A destination for landmark cultural moments, the Southbank Centre is proud to announce its Summer Literature & Spoken Word 2025 season from May to October 2025, offering unbeatable experiences to ...

May 2025 sees the second edition of South Asian Sounds, four days of concerts and gigs here at the Southbank Centre featuring a mix of big names and emerging new voices. South Asia is an undeniably ...

showcasing East and Southeast Asia and the diaspora – ESEA Encounters. Taking place from Thursday 17 – Sunday 20 July, ESEA Encounters will showcase a selection of some of the most exciting ...

The Southbank Centre has today announced that HRH The Duke of Edinburgh has become its new Patron. The Duke takes on the patronage previously held by his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. The Southbank ...

In this 3 hour workshop at Somerset House Exchange, with facilitator Eljai Morais, you will be guided through the process of creating spoken word stage-ready work using free-writing exercises, prompts ...

Six artists are now officially on the bill for this year’s Meltdown – plus Little Simz herself – and to give you a flavour of the summer to come, we’ve brought them together in a single playlist. It’s ...

The Southbank Centre has announced the much-anticipated first wave of artists performing at Little Simz’ Meltdown. Taking place this summer from Thursday 12 – Sunday 22 June, Little Simz is assembling ...

Enter an endless world of play and invention in a limitless recycled playground for children and their grown-ups to tap into their imaginations. Part installation, part adventure playground, REPLAY is ...

The South Downs Poetry Festival, an ongoing programme of events taking place in Sussex, is now open for submissions for The Binsted Prize. Poems must be previously unpublished and not exceed 40 lines.

Senate House Library is hosting the UK launch of poet Sylee Gore’s debut chapbook, ‘Maximum Summer’, as part of the Royal Holloway Small Press Takeover. Gore will be joined by readings from Mia You, ...

SpeakEasy Po’JaM is a bi-monthly Black & Global Majority music and spoken word open-mic night at Theatre Deli Cafe/Bar London. Black Lives Natter invites audiences and creatives to a night of music ...

Hen Run chapbook competition 2025 is open to submissions from women over 60 who have not previously published a collection or pamphlet. Individual poems published in anthologies and magazines or ...