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Mon 13 Jul — Sun 19 Jul

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Monday 13 July

Gift to the Future
A large concrete building with colourful text decals affixed to its facade stands near a riverfront square, with the London Eye visible in the background.

Gift to the Future

Art & exhibitions
Site wide
Free
London Parks: An Exhibition
A diverse group of twelve people pose playfully on and underneath a bright yellow external concrete staircase outdoors.

London Parks: An Exhibition

Art & exhibitions
Riverside Terrace
Free
Floating Together
A woman with long wavy dark hair wears a double-breasted red blazer, standing in front of an art studio wall with sketches.

Floating Together

Art & exhibitions
Riverside Terrace
Free
TONIC FLOW: A Communal Chorus in Colour and Sound
Two women jump in the air in front of a brightly colored, geometric mural on an outdoor basketball court.

TONIC FLOW: A Communal Chorus in Colour and Sound

Art & exhibitions
Royal Festival Hall
Free

Tuesday 14 July

Gift to the Future
A large concrete building with colourful text decals affixed to its facade stands near a riverfront square, with the London Eye visible in the background.

Gift to the Future

Art & exhibitions
Site wide
Free
London Parks: An Exhibition
A diverse group of twelve people pose playfully on and underneath a bright yellow external concrete staircase outdoors.

London Parks: An Exhibition

Art & exhibitions
Riverside Terrace
Free
Anish Kapoor
Large red texture sculpture hanging down from the ceiling to the floor in a space with stone floors and pillars

Anish Kapoor

Primary Schools Morning will take place in the gallery 10am – 12pm

Art & exhibitions
Hayward Gallery
Quentin Blake: The Southbank Parade
A trio of illustrations by Quentin Blake depicting members of an orchestra; a woman in a long dress playing a violin, a person in a wheelchair plating the cymbals and a man in tails playing the flute

Quentin Blake: The Southbank Parade

Art & exhibitions
Site wide
Free
Primary Schools Morning: Anish Kapoor
Students in yellow safety vests look through the window of a wooden shack art installation inside a modern museum gallery.

Primary Schools Morning: Anish Kapoor

Art & exhibitions
Hayward Gallery
Tickets Free
Sold out
Kulpreet Singh: Indelible Black Marks
From above, people in white run through a dry field trailing long white banners that are being consumed by fire.

Kulpreet Singh: Indelible Black Marks

Art & exhibitions
Hayward Gallery
Free
TONIC FLOW: A Communal Chorus in Colour and Sound
Two women jump in the air in front of a brightly colored, geometric mural on an outdoor basketball court.

TONIC FLOW: A Communal Chorus in Colour and Sound

Art & exhibitions
Royal Festival Hall
Free
Luke Jerram: Stepping Out
A young boy jumps across large colorful dots painted on the ground at London\'s Southbank Centre on a sunny day.

Luke Jerram: Stepping Out

Art & exhibitions
Riverside Terrace
Free
Floating Together
A woman with long wavy dark hair wears a double-breasted red blazer, standing in front of an art studio wall with sketches.

Floating Together

Art & exhibitions
Riverside Terrace
Free

Wednesday 15 July

Luke Jerram: Stepping Out
A young boy jumps across large colorful dots painted on the ground at London\'s Southbank Centre on a sunny day.

Luke Jerram: Stepping Out

Art & exhibitions
Riverside Terrace
Free
Secondary Schools Morning: Anish Kapoor
Three young people view a wall display filled with a colorful grid of vintage vinyl record album covers, including David Bowie and The Rolling Stones, in a gallery.

Secondary Schools Morning: Anish Kapoor

Art & exhibitions
Hayward Gallery
Tickets Free
Sold out
Anish Kapoor
Large red texture sculpture hanging down from the ceiling to the floor in a space with stone floors and pillars

Anish Kapoor

Tour at 11am – free to ticket holders
Secondary Schools Morning will take place in the gallery 10am – 12pm

Art & exhibitions
Hayward Gallery
Kulpreet Singh: Indelible Black Marks
From above, people in white run through a dry field trailing long white banners that are being consumed by fire.

Kulpreet Singh: Indelible Black Marks

Art & exhibitions
Hayward Gallery
Free
Debut Sounds: Hidden Realities
Five LPO Young Composers standing in front of a beige wall.

Debut Sounds: Hidden Realities

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Gift to the Future
A large concrete building with colourful text decals affixed to its facade stands near a riverfront square, with the London Eye visible in the background.

Gift to the Future

Art & exhibitions
Site wide
Free
London Parks: An Exhibition
A diverse group of twelve people pose playfully on and underneath a bright yellow external concrete staircase outdoors.

London Parks: An Exhibition

Art & exhibitions
Riverside Terrace
Free
TONIC FLOW: A Communal Chorus in Colour and Sound
Two women jump in the air in front of a brightly colored, geometric mural on an outdoor basketball court.

