January TTD events
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London events in January

Cheap stuff, secret stuff and heavy-hitting cultural stuff to fill your calendar with for January 2024 in London

Alex Sims
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Hello, 2024! It is truly great to see you. January is the ideal time to discover London on a budget and without the crowds. Many of city's very best theatre and musicals, restaurants and bars – ranked definitively by Time Out's crew of expert local editors – offer discounted tickets and cheap meal deals.

Spend cold, clear days walking off your post-Christmas malaise in glorious parks and spectacular walking routes. Cosy up with drinks on a beautiful heated winter terrace, or in one of the 100 best pubs in the city. And catch up on magical lights, winter wonderlands and Christmas shows before they disappear. 

Find out more here about how Time Out’s independent editors review and rate events and venues.

Recommended: bookmark our regular weekend guide for even more things to do in the city.

Our January 2024 highlights

The best mocktails in London
The best mocktails in London

In a city brimming with bars, breweries and prosecco-based pop-ups, it would seem that drinking in London without actually, erm, drinking is an impossibility. Leave your beer goggles at home for one night, however, and you’ll see the selection of non-alcoholic cocktails and booze-less blends available in the capital is pretty extensive. In some venues, the alcohol-free offerings are even more creative and tastebud-seducing than their liquor-rich counterparts. Don’t believe us? Have a sip on one of these teetotal tipples...

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Make like a Scot and celebrate Burns Night
Make like a Scot and celebrate Burns Night

Burns Night always falls on January 25 (which is a Thursday in 2024) and gives London an excuse to celebrate Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns, with lots of food, whisky and partying. 

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  • Attractions
  • Parks and gardens

Yes, it's cold out. It's also quite wet. The leaves have fallen from the trees and turned the pavements into a slimy, slippery ice rink. But we're lucky to have some amazing, huge, parks in London, and walking around in them on a crisp winter's day is genuinely one of life’s great joys. Whether you're a Royal Parks stan or a fiend for Hampstead Heath, there are loads of parks to choose from. So, get out there. 

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