London events in June
Plan a fabulous June in London with our guide to the best events, exhibitions, parties and pop-ups taking place around the city in June 2020
June in London is a magical time of year. Summer's nearly here, the sun's out (fingers crossed) and London’s parks are filled with flowers. What’s more, it’s music festival season, and London does not disappoint with Field Day, Mighty Hoopla and All Points East all hitting up the capital in June. If glitter and glow sticks aren't your bag, June in London is also the month of the Trooping of the Colour (the Queen’s official birthday celebrations), The World Naked Bike Ride, and Open Garden Squares Weekend. Check out our guide to the best pop-ups, cultural happenings and things to do this June 2020 in London. We’ll catch you out there.
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Father's Day in London
Father's Day 2020 is on Sunday June 21 (but you knew that, right?) Check out our stellar ideas and suggestions for things to do in June with your pops.
‘Hairspray’
See the revival of big-hearted, acceptance-preaching, ’60s-homaging musical ‘Hairspray’. It’s being billed as a new production,reunites the likes of director Jack O’Brie, choreographer Jerry Mitchell, and star Michael Ball.
The best music festivals in London
You lucky Londoner: you don’t need a tent or even a pair of wellies to get the full music festival experience. Here are the best festivals hitting up the Capital this month.
‘Sucker Punch’
Roy Williams' 'Sucker Punch' is a boxing drama set in Thatcher's Britain. See two professional boxers spar it out and fight against a world which makes it hard for young black men to come out on top.
‘Leopoldstadt’
Legendary playwright Tom Stoppard’s alleged final play about the devastating rise and fall of Vienna’s Jewish community in the twentieth century. To see a vast cast and an enormous amount of history crammed into its two-and-a-half hours. It’s a powerful and sincere tribute to a vanished people.
Kimono: ‘Kyoto to Catwalk’
A beguiling look at the history of Japan’s most iconic garment, from the Edo Period (1603-1868) through to the Dutch kimono trade, Victorian obsessions with Japan and modern reinterpretations. This is another excellent exhibition from a museum known for its fashion blockbusters.
‘The Prince of Egypt’
Stephen Schwartz is dusting the Egyptian sands from his 1998 Dreamworks movie, an old testament epic centring on Moses, and boasting some memorable songs and epic, chariot-racing special effects. It's a film that's got a special place in the hearts of animated movie aficionados.
‘Six the Musical’
‘Six’ returns to Arts Theatre in January 2019. This review is from August 2018. ‘Remember us from your GCSEs?’ It’s Henry VIII’s six wives – and they’ve back, bitch, to re-tell ‘her-story’ as a slick, sassy girl band.