga - Pop along & Join us every Thursday @ 7.30pm
Meditation · 7:30 PM · Greenwich West Community Centre
Faulty Towers the Dining Experience
Dinner · 7:30 PM · Bloomsbury
Thursday Evening Doubles Badminton - Intermediate and above @Euston_SomersTown
Play · Racket Sports · 7:30 PM · Somers Town Community Sports Centre
Jazz at George IV - SoulFunks
Live Music · R&B / Soul · 7:30 PM · Chiswick
🏐King of the Courts: Volleyball Game 📍Canning Town 📶Mid Intermediate
Play · Volleyball · 7:30 PM · Rokeby School
The Play That Goes Wrong
Theater · 7:30 PM · Aldwych
Les Misérables
Musical · 7:30 PM · Soho
Errol Linton: Brixton Blues celebrating Tuned In London's 15th anniversary
Concert · Blues · 7:30 PM · Rotherhithe
FOOT FOOT
Live Music · 7:30 PM · Pentonville
Disney’s The Lion King
Musical · 7:30 PM · Covent Garden
Big Belly Comedy Club London – Award winning Stand-Up Comedy Tickets & Show
Stand-up · 7:30 PM · Bankside
RENT
Musical · 7:30 PM · Covent Garden
Tango Classes and Dancing near Oxford street & Baker street
Dance Social · Salsa & Bachata · 7:30 PM – 11 PM · Lisson Grove
The Mousetrap
Live Music · 7:30 PM · St Giles
2hr Thursday Night 🏀 Basketball in Canary Wharf 🔥
Play · Basketball · 7:30 PM · Cubitt Town
Derren Brown: Only Human
Arts · 7:30 PM · Soho
🏐Volleyball Session 📍Canning Town 📶 Mid Intermediate
Play · Volleyball · 7:30 PM · Rokeby School
Dur-Dur Band International
Live Music · 7:30 PM – 11:30 PM · Lewisham
ONMO - Album Launch
Live Music · Jazz · 7:30 PM · Dalston
CELINE CAIRO
Live Music · 7:30 PM · Dalston
Cabaret At The Kit Kat Club
Musical · 7:30 PM · Strand
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Musical · 7:30 PM · Soho
🍻***FIRST THURSDAY on the BEER MILE***🍻
Meetup · Beer · 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM · Bermondsey
Soirée Jeux
Game Night · French · 7:30 PM · Finsbury Park
Josiah and the Bonnevilles
Live Music · 7:30 PM · St Pancras
Speed Dating @ Be At One, Shoreditch (Age Range: 30-45)
Singles · Dating · 7:30 PM · Shoreditch
The Best in Stand Up - Thursday 5th November
Stand-up · 7:30 PM · Charing Cross
Paranormal Activity
Theater · 7:30 PM · St Giles
Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular
Immersive · 7:30 PM · Earl'S Court
The Devil Wears Prada
Musical · 7:30 PM · Soho
International Café Mayfair | Friendship, Culture & Conversation
Meetup · Culture · 7:30 PM · Mayfair
Inala
Live Music · 7:30 PM · Fitzrovia
Hay Fever
Theater · 7:30 PM · Covent Garden
The Cherry Orchard
Theater · 7:30 PM · Charing Cross
Wicked
Arts · 7:30 PM · Victoria
Cheese & Wine Tasting — Autumn Edition
Tasting · 7:30 PM · Sydenham
Cabaret
Musical · 7:30 PM · Strand
Avenue Q
Musical · 7:30 PM · St Giles
Shoreditch Speed Dating @ Be At One (Ages: 30-45)
Singles · 7:30 PM · Shoreditch
Oliver!
