Imagine Children's Festival 2024 is back at the Southbank Centre!

Imagine Children’s Festival is back at the Southbank Centre from Wed 7 – Sat 17 Feb 2024! And 40% of the events are free!

Don't miss this amazing mix of shows, workshops, play experiences, exhibitions, music, art and literature. The perfect fun during half term!

• The week before half term focuses on early years fun: sing and dance along with The David Gibb Big Band.
• Check out the free Wondergig!
• See Tom Fletcher’s interactive adventures for big imaginations leap from page to stage in There’s a Monster in Your Show.
• Half-term highlights include dance circus fusion from Motionhouse’s Starchitects: A Cosmic Adventure.
• Talks by Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho and Michael Rosen.
• A new performance from YolanDa Brown and her band!
• An epic CBeebies: Ocean Adventure with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
• Workshops in the Art Makes People Powerful creative zone.
• Plus hip-hop, comedy, singing, poetry, dance parties and more!
• For children aged 7+, there’s a great range of events including dance performance from the Olivier award-winning choreographer Akram Khan
• Talks including Rosie Jones: The Amazing Edie Eckhart and Patrick Kane: Human 2.0
• For children aged 9+, the Stand Up to Racism Writing Workshop with Yassmin Abdel-Magied.
• Imagine Children’s Festival is a Relaxed festival, meaning that all performances have a relaxed approach to noise and movement in the space.

LittleBird Top Tip

 40% of Imagine Children’s Festival is free!

• Monday & Tuesday, 10am – 6pm**
• Wednesday – Sunday, 10am – 11pm
• **On event days, the Royal Festival Hall building remains open until the end of the event.
• Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room:
• The Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room are open only on the days they host events. The auditoriums, and the Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer, open from 90 minutes before events begin, staying open until they have finished.

• There are over 100 events, both ticketed and free.
• Please check the website for full details.
  

• Recommended for children up to 11-years-old
• 11 days of jam-packed half-term fun in a festival run by kids for kids.
• Mon & Tue, 10am – 6pm**
• Wed – Sun, 10am – 11pm
• **On event days, the Royal Festival Hall building remains open until the end of the event.
• Imagine Children's Festival is a Relaxed festival, meaning that performances have a relaxed approach to noise and movement in the space, and you are free to enter and exit.
• A chill-out space and noise-cancelling headphones are also available for both adults and children.