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Fri 5 Jun — Sun 7 Jun

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More info for REPLAY: A Limitless Recycled Playground
Children playing in a loose parts play installation
Family & young people

REPLAY: A Limitless Recycled Playground

Explore a world of play and invention in a recycled playground for children and their grown-ups
Royal Festival Hall
More info for Quentin Blake: The Southbank Parade
A trio of illustrations by Quentin Blake depicting members of an orchestra; a woman in a long dress playing a violin, a person in a wheelchair plating the cymbals and a man in tails playing the flute
Art & exhibitions

Quentin Blake: The Southbank Parade

The much-loved illustrator and author celebrates the 1951 Festival of Britain for this installation
Site wide
Tickets Free
More info for Southbank Centre Tours
A concrete brutalist building with the London Eye and Big Ben in the background
Tours & activities

Southbank Centre Tours

See our spectacular venues from a whole new perspective during our 75th anniversary year
Across the site
More info for Rug Rhymes: Summer
Young children with their parents/guardians at a Rug Rhymes session at the National Poetry Library
Literature & poetry

Rug Rhymes: Summer

Share your favourite nursery rhymes and learn new ones in a playful session for under-5s
National Poetry Library
More info for Skate 50
A skater skates near the Undercroft Skate Space
Art & exhibitions

Skate 50

Our exhibition uncovers the story of London’s original skate space through imagery, audio and film
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Hisaishi & Scriabin
Blue, pink and yellow illustration of a trumpet
Classical music

Hisaishi & Scriabin

Explore the dazzling cosmos of Scriabin’s Third Symphony with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
More info for Édouard Louis: Collapse
Edouard Louis wearing a black coat standing on a street.
Literature & poetry

Édouard Louis: Collapse

The once-in-a-generation writer unwraps his groundbreaking new works in conversation with Tash Aw
Purcell Room
More info for GROOVE
Group of performers posing with instruments, records and houseplants on a white backdrop
Performance & dance

GROOVE

In a lively dance concert, The Ruggeds and Ghetto Funk Collective take us 50 years back in time
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for The Ruggeds Takeover
Top-down view of a breakdancer performing a one-handed freeze on a circular mat, surrounded by a large crowd of spectators.
Performance & dance

The Ruggeds Takeover

The leading breaking crew team up with musicians and dancers for a full day of good times
Riverside Terrace
Tickets Free
More info for Tamsin Waley-Cohen & Cordelia Williams: Lullabies
Left; Woman walking and holding her violin above her head, right; woman with blonde hair leaning against a pillar looking to camera
Classical music

Tamsin Waley-Cohen & Cordelia Williams: Lullabies

Two British star musicians explore an enchanting selection of music themed around nightfall
Purcell Room
Multi-buy
More info for REPLAY: Relaxed
Children and their families playing with loose parts play in the REPLAY installation
Family & young people

REPLAY: Relaxed

Enjoy our world of play and invention for families in a gentler, less busy session
Royal Festival Hall
More info for Game Music Festival: The Infernal Symphony
Digital art of a massive red demon with large horns looming over four dark, hellish figures in a fiery landscape.
Classical music

Game Music Festival: The Infernal Symphony

Hear the haunting music of Diablo in an official concert commemorating 30 years of the franchise
Royal Festival Hall

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.