If there’s one thing we Londoners love, it’s a festival. From festivals celebrating everything from culture to food or music (of course!), we love a chance to dive into a wealth of experiences all in one place. And it’s good news for lovers of culture, art, and festivals, because a brand-new (for London) festival celebrating South Asian creativity will take over the city next year, in the form of the Serendipity Arts London Festival.
From June 19-27, 2027, Serendipity Arts London will bring art, live music, dance, performance, and food to South Kensington’s Exhibition Road. And they’re not doing it alone. Three of London’s most famous museums, the Science Museum, the V&A, and the Natural History Museum, are joining forces as part of the 9-day event.
As part of the festival, the organising body – the not-for-profit Serendipity Arts – will also partner with the likes of Imperial College London, the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Geographical Society, the Royal College of Music, the Royal College of Art and The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851.
Serendipity Arts London
While this is the London debut for the Serendipity Arts Festival, this is not the festival’s first… well… festival. Previously, the Serendipity Arts Festival in Goa was South Asia’s largest multidisciplinary arts festival.
For the London edition, the festival organisers are hoping to “provide a new platform for artistic exchange between India, the UK and the wider world”. An all-women curatorial group will bring expertise and perspectives from across culture and art. The 6 of them specialise in everything from Dance (Preethi Athreya) to Music (Sneha Khanwalkar), New Media (Veeranganakumari Solanki & Nancy Adajania), Culinary Arts (Elizabeth Yorke), and Visual Arts (Latika Gupta).
The festival’s events will spread beyond just museum galleries. They’ll also take over stages, cafes, foyers, and public spaces. With events spread throughout the area, inside museums and cafes, festival attendees are invited to “experience familiar places in new ways”.
Ms. Shefali Munjal, Co-Founder & Patron of Serendipity Arts and Serendipity Arts Festival, said:
“South Asian creativity cannot be understood through a single discipline, tradition or geography. It lives as much in food, sound, and movement as it does in a gallery. Our curators, working across generations and disciplines, will bring that richness into museums and public spaces across Exhibition Road, with London’s South Asian communities at the heart of the programme”
Find out more about Serendipity Arts London here.
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