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 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 You've Got The Love, an evening of writing, exchanging and debunking love stories with singer-songwriter Karima Francis.

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.

Wed 26 Mar
Brought up in two indigenous cultures (Hawaiian and Ryukyuan), Stacy Makishi invites you to encounter rowdy rituals and soothing provocations to welcome spring.