What's On and Things To Do Around Belsize Park

Bach to Baby is the critically acclaimed classical concert series for babies, toddlers and their carers. Tots dance, roam about and revel in the wonder of live music, while you take a moment out of your busy day to hear top notch performances by outstanding musicians, with your young babes in tow.

A moment of calm and an opportunity to walk in the steps of one of the most well-loved of the Romantic poets – John Keats. Discover two trees with links to Keats and meet the gardeners who look after this garden.

Schiele is now recognised as one of the most important artists of the early 20th century and of Austrian Modernism. However, in his lifetime he was shunned by the Viennese art establishment who publicly deemed his explicit work to be "pornography".

Bach to Baby is the critically acclaimed classical concert series for babies, toddlers and their carers. Tots dance, roam about and revel in the wonder of live music, while you take a moment out of your busy day to hear top notch performances by outstanding musicians, with your young babes in tow.

Circular enclosure with mature trees and luxuriant planting at the centre of a gated enclave of private houses on the site of the 18th-century Hampstead Wells. One of 200+ gardens taking part in Open Garden Squares Weekend.

Two beautiful historic graveyards in the heart of Hampstead Village, where many famous (and infamous) people are buried. Refreshments, tomb trails available for you to follow in your own time.

Discover fascinating and newly unearthed facts in these free, short introductions. Fenton’s acclaimed walled garden is always changing, with masses of colour year-round and innovative planting by Gardener-in-Charge Andy Darragh and his team of volunteers.

Come along to Fenton and try your hand at something arty you may not have tried before. The place for making will be on the lawn in Fenton’s magical and relaxing walled garden if the weather is fine, or in our pop-up art studio. There will also be outdoor games and I-Spy trails around the house.

Join an early keyboard expert each week to explore a different aspect of the Benton Fletcher Collection. These informal talks and demonstrations are about half an hour long. Hear the extraordinary and delightful sounds of rare instruments dating from the 16th century and ask any questions. Booking Not Needed.

Join us for an evening with celebrated harpsichord soloist Trevor Pinnock. Programme to include Handel’s ’Harmonious Blacksmith’ suite, preludes and fugues by JS Bach and music by Froberger and Purcell. Ticket includes a glass of white wine after the performance and a chance to meet the artist.

Around 200 gardens take part in Open Garden Squares Weekend each year. One weekend ticket provides access to all these private and public spaces and Fenton is delighted to be participating. Come and be inspired by this much acclaimed walled garden with its formal beds, lawns, rose garden, kitchen garden and orchard.

Join the Gardener-in-Charge for a special evening tour. Andrew Darragh who brings over 10yrs experience from Kew to Fenton House will explore this timeless 1½ acre walled garden.

Join the Gardener-in-Charge for a special tour in the summer evening light. Andrew Darragh, who brings over 12 years’ experience from Kew to Fenton House, will lead you on a fascinating exploration of this timeless 1 acre walled garden.

A wasteground for more than 100 years next to Hampstead Heath station, transformed by local traders, residents and visitors into a woodland garden . Wall of Hope, Other community activities, subject to weather.

Double width town garden planted for colour and to support wildlife. Spectacular ancient wisteria, prolific roses; herbs and unusual fruit and vegetables in with the flowers. The main feature is a large eco pond with colourful planting in and out of the water, and lots of mini-beasts.

Dozens of small, organically managed vegetable plots in the former gardens of an Edwardian mansion. One of 200+ gardens taking part in Open Garden Squares Weekend.

Unique modernist sculpted linear park, integral to surrounding housing. Designed in the 1970s by architect Neave Brown and landscape architect Janet Jack. Restored with Heritage Lottery Fund grant in 2015. Tea, coffee and cake for sale.

The Alarm Plus Then Jerico & Dave Sharp. Artists performing: The Alarm.: Tickets avaiable.

Haçienda Classical, the orchestral reimagining of one of the most notable music scenes in British history will be performed live at Kenwood House on Friday June 15th 2018, with the Manchester Camerata orchestra and the club’s original DJ partnership of Graeme Park and Mike Pickering reinterpreting seminal dance

Alfie Boe is performing at English Heritage site, Kenwood House on Saturday June 16th as part of the series of Summer concerts, Heritage Live.

Manu Crooks will perform at The Camden Assembly on Monday 4th June 2018. His debut ‘Mood Forever’ World Tour will see him perform dates throughout April to June, across Canada, the UK, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and France, demonstrating why he is leading Australia’s hip-hop movement and “sees him separating...

In a celebration of past and future through the medium of art, Camden Market continues with its series of cultural events that nurture up and coming talent, hosting a seven day, immersive pop up gallery.

Half-acre garden designed for yr-round interest making a tapestry of greens and yellows. A wild garden with mature trees giving a woodland feel. Large lawn, perfect for teas. Brilliant for hide and seek, Pooh-sticks and young explorers. Water garden, 20 paths, vistas and views galore. Snowdrops in February.

Bring the entire family and take part in lively dances from the British Isles in a supportive and fun environment! Live music inspires the dancing and expert callers guide the moves with simple instructions. Groups should include a minimum of one adult for every four children.

Emerald x Tiger presents ‘Breathe Love’ a conscious creative collective and share every last Thursday of the month at Colomba, ‘a studio in the sky in the heart of Camden Town’.

