Having trouble deciding on the best spots for photography in London?
Then check out our amazing events to visit in the London and Watford area in May 2023. These events are more geared towards photography and art.
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London Gallery Weekend – 2nd to 4th
Over 150 of London’s leading contemporary galleries will come together for London Gallery Weekend, offering special events, late-night openings & more.
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Watford Market Lates – 2nd
Includes live music alongside craft beer, a pop-up bar and delicious street food from around the globe, including Caribbean, Asian and Korean street food.
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Pierre Garroudi Fashion flashmob (£3) – 3rd (every other Saturday after that)
If you are a photographer or want to model for the flamboyant fashion designer Pierre Garroudi. The flash mob occurs every Saturday afternoon in central London. You can find out more on his YouTube link below in a different part each week.
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Serpentine Pavilion 2023 by Lina Ghotmeh – 9 June to 29 October 2023
Serpentine Pavilion 2023: À table, designed by French-Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh, derives from the aspiration to create a sustainable kinship with the land through food and our primal relationship to the Earth.
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London Open Gardens – 10th to 11th
Explore over 100 unique and hidden green spaces which are not normally accessible to the public, including historic, traditional, contemporary and experimental gardens across the capital. These include formal squares and rooftop terraces with commanding city views, as well as community allotments and wildlife havens.
Find out more here.
Lambeth Country Show, Brockwell Park, London – 10th to 11th
Boasting a unique line-up that celebrates the very best of the city and countryside. With over 120,000 people attending throughout the weekend, the show is one of the biggest free family festivals in the UK.
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Celebration of Cycling in Watford – 11th
SPOKES Southwest Hertfordshire Cycling Group and Watford Borough Council will be hosting the first ever ‘Family Cycling Day and Cycle Gathering’ at King George V Playing Fields. This exciting community initiative organised by SPOKES aims to promote cycling as a sustainable and healthy mode of transportation whilst also promising to be an enjoyable experience for individuals of all abilities, ages and skill levels.
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Umbrellafest 2023 – 11th
At Electric Umbrella, we create amazing live, interactive music experiences with learning-disabled people. And when our superstars take to the stage, they help change the way the world looks at our community – and others. To celebrate our 10th Anniversary, for the first time in five years, Umbrellafest is back! Come and join us for an afternoon of live music celebrating everything, Electric Umbrella.
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Gumball 3000 Comes to London – 11th
Gumball 3000 returns to London for the first time since 2018 at a brand new location at the newly restored Battersea Power Station (via Pump House Lane)! We’ll be bringing a FREE festival of 100 supercars and superstars back to our hometown!
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Art In Mayfair – 12th to 9th July
Get your art fix at Art in Mayfair, which will see the neighbourhood transformed with striking sculptures, colourful flags and pop-up events. This one-month celebration of Mayfair’s cultural scene is the result of a collaboration between Mayfair, the Royal Academy of Art and the New West End Company.
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Graduate Fashion Week 2023 – 12th to 15th
Returning to the Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London, for GFW23. With a jam-packed schedule full of catwalk shows, GFW Live! Talks, our exhibition and more it will be an unmissable event! Our annual GFW gives new graduates the visibility they need in order to begin conversations and establish connections with potential recruiters, buyers, stylists and media. We showcase the brightest talent across 26 specialisms in the Class of 2023.
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Photographic Walk in Cassiobury Park Nature Reserve – 14th
Take a guided walk through Cassiobury Park Nature Reserve led by Andrew Lalchan (local photographer); we will be exploring summer in the park with the butterflies, dragonflies & damselflies.
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Colour Walk Meetup at Spitalfields Market – 15th
An informal gathering of colourful, creative souls who meet, dressed in their finest, to walk, talk and strut their stuff. Excellent for photography.
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Trooping the Colour – 17th
The Sovereign’s birthday is officially celebrated by the ceremony of Trooping the Colour (King’s Birthday Parade). This impressive display of pageantry takes place on a Saturday in June by his personal troops, the Household Division, on Horse Guards Parade, with His Majesty the King himself attending and taking the salute.
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The Great Exhibition Road Festival – 17th to 18th
A celebration of science and the arts that takes place on Exhibition Road in Kensington. Celebrate the power of awe and wonder to inspire us, motivate change and spark innovation with a weekend of free science and arts events for all ages.
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Sienna at the Bandstand, Watford – 18th
Sienna Melella is a very talented young musician and singer. She started with open mics on the pub circuit and has developed a unique style which everyone loves.
Find out more here.
