Having trouble deciding on the best spots for photography in London?
Then check out the fantastic events in the London and Watford area this month. These events are more geared towards photography, fashion and art.
Welcome to sizzling July, looks like another hot month to come! It has been another busy month of photography with lots of art exhibitions opening, graduate fashion shows and plenty of events around London to photograph.
In July, there are Pride in London and a few exhibition openings; the lavender fields will also be in full bloom.
More events are listed below.
In the month, there were the Graduate Fashion shows, the Serpentine Pavilion was open, and Frida hit London.
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Watford Fringe Festival 2026 – 1st to 31st
A live line-up of great theatre, music, comedy, dance, family fun-filled shows and more is planned across the whole of the month of July, right on your doorstep. We’re predicting well over 70 performances across the festival – everything from pre-Edinburgh shows to renowned stand-up comics, music from international recording artists, award-winning acts, premieres of new material, returning favourites, and local talent!!
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Pride In London – 4th
Pride in London is a historic LGBTQIA+ celebration that transforms the Capital into a stage for visibility. Featuring a massive parade through landmarks like Trafalgar Square, the event honours the movement’s history while celebrating the community’s vibrant present.
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Village in Green at Connaught Village – 4th
A day of summer celebrations in the beautiful surroundings of Cambridge Square! From 12pm–4pm, the square will be transformed into a relaxed garden party where visitors can enjoy live music, family-friendly activities and complimentary treats, all set amongst one of London’s most charming green spaces.
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Hyde Park Sausage Walk Summer Picnic! – 5th
Bring your dachshunds, family and friends for a relaxed morning of sunshine, picnics and sausage dog fun in the heart of Hyde Park.
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RHS Badminton Flower Show at Badminton Estate, Gloucestershire – 8th to 12th
RHS Badminton Flower Show is an exciting new RHS Show for 2026 set within the beautiful South Gloucestershire countryside. This is to replace the Hampton Court Flower Show, which will now be biennial.
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Taste of the Caribbean Festival in Watford – 11th
This outdoor food festival is set to whisk you away to the sun-drenched islands of the Caribbean!
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Ana Mendieta exhibition at Tate Modern – 15th to 17th January 2027
This major exhibition dedicated to Ana Mendieta presents many of her iconic works alongside newly remastered films, early paintings, and late sculptural pieces, many of which have never been seen in the UK before. The show will continue outside the gallery walls, embracing Mendieta’s deep relationship with the natural world.
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Colourwalk in Spitalfields Market – 16th
It is an informal gathering of colourful, creative souls who meet, dressed in their finest, to walk, talk, and strut their stuff. It is excellent for photography. This happens on the 3rd Thursday of each month.
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Soho Village Fete – 19th
The 51st Soho Fete is back! Expect all the usual madness in St Anne’s Gardens from 12 noon, with six hours of live entertainment, French House Bar, snail racing, the Human Fruit Machine, stalls, Soho Police v Soho Fire Tug of War, AND the iconic Soho Waiters race.
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Photographic Nature Walk in the Nature Reserve – 22nd
Take a guided walk through Cassiobury Park Nature Reserve led by Andrew Lalchan (local photographer). We will be exploring summer in the park with butterflies, dragonflies & damselflies.
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HyperJapan at Olympia – 24th to 26th
HYPER JAPAN delivers Japan’s ‘Now’ to the global market through events, PR and publishing. Showcasing the best of Japan, from food and traditional culture to anime, games, music, fashion, and cosplay.
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Sunset Model Shoot in Lavender fields at Mayfield – 24th
With the beautiful backdrop of the Mayfield lavender fields, we will be shooting with two models. Taking place 2 hours before sunset, it should be golden light.
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Steel Scenes at Southbank Centre – 25th to 26th
Celebrating 75 years of the Southbank Centre with a vibrant, inclusive programme that looks to the future. Steel pan groups from across the UK come together for a weekend takeover to mark 75 years since the first UK steel pan performance at the Festival of Britain.
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Watford JiveSwing Festival – 26th
Now in its 13th year, attracting over 3,000 people from around the UK, the JiveSwing Festival has grown each year, with a much bigger stage and a growing line-up of the biggest international Swing and Jazz bands, DJs, etc., from around the UK.
