Grab a drink from the bar and chat to scientists and engineers about finding new ways to hack your health, while getting stuck into a unique interactive experiences like insect-inspired yoga, making textile art in a workshop exploring the fascinating world of the vaginal microbiome, and testing your gait and balance using movie-making technology to see what it tells us about the health of our bones and muscles!
Get ready for an unforgettable time at the Main Stage, hosted by Portobello Radio. Enjoy world class acts from the Royal Albert Hall, DJs, Ceilidh dancing and more!
Join us to explore the future of food. You’ll find out what foods you may be eating in the future to ensure you get all the nutrients you need and what crops we’ll need to grow to feed an increasing population.
Drop in and enjoy a show outdoors. The programme is packed with interactive performances, music and science shows especially for families.
Join the Natural History Museum Learning team and some of their scientists to discover the different creatures and other forms of life that exist in their fantastic garden and pond!
The LMS Gene Home is an immersive experience with a timeline of medicine that begins 22,000 years ago and transports you to a 1970s West Indian Living Room inspired by artist Michael McMillan where you can find out the secrets of genetics and inheritance!
Urban Wildlife Wonders: Discover, Contribute and Act!
Join a wildlife treasure hunt and make wildflower seed bombs as we discover the hidden biodiversity in London's green spaces, connect with nature, and contribute to urban wildlife research.
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.
Drop in Design: The Circulation Department
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!
Discover future inventions by London schoolchildren from the Great Exhibition² project. Be inspired by young innovators, explore their creations, or unleash your own creativity at our invention table with hands-on modelling clay fun!
Discover South Kensington Tours
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!
These are just a few of the fantastic events taking place across the weekend! Find the full programme of events here.
