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More info for REPLAY: A Limitless Recycled Playground
Children playing in a loose parts play installation
Family & young people

REPLAY: A Limitless Recycled Playground

Explore a world of play and invention in a recycled playground for children and their grown-ups
Royal Festival Hall
More info for 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
Art & exhibitions

Quentin Blake: The Southbank Parade

The much-loved illustrator and author celebrates the 1951 Festival of Britain for this installation
Site wide
Tickets Free
More info for 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.
Art & exhibitions

TONIC FLOW: A Communal Chorus in Colour and Sound

Imagine a future overflowing with hope through a collaborative sound and visual installation
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Architecture Explorers: Family Trail
A man and child walk past blue architectural art installations in front of the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Family & young people

Architecture Explorers: Family Trail

What will you discover on our interactive family activity trail? Grab a map and let’s find out!
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
More info for WordPlay: Ages 0 – 2
Two women, one holding a baby, enjoy a dance event.
Family & young people

WordPlay: Ages 0 – 2

Enjoy songs and live music for ages 0 – 2 and their grown-ups, within a playful, squishy space
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for WordPlay: Ages 3 – 5
Young boy enjoying a performance during the Imagine Festival at the Southbank Centre
Family & young people

WordPlay: Ages 3 – 5

Enjoy songs and live music for ages 3 – 5 and their grown-ups, within a playful, squishy space
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for Skate 50
A skater skates near the Undercroft Skate Space
Art & exhibitions

Skate 50

Our exhibition uncovers the story of London’s original skate space through imagery, audio and film
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Community Quilting: A Family Workshop
Children and adults sit around a table, meticulously sewing fabric patches onto a large, striped white textile banner.
Family & young people

Community Quilting: A Family Workshop

Stitch a giant collective artwork at drop-in quilting workshops with textile artist Natasha Shah
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Blizzard
A circus act with performers in a large, tilted cube frame under rain, with one woman balanced on top of others, and a man playing a piano on the right.
Performance & dance

Blizzard

Go on a wild, poetic and gentle journey with FLIP Fabrique in this acrobatic performance
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for Simmer Down
Two women dancing together
Gigs

Simmer Down

Get ready to feel the reggae rhythm at this free monthly meet-up and daytime dance
The Clore Ballroom
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.