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Each year thousands of adults of all ages and sexual persuasions visit the Olympia Exhibition Centre's Erotica event in search of products to enhance their lifestyle. Exhibitors sell…
London's Skin Two Rubber Ball Weekend is one of the biggest fetish gatherings in the world, with events at venues around the capital. Naturally there is a strict dress code - think tight…
Peter Pan Cup Christmas Morning Race
If you happen to have thick skin or an excruciating hangover and have got nothing better to do on Christmas morning, make your way to Hyde Park's Serpentine Lido. The Peter Pan Cup Christmas…
Cromwell's Bloody Banned Christmas
The year is 1647 and fanatical puritan henchmen wait in the London Dungeon to punish anyone celebrating the festive season, at Cromwell's Bloody Banned Christmas. Follow Jack the Ripper's…
Arturo Brachetti is a performance artist with a curious talent: he changes costumes with astonishing speed, creating legions of personalities in rapid succession. In Change, his new show at…
Carnivorous lampshades and pole-dancing robots might sound like elements of a very disturbed person's dream, but Kinetica Art Fair at London's P3 displays exactly these sorts of weird exhibits…
The Great Spitalfields Pancake Race
The Great Spitalfields Pancake Race once again finds madcap teams of pancake-flippers running up and down Dray Walk in the Old Truman Brewery. The competitors tough it out for kudos, prestige…
Do Something Different Weekend
As part of the annual East Festival, the Barbican puts on a multi-arts extravaganza of all things a little bit weird and very wonderful, which capture the spirit of artsy East London.
It's glam, it's garish - it's the The Drag Olympics at the Way Out Club, where drag queens battle it out to be crowned Olympic champion of this crazy spoof competition.
Never one to miss out on a good marketing opportunity, Red Bull makes full use of its "...gives you wings" slogan by hosting this year's Flugtag in London's Hyde Park.
World Naked Bike Ride in London
Over 1000 naked, body-painted and scantily-clad cyclists turn out for the annual World Naked Bike Ride in London, protesting against climate change and the tyranny of the automobile. Motorists…
National 12 Bell Striking Contest
The sound of pealing bells rings out across London, from Temple to Waterloo, for the five-hour National 12 Bell Striking Contest. Taking place at St Paul's Cathedral, the competition is the…
Six waterboatmen race with the tide from London Bridge to Chelsea's Albert Bridge during the annual Doggett's Coat and Badge Race, competing for the prize of scarlet livery with a large silver…
In an attempt to get Londoners off the couch and onto their feet, the Mayor organises Big Dance every two years. Londoners can shake their hips to their preferred music at venues across the capital.
UK Mobile Phone Throwing Championships
How many of us sometimes wish that we could just chuck our mobile phone away? Well now you can, at the UK Mobile Phone Throwing Championships, held at the Battersea Park Athletics Track, and…
It's horses galore in Hyde Park on Horseman's Sunday as over 100 horses and riders are led to St John's Church by the vicar for a blessing and rosette prize-giving. See horse-drawn carriages…
Hundreds of runners in gorilla costumes jog across the city from the London Underwriting Centre at the annual Great Gorilla Run, in aid of the Gorilla Organisation. Raise a minimum of £400 in…
Tobacco Dock welcomes over 150 of the world's top tattoo artists, performers, DJs and musicians to the London Tattoo Convention. Check out the burlesque dancers, opt for a tattoo yourself or…
Dig out your corset and knee-high leather boots for the London Fetish Weekend this autumn. Experience four days of naughty fun: expect fetish balls, kinky club nights and parties at venues…
Dress to impress in your most freakish outfit and prepare for a night of burlesque dancing, Mexican wrestlers and live music, as the Bizarre Ball takes over London's famous SeOne club. Expect…
