East London has long been the cultural centre of the capital, where creatives live, work and congregate. Of course, there are many cultural offerings in other areas of the city, but the highest concentration of work, and the avant garde in particular, is to be found around East London.

 

Music & arts venues – small

Arcola theatre http://www.arcolatheatre.com/

Cafe oto https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/

Hackney showroom https://www.hackneyshowroom.com/

Hundred Years Gallery http://hundredyearsgallery.co.uk 

Raven Row http://www.ravenrow.org

Rich Mix https://www.richmix.org.uk/ 

Rio Cinema https://riocinema.org.uk/RioCinema.dll/Home

Rivington Place http://autograph-abp.co.uk/

Roman Road Gallery http://www.romanroad.com/

Space studios http://www.spacestudios.org.uk/exhibition-programmes/

Tea Building http://teabuilding.co.uk

Vortex Jazz Club http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/

Vyner Street Gallery  http://www.vynerstreetgallery.co.uk/

Music & arts venues – big

Barbican https://www.barbican.org.uk/

Whitechapel gallery http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/

  

Miscellaneous 

Alternative London Walking Tour  http://www.alternativeldn.co.uk/top_things_to_do_in_london/london_street_tours_and_workshops.php

Boxpark (shopping) https://www.boxpark.co.uk/

Brick Lane http://www.visitbricklane.org/

Broadway market http://broadwaymarket.co.uk/ 

Columbia Road Flower Market http://www.columbiaroad.info/flowermarket

Frieze Art Fair Sculpture (not east-end but still) https://frieze.com/article/frieze-sculpture-2017-0

Spitalfields Market https://www.oldspitalfieldsmarket.com/

The Truman Brewery (venue and shopping) http://www.trumanbrewery.com/

Victoria park http://www.londontown.com/LondonInformation/Attraction/Victoria_Park/1c98/

Westfield shopping centre Stratford https://uk.westfield.com/stratfordcity