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 ...

The Queen Elizabeth Hall is a leading London venue showcasing world-class talks, gigs, dance, performance and classical music. Originally opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1967, our Queen ...

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 ...

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 ...

Take in our current exhibition, Haegue Yang: Leap Year in a relaxed environment with additional support at our Relaxed Hours event. Come along for a guided tour of the exhibition or explore at your ...

Come and get snug as a bug while National Poetry Library puppets Federico and Firebird share some of their favourite poems, nursery rhymes and rhyming stories. Join us for a welcoming, playful session ...

Take a break in our Ballroom Cafe with a Community Blend coffee – or maybe even a cake or sweet-treat from our on-site bakery – and you might be lucky enough to take in a lunchtime concert or ...

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 ...

A lively poetry and music event hosted by Mary Duggan, Anna Meryt, Ayfer Orhan, featuring an open mic followed by readings from local poets Abe Gibson, David Floyd, Liba Ravindram, and Rob ...

The Koestler Awards is an annual programme encouraging people from the UK’s criminal justice system to change their lives through the arts. Jeremy Deller and John Costi have selected artwork from over ...

The London Philharmonic Orchestra has been celebrated as one of the world’s great orchestras since being founded by Sir Thomas Beecham in 1932. The LPO aims to bring wonder to the modern world with ...