What's New for the Royal Borough of Greenwich in 2025-2026

Home to the world famous Meridian Line and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), Royal Observatory, Cutty Sark, National Maritime Museum, The Queen’s House, The O2, Outlet Shopping at The O2, IFS Cloud Cable Car, Old Royal Naval College, The Painted Hall, Eltham Palace and Gardens, Ranger’s House, Greenwich Market and Greenwich Park.

Unmissable events in Greenwich

• NOW Gallery – A striking and light-filled gallery hosting changing contemporary exhibitions of art, fashion & design. Check the website for exhibition programme, Greenwich Peninsula, open daily.
• Woolwich Works – This award-winning cultural hub hosts live music, comedy and family events as well as food and leisure festivals. With flexible and beautiful venue spaces, it is home to a variety of event programmes including the renowned Blue Earth Summit. Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, open all year.
• Greenwich Peninsula Art Trail - Explore Greenwich Peninsula's public art trail featuring a number of public art from some of the world’s most renowned artists, Greenwich Peninsula, all year round.
• Hidden Spaces Tours at St Alfege Church, Galleries & Crypt – Descend into the crypt area, revealing the many stories of the people who have played their part in the history of Greenwich. Fortnightly on Saturdays.
• Luke Jerram’s Mars in the Painted Hall – See Luke Jerram’s astonishing installation Mars in the Painted Hall. Following the sell-out success of Gaia and Museum of the Moon, Mars has continued Jerram’s out-of-this-world installations at the iconic Old Royal Naval College. On display until 20 January 2025.
• Astronomy Photographer of the Year 16, a special exhibition of over 100 photographs on display at their best on brilliant lightbox displays, National Maritime Museum, until Summer 2025. Followed by APOTY 17 from September 2025.
• ROG 350 – In 2025, the Royal Observatory Greenwich celebrates its 350th anniversary. In this landmark year, there will be a series of events and activities that celebrate the rich history of the site and the work it does today. 350 years of pioneering research will be celebrated in talks, special planetarium shows, hand-on activities and stargazing events. Royal Observatory Greenwich, January to December 2025.
• Old Royal Naval College celebrates 100 years of filming – The 1925 silent film, Sons of the Sea by H. Bruce Woolfe about two boys in the Royal Navy was the first production on site at Old Royal Naval College. From spring 2025, visitors will have the opportunity to book onto new film tours. Wigs, Weddings, Palaces and Powder will showcase the many period dramas filmed in Greenwich including Bridgerton and The Crown. Spies, Supersleuths and Superheroes, launching later in the year will look at thrilling action TV & movies shot on location. 
• Purple Week at the IFS Cloud Cable Car– To banish the winter blues and start the new year off well, the IFS Cloud Cable Car has created Purple Week where it will host a series of FREE wellbeing events, various locations around Greenwich Peninsula, 20 to 24 January 2025.
• Helios in the Painted Hall – the London première of Luke Jerram’s newest and most ambitious design, Helios. Named after the ancient Greek and Roman sun god, symbolic of time and life, Helios honours the Sun’s profound impact on human history and culture. Every centimetre of the seven metre internally lit artwork represents 2000km of the Sun’s fiery expanse. Old Royal Naval College, 25 January to 25 March 2025.
• Lunar New Year Celebration at Greenwich Peninsula – Ring in the Year of the Snake at Greenwich Peninsula with Dragon and Lion Dance performances. London’s only peninsula destination is hosting a packed programme of workshops, performances, food and drink to mark the Lunar New Year. Greenwich Peninsula, 1 February 2025. This event is part-funded by the UK government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund, supported by the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the Mayor of London and in partnership with Visit Greenwich.
• LGBTQ+ History Month – Celebrate the queer histories in Royal Museums Greenwich's collections and the magnificent communities. From a festival of LGBTQ+ history, to the Queer History Club and a wonderful ball like no other. Cutty Sark / National Maritime Museum / Queen’s House, February 2025.
• The BRIT Awards – The UK’s biggest and most successful popular music awards show presented by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), The O2 arena, 1 March 2025.
• British Science Week 2025 – Explore the wonders of space and time at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. The Observatory will be hosting a jam-packed programme of events and there will be something for everyone, Royal Observatory Greenwich, 7 to 16 March 2025.  
• C2C Country to Country Festival - Europe’s biggest country music festival, The O2, 14 to 16 March 2025.
• Pirates – This major exhibition traces the changing depictions of pirates through the ages and reveals the brutal history obscured by fiction. National Maritime Museum, opens 29 March 2025.
• War Child present Secret 7”, the anonymous charity record sale where leading names from the worlds of music and art collaborate to produce 700 one-of-a-kind 7” singles, NOW Gallery, 11 April to 1 June 2025.
• Michael Ball & Alfie Boe: Together At Home Tour – Marking their 10th year making music together and is the much-loved collaborators’ hymn to the people and places that mean the most to them – and to their army of fans, The O2 arena, 13 April 2025.
