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Riverside Sessions

Thu 16 Jul – Sun 30 Aug 2026

Join the party at free summer events curated by youth collectives

Whatever your age, this is a place to express and reimagine what being and feeling young means. Embrace youth as a mindset, not as an age, with our series of summer events.

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More info for Raze Collective: Friday
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Performance & dance

Raze Collective: Friday

Celebrate queer creativity at a free evening of live music, DJs, dance and spoken word
Riverside Terrace
Tickets Free
More info for Arts Emergency: Explore
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Performance & dance

Arts Emergency: Explore

Let loose, revel in nostalgia and set all your big feelings free through dance, music and workshops
Riverside Terrace
Tickets Free
More info for Arts Emergency: Express
A woman holding a folder speaks into a microphone on stage alongside other performers.
Performance & dance

Arts Emergency: Express

Workshops, storytelling from open-mic night Special Guest and live music comes to the riverside
Riverside Terrace
Tickets Free
More info for Heart n Soul’s Let It Be Awesome Party!
Two people smile and wave behind a DJ mixer, silhouetted against a purple backdrop with projected heart graphics.
Gigs

Heart n Soul’s Let It Be Awesome Party!

The inclusive creative community turns 40 with dancing, live music and its much-loved crew of DJs
Riverside Terrace
Tickets Free
More info for LIVE + BREATHE: Sounds of Solidarity
A person with long red hair in a ponytail and gold hoop earrings is dancing in front of a tall green tree
Gigs

LIVE + BREATHE: Sounds of Solidarity

Hear from those championing local climate action and celebrate solidarity through a day full of music
Riverside Terrace
Tickets 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.