Adult Highlights

Join quantum physicists and artists as they explore how quantum inspires creativity, how both fields visualize and communicate it, and how quantum imagery and language have shaped mainstream art and culture.

Join one of the world’s most celebrated heart surgeons to discuss a career innovating in the operating theatre.

Pick up a petri dish, choose your fabric and create your own textile art to take home inspired by the fascinating world of the vaginal microbiome.

From our backyards to London’s royal parks, explore how climate change and London’s unique microclimate will affect the way we garden.

Join our Biology Ballerina for an exploration of the natural world and humanity's impact through pliés and pirouettes.

Move, groove, and discover the science behind dance in this joyful and inclusive Bollywood dance workshop.

How gay is nature? Join the author of 'A Little Gay Natural History' to explore the diversity of sexual behaviour in the natural world, which science has tried to cover up or ignore!

Join Britain’s first astronaut, Dr Helen Sharman, and an expert panel discussing the engineering marvels that could power humanity to new worlds

Experience a performance and discussion of Harold Offeh’s unique work with psychiatric wards, aiming to bring colour, culture and art to these clinical surroundings

What is driving the demand for more human-like machines, and what roles might they play in our future society?

Get a taste for urban agriculture and learn how to join the capital's food-producing revolution in this lively panel discussion.

Discover the beautiful Royal Parks at the top of Exhibition Road, explore the Albert Memorial and the 1851 Great Exhibition site, uncovering its lasting impact on Exhibition Road’s cultural institutions.

From black holes to human consciousness, Imperial scientists compete for public votes as they pitch what they think is the strangest object in the cosmos.

Grab a drink from the bar before settling into a game of mathematical bingo, challenge your balance with Tai Chi or test out your dance moves! This event is for ages 18+.

Why do we age and what can science realistically do about it? Explore how our bodies work and how we can best look after them to live longer, healthier lives.

Join the curator of the V&A's new ‘Design and Disability’ exhibition to explore how disabled people are hacking, redesigning and subverting design.

Join this fascinating walking tour celebrating Victorian women's hidden contributions to South Kensington's built environment.

Explore bold new flavors and ingredients as chefs and scientists create innovative dishes for you to sample right there and then!

Escape the Festival hustle and bustle with a relaxing yoga workshop inspired by the insect movements studied at Imperial College London.

This interactive installation from students at the Royal College of Art invites you to experience how landscapes remember, how histories linger, and how sensory alliances can expand our perception of seemingly familiar places!

Join a unique reimagining of a Gaelic folk dance, exploring the mysterious living worlds beneath our feet.

Explore the errors of our past and discover the future of collaborative storytelling and connective puzzle-solving with an experimental treasure hunt designed by students at the Royal College of Art

Creativity and Science collide in Paint Lab, transforming Exhibition Road into a live art gallery. Ten artists create works inspired by Imperial scientists exploring touch, 3D sound, and perception.