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More info for Creative Encounters: (Almost) Ikebana
A simple floral arrangement in a light green vase sits against a wrinkled cream-colored fabric backdrop.
Courses & workshops

Creative Encounters: (Almost) Ikebana

A restorative workshop bringing together the Japanese art of flower arranging, drawing and painting
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for Exploration Bazaar
Glossy white molecular-style structures sit on a beige plane, linked by glowing pink and yellow light filaments.
Tours & activities

Exploration Bazaar

Ignite your curiosity, play with new ideas or join a debate at an exploration of creative AI innovation
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for Live Demos
A dark grey, textured geometric bowl with intricate spiky carvings on a plain white background.
Art & exhibitions

Live Demos

The future has landed – explore interactive mixed-reality, trailblazing art, live coding, industry demos and DIY AI prototypes
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Virtual Orchestra: Play Along
A man in a Hawaiian shirt wears a VR headset and headphones, holding two controllers in the clore ballroom
Family

Virtual Orchestra: Play Along

Pick up a virtual instrument and play your heart out alongside the Philharmonia Orchestra
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Mix & Move: Jazz and Funk
Two older women joyfully dance together in the center of a crowded room illuminated by vibrant pink stage lights.
Courses & workshops

Mix & Move: Jazz and Funk

Join Grounded Movement to dance your way through the worlds of jazz and funk
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for Out-Spoken Masterclass: September
Workshop leader engaging with the class.
Literature & poetry

Out-Spoken Masterclass: September

Put pen to paper and hone your craft under the guidance of poet Lucy Mercer at a hands-on workshop
Royal Festival Hall
More info for Creative Encounters: 2B or not 2B's Life Drawing
A group of seven people recreate Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper in front of a large reproduction of the painting.
Courses & workshops

Creative Encounters: 2B or not 2B's Life Drawing

Capture the form, movement and language of the body at a welcoming drawing session
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for Creative Encounters: Poetry and Ink
Hands with long nails use a tool to carve a butterfly design into a dark block on a wooden table.
Courses & workshops

Creative Encounters: Poetry and Ink

Play with words and stamp-making to help create a giant, collaborative visual poem
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for Wavelengths: October
A smiling young woman with glasses waves to a group of people dancing under vibrant pink stage lights.
Courses & workshops

Wavelengths: October

A creative remedy for the world via live performance, workshops and more at a new night for under-25s
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Creative Encounters: String Looping
Three pieces of fruit—a melon, a green apple, and a papaya—each sit inside a woven net produce bag on a plain beige surface.
Courses & workshops

Creative Encounters: String Looping

Learn the ancient art of looping and craft your own mini baskets using yarn
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for Creative Encounters: We Knead to Talk
A hand holds a dumpling keychain decorated with colorful gems alongside similar crafts on a striped cloth.
Courses & workshops

Creative Encounters: We Knead to Talk

Fold your stories of home and food into handmade clay dumpling charms at a playful craft workshop
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for Wavelengths: November
A group of young people sit together under vibrant red lighting, focusing their attention on someone out of frame.
Courses & workshops

Wavelengths: November

Step in and find your wavelength at a new night of live performances and workshops for under-25s
Royal Festival Hall
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.