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Sat 11 Jul — Sun 12 Jul

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Saturday 11 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
Masterclass: Raymond Antrobus
A man with tattooed arms in a brown linen shirt leans against a large tree trunk in a sunlit outdoor setting.

Masterclass: Raymond Antrobus

Literature & poetry
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Sold out
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
Poetry International Festival Zine Fair
Rows of tables with zines and crowds of people walking between

Poetry International Festival Zine Fair

Literature & poetry
Royal Festival Hall
Free
After Catastrophe: Futures Beyond Crisis
Blue banner with collages images on the right

After Catastrophe: Futures Beyond Crisis

Literature & poetry
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Masterclass: Ilya Kaminsky
Close-up of a smiling man with glasses and messy dark hair, posing against a light-brown wooden paneled wall.

Masterclass: Ilya Kaminsky

Literature & poetry
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Sold out
Peter Gizzi & Denise Riley
Side-by-side portraits: a man with a gray beard looking forward, and a woman with white hair resting her head on her hand.

Peter Gizzi & Denise Riley

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room
Multi-buy
Apples and Snakes: Managers’ Match
A woman performs spoken word poetry on stage with her arms outstretched, a large screen with text behind her.

Apples and Snakes: Managers’ Match

Literature & poetry
The Clore Ballroom
Free
British Sign Language Tours: Anish Kapoor
Round mirror sculpture by Anish Kapoor

British Sign Language Tours: Anish Kapoor

Art & exhibitions
British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) - The performance includes a live interpreter who translates the show into British Sign Language.
Hayward Gallery
Raymond Antrobus & Ilya Kaminsky
Split image: A tan man looking away in a garden, and a black-and-white close-up of a man laughing with eyes closed.

Raymond Antrobus & Ilya Kaminsky

Literature & poetry
British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) - The performance includes a live interpreter who translates the show into British Sign Language. Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Purcell Room
Multi-buy
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
A black and white image of David Bowie, staring directly into the camera with a spiky mullet.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust

Gigs
Royal Festival Hall
Book Now

Last few tickets

Maggie Nelson
A woman with blue eyes and light hair looks directly at the camera, wearing a grey sweater over a polka-dot collared shirt.

Maggie Nelson

Literature & poetry
Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy
From the Lips to the Moon
Two musicians perform on a dark stage with red light projections; the singer wears red gloves and

From the Lips to the Moon

Literature & poetry
The Clore Ballroom
Free
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 12 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
A Poet in Every Port – London
Two lead tutors, Vanessa Kisuule and Will Harris stand on stage. Vanessa reads from a pamphlet whilst speaking into a microphone.

A Poet in Every Port – London

Literature & poetry
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
Masterclass: Peter Gizzi
Peter Gizzi standing at a lectern reading from his poetry collection.

Masterclass: Peter Gizzi

Literature & poetry
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Sold out
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
Yang Lian & Sudeep Sen: Chinese and Indian Poetry
Two portraits side-by-side: a man with long dark hair on the left, and a smiling man with glasses on the right.

Yang Lian & Sudeep Sen: Chinese and Indian Poetry

Literature & poetry
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Masterclass: Denise Riley
A woman with short white hair rests her head on her hand in front of a framed landscape painting on a white wall.

Masterclass: Denise Riley

Literature & poetry
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Sold out
Apples and Snakes Word Cup – Showcase Final
A diverse audience sits on wooden benches in a large indoor hall, smiling and clapping after a performance.

Apples and Snakes Word Cup – Showcase Final

Literature & poetry
The Clore Ballroom
Free
Batool Abu Akleen & Alice Oswald
A young woman wearing a red patterned scarf sitting in a cafe next to a window

Batool Abu Akleen & Alice Oswald

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room
Multi-buy
A Poet in Every Port: Live
Roger McGough seated on a wooden bench wearing a blue cap

A Poet in Every Port: Live

Literature & poetry
The Clore Ballroom
Free
Kim Hyesoon & Paul Muldoon
Side-by-side portraits: a woman in white with a magnifying glass and a black-and-white photo of a man in glasses.

Kim Hyesoon & Paul Muldoon

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room
Multi-buy
The Divine Comedy
A man in a dark blue blazer and green sweater vest sits at a café table with a cup of coffee, looking contemplative.

The Divine Comedy

Gigs
Royal Festival Hall
Book Now

Last few tickets

Allen Ginsberg at 100
Black and white portrait of a bearded man with glasses and a hat, adjusting his patterned tie while looking at the camera.

Allen Ginsberg at 100

Literature & poetry
Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy
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

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.