What's on

Drip colourful paints and create a beautiful artwork inspired by fluorescent brain images as you uncover how our brain cells communicate with one another.

Help us build a giant HE-ARTwork that will form the beating heart of the Great Exhibition Road Festival!

Discover how we flourish through the lenses of European filmmakers. From thoughtful documentaries to expressive dance films and heartwarming animated shorts, enjoy a versatile selection from Germany and Europe.

Curious about German and contemporary global issues? The Gimagine Award may just be for you!

Come along to this relaxed space to drop in and enjoy a show. The programme is packed with interactive storytelling sessions, shows, and demonstrations especially for families.

Some of the best up and coming acts from the Royal College of Music, Goethe Institut, Institut Francais and the Royal Albert Hall. Plus, live jazz and soul, world music and more!

Drive around Mars rover style robots programmed by Imperial College London's Women in Computing team, and learn all about the amazing job opportunities for coders.

Witness the live creation of ten large-scale murals on Exhibition Road, which are inspired by Imperial's scientific research, and meet the artists as they work!

Alongside our amazing zone and stage programmes, the streets will be bursting with more amazing entertainment from start to finish!

Create a talisman to offer protection for yourself or on behalf of a loved one, species, ecology or society.

Slow down, relax and engage your senses. Join artist Maria Gomez Diez to explore textures and smells, before making your own wellbeing bracelet or creating a craft materials plant for our community flourishing wall.

From tarot cards to medical imaging: what methods help us face the unknown? Join a game of artist-made tarot cards and embark on a suprising journey through human fertility.

Discover how beautiful 3D models of nature are used by scientists to understand it, and inspire how we protect it

Our Young Producers invite you to take a walk through the mind of an AI. Explore this new world through an immersive and multisensory installation.

Did you know that light has special powers? Come visit us to peer into the unknown beauty of natural disorder!

Join Dr Dimple Devadas and her team of Urban Street Coaches for an action-packed programme to improve health and well-being.

Explore the history of music through hands-on crafting activities and the inspiring collections of the Royal College of Music Museum.

Design your dream bedroom for a perfect night's sleep with artist Katie Kennedy and Imperial College London sleep researchers investigating the importance of rest.

Learn about the cultures of Japan and unleash your creativity with fun activities inspired by Japan House London’s new exhibition 'Design Discoveries: Towards a DESIGN MUSEUM JAPAN'.

Meet the V&A's current Artists in Residence - Jacqui Ramrayka, Luca Bosani and Rachel Sale - in their studios on site at the V&A South Kensington, and learn more about their practice and process.

Hosted by Portobello Radio and featuring world class acts from Royal Albert Hall and Royal College of Music, expect amazing music across the weekend.

Discover innovations addressing the challenges faced by our planet through interactive activities and thought-provoking exhibits.

From our organs to our limbs, and everything in between, journey through the body to explore all of the marvellous elements, big and small, that make up us!

Make your own super energy-efficient car, test its aerodynamics, and earn a place on our marvellous motors leaderboard!

From clean powered cities to greener electronics, get charged up as we explore the latest sustainable solutions.

From AI-gaming to mosquito tunes, VR for mental health and electric racing, discover the ideas transforming your future in this space tailor-made for and by 13 to 25-year-olds.

How does it feel to sing or play a game with a stranger? Get involved and find out how a sense of connectedness is shaped by how we communicate with each other.

Design your own facepaint and see if your face art has what it takes to fool facial recognition technology.

Make and decorate your own wind capturing, spinning wooden turbines with experts from Imperial College London's Energy Futures Lab.

Join us for an exciting journey into the world of biological wonders! Play the TinyHeroes card game or stop by for a DNA extraction demo.

Join local librarians in our fun-packed, story-filled tent for sing-alongs, ryhme and move sessions or some chilled-out time with a book, for children aged 0-5 and their families.

Fuelled by creativity, young children craft solutions inspired by 1851's exhibition, guided by Imperial College London researchers. Witness future science and design firsthand.

Decorate your own icy balls of celestial shrapnel and watch their tails stretch out behind them as they face the solar wind.

Play a range of fun games and activities and learn all about the environmental impacts of plastic pollution.

Join us to build Happy City and explore how we can create content communities. Explore technology that could shape cities of the future and add to our growing model town

Play the game to see if you can spot ultra-processed food or get creative and draw your favourite homecooked meal to add to our growing collection.

Express yourself with a flourish! Make artwork and share your ideas alongside artists, scientitsts and engineers.

Make your very own coral inspired hat, and find out how NHM scientists are helping marine wildlife flourish.

Enjoy sustainable food samples, recipe cards and an interactive quiz on climate-friendly grocery shopping - with prizes!

An ode to a cell! Write your own rhyme, spit out a sonnet or hurl out a haiku as you delve into poetry with a microscopic twist.

Get crafty at this bug making workshop, exploring the versatility of paper and its applications in science, engineering, design and art.

Create your own BodyBot buddy as you explore the flexible, stringy and squishy world of mini robots that travel inside our bodies.

Contribute your own self-portrait to a giant, shared hanging mobile as we celebrate diversity and the unique elements that make each of us who we are.

Try out awesome activities, games and experiments created specially for families with children under 12, alongside family-friendly shows and pop-up movement sessions.

Get something off your chest and add your voice to a sprawling patchwork quilt of individual truths, protest slogans and personal confessions.

Come and meet Robochef! Find out how artificial intelligence and innovative technologies can help us all to live healthier lives.

