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Our Guide to March in London

March is when Fitzrovia begins to bloom, with longer days, lighter evenings and a renewed energy in its streets and cafés. It’s an ideal moment to plan a stay at The Newman and shape your time around the neighbourhood’s cultural calendar and vibrant dining scene, all just moments from your door.

2nd March, 6:45pm

Pizza Party Run Homeslice City, Queen St

Looking for a new way to explore London? Keen to get into running? Want to make your running experience a bit more social? This series from Midnight Runners and Bloomberg Arcade ticks all the boxes. The run club involves a 5k run hosted by volunteer-led global running community Midnight Runners (which specialises in social workouts that get people exploring their areas in 16 major cities worldwide) that finishes with a meal at one of the restaurants in the City’s foodie hub Bloomberg Arcade – there’s nothing like the promise of a tasty reward to motivate you during your workout.

5th – 8th March

The Other Art Fair The Truman Brewery, 7 Dray Walk, London E1 6QR

Showcasing independent artists.

Bizarre, unexpected, and ‘never normal.’ Over 10,000 independent artists on showcase and over 100,000 artworks on exhibition.

7th February – 8th March

Annual Orchid Display Kew Gardens, Richmond

The annual orchid festival is back at Kew for its 30th anniversary and this year’s theme is China, a country home to vast landscapes and incredible plant life. China is home to 10% of the world’s known plant species and over 1700 known species of orchids. You can get a little taste of China’s varied landscapes, predominantly the province of Yunnan, and native wildlife across the different zones inside the Princess of Wales Conservatory. As well as an array of orchid displays, there’ll be a range of plant sculptures on show, including a Chinese dragon, koi carp, pandas and cranes, alongside archways referencing the Chinese zodiac.

12th – 16th March

Affordable Art Fair Evolution London, Battersea Park, Queenstown Road, London, SW11 4NJ

Find thousands of handpicked paintings, sculpture, photography and prints from 200 galleries at this springtime edition of the Affordable Art Fair. With a mission to democratise art, works are priced between £50 and £7,500 and galleries from all over the world.

17th & 18th March

Wu-Tang Clan at The O2 The O2, Peninsula Square, London SE10 0DX

The Wu Tang Forever: The Final Chamber tour will celebrate the depth and breadth of the iconic group’s deep catalogue. On the tour fans can expect to hear songs that have never been performed live!

15th March, 11am-6pm

St Patrick’s Day Parade Trafalgar Square

This year, the extravaganza is taking place a couple of days before the official St Patrick’s Day celebrations, on Sunday March 15. It’s set to see more than 50,000 turning out for a huge parade featuring pageantry, floats and music. It’ll start at 11am, when it will wend its way from Hyde Park Corner, down Whitehall to a triumphant finish in Trafalgar Square. (The Hope is a local Irish Fitzrovian pub).

Open Monday – Thursday

Fitzrovia Chapel 2-minute walk from The Newman

Designed by John Loughborough Pearson RA in the Gothic Revival style with colourful interior decor using mosaics, the chapel was built between 1891 and 1892.Located in the central courtyard of the former Middlesex Hospital, which was rebuilt between 1929 and 1935 and demolished between 2008 and 2015, the hospital chapel was preserved as a Grade II* listed building and renamed as the Fitzrovia Chapel.

Until 9th May

I’m Sorry, Prime Minister Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 7ES

From the BAFTA-winning co-creator of Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, comes the hilarious new comedy I’m Sorry, Prime Minister.

Griff Rhys Jones stars as Jim Hacker – older, but no wiser – alongside Clive Francis as the ever-scheming Sir Humphrey Appleby.

Until 22nd March

Nordic Noir: works on paper from Edvard Munch to Mamma Andersson exhibition British Museum, Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG

Around 150 graphic works on paper from more than 100 artists, including Edvard Munch, Mamma Andersson, Olafur Eliasson, John Savio, Vanessa Baird, Yuichiro Sato, Fatima Moallim and John Kørner will be on show. The exhibition aims to showcase the variety of Nordic art and the way it flourished following Munch’s death in 1994, while also exploring themes like nature and the preservation of the environment, Norse myth, the threat of the Cold War, feminism and indigenous rights.

New Opening

Aces, Foodcraft Fitzroy Place, 8 Pearson Square, London W1T 3BF

Promising a bit of theatre, this newly opened restaurant runs a casual Japanese inspired a la carte menu with daily specials for lunch and come evening, the restaurant turns into a more immersive experience, with a tasting menu being cooked and served at the nine-seat kitchen counter (with the option to also eat a la carte and out on the small terrace).

Live-Fire Cooking

ALTA Ground Floor, Kingly Ct, Carnaby, London W1B 5PW

A live-fire restaurant inspired by the Navarra region of Northern Spain. Showcasing the best of seasonal British produce married with the essence of Spanish cooking. Centred around small plates and larger dishes, served to the table and designed to be shared.

6th March – 9th April

Tache Gallery – Breanna Gordon: Introspect Tache Gallery, 33 Percy Street, London, W1T 2DF

Tache presents Introspect, the debut solo exhibition by Canadian artist Breanna Gordon (b. 1999).

Breanna has been exhibiting her paintings for 7 years, participating in group shows in Canada and internationally. Her recent work has gained recognition through awards, nominations and becoming the acquisitions of private collectors.

Until Spring 2026

Then and Now: London’s transport in photographs London Transport Museum, London WC2E 7BB

London Transport Museum is celebrating the 25th anniversary of TfL and showing how public transport in the city has changed over the last 160 years. Historical images from the Museum’s collection are on display alongside newly commissioned images taken by photographer and TfL train driver Anne Maningas, who shot her photographs on a vintage Bronica medium format film camera from the 1990s.

12th February – 15th November

Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and Friends Young V&A, Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green, London E2 9PA

The show, coinciding with the studio’s 50th anniversary, will take you behind the scenes of the animation process, covering development, storyboarding, model making, filming and post-production, exploring how the likes of Morph, Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep come to life. Over 150 items, across sketches, concept art, puppets, props, scripts, and set models, will be on display, including development sketches for Morph.

Experience the neighbourhood

Bike Tour with Falcons of Fitzrovia Contact concierge to schedule

Personal and story-rich way to experience London.  Experience London in an unique way with a private tour guide and on top a top spec electric bike, allowing you to see the city in a swift way while doing exercise!  At every stop, your guide captures high-quality, candid photos throughout the tour, turning unforgettable memories into beautiful keepsakes.

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