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Refugee Week

Thu 25 – Sun 28 Jun 2026

Music, talks, film and public programming centred on this year’s theme of ‘courage’

A celebration of community, mutual care and the human ability to start again, bringing together artists from all over the world.

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More info for Creative Encounters: Create with Courage
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Courses & workshops

Creative Encounters: Create with Courage

Explore courage through printmaking and live music in a Refugee Week edition of our creative sessions
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for It Sounds Like Courage
British-American sitar player and musician Anoushka Shankar, wearing an orange top
Gigs

It Sounds Like Courage

Music and spoken word shaped by migration, co-curated by Anoushka Shankar and Counterpoints Arts
Royal Festival Hall
More info for Counterpoints Lecture with Elif Shafak
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Literature & poetry

Counterpoints Lecture with Elif Shafak

The global bestselling writer explores whether creativity can help heal our divided world
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for Our HeartBeats: Courage in Creativity
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Gigs

Our HeartBeats: Courage in Creativity

Soak up the energy at a day-to-night celebration of global club sounds, community and music
Riverside Terrace
Tickets Free
More info for Arab Film Club: An Afternoon of Shorts and Q&A
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Talks & debates

Arab Film Club: An Afternoon of Shorts and Q&A

A programme of exceptional short films spotlighting refugee narratives and stories of migration.
Purcell Room

While you're with us

Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
People enjoying the Jeppe Hein Fountain at the Southbank Centre

Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms

A summer favourite returns to our site with water fountains to splash around and cool down in

Shopping
Wooden displays in the Southbank centre shop, featuring books, plushies, and colourful merchandise

Shopping

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

Klaus Weber: Thinking Fountains
Two statues; a green human body with water spouting from its neck and another of human legs with water pouring down from above displayed outdoors

Thinking
Fountains

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

Modified Social Benches
Two children eating ice cream on a red cirrcular bench

Modified Social Benches

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

William Pye's Zemran
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William Pye's Zemran

Pye’s beautiful stainless steel sculpture sits overlooking the Thames.

Natura Nostra Forest
Bright sunlight bursts through green leaves with a lens flare, set against a blue sky and a textured concrete building.

Natura Nostra Forest

Our growing pocket forest creating a natural oasis.