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Until Mon 31 Aug

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

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Large red texture sculpture hanging down from the ceiling to the floor in a space with stone floors and pillars
Art & exhibitions

Anish Kapoor

Venture into a world of mystery through the artist’s awe-inspiring works at our major exhibition
Hayward Gallery
More info for Anish Kapoor
Large red texture sculpture hanging down from the ceiling to the floor in a space with stone floors and pillars
Art & exhibitions

Anish Kapoor

Venture into a world of mystery through the artist’s awe-inspiring works at our major exhibition
Hayward Gallery
More info for Anish Kapoor
Large red texture sculpture hanging down from the ceiling to the floor in a space with stone floors and pillars
Art & exhibitions

Anish Kapoor

Venture into a world of mystery through the artist’s awe-inspiring works at our major exhibition
Hayward Gallery
More info for Anish Kapoor
Large red texture sculpture hanging down from the ceiling to the floor in a space with stone floors and pillars
Art & exhibitions

Anish Kapoor

Venture into a world of mystery through the artist’s awe-inspiring works at our major exhibition
Hayward Gallery

Free events

Summer series

More info for Harry Styles’ Meltdown
Harry Styles leans back in a chair, wearing a navy blue suit jacket, white shirt, brown silk tie and yellow shorts.

Harry Styles’ Meltdown

Thu 11 – Sun 21 Jun 2026
The culture-defining artist curates the 31st edition of Meltdown
More info for Harry Styles’ Meltdown
Harry Styles leans back in a chair, wearing a navy blue suit jacket, white shirt, brown silk tie and yellow shorts.

Harry Styles’ Meltdown

Thu 11 – Sun 21 Jun 2026
The culture-defining artist curates the 31st edition of Meltdown
More info for Harry Styles’ Meltdown
Harry Styles leans back in a chair, wearing a navy blue suit jacket, white shirt, brown silk tie and yellow shorts.

Harry Styles’ Meltdown

Thu 11 – Sun 21 Jun 2026
The culture-defining artist curates the 31st edition of Meltdown
More info for Harry Styles’ Meltdown
Harry Styles leans back in a chair, wearing a navy blue suit jacket, white shirt, brown silk tie and yellow shorts.

Harry Styles’ Meltdown

Thu 11 – Sun 21 Jun 2026
The culture-defining artist curates the 31st edition of Meltdown

Food & drink

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A group of people enjoying a drink and food outside

Pop-ups

Why picnic this summer when you can pop up?

Friends relax on a grassy rooftop terrace with yellow deckchairs, featuring Big Ben and the London Eye in the background.

Roof Garden Bar & Kitchen

The perfect place to step away from the city

An outdoor terrace lit by golden hour sunset with people standing at tables and drinking cocktails with big ben in the distance

Seventy5th Balcony Bar

Come for the drinks, stay for the views at our spectacular bar

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
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
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.

Summer shop

Browse all our homeware, accessories and gift ideas

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