What's on in Spitalfields

Greater London, England

Spitalfields sits right in the heart of East London where the canal winds past some of the city's finest art spaces. StolenSpace Gallery keeps things interesting with new shows while Toynbee Hall offers a quiet corner for community talks and workshops. It is not difficult to find something that suits your mood on any given Tuesday. The Whitechapel Gallery has been showing serious work since before most of us were born, and its Common Rooms are perfect for catching up with friends over coffee. You do not need to travel far to see a play or hear a poet read their latest verses. Near Here makes sure you know exactly where the next good night out is happening without all the fuss.

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Community

Poplar Picks

Poplar Union is hosting and we're advertising. Poplar Picks — no spoilers, but their site has the full programme.

Sun 12 AprPoplar Union(2.1mi)

via Poplar Union

Community

Around £25.50

Bruce Liu plays Ravel

Bruce Liu performs Ravel's Piano Concerto in London with the Philharmonia Orchestra and conductor Ryan Bancroft

Sun 12 AprPhilharmonia Orchestra(2.2mi)

via Philharmonia OrchestraLocal gem

Community

Sunday Drop-In Tours

Join our Sunday drop-in tours to learn more about the Foundling Museum and the history of the Foundling Hospital.

Sun 12 AprFoundling Museum(2.2mi)

via Foundling MuseumLocal gem

Free! (worth double-checking)

Community

Drink, Death & Debauchery Walking Tour

Join us for a special walking tour through leafy Bloomsbury and London's West End, exploring London's boozy history.

Sun 12 AprFoundling Museum(2.2mi)

via Foundling MuseumLocal gem

Free! (worth double-checking)

Children & FamilyArts & Culture

Paper food fun

Get crafty and create your favourite food using paper

Sun 12 AprLondon Museum Docklands(2.2mi)

via London Museum DocklandsLocal gem

Sports & Fitness

Fitness Jam

Walworth Town Hall Community Space has got Fitness Jam pencilled in. We've got the date — they've got the detail. Between us, you're sorted.

Sun 12 AprWalworth Town Hall Community Space(2.3mi)

via Walworth Town Hall Community SpaceCurated

Community

Lama Chopa and Tsog Offering (Guru Puja)

Lama Chopa (also known as Guru Puja) is a practice of guru devotion special to the Gelugpa tradition. During this practice, the lamas of the graduated path lineage beginning with Shakyamuni Buddha himself, are invoked, extending to present direct teachers who have shown the path. Practitioners pay homage, make offerings, and request each of them to please bless their minds with the same realizations that they themselves have generated. By offering sincere, heartfelt requests, students make their minds ripe to receive the full blessings of this precious lineage and quickly actualize the realizations they need to attain enlightenment. If you wish to experience realizations quickly, the practice of Lama Chopa is indispensable. The benefits of the practice according to Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Practicing this Guru Puja, which is an integration of the three deities, makes it much easier to achieve enlightenment in a brief life of this degenerated time. Doing this practice every day, with purification and many infinite skies of merit, brings the mind closer to the path to enlightenment and closer to enlightenment itself, and so much closer to freeing all sentient beings from obscurations and suffering and leading them to enlightenment.

Sun 12 AprJamyang Buddhist Centre(2.4mi)

via Jamyang Buddhist Centre

Cinema

The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks

Lightroom is hosting and we're advertising. The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks — no spoilers, but their site has the full programme.

Sun 12 AprLightroom(2.6mi)

via LightroomCurated

Community

Guglielmo Castelli

Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna

Sun 12 AprRodeo(2.6mi)

via RodeoCurated

Community

Lights Up and Audio Described Tours of Expecting

Lights Up sessions are an opportunity to explore our display, ‘Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection’ with more even lighting conditions across the gallery. There's also an audio described tour available during each session.

Sun 12 AprThe Wellcome Library(2.7mi)

via The Wellcome LibraryCurated

TheatreArts & Culture

Theatre Picasso

RSVP and receive updates for Theatre Picasso in on . Use Rise Art to discover upcoming art events and new art from talented artists. Rent and buy art from an expertly curated selection of paintings, photography and limited edition prints at affordable prices.

Sun 12 AprRise Art(2.8mi)

via Rise ArtLocal gem

Community

London Landmarks Half Marathon 2026

We found this gem on Hayward Adventure Playground's website. London Landmarks Half Marathon 2026 — sounds like it could be a cracker, doesn't it?

Sun 12 AprHayward Adventure Playground(2.8mi)

via Hayward Adventure PlaygroundLocal gem

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London Landmarks Half Marathon 2027

Run the London Half Marathon with team Kids and take in fabulous views of London’s most iconic landmarks, from Big Ben to the London Eye!

Sun 12 AprHayward Adventure Playground(2.8mi)

via Hayward Adventure PlaygroundLocal gem

Arts & CultureDance

The Nelken Line by Pina Bausch

One for the diary — The Nelken Line by Pina Bausch at Sadler’s Wells East. The organiser's keeping schtum on the details, but that's half the fun.

Sun 12 AprSadler’s Wells East(3mi)

via Sadler’s Wells EastLocal gem

Children & FamilyTheatreDance

English National Ballet - My First Ballet: Cinderella

Found this on Sadler’s Wells East's radar. English National Ballet - My First Ballet: Cinderella — sounds promising. Click through for the director's cut.

Sun 12 AprSadler’s Wells East(3mi)

via Sadler’s Wells EastLocal gem

Free! (worth double-checking)

Community

Branching Out: Easter family activities

Tacita Dean CBE, Majesty 2006. Tate. © Tacita Dean, courtesy Frith Street Gallery, London and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York/Paris.

Sun 12 AprTate Members(3.1mi)

via Tate MembersLocal gem

Arts & CultureHistory & Heritage

Around £400.00

A solitary sun for a medieval time

Liverpool Biennial 2025: BEDROCK. This limited edition lithograph print depicts a vibrantly colourful drawing that inspired the artist’s hand tufted rug ‘“The sky is not bounded by a fixed edge!”: an illuminated rug arranged to accommodate a medieval mind.’ (2014). This work was first shown as part of the artist’s ‘The Weakened Eye of Day’ exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. ‘A solitary sun for a medieval time’ (2025) is inspired by Nolan’s interest in ecclesiastical architecture and aesthetics, and drawing the present, real and imagined together. The edition relates to Nolan’s Liverpool Biennial 2025: ‘BEDROCK’ exhibition, which features similar arches inspired by historical and current cathedrals in Liverpool: Sir Edwin Lutyen’s unfinished Roman Catholic Cathedral, of which only a crypt exists due to post-war lack of funds, St Nicolas Pro-Cathedral, which was built in 1813, and the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King , which replaced St Nicolas’ in 1967 and still stands there today. Whether fixating on the knees of a C17th sculpture, or considering the status of a Neolithic artefact, images of deep space or the contingent grandeur of Gothic architecture, Nolan’s work responds to how we make reality happen through science, philosophy, religion, and art.

Sun 12 AprPlinth(3.2mi)

via Plinth

Community

Next Match

Join us in our match centre for this Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Newcastle United at Selhurst Park in London

Sun 12 AprSaint James Park, Newcastle(3.3mi)

via Saint James Park, NewcastleLocal gem

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