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Welcome to the Barbican
Explore our spring season
This week
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Free things to do
Plan your visit
Art & design
Beatriz González
Wed 25 Feb
Sun 10 May 2026
Contemporary music
BCUC/Toya Delazy/SNO
Mohopolo/Ancestral Memory Weekend
Sat 25 Apr 2026, 19:30
Classical music
Sithunyiwe: We have been sent
Mohopolo/Ancestral Memory Weekend
Sun 26 Apr 2026, 19:30
Cinema
Cold War Visions
Nuclear Anxiety in Eastern Bloc Cinema
Wed 1
Wed 29 Apr 2026
1996: 30 years on
The wildest year of Britain’s wildest decade
Thu 16 Apr
Sat 19 Sep 2026
Free
Tours & public spaces
Concrete and Clay
Archiving the Barbican
Mon 10 Feb 2025
Fri 1 Jan 2027
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Tue 14 Apr
Tue 30 Jun 2026
Theatre & dance
High Society
The Musical
Tue 19 May
Sat 11 Jul 2026
Access guides
Barbican Kitchen
Barbican Bar & Grill
Cinema Café & Bar
Coming up
Classical music
Classical Music 26/27
Cinema
Chronic Youth Film Festival 2026
Shifting the Lens: Self-Documentation on Screen
Sat 25
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Classical music
Darkness Visible: Âme x Lawrence Power
A Journey Through the City After Dark
Thu 7 May 2026, 19:30
Immersive
In Other Worlds
Liam Young
Thu 21 May
Sun 6 Sep 2026
Art & design
Project a Black Planet: Exhibition
The Art and Culture of Panafrica
Thu 11 Jun
Sun 6 Sep 2026
Contemporary music
Panafrica in Rhythm
Pan-Africanism through the lens of the drums
Fri 12 Jun 2026, 19:00
Sunday in the Park with George
Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande will star in a new stage production of Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical, Sunday in the Park with George.
Find out more
Spring at the Barbican
Art & design
Beatriz González
Wed 25 Feb
Sun 10 May 2026
Contemporary music
Mohopolo/Ancestral Memory Weekend
Abel Selaocoe & Friends
Thu 23
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Art & design
Lynda Benglis
Encounters: Giacometti
Thu 12 Feb
Sun 31 May 2026
Spring at the Barbican
Sun 1 Feb
Sun 31 May 2026
In the Cinemas
Every week, our screens bring you closer to unmissable stories from across the world. See what's on now.
Now showing
Coming soon
Cinema
Surviving Earth
Fri 24
Thu 30 Apr 2026
Cinema
Rose of Nevada
Fri 24
Thu 30 Apr 2026
Cinema
Akira
Fri 17
Mon 27 Apr 2026
Cinema
Father Mother Sister Brother
Fri 10
Wed 29 Apr 2026
Cinema
The Drama
Fri 3
Thu 30 Apr 2026
Cinema
Project Hail Mary
Fri 20 Mar
Thu 30 Apr 2026
Cinema
Queer 60s
LGBTQ+ Cinema in the Decade before Stonewall
Tue 9 Jun
Tue 7 Jul 2026
Cinema
Queer East Festival 2026
Fri 1 May
Wed 20 May 2026
Cinema
Flemish Film Classics
Cinema Restored
Sun 14
Mon 15 Jun 2026
Cinema
Project a Black Planet: Film
Wed 8 Jul
Sun 6 Sep 2026
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