The Great Exhibition Road Festival is a free annual celebration of science and the arts each summer in South Kensington and online.
This summer, explore the trailblazing ideas, people, and communities that are changing the world with a weekend of free events for all ages celebrating science and the arts.
Get ready for a weekend of fun in South Kensington this June as Exhibition Road is transformed into a huge festival to explore the extraordinary as you celebrate London’s innovators, scientists, artists and designers and the everyday heroes who inspire us all.
Enjoy hands-on workshops, fascinating talks, performances, and installations from iconic museums, research and culture organisations, including Imperial College London, the Royal College of Music, Science Museum, V&A, Natural History Museum, and many more.
Get creative at the festival’s events for all ages. Join a family-friendly workshop to make a bee-friendly seedball, create your own mini earthquake, extract a strawberry’s DNA, or build your own musical instrument. Discover incredible ideas shaping the future at fascinating trailblazing talks exploring everything from how gaming and augmented reality could change the future of sports to the search for ancient life on Mars.