Free Day of the Dead at King's Cross from 23 October and Camden Market on 1 November, a Highgate Cemetery ghost play, then fireworks at Coram's Fields.

Halloween is a Saturday this year and Camden’s version of it is Day of the Dead: a free three-day market under the Canopy at King’s Cross from Friday 23 October, then Camden Market’s free festival at Hawley Wharf on Sunday 1 November. In between come a ghost play in Highgate Cemetery, Nosferatu with a live organ, and the Bloomsbury Festival’s last week, which runs to 31 October. The biggest night of the month, Back to Black 20 at the Roundhouse on 21 October, has sold out. The run ends with free fireworks at Coram’s Fields on Thursday 5 November.

Everything below was read from the organisers’ own listings on 3 October 2026, and each entry links to its source so you can check before you set off. For places that are open whatever the month, see our guide to things to do in Camden; for Halloween in one place, see our Camden Halloween page.

This week

  • Bloomsbury Festival, to Saturday 31 October, at venues across Bloomsbury. The festival’s 20th year runs all month in museums, churches, libraries and squares, many events free; check each listing, because some free events must be booked (Bloomsbury Festival). Our Bloomsbury Festival guide picks out the highlights.
  • Korea, to 31 January, Room 35, British Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG. Adults from £18, members and under 16s free. 2,000 years of Korean art, drawn almost entirely from the late Samsung chairman Lee Kun-Hee’s bequest to Korea’s national museums (British Museum).
  • Autumn Craft Fair at Kenwood, Sunday 4 October, 11am to 3pm, Kenwood, Hampstead Lane, NW3 7JR. Free, no booking. In the Service Wing (English Heritage).
  • Family Workshop: Gaia and Luna Dance Adventure, Sunday 4 October, 11.15am or 1.30pm, Weinrebe Learning Centre, British Library, 96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB. Free, but book a ticket for each person (British Library).
  • Bill Callahan, Monday 5 October, doors 7pm, Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8EH. £48.40, plus fees. Touring My Days of 58, his first album since 2022, with Nathan Bowles supporting (Roundhouse).
  • Lord Mansfield: Slavery and Justice Guided Tour, Tuesday 6 October, 10.30am to 11.30am, Kenwood. Free, no booking: meet under the portico at 10.25am. An hour on William Murray, Lord Mansfield, the Lord Chief Justice who owned Kenwood, and his part in the abolition of slavery. Also on 13 and 25 October (English Heritage).
  • PEN Pinter Prize 2026: Jacqueline Rose, Thursday 8 October, 7pm to 8.30pm, Pigott Theatre, British Library. £16, or from £5 online (British Library).
  • Foundling Libraries: Camden, Friday 9 October, 11am to 12pm, Holborn Library, 32-38 Theobalds Road, WC1X 8PA. Free. Music and storytelling for under fives; children must come with an adult (Foundling Museum).
  • Meet the Experts: Wet-Nursing the Foundling Babies, Friday 9 October, 3pm, Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, WC1N 1AZ. £18 (Foundling Museum).
  • Gene, Friday 9 and Saturday 10 October, doors 7pm, Roundhouse. £42.65 to £54.15. With The Slow Readers Club and Rialto (Roundhouse).

Next week

  • Organs and Strings Concert by Saraband, Saturday 10 October, 2pm and 3.15pm, Kenwood. Free, no booking (English Heritage).
  • Apple Day Festival, Sunday 11 October, 12pm to 4pm, Kentish Town City Farm, 1 Cressfield Close, NW5 4BN. Animal handling, apple tasting, a barbecue and cakes, arts and crafts. £1 adults, 50p children, on the farm’s poster (Kentish Town City Farm).
  • Larger Than Life: Starring Wallace & Gromit, Shaun and More, from Wednesday 14 October, booking to 4 January, Lightroom, 12 Lewis Cubitt Square, King’s Cross, N1C 4DY. Adults from £25, students and under 18s from £15 (Lightroom).
  • Shōtengai pan-Asian Market, Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 October, Lower Stable Street, King’s Cross, N1C 4LW. Thursday and Friday 12pm to 7pm, weekend 11am to 6pm (King’s Cross).
  • Abolition Song and its Legacies, Friday 16 October, 6.30pm, Foundling Museum. £25. British anti-slavery songs from 1787 to the 1830s, with readings (Foundling Museum).

