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More info for Secondary Schools Morning: Anish Kapoor
Three young people view a wall display filled with a colorful grid of vintage vinyl record album covers, including David Bowie and The Rolling Stones, in a gallery.
Art & exhibitions

Secondary Schools Morning: Anish Kapoor

Secondary school groups are invited to explore our current Hayward Gallery exhibition for free
Hayward Gallery
Tickets Free
More info for Koestler Arts: Rock, Paper, Scissors
A sculpted head made of clay features art supplies and crumpled pink paper bursting from its top.
Art & exhibitions

Koestler Arts: Rock, Paper, Scissors

An exhibition showcasing the artistic talent of people in criminal justice settings, curated by PIC
Queen Elizabeth Hall
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 Poetry Day!
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Literature & poetry

Poetry Day!

View hidden gems and new acquisitions from the world’s largest public collection of modern poetry
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets Free
More info for The 2026 Forward Prizes for Poetry Ceremony: Live Stream
Audience members in the Southbank Centre\'s Queen Elizabeth Hall
Literature & poetry

The 2026 Forward Prizes for Poetry Ceremony: Live Stream

Join us via live stream for some of the best poetry published in the UK and Ireland in the last year
Online Events
Tickets Free
More info for Creative Future Writers' Day
People browse books at tables in a large, wide brutalist hall with exposed concrete pillars and warm wooden ceiling lights.
Literature & poetry

Creative Future Writers' Day

A day of talks and tips for aspiring writers. In association with Service95 Book Club
Purcell Room
Tickets Free
More info for Creative Future Writers' Day: Live Stream
Speakers seated onstage at Creative Future Writers Day
Literature & poetry

Creative Future Writers' Day: Live Stream

Tune in to the live stream as writers and literary professionals share tips in a day of talks
Online Events
Tickets Free
More info for Creative Future Writers' Award Showcase: Live Stream
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Literature & poetry

Creative Future Writers' Award Showcase: Live Stream

Find your next read at the live stream of this year’s award showcase of under-represented writers
Online Events
Tickets Free
More info for The Goldsmiths Prize Shortlist Readings: Live Stream
An audience sits close together in a lecture hall or theater, looking attentively toward a speaker off-camera.
Literature & poetry

The Goldsmiths Prize Shortlist Readings: Live Stream

Join online as the six authors shortlisted for this year’s prize read from and discuss their novels
Online Events
Tickets Free
More info for Xiaolu Guo: AI-esque – Live Stream
A black and white close-up portrait of a woman looking over her shoulder, seated in front of large windows on a boat.
Literature & poetry

Xiaolu Guo: AI-esque – Live Stream

Join online for the writer’s 2026 New Statesman/Goldsmiths Prize Lecture, on fiction in the age of AI
Online Events
Tickets Free
More info for Relaxed Sessions: Drawing Futures with MATT+FIONA
People participate in an interactive art workshop with papers under vibrant, colorful lighting.
Family

Relaxed Sessions: Drawing Futures with MATT+FIONA

An adapted family workshop with games and activities for designing architecture-inspired 3D drawings
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.