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🧺 Market
The Giant West London Flea
One-day vintage & reclaimed market with 100+ traders under the Hammersmith Flyover (10am-5pm, £2 entry).
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What to do in London this weekend
26–27 September · both days planned, with times, prices and tickets
Researched live by an agent that reads what is actually on. Updated 2026-09-21.
Saturday
Saturday 26 September
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🏟️ Sport
Laver Cup — The O2
Europe vs Rest of the World tennis with 12 top players, at The O2 (25-27 Sep). Ticketed sessions.
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3
🎭 Show
Sting's The Last Ship
West End musical at Theatre Royal Drury Lane (22 Sep-3 Oct 2026).
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4
🍴 Food
Clos Maggiore
French restaurant in Covent Garden, near Drury Lane; bookable group dinner.
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🧺 Camden Market — Street food from half the world and vintage leather jackets.
🎨 British Museum — Free, enormous, and the Rosetta Stone is in Room 4.
Sunday
Sunday 27 September
1
🎵 Concert
Woolmen Sheep Drive & Livery Fair
Annual sheep drive over Southwark Bridge + livery fair; free for spectators, 10am-4pm.
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2
🎨 Art
James McNeill Whistler — Tate Britain
Europe's largest Whistler retrospective in 30 years; final day.
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3
🎵 Concert
60 Years of Salsa — The Jazz Cafe
La Londonise Orchestra 13-piece salsa big band, Camden; doors 18:00.
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4
🍴 Food
Dishoom Covent Garden
Bombay-café style Indian dining; group-friendly, books before 6pm.
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📍 Tower of London — Crown Jewels, ravens, and Beefeaters who tell the gory parts well.
🎨 Tate Modern — Free modern art in a former power station, with a view from the tenth floor.
A day out of town this weekend
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Full day
🚌 Day trip
Oxford and the Cotswolds day trip
College quads in the morning, honey-coloured villages after lunch.
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