Musical · 7:30 PM · Soho
🏐Div 1 Men’s Tryout – Wapping Cheetahs📍Poplar Baths 📶 Advanced
Lesson · Volleyball · 7:40 PM · Poplar
TDI PRESENTS: LIFE SURE IS SWEET
Film · 7:45 PM – 1 AM · East End
Hamlet Hail to the Thief
Theater · 7:45 PM · Barbican
ABBA Voyage
DJ Set · Electronic · 7:45 PM · ABBA Arena
🏐Volleyball Coaching Session 📍Clapham📶 Upper Intermediate
Lesson · Volleyball · 8 PM · Clapham Leisure Centre
🏐 WLH Volleyball 5-1 Rotation📍Westminster 📶 Upper Intermediate
Play · Volleyball · 8 PM · Little Venice sports Centre
North London Badminton Session - North Finchley - Wren Academy N12 9HB
Play · Racket Sports · 8 PM · Friern Barnet
The Vague Idols + Nose Ghost + the Pypes
Live Music · 8 PM · West Brompton
🏐 Volleyball Session📍Canary Wharf 📶 Mid Intermediate
Play · Volleyball · 8 PM · Wood Wharf
Peckham's Spanish/English Language Interchange - Thursdayss
Language · 8 PM – 11 PM · Peckham
CANDLELIT Slow flow yoga
Yoga & Pilates · 8 PM · Walworth
STORM THURSDAY BADMINTON INTERMEDIATE AND ABOVE
Play · Racket Sports · 8 PM · Balham
🏐Try-outs for the Jaguars Men's Volleyball tTeam📍Wapping📶Upper Intermediate
Lesson · Volleyball · 8 PM · Shooters Hill
Clocked Off Book Club - November 2026: Perfection, Vincenzo Latronico
Book Club · 8 PM · East Dulwich
Grass Roots starring Daniel Scott Phillips Quintet (Live Jazz)
Live Music · Jazz · 8 PM – 11 PM · Peckham
⚽ Men's 7 aside 📍Balham 📶 Mixed Ability
Play · Soccer · 8 PM · Balham
🏀 Basketball Scrimmage📍Crystal Palace BC 📶 Mixed Ability
Play · Basketball · 8 PM · Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
🏐Volleyball Session📍Royal Oak 📶Mixed Ability
Play · Volleyball · 8 PM · Notting Hill
🏐 Coaching Session for All Levels📍Brixton 📶 Mixed Ability
Lesson · Volleyball · 8 PM · Brixton Recreation Centre
Thu 8pm / 8 a-side at Highbury
Game · Football · 8 PM · Highbury
🏐KHC Play to Improve📍Morden 📶Mid Intermediate
Lesson · Volleyball · 8 PM · Harris Academy Morden
🏀Southside Titans Tryouts📍Southwark 📶 Advanced
Lesson · Basketball · 8 PM · South Bermondsey
🏐Volleyball Session📍Westminster 📶Advanced
Play · Volleyball · 8 PM · Lisson Grove
🏐5-1 Volleyball Session📍King's Cross 📶 Mid Intermediate
Play · Volleyball · 8 PM · Somers Town Community Sports Centre
Thu 8pm - 8 a side at Welmbley - RSVP ONLY on FootyAddicts.com
Play · Soccer · 8 PM · Vale Farm Sports centre
Casuals, 8-10pm £7 @ Reynolds / plastics
Play · Racket Sports · 8 PM · The Reynolds Centre
🏐Advanced Open Games📍Westminster 📶 Mixed Ability
Play · Volleyball · 8 PM · Notting Hill
Basketball league on Thursdays in Wimbledon (south west London)
Tournament · Basketball · 8:05 PM · Copse Hill
NEW BOOKING SYSTEM - SEE INFO* Thursday @ GEORGE GREENS (8:15pm - 10:10pm)
Play · Racket Sports · 8:15 PM · Cubitt Town
🏀FIBA 4v4 OT - Casual Tournament📍Leyton 📶 Mixed Ability
Tournament · Basketball · 8:25 PM · Score Leisure Centre
🏀3V3 or 4v4 Half Court Sessions📍Crystal Palace BC 📶 Mixed Ability
Play · Basketball · 8:30 PM · Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
🏀 Good Vibe Express OT 🏀 Night run📍Stratford 📶 Mixed Ability
Play · Basketball · 8:55 PM · East Village
Fleetwood Mac: Our Own Way
Cover Band · 9 PM · Canary Wharf
Magic Mike Live
Arts · 9:30 PM · The Theatre at the Hippodrome Casino

Late

Vortex Lates: Jochen Rueckert Quartet plays Jazz Classics
Live Music · Jazz · 10:30 PM · Dalston
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