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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
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 Members' Private View: Anish Kapoor
Photograph of man looking into hole in the floor, artwork title 'Descent into Limbo' by Anish Kapoor, 1992-2016
Art & exhibitions

Members' Private View: Anish Kapoor

Step into Anish Kapoor’s artistic world at a Members’ Private View at the Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery
Tickets Free
More info for futuretense: Teshay Makeda + NEONE The Wonderer
Side-by-side portraits of a woman in green against yellow and a black-and-white profile of a man looking up.
Gigs

futuretense: Teshay Makeda + NEONE The Wonderer

Sparks fly as genres fuse in this double bill of reggae, soul and R&B and alt hip-hop vibes
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Get Your Hands-Dirty with Creative Tech
A series of laptops using the Hydra coding software in a purple lit room
Art & exhibitions

Get Your Hands-Dirty with Creative Tech

Performances, workshops and interactive art showcasing London’s creative computing communities
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg: Pollinator Pathmaker
A dense, hyper-colorful digital illustration of a wildflower meadow packed with pink, blue, and purple blossoms.
Art & exhibitions

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg: Pollinator Pathmaker

A kaleidoscopically colourful digital artwork exploring garden design for pollinators
Riverside Terrace
Tickets Free
More info for Katie Paterson: Ideas
A woman stands with outstretched hands before a giant, glowing disco ball reflecting specks of light across a dark room.
Art & exhibitions

Katie Paterson: Ideas

A constellation of reflections on deep time and imagined worlds forms a dreamlike sound installation
Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden
Tickets Free
More info for Kate Crawford & Vladan Joler: Anatomy of an AI System
A highly complex white schematic chart on a black background titled
Art & exhibitions

Kate Crawford & Vladan Joler: Anatomy of an AI System

Investigate the vast, intricate web of resources, labour and data behind a single Amazon Echo
Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden
Tickets Free
More info for Andrew Thomas Huang: The Deer of Nine Colors
A dancer in a golden animal mask with large antlers poses on a stage beneath a bright spotlight creating a sunburst flare.
Art & exhibitions

Andrew Thomas Huang: The Deer of Nine Colors

A hypnotic, dreamlike installation offering a modern sci-fi retelling of a Buddhist folktale
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets Free
More info for The Prologue
A fuzzy image of a rectangular object cut horizontally by a bright purple beam, with vertical lines and dark spots.
Art & exhibitions

The Prologue

Step through an immersive gateway reimagining the language of technology through poetry and light
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 Saturday Talks Programme
An audience watches two women speaking at a panel discussion in a modern event space at night.
Talks & debates

Saturday Talks Programme

Drop in for fascinating talks and performance lectures on the big ideas behind Creative Intelligence
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.