Russell Square
Cirque
Bloomsbury Big Top
£85+ VAT per person (from)
9 dates, Fri 27 Nov – Fri 18 Dec
Dinner · DJ · Casino
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Unusual Shared Christmas Parties in London 2026
For teams who would rather be doing something than sitting through a three-course dinner: funfairs, circus, curling, murder mysteries and game shows.
- 8 parties
- £85 – £180 + VAT per person
What are the most unusual shared Christmas parties in London?
The formats that break from the seated-dinner template: Winters of the World (Bavarian curling and food stations), Urban Funfair (a working indoor fairground with dodgems), Cirque de Noël (immersive circus across a historic warehouse), Cirque (a genuine big top with aerialists and fire performers), Murder Mystery (interactive drama across the courses), The Imposters (a Traitors-format game show) and Carnivale (Latin carnival with dodgems and aerialists).
There is a particular kind of Christmas party problem that a ballroom cannot solve: a team who do not know each other, a room where half the group will not dance, or a company that has had the same hotel dinner four years running. All of the parties on this page exist to solve it.
The mechanism is always the same — give people something to do that is not talking to whoever they were seated next to. Curling, dodgems, a murder to solve, a traitor to identify. It sounds gimmicky written down. In practice it is the difference between a room that warms up at 11pm and one that warms up at 8:15pm.
Prices here span the whole market, from £85 + VAT to £149 + VAT, so 'different' does not mean 'expensive'.
All 8 parties
Wapping
Cirque de Noël
Tobacco Dock
£95.50+ VAT per person (from)
4 dates, Fri 4 Dec – Thu 17 Dec
All-inclusive · Dinner · Live band
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Battersea
Carnivale
Evolution London, Battersea Park
£118+ VAT per person (from)
6 dates, Fri 27 Nov – Sat 19 Dec
Dinner · Live band · DJ
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Moorgate
Winters of the World
Finsbury Square
£125+ VAT per person (from)
11 dates, Wed 25 Nov – Fri 11 Dec
Live band · DJ · Interactive
Minimum booking: 10 guests
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Monument
Disco Nights at the Vaults
The Vaults at Old Billingsgate
£125+ VAT per person
Thu 17 Dec
Dinner · Live band · DJ
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North Greenwich
Urban Funfair
Magazine London
£125+ VAT per person (from)
Fri 11 Dec, Sat 12 Dec, Thu 17 Dec
Dinner · DJ · Funfair rides
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Tower Hill
Murder Mystery
DoubleTree by Hilton Tower of London
£149+ VAT per person (from)
5 dates, Thu 3 Dec – Thu 17 Dec
All-inclusive · Dinner · Casino
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Victoria
The Imposters: Come All Ye Faithful
Central London four-star hotel (Victoria)
£149+ VAT per person
Thu 10 Dec
All-inclusive · Dinner · Interactive
Minimum booking: 15 guests
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- Nobody knows each other → Murder Mystery or The Imposters. Roles are assigned in advance and people are talking within twenty minutes.
- Half the team won't dance → Urban Funfair or Carnivale. Dodgems, rides and games give the non-dancers somewhere real to go.
- A sit-down dinner is the wrong shape → Winters of the World. Curling, food stations, no seating plan.
- You want spectacle → Cirque de Noël or Cirque. Aerialists, fire performers, acts between courses.
- A big headcount to entertain → Winters of the World takes up to 750, Cirque seats 700.
One thing to check before you book
Interactive formats have minimum numbers for a reason. The Imposters needs 15 guests or more before the voting mechanic works at all, and ideally a table of a dozen or more to play properly. Winters of the World takes groups from 10.
And check the food format against your expectations. Winters of the World is stations, not a seated dinner. Urban Funfair is two courses plus dessert stations. If someone in your organisation is expecting a formal three-course meal with speeches, say so early.
Frequently asked questions
- What's the best Christmas party for a team that doesn't know each other?
- An interactive format. The Murder Mystery at Tower Hill gives each guest a role before the evening starts and runs the drama across the three courses; The Imposters at Victoria does the same through a Traitors-style game show. Winters of the World achieves it differently, through 40 minutes of Bavarian curling.
- Is there a London Christmas party with funfair rides?
- Two. Urban Funfair at Magazine London is built around a working indoor fairground with dodgems and a carousel-style bar, and Carnivale at Battersea Park includes dodgems alongside acrobats and a live six-piece band. At both, the rides are included in the ticket.
- Do these parties still include dinner?
- Yes, but in different shapes. The circus and murder mystery formats serve a full three-course seated dinner. Urban Funfair is two courses plus dessert stations. Winters of the World serves one main from a food station rather than a seated meal.
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