Music events to be on your radar in London this weekend: 25 - 27 september 2026
Techno among the rum stills in Tottenham, a free party in Axel Arigato's half-packed office, and a brand-new club running a sound system from the Plastic People team. Throw in ŌKAMI pairing dubstep with temple sounds in Hackney Wick and Eastern Margins taking over two venues from day to 4:30am, and London's music events this weekend are looking stacked. Here's what's worth your time.
Friday
Axel Arigato's OUT OF OFFICE turns Its Farringdon HQ into a two-night party
#FLODown: Axel Arigato is leaving its London office at The Drill Hall, and it's marking the move with two nights of music. Friday brings Touching Bass, Randy and Rickinzi, with live sets from Wesley Joseph and Unflirt. On Saturday, Crash Tracy, Delilah and Tommy Gold play house, garage and UK rap, before Vegyn, the producer behind Frank Ocean's Blonde, closes the weekend. Both nights are 21+ with ID, and entry is by RSVP. During the day, the space will be open as an exhibition, workshop and hangout, with workshops from artist Joy Yamusangie and designer Charlotte Kingsnorth.
Date: 25 - 26 September 2026. Location: The Drill Hall, 57A Farringdon Road, London EC1M 3JB Price: Free, RSVP required. RSVP for Friday. RSVP for Saturday.
Hartronika takes over a Tottenham rum distillery with The Last DJ live
Hartronika turns Distillery N17, a working rum distillery in North London, into a warehouse rave. The Last DJ, Nick Hayes, headlines with a live all-hardware set, and Engineer adds a second live set of fast modular music. At 9pm the music pauses for a panel with Longevity Rave on following your passion later in life. After that, Johana, LIZAZA, SIIIO and Jarvis Bitcoin join the live acts to play acid, electro and techno.
Date: Friday 25 September 2026, 8pm–4am Location: Distillery N17, Unit 25, Millmead Industrial Estate, London N17 Price: £16.50 Book now
Trouble maker opens its new home at Radial with Katia Curie
#FLODown: Trouble Maker throws its first party at Radial, the new 200-capacity club in Tottenham built by mastering and audio engineers. Its sound system was installed by the team behind the legendary Plastic People. Katia Curie headlines, a Ukrainian DJ based in Austria who has played Panorama Bar, Garbicz Festival and Dimensions. Off Kilter founder Daisy Moon goes back-to-back with Adam Curtain, fresh from his Love International and Houghton debuts.
Date: Friday 25 September 2026, 10pm–5am Location: Radial, 39b Markfield Road, London N15 4QA (8 minutes' walk from Seven Sisters) Price: £12.50 Book now
DUBMERGE brings Deep Bass and Dub to Grow Hackney Wick
#FLODown: DUBMERGE, a club night celebrating UK sound system culture, lands at Grow in Hackney Wick with three of London's most exciting bass selectors. Founder Moontalk, a regular at Corsica Studios and Colour Factory, brings her dubwise, percussive sound with touches of jazz and soul. ŌKAMI, named one of Mixmag Asia's artists to watch in 2025, plays a special set linking ambient and dubstep with the temple sounds of her upbringing. Goh Well, who hosts shows on Foundation FM and Voices, rounds off the line-up with eclectic, bass-heavy club music.
Date: Friday 25 September 2026, 8pm–2am Location: Grow, Main Yard, 98C Wallis Road, London E9 5LN Price: from £5.50. Book now
Saturday
Margins United 2026 celebrates alternative East & South-East Asian culture across two venues
Margins United, London collective Eastern Margins' annual celebration of alternative East and South-East Asian culture, returns for its third edition. It has grown too big for its old home, so this year it's split across two venues. The day runs at Exhibition White City with live sets from Yves, f5ve, The Deep, jackzebra, R!R!Riot, YAKA, User116 and Heroic Dragon, plus arts and crafts, workshops, food and the Eternal Market. At night the party moves to Village Underground, where kimj, Rui (f5ve) b2b umru, DJ Love (Sherwin Tuna), Amanda Sze, tamanaramen, KOMA, HAVEN and 大地360 play until late.
