The Time Out London blog team

With mega performances from the likes Tyler, the Creator, Lorde, Zara Larsson, Blood Orange, Lily Allen and more, 2026 gave us a stunning festival season in London. Now that we’ve had a couple months to cool down from all that, it’s about time we got some news for London’s 2027 fests. And here it is: the very first headliner to be announced for next summer’s BST Hyde Park is Bon Jovi.  This isn’t the first time the band have headlined BST. In fact, they helmed the very first edition back in 2013 alongside the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Lionel Richie and J Lo. In the announcement, Jon Bon Jovi called this a ‘full circle moment’. He added: ‘There’s nothing quite like the energy of a UK crowd, and the joy and excitement we shared with our fans this summer was something truly special. To bring that energy back to Hyde Park means a lot to us.’ If you missed Bon Jovi’s triumphant return to London back in September, or were there and want to experience it all over again, here’s all the information you need to get tickets for BST Hyde Park 2027.  When is Bon Jovi playing BST Hyde Park? The band will take to the stage at BST Hyde Park on June 24, 2027.  Image: Live NationBon Jovi at BST Hyde Park 2027 poster When do tickets go on sale? General sale will go live at 10am on Friday October 23. You can access tickets here.  Is there a presale? There are three. First, there’s an presale for Amex customers starting at 1pm on Monday October 19, an artist presale going live at 10am on...

Looking for your latest K-Culture fix? Well, it turns out London’s not a bad place to be this November. As 2000 years’ worth of artworks, sculptures, and treasures grace the British Museum for the four-month Korea exhibition, the annual K-Music Festival welcomes dulcimer-driven post-rock outfit Dongyang Gozupa to the Rich Mix, while pianist Jisu Jung boldly reimagines the bebop jazz of Charlie Parker at the legendary Ronnie Scott’s. In the midst of the action, the 21st edition of the venerable London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) returns to the BFI Southbank, the ICA, and Ciné Lumiere from November 2-16 – with a bumper line-up of cutting-edge K-Cinema in tow. With Park Chan-wook’s black comedy No Other Choice and Na Hong-jin’s sci-fi action epic Hope still fresh in our minds, a high bar has been set for LKFF 2026. But with the long-awaited return of one of the greatest filmmakers on the planet, a shockingly bloody closing gala, and vital new works starring veterans from classics like Parasite and TV’s Pachinko among the programme highlights this year, the festival clearly means business – as usual. Still working out where to get started? Check out seven of Time Out’s top picks below – you can kamsahamnida us later. Photograph: Joo Jae-bum/Netflix‘Possible Love’ 1. Possible Love  One of the world’s greatest living filmmakers – Burning director Lee Chang-dong – finally returns from an eight-year hiatus with an expansive but nuanced tale of simmering class tensions and...

Oxford Street is hectic at the best of times. But as Christmas approaches, it’s a whole other beast. Hundreds of thousands of shoppers pack the narrow pavements while the road is chock-full of buses, cabs, bikes and cars. But this festive season, there’s going to be much more room for pedestrians. Oxford Street is going car-free.  The street has been pedestrianised for brief periods before, but this time around will be the start of it becoming pedestrianised permanently. Sadiq Khan envisages it becoming a ‘pedestrian plaza’ and wants it to be a space that can ‘host world-class events, from sport to culture and fashion, as well as exciting new retail and leisure experiences’.  Now, there are only a matter of days until pedestrians have free reign of the street. From what it’ll look like to what will happen to the buses, here’s everything you need to know about Oxford Street becoming traffic-free.  When will Oxford Street be pedestrianised?  Nearly 1km of the street to be traffic-free from October 26. It’ll be a ‘live testing phase’ (also known as the ‘transition scheme’).  Further testing and review of the scheme will take place through spring 2027 and work will start on making it permanent later on in the year. No specific dates have been laid out yet.  Which parts of Oxford Street will be pedestrianised? To begin with, the 0.9km stretch between Orchard Street (by Selfridges) and Great Portland Street will be the only part where vehicles are banned. That includes the busy...