What's On in Clapham
Things to do in and around Clapham: events, days out and family activities, with the practical details.
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Santa's grotto near Clapham 2026: BAC from 4 Dec, £15
Battersea Arts Centre's grotto runs 4 to 24 December at £15 a child. Brixton Windmill's is Sunday 6 December at £5. Brixton Village's Black Santa is TBC.
Dates for the diary
- On now to 18 Oct Drawn into your presence, by Jim Grover
- On now to 25 Oct Lambeth Fringe 2026
- Tue 6 Oct Riot Cabaret Wrestling: Slap 'Em in Clapham
- 6 to 16 Oct What Would Jarvis Do?
- Wed 7 Oct Radical Justice: An Evening With Nani Jansen Reventlow
- 8 to 30 Oct Keeping Things Whole, CASA exhibition
- 8 to 31 Oct Baby, Brixton House
- 9 to 24 Oct Oktoberfest on the Common
- 10 to 11 Oct Brixton Windmill tours
- Sat 10 Oct Clapham Common parkrun
- Sat 10 Oct Brockwell parkrun
- Sat 10 Oct Venn Street Market
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Events
What's On in Clapham: Oktoberfest on the Common, Then the Book Festival
Oktoberfest is on Clapham Common from 9 October and the Book Festival at Omnibus on the 17th. Plus 40 more dated listings, from Halloween to fireworks.
Christmas
Ice skating near Clapham 2026: Glide opens 6 November
Glide at Battersea Power Station runs 6 November 2026 to 3 January 2027. Streatham's Olympic-size rink skates all year, with 60-minute public sessions.
Halloween
Clapham Halloween 2026: ghost tour, free windmill afternoon
Clapham South's first Halloween shelter tour runs from 21 October at £39, Brixton Windmill is free on the 25th, and Herne Hill fireworks are on the 31st.
Christmas
Clapham Common Winter Funfair 2026: 27 Dec-3 Jan, £2 Rides
Irvin's winter funfair is back on Clapham Common from 27 December 2026 to 3 January, noon to 9pm daily. Rides are £2 each; the entrance is on The Avenue.
Christmas
Clapham Christmas Markets 2026: Southbank, Brixton, Old Town
Southbank Centre's Winter Market opens on 2 November, 11am to 10pm daily until 4 January. Clapham's own is one evening on The Polygon at the switch-on.
New Year's Eve
London NYE Fireworks 2026: Tickets Due October, From £20
The Mayor's New Year's Eve fireworks go off by the London Eye in Lambeth on 31 December 2026. Tickets are not on sale yet; in 2025 they went on sale 17 October.
Community
Free climate programme for 11 to 14s in Tulse Hill, 13 Oct
Rekindle's six-week Earth Needs Us runs Tuesdays to Thursdays, 4pm to 7pm, from 13 October at Oasis St Martin's, Tulse Hill. Free, ages 11 to 14, hot food.
Clapham
Clapham fireworks 2026: Battersea 7-8 Nov from £10.60
Battersea Park fireworks are Sat 7 Nov (8.30pm) and Sun 8 Nov (7pm), from £10.60. Herne Hill Velodrome on 31 Oct is waiting list only; Lambeth has none.
Clapham
Clapham Christmas lights 2026: Junction 27 Nov, Old Town TBC
Clapham Junction switches on at 5pm on Friday 27 November on Northcote Road. The Old Town date is not out yet; the last Friday of November is likely.
Brixton
Lambeth Remembrance Sunday 2026: 8 Nov, six ceremonies
Remembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026. Lambeth held six ceremonies last year, from Kennington Park at 10.45am to Windrush Square at 2pm. Times due in October.
Clapham
Clapham panto 2026: none in Lambeth, Wimbledon from 5 Dec
Lambeth has no pantomime this Christmas. Peter Pan runs at New Wimbledon Theatre from 5 December and Cinderella at Fairfield Halls from 11 December.
Brixton
Lambeth Heritage Festival 2026: 80+ Events From 1 Sept
The September programme is out: over 80 walks, talks and tours, most of them free. The Local History Fair is at Brixton library on 5 September.
What's On
Things to do in Clapham: 8 free days out, lido £9.50
Eight free days out across Lambeth, plus a £9.50 lido swim and a £5 windmill tour. Opening hours, prices and postcodes, checked against each venue this week.