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Top story Camden Halloween: Day of the Dead and a Highgate Ghost Play Halloween is a Saturday this year. Free Day of the Dead at Camden Market and King's Cross, a ghost play in Highgate Cemetery, and £3 rave tickets, all checked. · 7 min read

Dates for the diary

  1. On now to 31 Oct Bloomsbury Festival 2026 Venues across Bloomsbury
  2. On now to 31 Jan Korea, exhibition British Museum, Room 35 · From £18
  3. Sun 11 Oct Apple Day Fair at Kentish Town City Farm Kentish Town City Farm
  4. 14 Oct to 4 Jan Larger Than Life: Starring Wallace & Gromit, Shaun and More Lightroom · From £25
  5. 15 to 18 Oct Shōtengai pan-Asian Market Lower Stable Street
  6. Fri 16 Oct Abolition Song and its Legacies 6.30pm · Foundling Museum · From £25
  7. Sun 18 Oct Jacobean Choral Singing at Kenwood 2pm · Kenwood · Free
  8. Wed 21 Oct Amy Winehouse Back to Black 20 7pm · Roundhouse · From £146.75
  9. Wed 21 Oct Curió Curió 7pm · Jazz Cafe · From £17.50
  10. Thu 22 Oct Lean on Me: book launch with Lynne Segal 7pm · Freud Museum London · From £11.13
  11. Thu 22 Oct Cabaret Voltaire 7pm · Roundhouse · From £48.40
  12. 23 to 25 Oct Día de Muertos at Canopy Market Canopy Market, West Handyside Canopy

More stories

Events What's On in Camden: Day of the Dead, Then Bonfire Night 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. · 7 min read Remembrance Camden Remembrance Sunday: St Pancras Church and Euston Camden's civic Remembrance service is at St Pancras Church, then wreaths at the Euston war memorial. Last year's times, Hampstead's service and what to expect. · 3 min read Kenwood Kenwood This Winter: Free, 10am to 4pm, Father Christmas Kenwood stays free all winter, open 10am to 4pm from 26 October and shut 24 to 26 December. Father Christmas is on December weekends at £15 a child. · 5 min read New Year's Eve Camden New Year's Eve: Primrose Hill Shut Last Year Primrose Hill was locked from 8pm on 30 December to 6am on New Year's Day last year. What we know for 2026, Parliament Hill, fireworks tickets, trains. · 5 min read Bloomsbury Camden Fireworks: Coram's Fields Is Free on 5 November Coram's Fields holds the borough's one free display on Thursday 5 November. Gates 3.30pm, fireworks 6pm, no ticket needed, but every adult must bring a child. · 6 min read Camden Town Camden Christmas Market: What Is Confirmed for 2026 Camden Market has not announced its 2026 festive dates yet, and the Kenwood light trail is gone for good. What ran last year, and when the dates are due. · 5 min read Bloomsbury Bloomsbury Festival: 127 Events, All October, Mostly Free The festival's 20th year runs the whole of October across 54 venues, with 127 events listed. The Discovery Hub is free and needs no booking. Dates and prices here. · 4 min read Bloomsbury Camden Pantomime: JW3 From £17, Stick Man From £10 JW3's panto runs 6 December to 3 January, Stick Man at the Bloomsbury Theatre from 3 December. Prices, dark days and the nearest traditional panto, all checked. · 4 min read Architecture Open House Camden 2026: 41 Places You Can Just Walk Into Camden has 82 Open House entries from 12 to 20 September, and 41 need no ticket at all. Kenwood, the Isokon and Lincoln's Inn are all drop-in. · 7 min read Camden Town Camden Fringe Final Week: 125 Shows, 24 to 30 August Camden Fringe ends on 30 August. 125 shows still play in the closing week, at 25 venues. Booking adds £1.37, and door sales open 30 minutes before. · 6 min read What's On Things to Do in Camden: Free Museums, £5 Pond Swim A £5 swim on Hampstead Heath, free entry at the British Museum and Kenwood, a market open every day but Christmas. Prices checked against each venue this week. · 8 min read