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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 REPLAY: Relaxed
Children and their families playing with loose parts play in the REPLAY installation
Family & young people

REPLAY: Relaxed

Enjoy our world of play and invention for families in a gentler, less busy session
Royal Festival Hall
More info for Lambeth Music Service: Musitrax Festival 2026
A large youth orchestra performs on a brightly lit indoor stage underneath hanging festoon lights and a festival banner.
Family & young people

Lambeth Music Service: Musitrax Festival 2026

Witness the infectious enthusiasm of young people early on in their musical journeys
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for Rug Rhymes: Summer
Young children with their parents/guardians at a Rug Rhymes session at the National Poetry Library
Literature & poetry

Rug Rhymes: Summer

Share your favourite nursery rhymes and learn new ones in a playful session for under-5s
National Poetry Library
More info for Game Music Festival: Ballads of the Underworld
Stylized digital art of five characters from the Hades video game series, including Zagreus with a laurel crown and Cerberus, and another figure with bright green hair singing into a microphone.
Classical music

Game Music Festival: Ballads of the Underworld

Experience the enchanting music of Hades and Hades II – follow the songs into the mythic Underworld
Royal Festival Hall
More info for Game Music Festival: Persona Grooves
Illustration of the Persona Grooves game
Classical music

Game Music Festival: Persona Grooves

A vibrant and dynamic performance celebrates 30 years of the Persona franchise
Royal Festival Hall
More info for Mozart’s Jupiter by Heart: Family Edit
A conductor speaking into a microphone in front of an orchestra on stage
Family & young people

Mozart’s Jupiter by Heart: Family Edit

Step inside Mozart’s mighty Jupiter Symphony at Aurora’s immersive performance for families
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
More info for Gift to the Future
Collage of handwritten poetic notes about the future pasted over a black-and-white line drawing of city buildings.
Art & exhibitions

Gift to the Future

See our brutalist buildings transformed with a giant poetry installation
Site wide
Tickets Free
More info for Lambeth Music Service: Harmonise Youth Showcase
A music ensemble of young musicians play instruments on stage with blue lights
Family & young people

Lambeth Music Service: Harmonise Youth Showcase

Talented young musicians from Brixton Hill and In Harmony Lambeth bring their music to our stage.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for 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.
Literature & poetry

Apples and Snakes Word Cup – Showcase Final

Seven teams of young poets go head-to-head in a high-energy poetic play-off
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for Dog Man: The Musical
A cartoon drawing of Dog Man from the popular book series, wearing a police uniform and crown, walking on a line above a purple city skyline, set against a blue polka dot sky.
Family & young people

Dog Man: The Musical

Dive into this epic adventure featuring the hilarity and heart of Dav Pilkey’s beloved characters
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for Tomorrow's Warriors: Extraordinary Summer Showcase
Close-up of a young man playing an alto saxophone in a line of musicians under purple and red stage lights.
Gigs

Tomorrow's Warriors: Extraordinary Summer Showcase

Catch live music from some of the finest young jazz musicians on London’s bubbling scene
Queen Elizabeth 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.