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Festival Fun in South Ken! |
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Join us for a summer of festivals with dance, theatre, street art, and more! Come and enjoy London without the crowds. We have so much to keep you entertained
The Kensington + Chelsea Festival kicks off this week bringing you two months filled with music, dance, poetry and more. Expect exceptional performances in surprising and unusual places across the Royal Borough - including of course Exhibition Road.
The V&A is throwing a three-day Glastonbury Festival Weekender with the chance to drink in the sights, sounds and stories of Glastonbury with the museum’s interactive festival experiences
The Great Exhibition Road Festival also returns to South Kensington in October (9th-15th) to explore how art and science can help inspire a better future for the planet we share. They also have a fantastic programme of online events throughout the year.
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| South Ken Winning Teams Revealed |
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The London Festival of Architecture and Discover South Kensington has announced the winning teams in the South Ken Green Trail design competition – a series of three ‘green interventions’ on Exhibition Road this summer creating habitat to support biodiversity and the recovery of London’s arts and science district. We're excited to be working with Seyi Adelekun with Wayward; Urban Radicals; and Mizzi Studio. |
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| Glastonbury Weekender |
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V&A
Opening Fri 25 June 2021 Online & Onsite times vary |
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| Traverse 50 years of Glastonbury's festival history through sights, sounds, and stories. The Glastonbury Weekender explores the legacy and impact of the Festival with a dynamic programme of free events responding to the Festival archive. |
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| Kensington+Chelsea Festival |
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Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
21 June-31 August Times vary |
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| As part of this year's Kensington + Chelsea Festival, their theatre programme has a host of events across the borough, from one-person performances and comedy to cabaret and musicals. |
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| Royal Albert Hall Presents 150th Anniversary Concert |
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Royal Albert Hall
Monday 19 July 2021 Starts: 7:30pm |
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| Join the Royal Albert Hall on an epic musical celebration of their 150th birthday. To mark the auspicious occasion, David Arnold (James Bond films, Independence Day, Sherlock) turns his compositional genius to create a musical history of the Hall. The ten movements of this epic new work give a snapshot of the Hall’s unique history in a sonic journey through science, war and the suffragettes through to the present day and into the future. |
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| Design 1900-Now Gallery |
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V&A South Kensington
Wednesday–Sunday, 10.00–17.45 |
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| A gallery exploring how design shapes how we live, work, travel, communicate and consume. The gallery includes Margaret Calvert and Jock Kinneir’s iconic British road signage system, Kim Kardashian’s Selfish book and Nike’s Nigeria football shirt for the 2018 World Cup. |
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| Exhibition Evenings at the Natural History Museum |
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Natural History Museum
Thursday 29 July 6:30pm-9:30pm |
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| Experience the Museum after the doors have closed and visit their two most popular exhibitions as the sun goes down. Immerse yourself in the breathtaking diversity of the natural world in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition and discover Fantastic Beasts™: The Wonder of Nature exhibition, where the real world and the Wizarding World intertwine. |
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| The Great Exhibition Road Festival 2021 |
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Discover South Kensington
Online & Onsite times vary |
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| Join us for a celebration of science and the arts. Discover the Festival at home with our new exhibition, Fantasies of Exhibition Road, and a year-round digital events programme for all ages, featuring talks, workshops, interviews and more each month. |
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| Last chance to see Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature |
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Natural History Museum
17 May 2021 - 3 January 2022 Mon-Sun 10am-5:50pm |
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| Don't miss this incredible exhibition before it closes in January. Discover where the real and wizarding worlds intertwine, and how the wonders of the natural world have inspired myths, legends and magical creatures for generations. |
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| Walking Tour: Hidden Stories of Hyde Park |
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The Royal Parks
Fri 17 September 2021 12:00-1:30pm |
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| Explore the history of Hyde Park through the decades, from the notorious criminals that met their untimely end at the Tyburn Tree, the inception of Speakers' Corner and the park's instrumental role during WW1. |
