The best places to go out in Barking
48 upcoming events
12 must-visit spots for in Barking.
The spots to know: Oasis Banqueting, 10 Thames Rd and Barking Riverside Station.
Venues in Barking
Oasis Banqueting
3 events
10 Thames Rd
1 event
Barking Riverside Station
3 events
42 River Rd.
1 event
Eutopia Warehouse
6 events
Axe Street
1 event
Barking Learning Centre
12 events
Arcadia Riverside Centre
2 events
Barking Baptist Church
1 event
Barking Food Forest
1 event
The BRL Project Office
2 events
The Wilds at Barking Riverside
3 events
Events in Barking
Tue29
Tuesday 29 September
Wed30
Wednesday 30 September
Sat3
Saturday 3 October
Sat 3£11.55–14.25
💿DJ set🎉Club
Soju Recordings
The Exchange Bar
Sat 3 · 10 AM£69–85
✂️Workshop💼Career
How to Write, Publish & Make Money From Your Book - East London Masterclass
Axe Street
Sat 3 · 10 AMFree
✂️Workshop📜Poetry
Pen to Print: Preparing for Poetry Publication with Jenny Mitchell - Part 1
Barking Learning Centre
Sat 3 · 10 AMFree
🗺️Guided tour
Barking Riverside | London Living Rent Open Day
London Living Rent at Barking Riverside
Sat 3 · 10:30 AM£6.13–8
🌳Outdoors🎒Students0–5 yrs
Wander Wild - Outdoor learning and fun for pre-schoolers
Barking Food Forest
Sat 3 · 11:30 AMFree
✂️Workshop🌳Outdoors
Walk and Imagine - Barking Riverside Foreshore Public Artwork
The BRL Project Office
Sat 3 · 2 PMFree
♀️Feminism🤝Volunteering
Womenion Domestic Violence Awareness Conference 2026
Ripple Centre
Sat 3 · 7 PM£33.22–1,084
🎤Stand-up😂Comedy
Deacon Famous (Son Of Elizabeth)
Oasis Banqueting
Later
Sun 4 · 11:30 AMFree
✂️Workshop🏰Heritage
Make Your Own Beacon - Barking Riverside Foreshore Public Artwork
The BRL Project Office
Sat 10 · 10 AMFree
✂️Workshop🗣️Talk
Pen to Print: Writing for Performance Class with Kelly Jones
Barking Learning Centre
Sat 10 · 10 AMFree
💼Career🎒Students
Navigate UK — Student Summit 2026
Arcadia Riverside Centre
Sat 10 · 11 AMFree
✂️Workshop🗣️Talk
Pen to Print: Writing for Performance Class with Kelly Jones
Barking Learning Centre
Sat 10 · 11 AMFree
✂️Workshop
How To: Mend Clothing Workshop - hand sewing & reverse patching
The Wilds at Barking Riverside
Sat 10 · 12 PMFree
✂️Workshop📚Literature
Pen to Print: Creative Writing Class with Ian Ayris
Barking Learning Centre
Sat 10 · 2 PMFree
🗣️Talk💼Career
One Room Talks: Moto Bora — Starting From Scratch
Barking Riverside Station
Sat 10 · 3 PMFree
✂️Workshop📚Literature
Pen to Print: Poetry Writing Class with Mab Jones
Barking Learning Centre
Sat 10 · 3:30 PM
🍽️Food
Lekker Wines, Good Times!
