What's on

Create your own butterfly wings while learning how climate change affects these delicate structures. Once your wings are ready, take flight and join our Butterfly Carnival Parade!

Working alongside professional mural artists and Imperial climate scientists, create a collective artwork and posters drawing attention to climate change and what we can do about it.

Paint the northern lights with astronomers mapping auroras across the solar system.

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.

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+.

Make and decorate your own wind capturing, spinning paper turbines with experts from Imperial College London's Energy Futures Lab.

Have you every wondered what lies beneath the surface of the water? Discover some of the different creatures that live in the Natural History Museum pond.

Create unique colourful designs using inks, absorbent paper and water, and watch your masterpiece become part of a giant chromatography wall that will grow throughout the weekend.

Discover the magic of materials science by creating your own kaleidoscope! Using paper cups, polarising films and sticky tape, explore how light interacts with materials to reveal dazzling patterns.

Create wearable art inspired by your senses with artist Gayle Chong Kwan. Combine images from the V&A with recycled packaging, before adding colours to make your art. Then wear your creations around the Festival!

Get to know the story of little alien Wuschel and its exciting journey to Germany (illustrated by Axel Scheffler) and then craft your very own Wuschel!

Help create a ‘mosaic of hope’ through wax rubbings, polaroid photography, self-reflection and sensory interactions with the V&A, one of the most famous buildings on Exhibition Road.

Make your own cell key rings and protein jewellery while chemical biologists demonstrate how they make their own artificial cells in the lab!

Come along and try your hand at being a scientist! Conduct your own Cell Painting experiment, challenge yourself to analyse the results, and see if you can compete with the robot!

Join us for a unique artistic encounter with terrestrial planets in our Solar System, Venus, Earth, and Mars!

From traditional tales to stunning new picture books, let’s explore wonderful stories in French told all around the world.

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.

Explore some of the quantum realm's strangest elements through dance! From quantum tunnelling to strange superposition and spooky entanglement, strut your funky stuff like a quantum particle!

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

Enjoy the story of little alien Wuschel and its exciting journey to Germany (illustrated by Axel Scheffler) before crafting your own Wuschel!

Discover the French language and culture through playful activities such as songs and games provided by a certified young learners teacher from the Institut Français.

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

Families with neurodivergent members can book onto a quieter, calmer exploration of the Family Fun Zone with fewer crowds.

Stretch, move, and play your way into learning German with the Goethe-Institut London!