Skip to main content

What’s on

Filter events

Filter by date

Choose a timeframe
Today Tomorrow This week Next week This weekend
Or choose dates
Insert start date as dd/mm/yyyy or click on date picker to choose a start date
Insert end date as dd/mm/yyyy or click on date picker to choose an end date

Or filter by type

Accessible events Art & exhibitions Classical music Comedy Courses & workshops Family & young people Gigs Literature & poetry Online Performance & dance Talks & debates Tours & activities
Our festivals & series Free events Access events
Access events
Clear Filters

Showing results for
Free

Overview Calendar
More info for Hanif Kureishi: Shattered – Live Stream
Writer Hanif Kureishi wears a blue shirt and looks pensively into the camera.
Literature & poetry

Hanif Kureishi: Shattered – Live Stream

LIVE STREAM: The writer shares his memoir about the accident that left him paralysed
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Happy Birthday Elmer!
Cartoon of Elmer the Elephant holding a pair of balloons with their trunk.
Literature & poetry

Happy Birthday Elmer!

Come and join the party as everyone’s favourite patchwork elephant turns 35
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for Notes on Nature 3: Wildlife
Reindeer in tundra
Classical music

Notes on Nature 3: Wildlife

The Philharmonia invites a panel of speakers to consider how we can appreciate our incredible world
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
More info for futuretense: ELENA + ESNCE
Musician ELENA lying on a bed looking into the camera with a guitar next to her

futuretense: ELENA + ESNCE

Experience the future of music with a sweeping showcase of soaring jazz, R&B and soul
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Notes on Nature 4: The Human Dimension
A diver using an underwater camera on the sea floor
Classical music

Notes on Nature 4: The Human Dimension

In the final talk in the Philharmonia’s Nordic Soundscapes series, experts hone in our role on Earth
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for futuretense: Nuha Ruby Ra + KEG
Nuha Ruby Ra wearing a red mesh top with their head tilted to the left with an arm wrapped around their head
Gigs

futuretense: Nuha Ruby Ra + KEG

Thrilling, unsettling and powerful: experience the sound of musicians in control of their vision
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Philharmonia Chamber Players: Turina & Ravel
The Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Santtu-Matias Rouvali perform Mahler: Symphony No.2 (Resurrection) (Mari Eriksmoen soprano and Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano) in the Southbank's Royal Festival Hall on Wednesday, 8 June 2022. .Photo by Mark Allan
Classical music

Philharmonia Chamber Players: Turina & Ravel

Four members of the Philharmonia give a free performance of Ravel’s String Quartet
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
More info for OrchLab Festival Day
Classical music

OrchLab Festival Day

Disabled adults are invited to celebrate accessible music-making with the LPO
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for futuretense: Isaiah Shoticaury + IMVN
A woman wearing neck jewellery facing away from the camera with dark eye makeup

futuretense: Isaiah Shoticaury + IMVN

Serene sounds and soul-searching lyrics take the fore in a performance from two musicians
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets Free
More info for LPO Showcase: Foyle Future Firsts & RAM
Classical music

LPO Showcase: Foyle Future Firsts & RAM

Ravel’s elegant Le Tombeau de Couperin heads up this free concert with upcoming musicians and LPO members
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
1 2 3 4 5

Whilst you’re with us

Modified Social Benches

Modified Social Benches

Benches that challenge the space and distance we place between one another.

Crazy Boules
A close up shot of the boules by the 'jack'

Crazy Boules

The classic French game gets a neon-spangled makeover.

Southbank Centre Food Market
Mango chutney being added to a wrap at La Sani

Southbank Centre Food Market

With a huge choice of street food and drinks, our weekly food market is a must-visit.

Ground & Sound
Gardener Paul Pulford listening to Ground and Sound in the Roof Garden

Ground & Sound

Experience an enchanting musical score in our very own secret garden.

Shopping
A variety of Block Scene merchandise on sale at the Royal Festival Hall shop including colourful printed t-shirts, mugs and tea towels.

Shopping

A vibrant range of inspiring books, homeware, prints, accessories and more.

Klaus Weber: Thinking Fountains

Thinking
Fountains

Water cascades and spouts over Klaus Weber’s bronze figures.

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

Natura Nostra Forest

Our growing pocket forest creating a natural oasis.