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Portrait of a City: A Century of American Photography exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery – 28th to 4th October
Step into a century of American city life through photographs that capture the people who built, inhabited, and transformed urban spaces into living, breathing communities. This exhibition takes place at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London.
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David Hockney at Serpentine North Gallery – till 23rd August
The exhibition is conceived in close collaboration with the artist and brings Hockney’s celebrated ninety-metre-long frieze A Year in Normandie to London for the first time. Inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry, which will be on display at the British Museum in 2026, this monumental work captures the changing seasons at the artist’s former studio in Normandy.
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Fairy Tails at British Library – till 23rd August
Take your family on a magical adventure in a new interactive exhibition! Explore enchanted lands, magical creatures, iconic characters and timeless tales, brought to life through books, theatre costumes, puppets, pop-ups, artwork and illustrations. From the deep dark forest to the royal palace, set off on a journey through a fairy tale world. Sit down at the Three Bears’ breakfast table, tell the genie your wish, smell the wicked witch’s potions and discover lots more.
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Tracey Emin – A Second Life at Tate Modern – till 31st August
This landmark exhibition covers 40 years of Emin’s innovative work, featuring iconic pieces alongside previously unseen works. Through painting, video, textiles, neon, writing, sculpture, and installation, Emin persistently pushes boundaries, utilising the female body as a potent instrument to explore themes of passion, pain, and healing.
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Cecily Brown: Picture Making at Serpentine South – till 6th September
Known for her vigorous brushwork, vivid colour and dynamic compositions, Cecily Brown presents paintings inspired by Serpentine’s unique location in Kensington Gardens, a site of personal significance to the artist. Themes of nature and park life have long shaped Brown’s formal explorations. She experiments with scale, colour and recurring motifs, such as amorous couples, woodland scenes, and uncanny nature walks.
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James McNeill Whistler Exhibition at Tate Britain – 27th September
A global figure, James McNeill Whistler was an influential artist of the 19th and 20th centuries. This retrospective brings together Whistler’s work from portraits, drawings, prints and designs.
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Anish Kapoor Exhibition at Hayward Gallery – till 18th October
Celebrating 75 years of the Southbank Centre with a vibrant, inclusive programme that looks to the future. One of the most influential artists of our time returns to the Hayward Gallery with a landmark immersive exhibition.
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KyotographieKawada Kikuji x Iwane Ai at Japan House – till 18th October
Encounter two of Japan’s most exciting photographers – Kawada Kikuji and Iwane Ai – in a rare opportunity to see their thought-provoking works in the UK.
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Serpentine Pavilion 2026 by LANZA atelier – till 25th October
LANZA atelier emphasises the role of design in everyday interactions and identifies the pursuit of beauty as a recurring theme in their work. The Mexico City-based architecture studio founded by Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo, has anchored the 2026 Serpentine Pavilion on the English architectural feature known as a serpentine, or crinkle-crankle, wall.
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Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art at V&A – till 8th November
The UK’s first exhibition on Elsa Schiaparelli spans the 1920s to today, celebrating the innovative designer’s influence. It traces the fashion house’s groundbreaking origins and its evolution under current creative director Daniel Roseberry.
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The Last Princesses of Punjab at Kensington Palace – till 8th November
Discover the story of Punjabi princess and suffragette icon Sophia Duleep Singh, and of five women who shaped her extraordinary life, in a new exhibition at Kensington Palace for 2026. Sophia and her sisters, Catherine and Bamba, her mother, Bamba Muller, grandmother Jind Kaur and godmother Queen Victoria each expressed womanhood, power, and royalty in different ways. They infused their identities and heritage into the causes they devoted themselves to, becoming powerful changemakers in their own right.
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Frida Kahlo exhibition at Tate Modern – till 3rd January 2027
Discover the extraordinary story of how Frida Kahlo became one of the most influential artists of all time, a cultural phenomenon, and an internationally recognised commercial icon.
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Julio Le Parc Exhibition at Tate Modern – 11th to 3rd May 2027
Discover seven decades of joyful works by Argentinian artist Julio Le Parc, which turn visitors into active participants.
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Zineb Sedira Exhibition at Tate Britain – 17th January 2027
Sedira is a Franco-Algerian artist who has worked across film, photography and installation.
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