What's on
Zones
Explore our zones, the themed areas at the heart of the Festival. Each one is packed full of interactive exhibits, creative workshops, and live demonstrations!
Events
Explore the extraordinary at the Great Exhibition Road Festival! Discover a selection of some of the first events for you to take part in at the Festival weekend on 7-8 June 2025. Enter the times of your visit in the filters below to see what's on then and click on the hearts to create your own list of favourites.
Explore the expression of identity, ideas and stories through collage and photomontage techniques with the V&A's Creative Resident Michael Akuagwu.
Discover the beautiful library at the Goethe-Institut and secure a free membership!
Join Discover South Kensington for short tours of the neighbourhood and discover some of the secrets behind the brilliant facades of Exhibition Road in London’s arts and science district!
Join a 'walkshop' around South Kensington to hear how London's plants and animals are being affected by climate change and discuss the actions being taken to protect them.
This walk through South Kensington explores ways to boost your wellbeing by connecting with nature, engaging with art and culture, or sharing experiences with others.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Get a taste for urban agriculture and learn how to join the capital's food-producing revolution in this lively panel discussion.
What is driving the demand for more human-like machines, and what roles might they play in our future society?
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
Join Britain’s first astronaut, Dr Helen Sharman, and an expert panel discussing the engineering marvels that could power humanity to new worlds
Join our Biology Ballerina for an exploration of the natural world and humanity's impact through pliés and pirouettes.
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!
From our backyards to London’s royal parks, explore how climate change and London’s unique microclimate will affect the way we garden.
Join one of the world’s most celebrated heart surgeons to discuss a career innovating in the operating theatre.
