Events with Advance Tickets

To best plan out your day, be sure to get your tickets to some of our most popular events with advance tickets below.

Most events at the Festival are drop in, and almost all events with advance tickets will also have drop in spaces on the day unless they're marked as pre-booked only. See all events happening at the Festival. 

Family event
BSL

The Super-Cool Chemistry Show
Venue: City and Guilds Building, Imperial College London
City and Guilds Building, Imperial College London
South Kensington
London
SW7 2BX

LT200 Lecture Theatre

Come see chemistry brought to life through amazing reactions, slime and explosions at this family-friendly science show!

Adult event

Art of Quantum
  • Date: Saturday 7 June
  • Time: 15.00–15.55
  • 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.
  • Venue: V&A
  • Find out more: Art of Quantum
Venue: V&A
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 2RL

The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre

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.

Adult event

Weirdest Object in the Universe
Venue: Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College London
Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College London
Imperial College Rd
London
SW7 2AZ

G16 Lecture Theatre

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.

Adult event

Why Are We Building Humanoid Robots?
Venue: Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College London
Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College London
Imperial College Rd
London
SW7 2AZ

G16 Lecture Theatre

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

Adult event

Dancing Nature: Science Storytelling Through Ballet
Venue: V&A
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 2RL

The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre

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