Discover The Clore Ballroom, a large open space inside the Royal Festival Hall. Find out about our many free events, when we're open and the Ballroom Cafe.

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Join the Poetry Society for their August open mic. Come and see the poet Katie O’Pray perform a headline set, and get the chance to read your work at an iconic London poetry venue. If you wish to sign ...

Discover incredible free art across our site with uplifting and inspiring works connected to the theme of our summer season, Dance Your Way Home.

Explore a multi-layered exhibition of new work collectively created by two Iranian-Canadian artists, featuring image-based works, sculpture, video and found objects. Punning and playful, Freudian Typo ...

Inspired by Emma Warren’s book Dance Your Way Home, our summer programme is an ode to the dance floors – from nightclubs to Irish dance halls, to street parties – that unite us across space and time.

The Riverside Terrace is an outdoor space overlooking the River Thames, on Royal Festival Hall, Level 2. We’re working hard to remove barriers, so that our facilities and events can be accessible to ...

Every February half-term our festival for children aged 0 – 11 and their grown-ups turns the Southbank Centre into one big playground. Imagine Festival is all about sparking creativity through ...

Splash in the fountain, relax in our Roof Garden, sample sizzling street food and soak up sun, shows and art for everyone.

Caroline Achaintre is a mixed media artist and, more pertinently, guest curator of the Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles. As the exhibition ...

The major retrospective invites viewers to immerse themselves in the intriguing world of one of today’s most celebrated artists through four decades of work, including recent paintings and drawings, ...

The Hayward Gallery will present Gilbert & George: 21ST CENTURY PICTURES, a landmark exhibition of art by the pioneering London-based artists (7 Oct 2025 – 11 Jan 2026). The presentation highlights ...