Brilliant things to do in London in April 2026
Make the most of spring in the city with our guide to the best things to do in London this April
As we gear up for Easter – and, of course, that four-day bank holiday – London will play host to a whole range of events spanning art, food and much more this month. With April’s longer evenings and the promise of warmer weather on the horizon, it’s high time you got out there and made the most of spring in the capital. Here’s our pick of the best things to do in London in April 2026.
On stage: Olivier Award-winning shows with Official London Theatre
Paddington The Musical
Inter Alia
Have you caught up with all the news from the Olivier Awards with Cunard yet? Celebrating the very best of London theatre, the awards are Britain’s most prestigious stage honours and this year’s event, on 12 April 2026, marked the 50th anniversary. Paddington The Musical picked up the biggest gong of the ceremony – Cunard Best New Musical winner – while shows like Into The Woods and Evita also enjoyed a successful night at the Royal Albert Hall.
If that starry event didn’t get you in the mood for the West End, we don’t know what will. Experience award-winning stage performances with Official London Theatre, where you can book tickets for the outrageous comedy Oh, Mary! (winner of The Noel Coward Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play), witness Best Actress winner Rosamund Pike’s powerhouse performance in Inter Alia, and see the Bridge Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of Stephen Sondheim’s classic Into the Woods (winner of Best Musical Revival). You can also enjoy the perfect family-family treat, Paddington The Musical, and discover past Olivier award-winning favourites, including Hamilton, Wicked, Titanique, Phantom of the Opera, Moulin Rouge!, The Lion King and many more.
Plus, booking via Official London Theatre also comes with more perks. Until 10 May 2026, show your Official London Theatre booking email for a same-day show and receive a free glass of fizz or drink with any purchase at a participating restaurant or bar (terms and conditions apply). Find out more here.
Visit officiallondontheatre.com
The social season event: Salon Privé London
Salon Privé London will return to Chelsea this month with a thrilling three-day festival showcasing the very best in automotive innovation, design and craftsmanship. Kicking off London’s social season calendar, the event will be hosted at Royal Hospital Chelsea from 16-18 April 2026 and is set to feature daily exhibits, displays, and much-anticipated reveals. The best bit? Petrolheads will have the chance to get up close to the world’s rarest hypercars, supercars and classics from the likes of Maserati, BMW, Lotus and Porsche.
Highlights from the Grand Opening on 16 April include Porsche Club GB’s 65th Anniversary display and a Koenigsegg showcase, alongside the first of the signature parades, while Ladies Day on the 17 April will see a Best Hat competition hosted by Gatineau and the Lotus Drivers Club’s 50th Anniversary showcase with a rotating supercar and hypercar exhibit. The finale on Saturday will see a show-stopping display of cars from SCC and a special presentation named Maserati Through the Ages. With lavish hospitality packages and high-end hospitality on offer throughout, this is the place to see and be seen in April. Better yet, enter code LUXURYLONDON10 at checkout to receive a 10 per cent discount on entrance and hospitality.
Salon Privé London takes place from 16-18 April 2026 at Royal Hospital Road, SW3 4SR, visit salonprivelondon.com
The supper clubs: The Newt in Somerset x Tate Modern, and Yannick Alléno x Claude Bosi at Pavyllon London
Tate Modern
On 17 April 2026, The Newt in Somerset will take over the Tate Modern to bring the best West Country fare to London with a seasonal three-course tasting menu, complete with four award-winning cyder pairings. Head of food at The Newt, Gelf Alderson, and cellar master Luke Benson will join the Tate’s head chef Tommy Boland for a banquet-style feast inspired by the estate. The menu will feature crisp spring cabbage and buffalo milk cheeses made using milk from The Newt’s herd and heritage British white beef, while four cyders from The Newt’s orchards – spelled with a ‘y’, nodding to the old West Country spelling – offer connoisseurs the chance to explore the world of fine cyder ahead of the annual London Cider Salon in May.
Elsewhere, a rare culinary collaboration will see two titans of French gastronomy unite for a one-night-only event on 29 April 2026. Yannick Alléno, the world’s most decorated Michelin-starred chef, will welcome Claude Bosi to Pavyllon London for a bouchon-style bistro experience inspired by Bosi’s Joséphine restaurants in Chelsea and Marylebone. Priced from £145 per person, the collaborative six-course menu will showcase Bosi’s Lyonnaise heritage and Alléno’s savoir faire, featuring dishes of crisp Orkney scallop tartlet and confit lamb shoulder with lemon and garlic.
The Newt in Somerset x Tate Modern takes place on 17 April 2026 at Tate Modern, Bankside, SE1 9TG, visit tate.org.uk; Yannick Alléno x Claude Bosi takes place on 29 April 2026 at Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane, Hamilton Place, W1J 7DR, visit pavyllonlondon.com
The workout: FP Movement x Barry’s
FP Movement, Free People's renowned in-house activewear brand, has partnered with Barry’s to create exclusive styles and a limited-edition fitness studio at Selfridges. While shopping highlights include the Good Karma leggings, Carpe Diem shorts, Go To sports bra and more, don’t miss a class at the Ultra Lounge space, which will host daily Barry’s classes for six weeks. Plus, a limited-edition FP Movement smoothie will be available for one month at the Fuel Bar in select Barry’s studios.
FP Movement x Barry’s classes run until 3 May 2026 at Selfridges, 400 Oxford Street, W1A 1AB, visit barrys.com
The restaurants: Auguste, Willett’s, Ma/na and Tavern
Dylan Walters and Mike Bagnall of Auguste
Chef Mike Bagnall and general manager Dylan Walters, of Bambi and Bao fame, will open Auguste on 1 April 2026. A new neighbourhood restaurant and bar in London Fields, the restaurant centres on arrosticini – traditional charcoal-grilled skewers from Italy’s Abruzzo region – served alongside a concise menu of seasonal dishes such as carciofi alla romana (pan-braised artichokes), stracciatella with ibérico tomato and capoletti in lamb brodo, as well as a concise list of low-intervention wines.
Executive chef Michael Turner of Willett's
Chelsea's The Cadogan hotel will open Willett’s on 2 April 2026. Following a considered refurbishment by Studio Shayne Brady, and the appointment of executive chef Michael Turner (formerly of Gordon Ramsay’s The Savoy Grill and The River Restaurant), Willett's marks a new chapter for the hotel, designed as a neighbourhood destination centred on seasonal British produce. Named after the Willett family, the builders behind the 1887 Chelsea townhouse, Willett’s is rooted in British flavours and offers an all-day menu festuring duck liver parfait with Yorkshire rhubarb, Sutton Hoo chicken and morel pie with mash, and prawn cocktail with Bloody Mary jelly.
Ma/na
Ma/na, a new luxury Japanese dining destination, will open its doors in Mayfair on 27 April 2026. Designed to take guests on a journey from refined Japanese dining to an intimate late-night cocktail bar, this is the latest concept from the team behind Los Mochis, Juno, Luna Omakase and Sale e Pepe. Served in a dark, ambient space – anchored by a dramatic dragon-shaped banquette that coils through the lounge – standout dishes include tiger shrimp tempura with creamy wasabi and M5 wagyu seared on a Himalayan salt stone with garlic-soy, while cocktails are inspired by 1970s Tokyo. Signature serves include the Lemon Twist, with Haku vodka and Yuntaku Japanese Amaro, and the Bamboo Piña Colada with Bacardi, pineapple and charred coconut cream.
Last but certainly not least, Tavern, a reimagined opening from the team behind Nest and the Michelin-starred Restaurant St Barts, will launch on 28 April 2026. Inspired by the warmth of pub culture, Tavern will channel the buzzy energy of a great local while serving refined, bistro-style food. Taking over the former Nest site on Old Street, the kitchen will be helmed by executive chef Brendan Appleby, and overseen by Restaurant St Barts’ executive chef Johnnie Crowe, with a regularly-changing menu of daily specials focusing on seasonal British produce, whole animal butchery and dishes cooked over fire.
Auguste opens on 1 April 2026 at 373 Mentmore Terrace, E8 3DQ, visit sevenrooms.co.uk; Willett’s opens on 2 April 2026 at The Cadogan, 75 Sloane Street, SW1X 9SG, visit belmond.com; Ma/na opens 27 April 2026 at 30 Upper Grosvenor Street, W1K 7PH, visit manarestaurants.com; Tavern opens on 28 April 2026 at 374-378 Old Street, EC1V 9LT, visit tavernlondon.co.uk
The bars: Upstairs at Hausu and Brutes of Mayfair
Upstairs at Hausu
Upstairs at Hausu, a new late-night drinking destination above the namesake Peckham restaurant, is now open. Set to be one of the area’s coolest hi-fi hangouts, the 35-cover loft serves a short menu of bar snacks alongside cocktails from mixologist Tom Middleton-Joseph, including a salted tomato martini, blood orange sidecar with fig foam and mezcal sesame old-fashioned, alongside low-intervention wines. The softly lit space will host vinyl listening sessions and a rotating programme of DJs, launching with Chris OC of Camberwell record store Dash The Henge.
Opening on 29 April 2026, Brutes of Mayfair promises friendly neighbourhood hospitality inspired by Bruton Place’s history as a discreet meeting ground for cultural figures, artists and industry insiders. Founded by James Stevenson and Guy Mazuch, it marks the pair's first independent venture together, the martini sits at the centre of the Brutes experience, with guests given a martini card to help them devise their own tipple, with options including dry, wet, dirty and brutal, finished with indulgent garnishes such as blue cheese olives, pickled onion Monster Munch, gildas and chicken scratchings. Elsewhere, house serves include the Seventh Stall, combining wasabi leaf vodka, yellow tomato, Brutes hot sauce and mustard seed caviar, or the Perdedor: London Dry Gin, Fino en Rama, Miyagawa Mandarin, lemon verbena granita and a Nocellara olive.
Upstairs at Hausu is now open at 11a Station Way, SE15 4RX, visit hausulondon.co.uk; Brutes of Mayfair opens on 29 April 2026 at 34A Bruton Place, W1J 6NR, visit brutesofmayfair.com
The film screenings: Tanakogoro at The Duke of Islington, and Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Spring Screening
Piper-Heidsieck
Tanakogoro
The Duke Organic in Islington is continuing its screening series with Tanakogoro on 15 April. Having already hosted screenings of Six Inches of Soil and Wilding, the next feature film will head out to sea – with seaweed popcorn on offer – following two Michelin-starred chef Yoshinori Ishii, who sparked a fish cookery revolution in the UK and worked with Kernow Sashimi to learn Japanese techniques, including the ancient Ikjeme, to catch and provide the highest quality fish possible. Following the screening, The Duke Organic will be serving a special two-course fish menu and there will be a panel discussion and Q&A with head chef Peter Weeden and other members of the UK’s fishing community.
Over in Covent Garden, Piper-Heidsieck will be hosting a bottle-popping pop-up: a glamorous champagne screening experience running until 13 April. Running in partnership with Courtyard Wine Cellars, Piper-Heidsieck’s Champagne Spring Screening will feature a programme of sporting events, films and award ceremonies, such as the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, Olivier Awards, golf and a selection of popular films from 11am to 9pm daily – all accompanied by the brand's finest cuvées served at the on-site champagne bar.
Tanakogoro at The Duke Organic takes place on 15 April 2026 at 30 St Peter's Street, N1 8JT, visit eventbrite.co.uk; The Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Spring Screening is open until 13 March 2026 at 17B and 18B The Marketplace, WC2E 8RB
The festivals: Record Bars 15th anniversary, and The London Taco Experience
London’s cult live music bar group, Record Bars – home to Venn Street Records in Clapham, Northcote Records in Battersea, Old Street Records in Shoreditch and Eastcheap Records in the City – is marking 15 years of celebrating live music and vinyl culture with a month-long festival this April. Each Saturday, the group will host live acts performing across its four venues, while festival-goers can enjoy drinks at 2010 prices until 8pm on selected festival nights, alongside a special cocktail menu in partnership with El Jimador. Each venue will host its own late-night celebration, before the festival wraps up with a closing party at the original Venn Street Records – click here for the full programme.
Get ready for a flavour-packed fiesta with the return of the London Taco Experience at Freight Brixton this April. Taking place on 18 April 2026, the festival celebrates the best of Mexican cuisine with plenty of tacos, tequila, music and stalls by MexClub, Los Gordos, Pako Taco, Taco Bros, Polanco, Carne and Hungry Taco. Tacos will be capped at £4.50 to ensure you get to try as many delicious varieties as possible, complemented by flowing margaritas and micheladas. Tickets are on sale now for the spiciest event in London.
Record Bars 15th anniversary programme will take place throughout April across London, visit vennstreetrecords.com; The London Taco Experience takes place on 18 April 2026 at Freight Brixton, 33 Brixton Station Road, SW9 8PB, visit skiddle.com
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