Looking for the best things to do in London in February? We’ve got you covered
You’re in plenty of time to book tickets to the best events in London, from theatre shows to art exhibitions, and there are always pop-ups opening across the city, but our handy guide features the best of what’s on in London in February so you won’t miss a thing. The shortest month of the year is always a welcome sight after January but 2024 is a leap year so we’re getting an extra day in February. It may be cold outside but it’s not too early to start thinking festivals, with the winter edition of Body Movements, AVA London and the Dalston Disco Festival on this month. If you don’t want to let go of the winter activities just yet, you can sweep the ice at Club Curling and the Curling Club or skate on it at the Canary Wharf ice rink. And it’s a month for all you foodies to get excited about with Chinese New Year, Pancake Day and Pizza Day all happening in the same week.
1. Head to This All-Day Winter Music Festival
After its first winter edition at Printworks last February, Body Movements is returning with a second winter session, this time at Queens Yard in Hackney Wick. The festival, which was founded by producer and DJ Saoirse and Little Gay Brother’s Clayton Wright as a celebration of queer club culture, will bring together a bunch of the most electrifying LGBTQI+ collectives from the UK and beyond for a full day of music and dance held across various indoor venues.
Sat 3rd February 2024
Various venues in Hackney Wick
bodymovements.co.uk
2. Watch the Joker Again, This Time With a Live Score
Still not seen Joker? Todd Phillips’ award-winning film is coming back to the big screen this year with a live orchestra in tow. Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir won an Academy Award, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and a Grammy for her score, with Joaquin Phoenix also winning an Oscar for his performance as Arthur Fleck, so seeing the movie screened with a live soundtrack is really gonna take the whole experience up a notch. This one-off concert follows the sell-out Joker – Live in Concert tour throughout the UK and Ireland. It’s likely that these tickets will go fast too, so grab yours below if you don’t wanna miss out.
Wed 7th February 2024
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX
ticketmaster.co.uk
3. Eat at the Poon’s Wontoneria Pop-Up Before it Pops Down
Following the Poon’s supper club at Carousel for Chinese New Year, Amy Poon is popping up at No. 23, its incubator space next door, with Poon’s Wontoneria. At lunchtimes, the Wontoneria will be serving up a range of Poon’s signature handmade wontons in chilli vinegar dressing, including pork & bamboo shoot; chicken thigh, woodear mushroom, water chestnut & ginger; and jackfruit, tofu, cabbage, carrot, woodear mushroom & water chestnut, with a wonton noodle bowl on as a daily lunch special. For dinner, expect dishes like wind-dried meats rice bowl; hand-shredded chicken with spring onion & ginger relish and house chilli sauce; steamed pumpkin with fǔzhú, Chinese mushrooms and black bean sauce; Lisle Street zha jiang noodles with sautéed tofu and “fried sauce”, made to the same recipe from the original Poon’s; and baked Chinese pears with dates, star anise and toasted walnuts. You’ll be able to pair those with Pooña Coladas, yuzu chilli crystal margs and sparkling Darjeeling whisky highballs.
Thurs 1st – Thurs 29th February 2024 (excluding Sundays & Mondays)
23 Charlotte Street, London W1T 1RW
wontoneria.com
4. Watch The Motive and the Cue at the Noel Coward Theatre
After a sold-out run at the National Theatre, the award-winning The Motive and the Cue, written by Jack Thorne and directed by Sam Mendes, is transferring to the Noel Coward theatre for a run this winter. The play, starring Johnny Flynn, Mark Gatiss and Tuppence Middleton as Richard Burton, John Gielgud and Elizabeth Taylor, examines the relationship between art and celebrity as Burton, newly married to Taylor, starts rehearsing for an experimental production of Hamlet directed by Gielguld and it doesn’t go smoothly.
Thurs 1st – Thurs 29th February 2024 (excluding Sundays)
85-88 St Martin’s Ln, London WC2N 4AP
themotiveandthecue.com
5. Try Jay Wolman’s Collab Menu at 107
In case you missed the news, P.Franco has closed, reopened and is now called 107. But, while the name is different, the ethos is still very much the same: a stellar wine selection and pop-ups from some of the world’s most exciting chefs. And for their next residency, they’re bringing Jay Wolman – of Diner, LaLou, Marlow & Sons, MIMI and Intermission – onboard. We don’t know exactly what’ll be on the menu just yet, but from the sneak peeks they’ve given us on Instagram, it looks like we can expect very good things.
Thurs 1st – Sun 11th February 2024
107 Lower Clapton Rd, Lower Clapton, London E5 0NP
@107_e5
6. Hit the Dancefloor at the Dalston Disco Festival
Disco dancers, assemble because the inaugural Dalston Disco Festival is taking place at the start of 2024. EartH Hackney will be playing host to the fest across two nights this winter with Dimitri From Paris and House Gospel Choir headlining. On night two in February, Dimitri will be joined by Jimpster and Ella Knight.
Sat 10th February 2024
13 Stoke Newington Rd, London N16 8BH
@onenightatthedisco
7. Visit This Touring Immersive Balloon Museum
We’ve got an exhibition dedicated to bubbles on in London at the moment and it’s not the only air-based art show in town as the Balloon Museum has landed in the capital. Currently showing in Naples and New York, and with over two million people visiting it on its stops in Paris, Rome, Milan and Madrid, the Balloon Museum bills itself as the first inflatable art museum and only includes works where air is a distinctive element.
Thurs 1st – Sun 18th February 2024
1 Old Billingsgate Walk, London EC3R 6DX
balloonmuseum.world
8. See Sarah Jessica Parker in Her West End Debut
Fresh off the sets of Sex and the City revival And Just Like That, Sarah Jessica Parker will be in London this winter for a run as Karen Nash, Muriel Tate, and Norma Hubley in Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite. And her offstage husband (and two-time Tony Award winner) Matthew Broderick will be playing her onstage husband(s), Sam Nash, Jesse Kiplinger, and Roy Hubley, in this classic comedy about love and marriage.
Thurs 1st – Thurs 29th February 2024 (excluding Sundays)
Savoy Ct, Strand, London WC2R 0ET
thesavoytheatre.com
9. See This Free Exhibition of Works by Jenny Saville
Gagosian Davies Street is showing new paintings and works on paper by Jenny Saville. Ekkyklema, named after the wheeled platform used to move interior scenes during old productions of Greek dramas, has been inspired by digital display screens used at major events and showcases Saville’s style that blends figuration and abstraction, the material and the screen-based. The figures in her work reference figures in Greek mythology, Cubist portraits by Picasso, and windows in computers and news broadcasts.
Thurs 1st – Sat 10th February 2024
17-19 Davies St, London W1K 3DE
gagosian.com
10. Eat at the New Restaurant From the Team Behind Perilla
Perilla has been a fave of ours since it opened on Newington Green in 2016 so word of a follow-up restaurant from the team is very welcome news. Morchella will be opening on the site of an old bank (which hosted the Double Dragon pop-up) in Clerkenwell and the plans are to strip the place back and expose the plaster to give it that same vibe as Perilla. There’ll be a private dining room and wine bar downstairs, with bottles coming from the likes of Keeling Andrew and Newcomer Wines, with a central open kitchen in the main dining room, where chef Daniel Fletcher (ex-28 Market Place and a Great British Menu alum) will be leading the charge.
February 2024
84 Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4QY
@morchelladining