Essex Road
Sat 10 · 4 PMFree
✂️Workshop📚Literature
Pen to Print: Poetry Writing Class with Mab Jones
Barking Learning Centre
Sat 10 · 5 PM£0
💿DJ set🎉Club
ISDATMARCUS & Friend worship night
10 Thames Rd
Sat 10 · 6:30 PM£11.55–27.80
🎤R&B💿DJ set
Live from 144 Intimate RNB and Soul music shows 2026 with One Room October
Barking Riverside Station
Sat 10 · 11 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
A night out
Deuce Lounge
Sat 17 · 9 AM£25
💼Career
Equipped to Lead Conference
Barking Baptist Church
Sat 17 · 8 PM£22.38–71.13
🎤R&B💜Soul / Funk
R&B Nostalgia Night featuring Glenn Lewis, Sunshine Anderson & Koffee Brown
42 River Rd.
Fri 23 · 10 PM
All Kindza Madness - The Rave
Eutopia Warehouse
Sat 24 · 10 AM£0
The School Of Esther '26
Arcadia Riverside Centre
Sat 24 · 10 AM£0–5
Barking Riverside Presents: Teach Rex Live at The Wilds
The Wilds at Barking Riverside
Sat 24 · 11:30 AM£0
LOANHOOD - Barking & Dagenham Clothes Swap
Barking Learning Centre
Mon 26 Oct · 9 AM£509
THE URBAN LIVING ROOM & GARDEN AUTUMN DISCOVERY WEEK – October Half Term
Saint Erkenwald Road
Thu 29 Oct · 12 PMFree
Play, Connect & Stay Safe
John Smith House
Sat 31 Oct · 3 PM£6.13–11.55
HALLOWEEN INDOOR FESTIVAL | 3000 PEOPLE, 30DJs/MCs, 3 Arenas
Eutopia Warehouse
Sat 31 Oct · 3 PM£8.30–11.55
ONO | Living It Up - Halloween Indoor Festival • 30 DJs/MCs • 3 ARENAS
Eutopia Warehouse
Sat 31 Oct · 3 PM£6.13–22.38
Haunted House :: Indoor Halloween Festival - 3000 People & 30 DJs/MCs
Eutopia Warehouse
Sat 31 Oct · 4 PM£0–15
Residents Even Panel presents Halloween Disco
The Wilds at Barking Riverside
Sat 31 Oct · 4 PM£0
Holy Ghost Impartation Praise Night
Rivercourt Int Church
Sat 31 Oct · 5 PMFree
The Gathering Table 2026
Barking Learning Centre
Sun 1 Nov · 3 PM£17.46–25
#MattsBBQ Halloween Festival
Eutopia Warehouse
Sat 7 Nov · 10 AMFree
Pen to Print: Writing for Performance Class with Kelly Jones
Barking Learning Centre
Sat 7 Nov · 12 PMFree
Pen to Print: Creative Writing Class with Ian Ayris
Barking Learning Centre
Sat 7 Nov · 3 PMFree
Pen to Print: Poetry Writing Class with Mab Jones
Barking Learning Centre
Sat 14 Nov · 11 AM£2.88
Psychic Fayre
Curzon Community Centre
Fri 20 Nov · 7 PM£25
✂️Workshop🌳Outdoors
Winter Wreath Making Workshop
Rivergate Centre
Sat 28 Nov · 6 PM£0
🎉Club💿DJ set
TUTU HALL PARTY - SIGN UP
Oasis Banqueting
Sat 28 Nov · 6 PM£27.80–54.88
🎉Club🎪Street party
TUTU HALL PARTY
Oasis Banqueting
Sat 12 Dec · 10 AMFree
Pen to Print: Creative Writing Class with Ian Ayris
Barking Learning Centre
Thu 31 Dec
51st State Festival 2027
Eutopia Warehouse
See also in Barking
Sat 3 · 6:30 PM£0
🎷Jazz🌐World music
Naija Jazz & Styles - Celebrating Nigeria's 66th Independence
The Tramshed, London
Sat 10 · 6 PM£11.55–27.80
🌐World music💿DJ set
Ochu & Friends
Ochu & Friends, London
Tue 29 · 1 PM£0
🎻Classical🌹Tango
Recital - Denis Patrickson (alto saxophone) Roelof Temmingh (piano)
Charlton House & Gardens, London
Fri 2 · 8 PM£10–65.71
🪕Folk / Acoustic🌐World music
Nedas – sugrįžta su vakaru, kupinu muzikos ir gerų emocijų.
