Curious Minds Festival 2025: Perfect For All Ages
Running from 19 July–31 August, Curious Minds Festival 2025 is a brand-new cultural programme that flips the script on the traditional museum experience. Think interactive workshops, thought-provoking installations, and adults-only evening takeovers that blend education with pure entertainment. Expect a TikTok content goldmine and a world of wonder that’s perfect for families, creators, and culture-hungry Londoners.
The Festival For Curious Minds explores a different theme each week, from art and science to music, magic and mindfulness with family-friendly daytime sessions to twilight moments built for grown-ups who want to explore after hours.
🔬 Science Week (28 July – 3 August)
Boom! Bang! Brilliant! Discover the explosive side of science with thrilling experiments and “Einstein-approved” shows that spark curiosity and wow the senses.
Daytime: Mind-blowing science shows and hands-on fun with Einstein Entertainers.
Twilight Thursday: Adult-only science with a playful twist—experiments, laughs, and learning after hours.
Book Tickets: HERE
🎨 Art Week (4–10 August)
Get ready to colour outside the lines! Create art that will make you question your reality.
Daytime: Step into optical illusions and hands-on fun with Art Enthusiasts.
Twilight Thursday: Art with a twist—charcoal and bread painting for grown-up creatives with Art Enthusiasts.
Book Tickets: HERE
🧘 Mindfulness Week (11–17 August)
Centre your soul with a week of connection and balance for curious minds.
Daytime: Mindful movement sessions for kids with the serene Bloom Child.
Twilight Thursday: Tune into tranquility with Natural Symphony— award-winning sound and light artist using natural bio-rhythms of plants & trees to create live electronic music and immersive art.
Book Tickets: HERE
🎵 Music Week (18–24 August)
Feel the rhythm, find the beat! From toe-tapping tunes to joyful jams, this week is all about sound, movement, and melody.
Daytime: Get the little ones moving and grooving at our Musical Glow Parties with Moji Entertainers
Twilight Thursday: A unique one-hour interactive music journey around the capital as London music festival SHAKE THE HIGH ROAD guides you through the music moments that shaped the city, all while experiencing a tasting menu of wonderful handpicked local beers.
Book Tickets: HERE
🎥 Creativity Week (25–31 August)
Lights, camera, imagination! Unlock your inner filmmaker with hands-on stop-motion animation classes for budding artists of all ages, hosted by Art Play.
Daytime: Kid-friendly stop-motion animation workshops.
Twilight Thursday: Adults get creative after work with cinematic stop-motion sessions.
Book Tickets: HERE
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