From outdoor art installations and festivals, contemporary performing arts and exhibitions, to walks, lunchtime concerts and social dances discover all the things happening in the City to make you #SquareSmile.

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City Beerfest

7 July 12.30pm-9pm | £ | Guildhall Yard

Sip on refreshing ales and beers from the finest brewers, eat delicious street food, and enjoy live music at a one-day beer festival in Guildhall Yard. Raise a glass and help raise money for the Lord Mayor’s Appeal. Produced in partnership with the Worshipful Company of Brewers. Buy discounted tickets in advance until 12noon on 6 July. Tickets also available on the day.

Find out more on the City Beerfest website

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Summer at Paternoster

Daily, until 9 Sept, | Paternoster Square

Especially for the summer! Try out a new street-food market, order a refreshing summer drink from the bar, and take a seat in the purple deckchairs to relax in the sunshine or watch the latest Wimbledon match on the outdoor big screen. Open every day, located next to St Paul's Cathedral. Your summer starts here.

Evening Concert by the Band of the Royal Yeomanry

5 July, 6-7pm | FREE | Guildhall Yard

A Concert by The Band of the Royal Yeomanry. Free to attend, everyone is welcome. The band will play a selection of military marches, classic film scores and light music.

Love! Valour! Compassion!

5-9 July | £ | Bridewell Theatre

Winner of the 1995 Tony Award for Best Play, Love! Valour! Compassion! is a monumental exploration into life, love and loss at the end of the millennium. Featuring - eight gay men - three long weekends - one last summer. Buy tickets from Sedos.

Inspired! at Guildhall Art Gallery

Until 11 Sep | £ | Guildhall Art Gallery

6 July - Lunchtime curator tour - 1pm

Explore the Inspired! exhibition with a guided tour by Curator Katty Pearce. Katty will examine the ways in which visual artists have taken inspiration from the literary arts – poetry, plays, novels, and music. We recommend booking in advance.

More details about the curator tour of Inspired!

Book tickets for Inspired! at other times

Singing in the City!

Thursday 7 July | FREE | Devonshire Square - just turn up!

Monday 11 July | FREE | UBS Broadgate - book tickets.

Enjoy free pop-up concerts from London Youth Choirs at places and spaces across the City of London this summer. Timings and tickets for Singing in the City.

Scratching the Surface by Fernando Casasempere

LAST CHANCE TO SEE: Until 22 Jul | London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE

Explore the latest site-specific art installation by Chilean artist Fernando Casasempere. Scratching the Surface will be a large-scale ceramic installation, inspired by the enigmatic nature of the Roman Temple of Mithras and archaeology linked to the site. Find out more about the installation on the London Mithraeum website and book tickets online.

7 July - Late Night Opening - first Thursday of each month 5-8pm

Stop by in the evening to see Scratching the Surface, and explore the Temple of Mithras during extended opening hours. Book a free ticket on their website to reserve your time slot.

Rush Hour Jazz

7 July | FREE | St Stephen Walbrook

Pop in on your way home on the first Thursday of the month for Rush Hour Jazz 5.30-6.45pm. No need to book tickets or register attendance in advance. Entry is free - donations are appreciated! St Stephen Walbrook London

Lunchtime Curator Tour - Slavery and the Bank

11 July and 20 July, 12 noon | FREE | Bank of England Museum

Slavery & the Bank explores how the wealth created through transatlantic slavery shaped the development of Britain. Tours will focus on the Bank of England’s connections to transatlantic slavery and the slave trade. Curator tours last approximately 20 minutes. Summer dates: Wednesday 29 June; Monday 11 July; Wednesday 20 July; Wednesday 10 August; Thursday 25 August.

City Music Foundation Lunchtime concert

13 July | 1-2pm | Great Hall at St Bartholomew's Hospital (City Music Foundation)

Looking for a lunchtime escape? Book a ticket for the next in-person City Music Foundation lunchtime concert. Hear beautiful music in the stunning surroundings of the Great Hall at St Bartholomew's Hospital. A different performer every month. Free, but donations are appreciated. See the concert schedule

Charterhouse Open Gardens

14 July | 5.30-8.30pm | Charterhouse EC1

Enjoy the beautiful private gardens during a relaxed Open Gardens evenings, when you can wander at your leisure, see the gardens at their best, and enjoy live music. The lovely gardens on our seven acre site have been especially created for the pleasure of the Brothers, our residents here at the Charterhouse almshouse, and we are pleased to be able to share them with you on selected dates. Tickets are £10, and food and drink is available to purchase.

Green City - an outdoor exhibition

18-31 July | Guildhall Yard. 1 Aug - 14 Aug | Aldgate Square.