Planet Summer at the Southbank – 21st to 3rd September
The Southbank Centre presents Planet Summer, a landmark multi-artform season that explores themes of care, hope, connection and activism in response to the climate emergency. Performances, exhibitions, music, new artistic commissions, a busy talks programme and free programming will connect audiences with a range of environmental issues and highlight the need for active care of the environment and nature.
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Alban Pilgrimage – St Albans – 24th
Alban Pilgrimage, a magnificent procession to celebrate Alban, Britain’s first saint. Each year, 12ft tall carnival puppets representing figures from the story of St Alban take to the streets to re-enact his historic story. The puppets are accompanied by people of all ages dressed as lions, Roman soldiers, angels, chariots and more.
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Ironic Summer Vampire Picnic, Holland Park – 24th
The Annual Ironic Summer Vampire Picnic will be at Holland Park as I have never been there before, and it looks pretty for photos. Activities will include having a picnic, hide and seek, and not ending up in an ornamental pond.
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Welwyn Garden City Vintage Festival – 24th to 25th
WGC Vintage Festival is a unique international live music & dance event, plus all things vintage, organised by JiveSwing.Com and sponsored by the businesses of Welwyn Garden City in the UK.
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Walthamstow Colour Walk – 25th
Let’s bring the Colour Walk to Walthamstow. The current exhibition at the William Morris Gallery is an absolute delight!
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London Design Biennial, Somerset House – 25th
London Design Biennale – an interactive, musical and kinetic exhibition of design and design-led innovation from across the globe. Bake bread, witness an AI Robot designing, weave a tapestry, get inside a space pod, find inner peace and visit a virtual garden.
Find out more here.
The Other Art Fair, London – 29th to 2nd July
A place where art is accessible and unexpected. That’s The Other Art Fair. Meet and buy from 150 game-changing artists, experience art differently with installations and performances, and enjoy it with friends with our live DJs and fully stocked bar.
Find out more here.
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Hallyu! The Korean Wave at V&A – til 25th June 2023
Hallyu! The Korean Wave will showcase the colourful and dynamic popular culture of South Korea, exploring the makings of the Korean Wave and its global impact on the creative industries of cinema, drama, music, fandom, beauty and fashion.
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Isaac Julien at Tate Britain – till 20th August
The first major UK exhibition by one of today’s most compelling artists and filmmakers. Celebrated for his compelling lyrical films and video art installations, Isaac Julien is one of the leading artists in film and video today. This ambitious solo exhibition reveals the scope of Julien’s pioneering work in film and installation from the early 1980s to the present day. The exhibition highlights Julien’s critical thinking and how his work breaks down barriers between different artistic disciplines, drawing from film, dance, photography, music, theatre, painting and sculpture by utilising the themes of desire, history and culture.
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Superbloom at the Tower of London – til 1st September
Experience the Tower of London Moat from a fresh perspective this summer as this unique and historic space blooms into life once more. Walk amongst the plants and flowers in this unique green space as it evolves into a beautiful, biodiverse landscape over a number of years, and enjoy seeing many different pollinators visiting the moat to forage.
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Hilma Af Klint & Piet Mondrian Forms Of Life at Tate Modern – till 3rd September
This is a unique chance to discover the visionary work of Swedish painter Hilma af Klint and experience Dutch painter Piet Mondrian’s influential art in a new light. Although they never met, af Klint and Mondrian both invented their own languages of abstract art rooted in nature. At the heart of both of their artistic journeys was a shared desire to understand the forces behind life on earth.
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The Rossettis at Tate Britain – till 24th Sept
This exhibition follows the romance and radicalism of the Rossetti generation through and beyond the Pre-Raphaelite years: Dante Gabriel, Christina and Elizabeth (née Siddal). Visitors will get to experience world-renowned works from their boundary-pushing careers. The Rossettis’ approach to art, love and lifestyles is considered revolutionary, and this will be thoroughly explored in an immersive show using spoken poetry, drawings, paintings, photography, design and more.
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Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians at Buckingham Palace – till 8th October
This exhibition explores what the Georgians wore, from the practical dress of laundry maids to the glittering gowns worn at court. Discover what fashion can tell us about life in the 18th century, a revolutionary period of trade, travel and technology which fuelled fashion trends across all levels of society. Delve into the Georgians’ style story and get up close to magnificent paintings, prints and drawings by artists including Gainsborough, Zoffany and Hogarth, as well as luxurious textiles, sparkling jewellery, and a range of accessories from snuff boxes to swords.
Find out more here.
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