London This Week: Nov 13–19, 2026
The Lord Mayor's Show fills the City on Saturday Nov 14 — the 698th Lord Mayor, Alderman Bronek Masojada, rides the 1757 State Coach from Mansion House at 11:00, free to watch, with a Thames flotilla through Tower Bridge for the first time since 2017. Date night leads with three-star Core by Clare Smyth, two-star Gymkhana and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay's one-weekend-only four-hands menu; brunch runs from Sunday in Brooklyn's pancakes to Berners Tavern's Saturday Brunch and The Delaunay. Happy hour verifies at The Last Talisman (£5 pints, 2-for-1 cocktails to Nov 21), Thirst's Stupid Hour in Soho and Blame Gloria in Covent Garden. Comedy brings Tom Stade to Leicester Square Theatre, Sofie Hagen's closing night at Soho Theatre and Fin Taylor at the Eventim Apollo (Thu Nov 19, limited availability); concerts open with Jazz Voice at the Royal Festival Hall and run through Melody Gardot at the Royal Albert Hall, MUNA, beabadoobee and Good Charlotte. Christmas at Kew opens Fri Nov 13, Winter Wonderland opens Thu Nov 19 — the same evening Leadenhall Market switches on its lights. The Private Table is Corrigan's Mayfair (rooms for 6 to 120, no room-hire fee); sleep at Raffles London at The OWO. Full picks: follow @key2.london and the guide at key2.link/london.