Southbank Centre: Your free events update
Southbank Centre
Your free events update
Autumn’s activities
Get ready to fall for our bustling line-up of fantastic free events across all artforms. Workshops, music, dancing, literature and poetry are all at your fingertips!
Get involved
Creative Encounters: Colours
WED 25 SEP
Visual artist and colour therapist Momtaz Begum-Hossain leads a weaving workshop focused on colour, after live music by Asha Gold.
Creative Encounters: Sophie Herxheimer
WED 30 OCT
Celebrate the beauty of words, literature and poetry with performances and creative workshops led by poet and artist Sophie Herxheimer.
Creative Encounters: November
WED 20 NOV
Dive into a sociable and soulful session of music and creativity as part of our welcoming Wednesday evenings for everyone.
Get grooving
Simmer Down
FRI 13 SEP, FRI 4 OCT & FRI 8 NOV
Feel the reggae rhythm at this free monthly meet-up and daytime dance that’s guaranteed to get all ages moving and grooving.
Mix & Move: Afrobeats with Kiduku Rhythms
FRI 27 SEP, FRI 25 OCT & FRI 22 NOV
Kick off your weekend at a dance workshop with joyous movement from our autumn dance leaders, Kiduku Rhythms.
Family fun
Happy Birthday Elmer!
SUN 3 NOV
Relaxed Sessions with Bollyqueer
SAT 14 SEP & SAT 5 OCT
Saturday Sessions with Bollyqueer
SAT 14 SEP & SAT 5 OCT
Alphabet Soup
WED 30 OCT – FRI 1 NOV
Arts in the Garden: Light & Colour
THU 31 OCT
Relaxed Sessions with A Line Art
SAT 2 NOV
Saturday Sessions with A Line Art
SAT 2 NOV
Explore tunes
Majazz Project: Palestinian Sound Archive
UNTIL FRI 1 NOV
Catch these classics
Virtual Orchestra: Sibelius
THU 26 – SUN 29 SEP
Philharmonia Chamber Players: Turina & Ravel
THU 31 OCT
Nordic Soundscapes
SUN 29 SEP – SUN 10 NOV
Find free talks and performances through the month with Notes on Nature and at Music of Today: Kaija Saariaho & Hans Abrahamsen.
London Literature Festival
Poetry Day!
SAT 26 OCT
On the theme of ‘spoken word’, the National Poetry Library’s annual poetry day features readings and a workshop, and shows off the collection’s hidden gems.
The Orange Room
SAT 26 OCT
Enjoy live music, performances and games with an open-mic event spotlighting and celebrating Black creatives from London.
Creative Future Writers’ Day
SUN 27 OCT
Notebooks at the ready: writers, publishers and literary professionals share hints, tips and initiatives in a day of talks and panel events for aspiring writers.
Have you heard?
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THU 12 SEP – THU 21 NOV
Love being the first to hear the newest music artists on the rise? Discover new artists and pop down to our free early-evening gigs happening twice a month in the Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer.