Creative Encounters

Join Creative Encounters for a social evening of conversation, music and making as part of Southbank Centre's free events programme Open Doors.

Each month (usually on the third Wednesday), in the Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, a different artist leads an evening of playful creativity.

Aiming to be a place where you can meet and socialise with new people while trying something different, there’s an emphasis on getting to know others through interacting with hands-on creative activities. All events are free and there's no need to book!

Wed 20 Nov
Dive into a sociable and soulful session of music from YAZ, and drawing with 2B Or Not 2B Collective.

Wed 11 Dec
Join Nick Cassenbaum, theatre-maker and sharer of good times, for a playful evening to build your own festive survival kit.

Wed 18 Dec
Brought up in two indigenous cultures (Hawaiian and Ryukyuan), Stacy Makishi invites you to encounter rowdy rituals and soothing provocations to end the year.

Wed 15 Jan 
Settle in for an evening of zine-making with sweet-thang zine, accompanied by poetry and music from Black Geographies Collective.

Wed 29 Jan 
Slither into the Year of the Snake with performances, workshops and new year vibes from the UK’s first queer pan-Asian cabaret company, The Bitten Peach.

Wed 5 Feb 
Dive into love and romance in all their forms as writer Rhianna Illube presents A Wednesday Kind of Love, with an evening of writing, exchanging and debunking love stories.

Wed 26 Feb
Enjoy coming together to make something beautiful, listening to relaxing and meditative South Asian classical music and exploring poems from the National Poetry Library with Rangoli and Rhythms by the Sonia Sabri Company.

Wed 12 Mar 
Take time to relax and immerse yourself in meditation, poetry and painting at Art and Poetry in Harmony, led by artists from the Black Women Artist Network.