Here is an oasis in Camden’s urban density, where resourceful planting outflanks challenges of space and shade. June open day alongside other distinctive local gardens while an August opening shows how wonderful the month can be in a town garden.

An unexpectedly large, tranquil garden behind a John Nash house, screened by trees and descending over 3 terraces with stepped ponds to the original foundations of the Regents Canal. Emphasis on shape, texture and bold foliage in strong landscape architecture. Areas of new planting.

An unexpectedly large, tranquil garden behind a John Nash house, screened by trees and descending over 3 terraces with stepped ponds to the original foundations of the Regents Canal. Emphasis on shape, texture and bold foliage in strong landscape architecture. Areas of new planting.

Tranquil oasis of green. Meandering lawn with island beds, curved and deeply planted borders of perennials, scented roses and flowering shrubs. An ornamental fishpond with fountain.

Extensive communal gardens between two imposing Queen Anne revival mansion blocks. Laid out as woodland with mature trees, herbaceous borders and plenty of shade. One of 200+ gardens taking part in Open Garden Squares Weekend.

A beautiful, tranquil mid-Victorian garden, perfectly proportioned in the form of a triangle, with formal and informal beds. White stucco houses dating from the 1860s surround this peaceful space.

The Regent’s Park 5K Race for Life is a single lap course (the 10k is a double lap course), starting and finishing on The Broadwalk. The course travels around the main carriageways of Regent’s Park and is all on pathways. There is no car parking available at this event.

A wonderful example of a thriving food-growing space in the heart of the capital, the base for Capital Growth’s training programme. One of 200+ gardens taking part in Open Garden Squares Weekend.

Sharp’s Brewery will be kicking off their summer road trip at the world’s greatest restaurant festival, Taste of London, bringing a taste of Cornish adventure to Regent’s Park. The festival, which takes place from 13th-17th June 2018, is the ultimate celebration of the capital’s culinary scene.

Joint opening of two contrasting gardens behind a Victorian terrace. No. 62 is a densely planted mature garden designed to maximise space for planting and create several different sitting areas, views and moods. Professional garden designer’s own garden.

This May, All Star Productions – Winner of the Best Producer in the Off-West End Awards 2018 – join forces with Trilby Productions to bring their fresh new adaptation of James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods to The Cockpit.

The Sondheim classic with a 21st century twist. Produced by The Cockpit in collaboration with All Star Productions and Trilby Productions After a sellout production in 2014 at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, we are delighted to bring you this comically dark masterpiece of a musical where well known fairy tales...

StoryTelling & Drama Session for 4 - 11 year olds. Produced and presented by Freshwater Theatre Hosted by The Cockpit See the tales of How Anansi became King of all of the Stories and How the Zebra got his Stripes dramatically unfold as the children create vibrant African scenes.

An evening of fifteen minute performances of new drama, writing, cabaret and all things theatrical. Theatre In The Pound is an award winning evening of new theatrical shorts at The Cockpit.

Beautiful and tranquil triangular garden lined with trees. A source of joy to the residents. One of 200+ gardens taking part in Open Garden Squares Weekend.

Award-winning three-acre communal garden, surrounded by listed stucco-fronted houses from around 1865. Grassy lawns, a fine set of interesting trees, many lovely island beds and a children’s play area.

University garden covering 11 acres, set within Regent’s Park, originally home to the pioneering Bedford College for Women. One of 200+ gardens taking part in Open Garden Squares Weekend.

Gardens by King’s Cross transformed from unused land on an industrial estate into a demonstration permaculture forest garden. There are 160 fruit trees, including blue bean, pomegranate, medlar and apricot. Bees, ponds, peace and productivity.

Unique eco house with walled, lush front garden in modern exotic style, densely planted with palms, acacia, bamboo, ginger lilies, bananas, ferns, yuccas, abutilons and unusual understorey plants.

The world premiere of Bingo by award-winning writer Alan Flanagan comes to Pleasance London. This honest and comic play explores London’s LGBTQ+ culture, what it means to find belonging through transgression, and the complexity of sexuality and sexual health.

Central feature of an urban layout by the Portman Estate (1815-20). The site of Thomas Lord’s first cricket ground, established in 1787. One of 200+ gardens taking part in Open Garden Squares Weekend.

Organic garden, wrapped around Arts and Crafts artisans cottage. Bird and bee friendly, with wide borders containing colourful perennials, shrubs, masses of roses and clematis, trees and containerised vegetable plot with greenhouse. Lots of pots. Secret brick paved area with raised beds.

A 75X25ft. garden at the back of a Victorian Villa fronted with prairie wilderness. Access through a leafy passage, where 2 very long planted troughs face the large Akebia which covers the side of the house.

One of three distinctive gardens opening in NW1 on Sunday 3 June. Here are 1100 different plants used in medicines around the world and throughout history: plants named after physicians and plants which make modern medicines. Unique beds with the plants used medicinally in the College’s Pharmacopoeia of 1618.

A season of events forming part of the London Festival of Architecture, and the college’s 500th anniversary: Free London Festival of Architecture Museum Late Thursday, 07 June 2018: 5-8pm (architectural tours from 6pm) A chance to explore Denys Lasdun’s 20th century icon after hours and take a guided