This exhibition of photographs and prints from London Metropolitan Archives celebrates our green spaces and the ways that Londoners have embraced and enjoyed the great outdoors from the sixteenth century to the 1980s, including festivals, gardening and promenading; from playgrounds to allotments, bruising Sunday football to grazing flocks of sheep. Read more about the Green City exhibition.

Late Night Opening - Bank of England Museum

21 July, 5-8pm | FREE | Bank of England Museum

Join the Bank of England Museum for a late opening on the third Thursday of every month! Free entry to the museum and talk. This month's Museum Late is focused on on Slavery and the Bank. Museum Late details

Book ahead for the Talk about Humphry Morice - slave trader and embezzler of the BankLate Night Arts Festival - Nocturnal Creatures

23 July | FREE | Aldgate Square & Eastern City

For one night only! A host of unusual and historic spaces will be transformed with installations, live performances and music. Hear London Voices in Aldgate Square with pop-up choirs. From Bishopsgate to Fenchurch Street, Sculpture in the City will bring seven of their outdoor artworks to life with special performances - look out for some of the exhibiting artists making an appearance!

Lunchtime concerts at St Stephen Walbrook

Tuesdays | FREE | St Stephen Walbrook

St Stephen Walbrook is a place of sanctuary, inspiration and celebration at the heart of the City. Drop by any Tuesday 1.00-1.50pm to experience lunchtime concerts underneath the beautiful Wren dome.

Social Dance Events

Various dates | Bishopsgate Institute

Dust off your dance shoes and show off your moves on the friendliest dance floor in London. Bishopsgate Institute welcome dancers of all levels, from absolute beginners to the more experienced. Find more information about social dance.

London Symphony Orchestra at St Luke’s

Various dates | St Luke's Church

St Luke’s is a restored 18^th-century listed Hawksmoor church which has become the hub of the London Symphony Orchestra’s community and music education programme LSO Discovery. Join the London Symphony Orchestra for a performance at St Luke’s – there are discovery sessions for those who don’t know much about Classical music but want to learn more, lunchtime concert fixes as well as evening events. Tickets need to be booked online in advance. Find out what’s on and and purchase tickets at the LSO website.

Sculpture in the City (11th Edition)

Until April 2023 | Locations across the eastern side of the City

Sculpture in the City is an annual outdoor sculpture event that uses the Square Mile as a rotating gallery space. The 11th Edition launched on 22 June, with artworks on display around the City’s famous buildings and public spaces. The sculpture park spans 100 Bishopsgate to Leadenhall Market, Fenchurch Street Station Plaza to Mitre Square. More details of 11th edition.

Gunpowder Plot

Ongoing | £ | Tower Vaults

This is your chance to step inside history's most daring conspiracy! This new immersive experience will take you back in time to 1605 and the scene of the famous Gunpowder Plot. Be part of the story, interacting with actors, and finding surprises around every turn. Tom Felton stars as Guy Fawkes! Explore the Gunpowder Plot.

Jazz Roots to Rolling Stones Fruits and Rag ‘N’ Bone Man: The British Blues Exhibition

Until 19 Sept | Barbican Library

The British Blues Exhibition charts the rise of the music that became the ‘British Blues Explosion’, detonating on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1960s and changing popular music forever. With exhibits ranging over a 100-year span right up to the modern day, featuring the ‘Boat that rocked’ Radio Caroline, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, Cream, and Jools Holland, with musical instruments, books, sheet music, posters, and much more.

Free Entry - find out more about the British Blues Exhibition.

Grime Stories: from the corner to the mainstream

NEW: until 4 Dec open 10am-5pm | FREE | Museum of London

Pop in during your lunch break to see ‘Grime Stories: from the corner to the mainstream’ - a new display honouring the music, people and places central to the grime scene and its roots in east London. Co-curated by one of grime’s early documentarians, Roony 'Risky’ Keefe, the display features a series of newly commissioned films that explore the community at the heart of grime’s success, a large-scale illustration from artist Willkay and personal artefacts from the heart of the grime scene.

Harry Kane: I Want To Play Football

Until 4 Dec, open 10am-5pm | FREE | Museum of London

Don't miss this - spend your lunch break with Harry Kane! An exclusive, free display celebrating Harry Kane, one of the city's most iconic sporting heroes, both on and off the pitch. Suitable for football fans of all ages.

Explore the City - Daily Walks

Daily | 11 am | Locations across the City

The City of London Guides set out on a guided walking tour every day in the Square Mile at 11 am, exploring a range of histories, fun facts and architectural wonders. Additional walks at other times including Fridays and Saturdays at 2pm - A Right Royal City. Choose your walk on the CoL Guides website. Tickets must be booked in advance.

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