Current events
Luminarium: Day Four
Step into a world-famous Luminarium by Architects of Air – a fully accessible artwork inspired by nature and Islamic architecture.
Luminarium: Day Three
Step into a world-famous Luminarium by Architects of Air – a fully accessible artwork inspired by nature and Islamic architecture.
Luminarium: 'Threads of Home' VR Experience and Pop-Up Library
Family Steps is a mixed-age music session for children under 5 and their adults, offering playful opportunities for everyone to explore instruments and move their bodies, and to enjoy songs, rhymes and stories together. Come together for musical fun for all the family!
Luminarium: Day Two
Step into a world-famous Luminarium by Architects of Air – a fully accessible artwork inspired by nature and Islamic architecture.
Luminarium: Family Steps Music Session (Multiple slots)
Family Steps is a mixed-age music session for children under 5 and their adults, offering playful opportunities for everyone to explore instruments and move their bodies, and to enjoy songs, rhymes and stories together. Come together for musical fun for all the family!
Luminarium: Day One
Step into a world-famous Luminarium by Architects of Air – a fully accessible artwork inspired by nature and Islamic architecture.
GDIF: Kismat Walla
A magical cart rolls into Queen’s Market Square bringing playful stories of fate and fortune in this highly visual outdoor show for children and families. Part of Greenwich and Docklands International Festival.
GDIF: Kismat Walla
A magical cart rolls into Queen’s Market Square bringing playful stories of fate and fortune in this highly visual outdoor show for children and families. Part of Greenwich and Docklands International Festival.
Care-centred co-creation with communities
This session led by Culture Within Newham Programme Director Stella Toonen explores how we can invite community voices into creative decision-making through co-creation.
GDIF: Kismat Walla
A magical cart rolls into Queen’s Market Square bringing playful stories of fate and fortune in this highly visual outdoor show for children and families. Part of Greenwich and Docklands International Festival.
GDIF: Kismat Walla
A magical cart rolls into Queen’s Market Square bringing playful stories of fate and fortune in this highly visual outdoor show for children and families. Part of Greenwich and Docklands International Festival.
BASSTONE PLAYGROUND - Day 2
Culture Within Newham’s Children’s Board chose BASSTONE PLAYGROUND by Linett Kamala as the family art installation for ‘The Music is Black Festival’.
BASSTONE PLAYGROUND - Day 1
Culture Within Newham’s Children’s Board chose BASSTONE PLAYGROUND by Linett Kamala as the family art installation for ‘The Music is Black Festival’.
Community Voices Panel 2026: Online Information Session
An opportunity to find out more about Culture Within Newham’s Community Voices Panel!
Community Voices Panel 2026: In-Person Information Session
An opportunity to find out more about Culture Within Newham’s Community Voices Panel
Community Voices Panel 2026: Online Information Session
An opportunity to find out more about Culture Within Newham’s Community Voices Panel!
Launch of The Living Archive | Panel Discussion | Badge Making
A creative workshop to help collect a colour palette that shouts Newham, selected by Newham locals through photography and collage-making.
Zines as Method: Participation, Community, and Emotional Archives
A practical workshop exploring zines as a participatory methodology for meaningful engagement and reimagining archives.
Snacky Snail: Green Street Glow Garden Workshop (Sold Out)
In this fun, family-friendly workshop, participants will create bright 2D and 3D nature-inspired models from flowers and vegetables to pollinators and suns.
Green Street Glow Garden
Green Street Glow Garden is a free light art event near Queen’s Market. Explore, play and encounter art in a space you know and love.
Hacky Racers: Race Day
Join CoCreate+ for Race Day, where teams of young people will race the cars they've designed and compete for prizes!
Sip & Paint with Nassim: Nature
Join Nassim for a fun kids art workshop where little artists explore nature through creative crafts and painting! Kids aged between 4-12 yrs.
Hacky Racers: Hackathon
Join CoCreate+ for a Hackathon-style event blending puppetry, animatronics and semi-autonomous rovers, aimed at 12-18 year-olds
The Sound Hive: Newham Festival of Stories
Join us to experience The Sound Hive by Ricebox Studio, Culture Within Newham’s latest public artwork for Newham. Designed in collaboration with children aged under 11.
The Sound Hive: Newham Festival of Stories
Join us to experience The Sound Hive by Ricebox Studio, Culture Within Newham’s latest public artwork for Newham. Designed in collaboration with children aged under 11.
The Sound Hive: Green Libraries Week
Join us to experience The Sound Hive by Ricebox Studio, Culture Within Newham’s latest public artwork for Newham. Designed in collaboration with children aged under 11.
The Sound Hive: Green Libraries Week
Join us to experience The Sound Hive by Ricebox Studio, Culture Within Newham’s latest public artwork for Newham. Designed in collaboration with children aged under 11.
The Sound Hive: Royal Docks Originals
Join us to experience The Sound Hive by Ricebox Studio, Culture Within Newham’s latest public artwork for Newham. Designed in collaboration with children aged under 11.
Crafty Creature Club: Royal Docks Originals
Join Crafty Creature Club at Royal Docks Originals festival for a playful and engaging family-friendly event by artist jdwoof.
The Sound Hive: Royal Docks Originals
Join us to experience The Sound Hive by Ricebox Studio, Culture Within Newham’s latest public artwork for Newham. Designed in collaboration with children aged under 11.