Later in October

  • Jacobean Choral Singing at Kenwood, Sunday 18 October, 2pm and 3.15pm. Free, no booking (English Heritage).
  • Amy Winehouse Back to Black 20, Wednesday 21 October, doors 7pm, Roundhouse. Sold out: the Roundhouse now offers only a waiting list, and emails if tickets come back. Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi with the Amy Winehouse Band and guest singers, playing the album in full (Roundhouse).
  • Curió Curió, Wednesday 21 October, doors 7pm, Jazz Cafe, 5 Parkway, NW1 7PG. Standing £17.50 (Jazz Cafe).
  • Lean on Me: book launch with Lynne Segal, Thursday 22 October, 7pm to 8.30pm, Freud Museum London, 20 Maresfield Gardens, NW3 5SX. £11.13 to £16.40 (Freud Museum).
  • Cabaret Voltaire, Thursday 22 October, doors 7pm, Roundhouse. £48.40 to £59.90, with Gazelle Twin supporting (Roundhouse).
  • Día de Muertos at Canopy Market, Friday 23 to Sunday 25 October, West Handyside Canopy, off Granary Square, N1C 4BH. Friday 12pm to 8pm, weekend 11am to 6pm. MexiBrit’s Day of the Dead market, with mariachi, a procession and a free community ofrenda (King’s Cross).
  • Make Your Own Shadow Puppet, Monday 26 October to Sunday 1 November, drop in 10am to 4pm, Postal Museum, 15-20 Phoenix Place, WC1X 0DA. Included in museum admission. The half-term family activity (Postal Museum). Our half-term page has the rest of the week.
  • Jorge Drexler, Tuesday 27 October, doors 7pm, Roundhouse. £60.50 to £83.50 (Roundhouse).
  • Beyond the Veil, Tuesday 27 October, doors 7pm, show 7.30pm, Highgate Cemetery, Swain’s Lane, N6 6PJ. £15, with a glass of wine. Jonathan Goodwin’s one-man version of George Eliot’s gothic tale The Lifted Veil (Highgate Cemetery).
  • Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery, opens Friday 30 October, British Library. Off-peak from £20, £25 at weekends (British Library).
  • Nosferatu (1922) with live organ improvisation, Friday 30 October, 9pm to 10.30pm, Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, 235 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H 8EP. £15 (Bloomsbury Festival).
  • Halloween Face Painting at Holborn Library, Saturday 31 October, 2pm to 4pm. Free for ages 5 to 12; book, walk-ins if there is room (Bloomsbury Festival).
  • Caiiro x Da Capo x Enoo Napa: Halloween B3B, Saturday 31 October, from 6pm, Roundhouse. £42.50, 18+ (Roundhouse).
  • Halloween Rave, Saturday 31 October, 11pm, Electric Ballroom, 184 Camden High Street, NW1 8QP. From £3, strictly 18+ with photo ID (Electric Ballroom).

November

  • Día de los Muertos, Sunday 1 November, 1pm to 7pm, Camden Market Hawley Wharf, 1 Dockray Place, NW1 8QH. Free. Mariachi bands, Catrina parades, Mexican stalls and drop-in workshops (Camden Market).
  • Cat Power, Tuesday 3 November, doors 7pm, Roundhouse. £51.28 to £57.03 (Roundhouse).
  • Fireworks Night at Coram’s Fields, Thursday 5 November, gates 3.30pm, fireworks 6pm, closes 7pm, 93 Guilford Street, WC1N 1DN. Free, no ticket, but adults may only go in with a child. Fast-Track tickets (one adult and one child, add-ons for more) are on sale on Eventbrite, listed from free to £27.80 (Coram’s Fields). More on our Camden fireworks page.
  • Two Women: book launch with Jacqueline Rose, Friday 6 November, 7pm to 8.30pm, Freud Museum London. £11.13 to £26.94 in the house (Freud Museum).

Regular events

  • Hampstead Heath parkrun, every Saturday at 9am, next on 10 October. Free, timed 5k from Lime Avenue, opposite Well Walk (parkrun).
  • Parliament Hill Farmers’ Market, every Saturday, 10am to 2pm, next on 10 October. William Ellis School, off Highgate Road, NW5 1RN (London Farmers’ Markets).
  • Swiss Cottage Farmers’ Market, every Wednesday, 10am to 3pm, next on 7 October. Eton Avenue, NW3 3EU (London Farmers’ Markets).
  • Bloomsbury Farmers’ Market, every Wednesday and Thursday, 9am to 2pm, next on 7 October. Woburn Square, behind SOAS, WC1H 0AA (London Farmers’ Markets).

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