• TCS London Marathon – Starts in Greenwich Park and continues through the Royal Borough to Woolwich, around the iconic Cutty Sark in Greenwich, 27 April 2025.
• Black Eats Festival – An unrivalled experience in street food, music, arts & culture. Expect a courtyard filled with a tantalising exploration of culinary delights from Africa, the Caribbean and beyond. Woolwich Works, spring/summer 2025.
• Urban Village Fete – Celebrating Fete No.10, this much-loved annual festival is a free, family fun-filled day of music, feasting, crafting and dancing, Greenwich Peninsula, May 2025.
• Greenwich Dog Show – Enter your precious pup or come along to find out which dog is the prettiest and which has the waggiest tail for a fun day out for the whole family, Old Royal Naval College Grounds, 25 May 2025.
• Love Your Local Market – Celebrate Love Your Local Market with a fortnight full of fun by shopping at local designer-maker arts, crafts, antiques and collectibles, lunch out on foods from all over the world, and support local businesses and traders – all whilst enjoying a special programme of free activities, Greenwich Market, May 2025.
• World Oceans Day – A family-friendly celebration of our blue planet at Cutty Sark/ National Maritime Museum, 7 June 2025.
• Armed Forces Day Celebration – An all-day celebration to show support for the men and women serving in the Armed Forces as well as veterans and cadets, June 2025.
• Royal Greenwich Festivals – A variety of festivals, workshops and quality performances with free, inclusive, world-class events happening all around the Royal Borough of Greenwich, Summer 2025.
• Labyrinth On The Thames at the Old Royal Naval College – A new music festival presented by Labyrinth Festivals to be hosted on the iconic riverside grounds, 1 to 3 August and 8 to 10 August 2025.
• Peninsula Summer at Greenwich Peninsula, a celebration of community spirit, culture and the great outdoors, packed with music, films, culture, food trucks and pop-up bars, Design District. Greenwich Peninsula, Summer 2025.   
• Greenwich Park Bandstand Concerts – Hugely popular series of free concerts to brighten up your summer. Greenwich Park, June/July/August 2025 [Sundays only].
• Medieval Season and Legendary Joust at Eltham Palace and Gardens – Learn what life was like in medieval times and experience the exhilarating spectacle of speed and skill as four legendary knights compete for honour and glory in the Grand Medieval Joust, Eltham Palace and Gardens, Summer 2025.   
• KISSTORY On Blackheath – KISSTORY DJs, exclusive live performances and special guests across multiple stages plus fair rides, local food offerings and bars galore,  Blackheath Common, 26 July 2025.
• Uptown Festival – A family-friendly festival with legendary bands, kids' activities and attractions. Blackheath Common, 27 July 2025.
• Greenwich+Docklands International Festival – This year GDIF celebrates its 30^th anniversary. London’s leading festival of free outdoor theatre and performing arts, various locations across the Royal Borough of Greenwich, August/September 2025.   
• Totally Thames Festival - A celebration of diverse & accessible arts and culture with activities and events on and by the River Thames, September 2025.
• The Big Half – A one day festival centred around the half marathon distance, which aims to be truly global and uniquely local in celebration of London’s wonderful cultural diversity. Runners finish at the famous Cutty Sark, Greenwich, 7 September 2025.
• Open House London - The much-loved city-wide celebration of special architecture, landscapes and infrastructure, various locations across London including Greenwich, 13 to 21 September 2025.
• National Television Awards – Britain's leading TV awards event where all the winners are chosen exclusively by the audience, The O2 arena, 10 September 2025.
• Greenwich Comedy Festival – A-list line-up of comedy marvels paired with street-food, craft beer and more, venue (TBA), September 2025.
• Turning Tides Music Festival - The free music, arts, film and food festival returns to Greenwich Peninsula for a weekend of eclectic live performances, Design District – Greenwich Peninsula, 13 and 14 September 2025.
• Woolwich Carnival 2025 – An annual celebration of community and culture where residents come to celebrate the borough's diversity, General Gordon Square & Royal Arsenal, September 2025.
• London Design Festival, the capital’s largest festival of art and design, before sculptor and artist Peter Walker presents his thought-provoking installations ‘Connection and Identity’, Old Royal Naval College, September 2025.
• Black History Month (BHM) – A programme of events and activities celebrating Black History Month, including craft events, book readings, poetry and more, October 2025. Plus, year-round BHM365 programme across the borough.
• Lantern Parade and Christmas Lights On – A delightful Greenwich lantern procession, switching on of the twinkling Greenwich Market Christmas lights and Christmas shopping, Old Royal Naval College Grounds/Cutty Sark Gardens, November 2025.
• Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair | 10th Edition, This year is the 10^th anniversary of the London’s only fair in contemporary printmaking, Royal Arsenal, 13 to 16 November 2025 | The Online Edition, 13 to 30 November 2025.
• Christmas at Eltham Palace – Celebrate Christmas at the stunning art-deco mansion, perfect for the whole family. Eltham Palace and Gardens, November/December 2025.

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