Our regular free events are open to all, and bursting with creativity Come and take part in our regular free events, offering creative activities, workshops, social gatherings and family entertainment ...

Housing the world’s largest public collection of modern poetry, we are the National Poetry Library; free to join across the UK, and London’s only space dedicated to poetry study. Founded by the Arts ...

Situated in the heart of London, on the banks of the River Thames is the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, a beacon for arts and culture for over 70 years. The 2,700 capacity Royal Festival Hall ...

Join us to shake it out into the weekend at our monthly programme of social dances ...

Discover new poets through this free online collection of brilliant, moving, funny and groundbreaking poems curated by our specialist poetry librarians. Search the poems by type or by topic, or use ...

Our regular free events are open to all, and bursting with creativity ...

Explore poetry off the page in Astra Papachristodoulou’s debut solo exhibition, where poems exist as sculpture, objects and textiles. Papachristodoulou’s object poems encourage interactive and shared ...

Ground & Sound explores themes of wellbeing, regeneration, care and reflection, and also enables you to hear the story of our Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden from our resident gardeners, the ...

Stroll along the Thames under twinkling lights and sample indulgent drinks and scrumptious street food from our traditional alpine-style chalets. With pop-up bars, street food stalls and independent ...