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More info for Saturday Sessions: Drawing Futures with MATT+FIONA
A young girl in a red shirt peers through a cutout panel on an outdoor playground structure.
Family

Saturday Sessions: Drawing Futures with MATT+FIONA

Reimagine the world through imaginative design exercises and 3D drawing designed for children
The Clore Ballroom
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
More info for Relaxed Sessions: A Festive Cracker
A young girl in a floral dress dances with other children under vibrant pink and purple lighting.
Family

Relaxed Sessions: A Festive Cracker

Join us for a Relaxed festive special with games, dances and crafty activities for families
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for Saturday Sessions: A Festive Cracker
A crowd of children and adults dance with raised arms under vibrant pink stage lights and string lighting.
Family

Saturday Sessions: A Festive Cracker

Celebrate the magic of being yourself with family games, dances and crafty activities
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for Creative Encounters: Tin Embossing
Three embossed metal ornaments—two golden fish flanking a central silver woman—hang against a white background.
Courses & workshops

Creative Encounters: Tin Embossing

Create your own delicate hanging decorations inspired by the Southbank Centre’s iconic architecture
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for Creative Encounters: Matchbox Canvases
A decorated matchbox open to reveal toy gems and coins sits among colorful paper cutouts and markers.
Courses & workshops

Creative Encounters: Matchbox Canvases

Design and make your own beautiful keepsake inspired by vintage South Asian matchboxes
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for Mix & Move: Winter Special
Two older women joyfully dance together in the center of a crowded room illuminated by vibrant pink stage lights.
Courses & workshops

Mix & Move: Winter Special

Put on your dancing shoes and feel the festive cheer at this friendly social 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.