Chelsea Arts Festival 2026

Wednesday 16 – Sunday 20 September 2026

The Chelsea Arts Festival, London’s exciting annual arts and culture celebration, returns this September. This vibrant festival unites a diverse mix of artists, performers, and creative visionaries from all disciplines across Chelsea’s iconic venues. Celebrating its bohemian roots, it features inclusively priced ticketed events, free outdoor performances, and bustling food and craft markets.

For more information visit chelseaartsfestival.com

Upcoming events in this series

Susie Cave in Conversation with Bella Freud

Wednesday 16 September 2026, 7pm

An exclusive evening exploring creativity, style, motherhood and the role beauty and art can play in surviving loss.

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An Evening with Bernardine Evaristo & Friends

Presented by the Women’s Prize

Thursday 17 September 2026, 7.15pm

Writers Bonnie Garmus, Jacqueline Crooks, Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason and Joelle Taylor, actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw, musicians Mariatu Kanneh-Mason and Konya Kanneh-Mason join the line-up.* An evening exploring the richness of women’s writing, curated and ho...

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Blue Plaques Talk Back

feat. Mishal Husain, Nish Kumar, Lauren Cuthbertson and more

Friday 18 September 2026, 1pm

Blue Plaques Talk Back returns to Chelsea Arts Festival following its riveting launch event at the festival in 2025. This unique, immersive, live show celebrates four iconic – or intriguingly overlooked – blue plaques, chosen specifically for the...

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A Poem for Every Night of the Year, 10 Year Anniversary

Tamsin Greig, Giles Terera MBE, Samantha Spiro & Allie Esiri

A Poem for Every Night of the Year, 10 Year Anniversary

with Tamsin Greig, Giles Terera MBE, Samantha Spiro and more to be announced

Friday 18 September 2026, 7pm

We are thrilled to announce that Tamsin Greig, Giles Terera MBE and Samantha Spiro join this joyful celebration of 10 years of Allie Esiri’s best-selling anthology, A Poem for Every Night of the Year, which, along with her other popular poetry col...

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Rambert: This is Rambert

Rambert: This is Rambert

Saturday 19 September 2026, 11.30am

Iconic and ever-innovating, dance company Rambert brings work from its centenary programme, This Is Rambert, to Cadogan Hall, in honour of its centenary year. As one of the world’s most diverse companies of dancers, Rambert transforms everyday spac...

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Katherine Rundell in Conversation

Katherine Rundell in Conversation

Saturday 19 September 2026, 2.30pm

Return to the magic of the Glimouria Archipelago with bestselling author Katherine Rundell as Christopher, Anya, and their fearless companions set sail on a perilous quest aboard The Neverfear. From deadly bandits to daring races and fearsome giants,...

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Timeless Icons: The Music of Miles Davis and Nina Simone

Timeless Icons: The Music of Miles Davis and Nina Simone

Presented by NYJO

Saturday 19 September 2026, 7.30pm

Join NYJO for a celebration of jazz legends Nina Simone and Miles Davis. Featuring Fodder On My Wings, conceived by trumpeter Olivia Cuttill, plus a special Miles Davis tribute with a nine-piece band performing Birth of the Cool and reimagined classi...

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Diaries of Note: Live on Stage

Diaries of Note with Shaun Usher, Celia Imrie CBE, Denise Gough, and Lucas Jones

Diaries of Note: Live on Stage

with Celia Imrie CBE, Denise Gough, Lucas Jones and more to be announced

Sunday 20 September 2026, 3.30pm

Actor and author Celia Imrie CBE, widely celebrated as a beloved national treasure, joins the cast alongside acclaimed actor Denise Gough, and actor and poet Lucas Jones. In this special event, Shaun Usher – bestselling author of Letters of Note ...

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Upcoming events in this series

Susie Cave in Conversation with Bella Freud

An Evening with Bernardine Evaristo & Friends

Blue Plaques Talk Back