Bernelių Užeiga Beckton - Shepherds Inn Beckton, London
Sat 10 · 4 PMFree
🎫Concert
At The Throne
The Redeemed Christian Church Of God Rivers Of Love, London
Sun 11 · 5 PM£16.96–27.80
🌐World music🌏South Asia
London Ragas: The Story and the Steps
Royal Wharf Community Dock, London
At 2 PM£0–11.55
💿DJ set☀️Open air
SIP & Chill BRAAI
Unity Lounge & Bar, London
Fri 2 · 10 PM£11.55–16.96
💿DJ set🎉Club
STRAIGHT OUTTA LAGOS
CLASSIC Lounge, London
Sun 4 · 4 PMFree
🎪Street party
Growing together end of programme celebration
UNITY LOUNGE AND BAR (sporting club, Thamesmead, London
Sat 10 · 8 PM£20–25
💿DJ set🎉Club
MID SUMMER NIGHTS DREAM
Tereza Joanne, London
Sun 25 · 11:15 AM
🌳Outdoors🌀Ecstatic dance
Moving Space Woolwich
Moving Space Woolwich — Royal Arsenal
Fri 2£0–11.55
🌍Afro💿DJ set
LAGOS FRIDAYS
CQ LOUNGE, London
Sun 4 · 3 PM£15.87–29.96
💿DJ set🎉Club
RNB FOR THE CONNOISSEURS
9 Warspite Rd, London
Fri 9 · 7 PM£8
❓Quiz🎪Street party
FSP Fundraising Quiz Night
Shrewsbury House, London
Fri 9 · 9 PM£16.96–596.58
💿DJ set🎉Club
DJ ANDY MOORE OVO BIRTHDAY BASH
The CEO Lounge, Dagenham
Sat 10 · 9 PM£17.50–20.21
🎪Street party🔢Bingo
House Of Drag Bingo | Dagenham
Mecca Bingo Dagenham
At 10 PM£6.13–11.55
🎉Club🌍Afro
BBQ SUNDAYS - AFROBEAT MEET BASHMENT
L A Lounge, LONDON
Thu 1 · 12 PMFree
🖼️Exhibition🥂Opening
On the Wall Exhibition
Lakeside Centre: Open Art Studios, London
Thu 1 · 12 PMFree
🖼️Exhibition🥂Opening
On the Wall Exhibition
Bow Arts Raw Labs
Wed 7 · 10 AM
🗣️Talk🧘Wellness
Discover East Asia Through Culture, Creativity and Wellbeing
Woolwich Centre Library, London
Thu 8 · 5 PM£0
🖼️Exhibition🥂Opening
'States of Mind' Private View
Art in The Docks, London
Sat 17£50
🗣️Talk
The ADHD & Women Summit - London 2026
Woolwich Works, London
Sat 12
🖼️Exhibition
Personal Preference
Thames-Side Studios, London
Wed 30 · 6:30 PM£0
📚Literature🗺️Guided tour
East Ham Book Club September Meet-Up
Central Park, London
Thu 1 · 2:15 PMFree
🗣️Talk🧾Drop-in services
Patient-Led World Cafe NUH - Communicating Sensitive Care Decisions
Newham University Hospital, London
Sat 10
🗣️Talk🔬Science
New Scientist Live 2026
Excel London
Fri 23
📖Manga & Comics👾Video games
MCM Comic Con London
ExCeL Convention Centre, Royal Victoria Dock, London
Fri 23 · 7 PM
🤝Volunteering🧾Drop-in services
Squat Safety
Lesnes estate, London
Tue 13 · 6 PMFree
🌱Ecology🤝Volunteering
London - Blue Earth Summit x People, Planet, Pint: Sustainability Meetup
Dial Arch, London
Sat 24 · 6 PM£0
🤝Volunteering
Monthly Crusade
Hope Church AOG, London
Tue 29 · 11 AMFree
🌱Ecology🤝Volunteering
Oxleas Woods – Slowing the Flow
Oxleas Wood Cafe, London
Tue 13 · 5:30 PM£0
🤝Volunteering💛Inclusivity
Bexley's National Hate Crime Awareness Week Workshop
Learning & Enterprise College Bexley, Bexleyheath
Sat 3 · 1 PMFree
🏳️🌈LGBTQ+🤝Volunteering
Beyond Her Legacy: From Heritage to Leadership
Unity Lounge & Bar, London
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best venues in Barking?
Our favourite spots in Barking: Oasis Banqueting, 10 Thames Rd and Barking Riverside Station.