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| Summer Exhibition 2021 Shape & Form |
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The Royal Society of Sculptors
Until Sunday 19 September Weekdays 11am - 5pm; Saturday 12-5pm |
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| The 2021 Summer Exhibition has been curated by Sigrid Kirk, inspired by the possibility of a new exuberant era for the arts. Drawing a parallel between the 1920s and 2020s, Sigrid looks to the years following World War I and the 1918 flu pandemic as inspiration for a manic flight into sociability. |
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| Asmaa Alanbari: Gilgamesh |
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Institut français
Fri 2 July | 4-8pm with live music at 6pm Sat 3 July + Sun 4 July | 3-7pm |
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| Asmaa Alanbari is an exhibition curator interested in telling the stories of communities through immersive experiences. She directs the interplay of light, colour, form and sound, bringing to life plans of the imagination into three dimensions. Her new exhibition ‘Gilgamesh’ (2,500 BC Babylon, Iraq) fuses painting, video projections and music to reinterpret the ancient myth in a contemporary way. |
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| 10gram Challenge |
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The Royal Society of Sculptors
5 Jul - 19 Sep 11am-5pm |
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| During lockdowns, more than 250 of the Royal Society of Sculptors' members worldwide created the bronze sculptures in this exhibition, using just 10 grams of modelling wax, which were then cast into bronze. The project is a creative response to the time of uncertainty and isolation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. |
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| Online Talk: What Artists Wear |
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V&A
Tuesday, 29 June 2021 Online 7pm-8pm |
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| Join fashion critic Charlie Porter in conversation with Business of Fashion's Tim Blanks for an illuminating look at the clothing of artists from Cindy Sherman to Francis Bacon, presenting a new way of understanding artists and dress. |
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| Royal College of Art 2021 |
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Royal College of Art
26 June - 4 July Online |
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| During Kensington+Chelsea Artweek, discover graduate work by Royal College of Art students from around the world. Engage with a programme of events, explore collections by guest curators, and immerse yourself in the thinking of the world’s most talented emerging artists and designers. |
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Image credit: Getty images
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| Tailor-Made German Courses at the Goethe-Institut |
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Goethe-Institut
Various Online & Onsite |
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| Study German at the Goethe-Institut London with their tailor-made courses. Whether online in their virtual classrooms at your own pace or onsite in South Ken, choose your level from beginner to intermediate to advanced. |
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| The Kensington |
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| 109-113 Queen's Gate |
Located in the heart of South Kensington, the stylish Kensington hotel sits only moments from The Royal Albert Hall, The Victoria and Albert Museum, Kensington Gardens and world-famous Harrods. With open fires, high ceilings and heritage décor, the hotel’s elegant drawing rooms evoke a sense of Victorian grandeur and provide the perfect setting to read a good book or a tête-à-tête. Guestrooms and suites reflect a delicate blend of period charm and modern comfort while the hotel’s signature suites take luxury to a new level. |
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| The Great Exhibition² |
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Great Exhibition Road Festival
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| Inspired by the Great Exhibition of 1851, where the best thinkers responded to the changing world, Imperial College London and Big Ideas are inviting young people from schools and community groups based in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham, and Westminster to become ‘Great Innovators’ to tackle the world's most interesting and urgent issues. |
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Discover South Kensington is an initiative of the Exhibition Road Cultural Group, a partnership of the cultural and educational organisations in and around Exhibition Road, South Kensington.
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Our partners include:
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The Design Museum
Goethe-Institut
Imperial College London
Institut franҫais
The Ismaili Centre
Kensington Palace
Natural History Museum
Royal Albert Hall
South Kensington Estates
Royal College of Art
Cromwell Place
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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Royal College of Music
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
The Royal Parks
Serpentine Galleries
The Science Museum
V&A South Kensington
The Royal Society of Sculptors
Japan House
Westminster City Council
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