TONIC FLOW: A Communal Chorus in Colour and Sound

Art & exhibitions
Royal Festival Hall
Free
Floating Together
A woman with long wavy dark hair wears a double-breasted red blazer, standing in front of an art studio wall with sketches.

Floating Together

Art & exhibitions
Riverside Terrace
Free
Quentin Blake: The Southbank Parade
A trio of illustrations by Quentin Blake depicting members of an orchestra; a woman in a long dress playing a violin, a person in a wheelchair plating the cymbals and a man in tails playing the flute

Quentin Blake: The Southbank Parade

Art & exhibitions
Site wide
Free

Thursday 16 July

Kulpreet Singh: Indelible Black Marks
From above, people in white run through a dry field trailing long white banners that are being consumed by fire.

Kulpreet Singh: Indelible Black Marks

Art & exhibitions
Hayward Gallery
Free
Luke Jerram: Stepping Out
A young boy jumps across large colorful dots painted on the ground at London\'s Southbank Centre on a sunny day.

Luke Jerram: Stepping Out

Art & exhibitions
Riverside Terrace
Free
Anish Kapoor
Large red texture sculpture hanging down from the ceiling to the floor in a space with stone floors and pillars

Anish Kapoor

Art & exhibitions
Hayward Gallery
At Least We Can Reimagine
A woman in a polka dot dress mixes music on a DJ controller on a stage decorated with colorful hanging flags.

At Least We Can Reimagine

Gigs
Riverside Terrace
Free
Red Sky at Sunrise: Laurie Lee in Words and Music
Image of actor wearing white reading from a lectern.

Red Sky at Sunrise: Laurie Lee in Words and Music

Literature & poetry
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Warhaus feat. Julien Libeer
Two men pose in a living room with a dog; one sits on a sideboard and the other in a chair, with a large mirror behind.

Warhaus feat. Julien Libeer

Gigs
Purcell Room
Book Now

Last few tickets

Gift to the Future
A large concrete building with colourful text decals affixed to its facade stands near a riverfront square, with the London Eye visible in the background.

Gift to the Future

Art & exhibitions
Site wide
Free
London Parks: An Exhibition
A diverse group of twelve people pose playfully on and underneath a bright yellow external concrete staircase outdoors.

London Parks: An Exhibition

Art & exhibitions
Riverside Terrace
Free
Floating Together
A woman with long wavy dark hair wears a double-breasted red blazer, standing in front of an art studio wall with sketches.

Floating Together

Art & exhibitions
Riverside Terrace
Free
TONIC FLOW: A Communal Chorus in Colour and Sound
Two women jump in the air in front of a brightly colored, geometric mural on an outdoor basketball court.

TONIC FLOW: A Communal Chorus in Colour and Sound

Art & exhibitions
Royal Festival Hall
Free
Quentin Blake: The Southbank Parade
A trio of illustrations by Quentin Blake depicting members of an orchestra; a woman in a long dress playing a violin, a person in a wheelchair plating the cymbals and a man in tails playing the flute

Quentin Blake: The Southbank Parade

Art & exhibitions
Site wide
Free

Friday 17 July

Anish Kapoor
Large red texture sculpture hanging down from the ceiling to the floor in a space with stone floors and pillars

Anish Kapoor

Tour at 11am – free to ticket holders

Art & exhibitions
Hayward Gallery
Luke Jerram: Stepping Out
A young boy jumps across large colorful dots painted on the ground at London\'s Southbank Centre on a sunny day.

Luke Jerram: Stepping Out

Art & exhibitions
Riverside Terrace
Free
Kulpreet Singh: Indelible Black Marks
From above, people in white run through a dry field trailing long white banners that are being consumed by fire.

Kulpreet Singh: Indelible Black Marks

Art & exhibitions
Hayward Gallery
Free
At Least We Have the Playground
A collage of game pieces including chess, dominoes, and pick-up sticks, with a hand using a craft knife to cut a board.

At Least We Have the Playground

Courses & workshops
Riverside Terrace
Free
An Evening with Rough Trade Books
Max porter wears a blue workman's jacket buttoned up to the collar and looks straight at camera. In the background are polaroid images and sketchings.

An Evening with Rough Trade Books

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Gift to the Future
A large concrete building with colourful text decals affixed to its facade stands near a riverfront square, with the London Eye visible in the background.

Gift to the Future

Art & exhibitions
Site wide
Free
London Parks: An Exhibition
A diverse group of twelve people pose playfully on and underneath a bright yellow external concrete staircase outdoors.

London Parks: An Exhibition

Art & exhibitions
Riverside Terrace
Free
Quentin Blake: The Southbank Parade
A trio of illustrations by Quentin Blake depicting members of an orchestra; a woman in a long dress playing a violin, a person in a wheelchair plating the cymbals and a man in tails playing the flute

Quentin Blake: The Southbank Parade

Art & exhibitions
Site wide
Free
Floating Together
A woman with long wavy dark hair wears a double-breasted red blazer, standing in front of an art studio wall with sketches.

