Better late than never, your essential guide to family-friendly activities in London this June. Don’t let the weather get you down, grab your kids and hit the town!
New & Now
Summer Exhibition at Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, W1 (Jun 4-Aug 12)
East in East Festival at Rich Mix, Shoreditch, E1 (Jun 6-Jul 1)
More London Free Festival, at the Scoop, SE1 (Jun 6-Sep 28)
Brains: the Mind as Matter at Wellcome Collection, Euston Rd, WC1 (until Jun 17)
Hampstead Summer Festival, NW3 (Jun 18-24)
Parklife Photography Pop Up Studio at the 100 Acres Toy Shop, Hampstead, NW3 (Jun 19)
Oily Cart: In a Pickle at Stratford Circus, Theatre Square, E15 (Jun 19-23)
Celebrate the City: 4 Days in the Square Mile, around City of London, EC1 (Jun 21-24)
Taste of London, Regent’s Park, NW1 (Jun 21-24)
Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, SE10 and surrounding areas (June 21-30)
London 2012 Festival, around town (Jun 21-Sep 9)
Tottenham Carnival, Eade Rd to Bruce Castle Park, N17 (Jun 23)
West End Live, Trafalgar Square, W1 (Jun 23-24)
Grand Medieval Joust at Eltham Palace, SE9 (Jun 23-24)
Andy & Mike’s Big Box of Bananas at Kenneth Moore Theatre, Ilford, Essex (Jun 24 and touring)
RBC Race for the Kids at Battersea Park, SW11 (Jun 24)
City of London Festival, EC2 area (Jun 24-Jul 27)
Toddlers Take Over at V&A Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green E2 (Jun 28)
Design Overtime: Summer Party at Design Museum, Shad Thames, SE1 (Jun 29)
Chimpanzees of HappyTown Family Concert at Wigmore Hall, W1 (Jun 30)
Jester Festival at Fortune Green Open Space, West Hampstead, NW6 (Jun 30-Jul 1)
Summer Opening at Buckingham Palace, SW1 (Jun 30-Jul 8)
Ongoing
Kids Go Free at new Kensington Palace, High St Kensington tube (ongoing)
E4 Udderbelly Festival at Southbank Centre, SE1 (until Jul 8)
Disney Pixar Retrospective Season: Toy Story at Prince Charles Cinema, 7 Leicester Place, WC2 (until Aug 11)
Rooftop Film Club at Queen of Hoxton, London Fields and Kensington Gardens (Apr 30-Aug 30, varying dates)
Big British Bang at Selfridges, W1 (until Aug 31)
Damien Hirst at Tate Modern, Bankside, SE1 (until Sep 9)
London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games Medals at British Museum, Great Russell St, WC2 (until Sep 9)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, ThreeSixty Theatre, Kensington Gardens, W8 (May 8-Sep 9)
Titanic Remembered at National Maritime Museum Greenwich, SE10 (until Sep 30)
London Wonderground at Southbank Centre, SE1 (May 8-Sep 30)
Matilda the Musical, Cambridge Theatre, WC2 (until Oct 21)
Mascots of the Olympic Games at V&A Museum of Childhood, E2 (May 19-Oct 28)
Superheroes at Discover Children’s Story Centre, High St, Stratford E15 (until Nov 4)
World Shakespeare Festival, various venues (until Nov 2012)
The Making of Harry Potter Studio Tour at Warner Brothers Studios, Leavesden, WD25 7LR (until Mar 6, 2013)
Calendar Cutie
On our cover this month is lovely Chukwuma, only 4 days old here, posing with teddy Nera. Check out that cheeky grin. Watch out little ladies, here comes a charmer extraordinaire!
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