Meet scientists and engineers who are inventing ways to remove harmful gasses from the air. Play games with them and share your ideas about how we can look after the planet.

Join the food waste revolution! Delve into the world of sustainable creativity and create your very own artwork as you explore innovative solutions to food waste.

Create an eco-friendly plant pot to plant your next green goal. Nurture and grow your plant as your new sustainable habit grows along with it.

Join Imperial scientists who are investigating the air we breathe, inside and outside our homes! Come and make a giant artwork with them as you share your ideas about air pollution.

How can we help our planet to flourish? Investigate air pollution, discover the urban wildlife around us, and find out about the future of animals around the world.

Discover the future of food, what it means to us and how what we eat may change.

From robotic friends and revolutionary tech to green transport and smarter AI, explore how humans and machines will interface, interact and influence the future.

Discover how Imperial College London surgeons, physiotherapists and scientists are using technology in the musculoskeletal lab - take part in research about skeletons and try on a Virtual Reality headset used to train surgeons.

Explore and experience cutting-edge virtual reality innovations to transform mental health and join us on a journey toward a healthier, immersive future.

What will the plants and animals of the future look like as they adapt to climate change? Get creative and share your ideas with artists and scientists exploring biodiversity.

Come and play against an AI agent trained with reinforcement learning on a classic Atari 2600 game, can you beat its score?

If you like building things you'll love finding out all about atoms and molecules with chemical engineers from Imperial College London.

Journey off-planet and explore the solar system, the cosmos and the technology that will help us reach the stars in our out-of-this-world Space Zone.

Explore how people, plants and animals flourish in the Royal Parks.

From mosaic self-portraits to infectious arcade games, science meets art in this 18+ festival zone to create a truly unique and inspiring experience for adults.

Don't miss the 1851der Tent's world of wonder. Experience living-material ropes and delve into your nervous system. Discover dark matter, Antarctica life, and be a penguin for a day!

Explore new flavours and ingredients, as chefs and scientists whip up dishes that you can sample right there and then!

Discover some of the secrets behind the brilliant facades of Exhibition Road in London’s arts and science district!

Come and learn your first phrases of German with the cartoon "Ein Tag in Berlin"! Discover Berlin and the German language through the adventures of a group of young people and get inspired to learn German yourself!

Join us for an engaging taster lesson and learn your first phrases in German! During our session, you will get a glimpse of what our German lessons looks like and see how our communities flourish through languages and communication.

Solve puzzles, crack codes, and uncover hidden messages as you dive into our escape room based on a real-world drug trial. Can you enrol the patient before the time runs out?

Join a 'walkshop' around South Kensington to hear how London's plants and animals are being affected by climate change and discuss what we are doing about it.

Drop into our Science Cabaret Tent for some relaxed and creative scientific exploration. Play a game of mathematical bingo, watch poetry performances or create your own algorithmic art!

Grab a pair of headphones and learn how AI behaviour can come from simple dance instructions.

Join our energetic singalong workshop, get to know Felix & Franzi, and learn some fun songs and animals in German!

The architectural revolution in Ghana and India that could inspire how cities adapt across our warming world.

The broadcaster and professor of physics discusses the weird and wonderful nature of time.

Join us as we journey to the stars! Help presenter Scott as we explore the amazing world of space in this live interactive science show.

Get to know the story of little alien Wuschel, their exciting journey to Germany (illustrated by Axel Scheffler) and create your own Wuschel out of paper!

Discover the archaeologically informed creative process of Japanese architect Tane Tsuyoshi, whose thoughts on Japanese design are featured in Japan House London’s exhibition 'Design Discoveries: Towards a DESIGN MUSEUM JAPAN'.

Explore biology through ballet or enjoy the best of Indian classical dance in the beautiful surroundings of the Institut Francais.

Discover the art of restoring our possessions, why it’s important to resist replacing broken items and how we can all be part of a repairing revolution!

Doodle river-inspired scenes, inspired by our panel discussion about reclaiming our waterways as places for nature and biodiversity, swimming and leisure.

Join Shepherds Bush community member Joanna Oyediran on a walk exploring the history and politics behind the development of this groundbreaking arts and science quarter, told through its extraordinary architecture.

Britain’s first astronaut Dr Helen Sharman hosts a discussion about technologies that could help us flourish beyond our home planet

Experience a unique performance by Royal College of Music students using newly invented and augmented instruments developed by Imperial College London.

This bookable relaxed session is for families with members who are neurodiverse and need a quieter, calmer environment can book in to explore the Family Fun Zone with fewer crowds. Try out some experiments, play, make, meet scientists and engineers and enjoy a story.

Join us for yoga and learn some German! In this yoga and games session, you and your children will learn some basic German vocabulary whilst stretching with some Asana yoga.

Help redesign our capital to be a place where communities flourish, with Dan Phillips from the Royal College of Art. Explore your hopes and fears about the future and possible new technologies.

How robotics will impact disabled people's lives and allow exploration of new environments.

From The Terminator and Black Mirror to the robot friends common in Japanese comics, hear how writers and movie makers have influenced our expectations of artificial intelligence.

How immersive technologies and simulated realities might improve our wellbeing and mental health in the real world

Journey through 200 years of prehistoric sea monsters, and learn how imaging technology, 3D printing, and robotics are re-imagining these ancient reptiles.

Explore the use of magic mushrooms, LSD and other psychoactive compounds in mental health treatment, creative problem-solving, and personal wellbeing.