Date: Saturday 26 September 2026. Day 3pm–10pm, night 11:30pm–4:30am (last night entry 2am) Location: Day at Exhibition White City, Ariel Way, London W12 7SL. Night at Village Underground, 54 Holywell Lane, London EC2A 3PQ Price: £56.50 Book now
This week in London (21–27 September): Wigmore Hall opens its Autumn Piano Festival, Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss swap roles nightly in Electra/Persona at the National Theatre, and major new exhibitions from Amar Kanwar and William Kentridge open across the city's galleries…
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Artist Tschabalala Self unveiled her bronze sculpture Lady in Blue in Trafalgar Square, becoming the 16th commission for the Fourth Plinth since the programme began in 1998. The nine foot tall figure depicts an everyday young woman rendered in vivid blue…
Mike Skinner, the man behind The Streets, is teaming up with PATRÓN Tequila for a one-off evening in the capital this month, billed as Re-Mastered Live. The night will feature an in-depth conversation between Skinner and two long-time collaborators who've worked alongside him…
There is no doubt the temporary loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum is the once-in-a-lifetime experience to rule them all. Meticulously stitched by hand by talented women, the embroidery has never returned to English soil in over 900 years since its creation around the 1070s. Although many worried for its fragile condition, visitors lucky enough to bag the £33 ticket…
Kew Gardens is rolling out a new discounted admission scheme this autumn, offering entry for £10 every Tuesday starting 8 September 2026 and continuing through 29 December 2026…
Once a year, museums, theatres, and concert halls across Denmark open up specifically for the country's youth, and this September, K7 Week is back for another round, now bigger than ever. The initiative began in Denmark in 2020 as a way to draw young people into cultural life…
With more than two decades of experience across the art world, Anna Maja Spiess has seen the industry from almost every angle, from private and public collections and blue-chip galleries to art start-ups, cultural partnerships and arts publications…
London Sculpture Week returns for its fifth edition from 19 to 27 September 2026, bringing together some of the capital’s leading public art programmes across a series of free and ticketed events…
V&A East Museum is staying open until 10pm every Thursday throughout September, with free DJ sets, a pop-up bar and late-night access to its exhibitions and galleries….
A key engine within the Surrealist movement was the collaborative nature between artists. During the late 1930s, Paris became an epicenter for contemporary artists and writers, many of whom co-created and lived together. Two couples exemplify this spirit of collaboration: Max Ernst and Leonora Carrington…
London Design Festival 2026 returns from 12–20 September for its 24th edition. The festival takes place across London through a mix of Landmark Installations, Special Projects, exhibitions, talks and design fairs. These events are spread across 11 Design Districts, including Bankside, Chelsea, Mayfair, Shoreditch and the newly introduced Soho district…
From surreal figures and textile landscapes to shipping containers, performance art and compelling photography, these are the artists we will be looking for at this year’s Enter Art Fair.
From Louise Bourgeois’ iconic spider to Sophie Calle’s mysterious woodland tomb, these are six works worth seeking out at Château La Coste…
Château La Coste is a place where architecture is woven into every part of the experience. Across the estate, some of the most celebrated architects of the past century have designed buildings that work in close relationship with the art, vineyards and surrounding landscape…
September is an especially good time to take in the breadth of Seoul’s art scene, with a programme that extends well beyond the fair itself. Here is our guide to the exhibitions to see during Seoul Art Week 2026…
When you meander through the glittering coastlines and rolling hills of the south of France in the summer, it’s all too easy to understand why so many great artists of the C20th chose to live, work and play there…
Berlin Art Week returns from 9–13 September 2026 for its fifteenth edition, with a city-wide programme across museums, galleries, private collections, project spaces and Positions Berlin Art Fair. Over five days, exhibitions, performances, talks, screenings and special events will take place across Berlin…
Charlie Dilworth is the Head Chef at Silva, where he brings together seasonal, ingredient-led cooking with Mediterranean influences, while adding his own distinctive flair. Originally from Kent, Charlie’s route into professional kitchens was somewhat unexpected…
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Denmark does museums rather well. A museum visit can mean a walk by the water, a building worth seeing in its own right, or an hour spent looking at the sky through a hole in the ceiling. Below is our pick of four museums in Denmark worth making time for…
Enter Art Fair has established itself as an important meeting point between the Scandinavian art scene and the wider international market. Founded in Copenhagen in 2019 by Julie Leopold, the fair was created to give the Danish and Nordic art scene a stronger international platform…
The annual photography festival held in Arles from July to October spans over 50 official exhibitions, dozens of off site shows, and a range of institutional collaborations. One of the pleasures of visiting the festival is the mix of established and emerging artists presented, from some of the biggest names in photography to artists at the start of their careers…
Galleries, museums, sculpture parks and historic houses across the UK are showing exhibitions worth making time for this summer. From Lynn Chadwick’s sculptures at Houghton Hall to contemporary Indigenous North American art at Yorkshire Sculpture Park…
The Free Books Campaign marked five years of its festivals with another free book event at Brixton House over the first weekend of August. It represents something more than half a decade of commitment, hard work and defying the odds required to make it happen…
Fozia Ismail is a British Somali artist, founder of Arawelo Eats, and co-founder of dhaqan collective. Working across food, sound, textiles and found objects, her practice explores migration, memory, climate, identity and diasporic knowledge…
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The Design Museum in London is set to open The Nue Black Aesthetic this autumn, a major exhibition exploring the work of some of the most innovative contemporary Black designers working today. Guest curated by author and journalist Charlene Prempeh…
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