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Your guide to the festive season in South Kensington
Christmas is just around the corner, and South Kensington is full of festive fun! From Hyde Park’s Winter Wonderland to The Nutcracker at the Royal Albert Hall, there’s plenty to keep you cosy this winter. Even the Natural History Museum’s animatronic T. rex is joining in, rocking his 2024 Christmas jumper!
This month, don’t miss the Science Museum’s brand new and recently opened, Versailles: Science and Splendour exhibition, where you can step into the grandeur of the Palace of Versailles without leaving London. For a full festive experience, check out our guide to Christmas events in South Kensington.
As this is our final newsletter of 2024, thank you for being part of our journey. Have a joyful festive season, and we’ll see you in 2025!
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| Win 2x tickets for the premiere of Cirque du Soleil's CORTEO at the Royal Albert Hall |
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Royal Albert Hall
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| Last chance to enter! To celebrate 40 years of dreaming the impossible, Cirque du Soleil returns to London's Royal Albert Hall in January 2025 with CORTEO and we are giving away a pair of tickets to the premiere. |
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| Last-Minute Gift Ideas from South Kensington |
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Discover South Kensington
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| In South Kensington, you’re spoilt for choice when it comes to experiences that make incredible presents. |
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| New Year Walks in South Kensington: Start the Year on the Right Foot |
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The Royal Parks
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| There’s no better way to kick off the New Year than with a refreshing walk, and South Kensington offers the perfect blend of nature, history, and culture for an inspiring January stroll. |
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| Versailles: Science and Splendour |
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Science Museum
12th Dec- 21st April 2025 10am-6pm |
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| Discover how the Palace of Versailles used science as a tool of power in this illuminating new exhibition. |
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| Cirque du Soleil's Corteo |
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Royal Albert Hall
9th Jan - 2nd March 2025 11:30am, 1:30pm, 3:30pm, 5:30pm & 7:30pm |
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| To celebrate 40 years of dreaming the impossible, Cirque du Soleil return to the Royal Albert Hall in January 2025, with their most joyous and jubilant show, CORTEO. |
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| Hyde Park Winter Wonderland |
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Hyde Park
21st Nov 2024 - 5th Jan 2025 10am - 10pm |
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| Located in London’s iconic Hyde Park, Winter Wonderland is the world’s ultimate destination for festive fun. Hyde Park Winter Wonderland offers a variety of attractions, activities, entertainment, food, drinks, and so much more... |
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| Christmas Lates |
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Science Museum
18th Dec 6:30pm-10pm |
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| We’re decking the halls and getting in the Christmas spirit, so prepare to eat, drink, be merry and a whole lot more at the Science Museum’s first ever festive edition of Lates. |
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| Japan House London Family Workshops |
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Japan House London
21st Dec 2024 – 5th Jan 2025 Drop-in |
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| Explore the cultures of Japan this festive season with a series of free family-friendly activity workshops at Japan House London. |
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| Victoria's Childhood Christmas |
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Kensington Palace
4th Dec-5th Jan 2025 10am-6pm |
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| Step into the home of Princess Victoria and experience the magical atmosphere of a Regency Christmas, brought back to life at Kensington Palace. |
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| The Nutcracker |
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Royal Albert Hall
29th - 31st December 11:15am, 1:15pm, 3:15pm & 6:15pm |
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| It’s not Christmas without The Nutcracker! And in 2024 the Hall are overjoyed to announce the return of Birmingham Royal Ballet’s festive favourite to the Royal Albert Hall. |
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| Sandi Claus is Coming to Town |
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Royal Albert Hall
18 Dec 2024 7:30pm |
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| Don your festive glad rags and join national treasure Sandi Toksvig for an evening of singing, silliness and maybe even snow. |
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| On Growth and Form |
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V&A South Kensington
4th- 29th Dec 10am- 5:30pm |
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| Daniel Brown takes inspiration from 19th-century flower collecting and cultivation practices to pose new questions about the possibilities of artificial life. |
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| New Year's Eve at the Natural History Museum |
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Natural History Museum
31st Dec 20.00–01.30 |
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| Following last years’ sell-out event, the Museum's New Year’s Eve party is back, so come and make natural history as we celebrate the arrival of 2025. |
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| Christmas at the Royal Albert Hall |
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Royal Albert Hall
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| Find out what's on at London's most iconic music venue this Christmas! A feast of entertainment with all the trimmings! |
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Image credit: Anna Lomax
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| Christmas Tree Installation 2024 |
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V&A South Kensington
25th Nov - 5 Jan 10am - 5.30pm |
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| All Lit Up! by artist and designer Anna Lomax is a celebratory site-specific work for this year’s Christmas tree installation. Taking the columns in the V&A’s Dome as inspiration, the design manipulates the solid structure of the column into the form of a tree, embodying the playful, celebratory spirit of the Christmas period. |
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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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