Floating Together

Art & exhibitions
Riverside Terrace
Free
TONIC FLOW: A Communal Chorus in Colour and Sound
Two women jump in the air in front of a brightly colored, geometric mural on an outdoor basketball court.

TONIC FLOW: A Communal Chorus in Colour and Sound

Art & exhibitions
Royal Festival Hall
Free

Saturday 18 July

Anish Kapoor
Large red texture sculpture hanging down from the ceiling to the floor in a space with stone floors and pillars

Anish Kapoor

Art & exhibitions
Hayward Gallery
Kulpreet Singh: Indelible Black Marks
From above, people in white run through a dry field trailing long white banners that are being consumed by fire.

Kulpreet Singh: Indelible Black Marks

Art & exhibitions
Hayward Gallery
Free
Luke Jerram: Stepping Out
A young boy jumps across large colorful dots painted on the ground at London\'s Southbank Centre on a sunny day.

Luke Jerram: Stepping Out

Art & exhibitions
Riverside Terrace
Free
Southbank Centre Tours
A concrete brutalist building with the London Eye and Big Ben in the background

Southbank Centre Tours

Tours & activities
Across the site
At Least We Can Decide
Three performers on an outdoor stage sing into microphones for a large, diverse crowd of people dancing and cheering.

At Least We Can Decide

Courses & workshops
Riverside Terrace
Free
Hannah Patterson: Ungone – the Play
A blonde woman in glasses and an olive green knit sweater smiles gently with her chin resting on her hand at a grey table.

Hannah Patterson: Ungone – the Play

Gigs
Purcell Room
Book Now

Last few tickets

Scritti Politti
A man wearing a green and yellow tartan jacket, standing against a blue brick wall

Scritti Politti

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Book Now

Last few tickets

Hannah Patterson: Ungone – the Play
A blonde woman in glasses and an olive green knit sweater smiles gently with her chin resting on her hand at a grey table.

Hannah Patterson: Ungone – the Play

Gigs
Purcell Room
Book Now

Last few tickets

Pulp
A group of men and women sat on amps and armchairs in a studio

Pulp

Gigs
Royal Festival Hall
Book Now

Last few tickets

Scritti Politti
A man wearing a green and yellow tartan jacket, standing against a blue brick wall

Scritti Politti

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Book Now

Last few tickets

Gift to the Future
A large concrete building with colourful text decals affixed to its facade stands near a riverfront square, with the London Eye visible in the background.

Gift to the Future

Art & exhibitions
Site wide
Free
London Parks: An Exhibition
A diverse group of twelve people pose playfully on and underneath a bright yellow external concrete staircase outdoors.

London Parks: An Exhibition

Art & exhibitions
Riverside Terrace
Free
Quentin Blake: The Southbank Parade
A trio of illustrations by Quentin Blake depicting members of an orchestra; a woman in a long dress playing a violin, a person in a wheelchair plating the cymbals and a man in tails playing the flute

Quentin Blake: The Southbank Parade

Art & exhibitions
Site wide
Free
TONIC FLOW: A Communal Chorus in Colour and Sound
Two women jump in the air in front of a brightly colored, geometric mural on an outdoor basketball court.

TONIC FLOW: A Communal Chorus in Colour and Sound

Art & exhibitions
Royal Festival Hall
Free
Floating Together
A woman with long wavy dark hair wears a double-breasted red blazer, standing in front of an art studio wall with sketches.

Floating Together

Art & exhibitions
Riverside Terrace
Free

Sunday 19 July

Gift to the Future
A large concrete building with colourful text decals affixed to its facade stands near a riverfront square, with the London Eye visible in the background.

Gift to the Future

Art & exhibitions
Site wide
Free

While you're with us

Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
People enjoying the Jeppe Hein Fountain at the Southbank Centre

Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms

A summer favourite returns to our site with water fountains to splash around and cool down in.

Shopping
Wooden displays in the Southbank centre shop, featuring books, plushies, and colourful merchandise

Shopping

A vibrant range of inspiring books, homeware, prints, accessories and more.

Klaus Weber: Thinking Fountains
Two statues; a green human body with water spouting from its neck and another of human legs with water pouring down from above displayed outdoors

Thinking
Fountains

Water cascades and spouts over Klaus Weber’s bronze figures.

Modified Social Benches
Two children eating ice cream on a red cirrcular bench

Modified Social Benches

Benches that challenge the space and distance we place between one another.

William Pye's Zemran
A photograph showing Riverside Terrace at Southbank Centre, with the metal sculpture Zemran in the foreground, next to Queen Elizabeth Hall

William Pye's Zemran

Pye’s beautiful stainless steel sculpture sits overlooking the Thames.

Natura Nostra Forest
Bright sunlight bursts through green leaves with a lens flare, set against a blue sky and a textured concrete building.

Natura Nostra Forest

Our growing pocket forest creating a natural oasis.