Public events
Royal Holloway is a University of Social Purpose with a long history of sharing knowledge, expertise and research with our wider community. We warmly welcome you to join us for public lectures, exhibitions, concerts and other events at the university.
If you are not able to make our events in person or want to watch an event you attended previously, you can view recordings of selected past events.
Royal Holloway operates a permit parking system on our campus. While we encourage the use of public transport where possible, parking is unrestricted for all guests attending events listed below in car park 4 or 12. Parking spaces are not guaranteed and availability can be especially limited between 8am and 5pm. There are Blue Badge designated spaces on campus. Please see information on parking for details.
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Ocean Plastics: Research and Action
24 Jun 2026 - 29 Nov 2026Ocean Plastics: Research and Action is a new exhibition from Royal Holloway, in partnership with SC Johnson.
Stranger Things? The Cultural Politics of Late Capitalism
17 Nov 2026This talk investigates how our present conjuncture has become a crisis of culture as much as a crisis of politics, locking us into a state of cultural entrapment and temporal stagnation.
Research Spotlight: Professor Nina Whiteman
17 Nov 2026Join us for our recent Music Research Seminar, featuring some of the world's leading researchers in music.
Midweek Music
18 Nov 2026Hear one of the finest university choirs in the UK perform varied programmes, with music from the 12th to the 21st centuries in the surroundings of the university's gilded chapel.
Picture Gallery Public Opening
18 Nov 2026The Picture Gallery in our stunning Grade I listed Founder's Building houses the Thomas Holloway collection of Victorian paintings including works by William Powell Frith and John Everett Millais.
The Platform: Royal Holloway Keys Society
19 Nov 2026The Platform Series returns, showcasing the exceptional musical talent of Royal Holloway students, from Baroque soloists and chamber musicians to jazz, contemporary music and rock bands.
Age of AI: What is next in the field of AI?
19 Nov 2026Our panel will reflect on advances in machine learning and next-generation AI applications, as well as the guard-rails and limits we may want to put on this technology.
Pocket Concert
20 Nov 2026Join us for our weekly Friday Pocket Concert as we showcase the very best of our second and third-year special study music students and ensembles at the Department of Music.
Building a flood-resilient Runnymede and Spelthorne
24 Nov 2026Academics, residents and representatives working together
Firebird with Royal Holloway Symphony Orchestra
25 Nov 2026The Royal Holloway Symphony Orchestra and conductor Rebecca Miller bring together music of extraordinary scale, from Camille Pépin's cosmic Laniakea to Stravinsky's thrilling Firebird Suite.
Midweek Music
25 Nov 2026Hear one of the finest university choirs in the UK perform varied programmes, with music from the 12th to the 21st centuries in the surroundings of the university's gilded chapel.
Festive Market
26 Nov 2026A festive market with a wide variety of market stalls, festive food and student performances.
The Platform: Nearing Winter with Conductors' Collective
26 Nov 2026The Platform gives Royal Holloway's student musicians the opportunity to step into the spotlight, performing in front of an audience and sharing the music they are passionate about.
Pocket Concert
27 Nov 2026Join us for our weekly Friday Pocket Concert as we showcase the very best of our second and third-year special study music students and ensembles at the Department of Music.
Research Spotlight: Dr Marten Noorduin
1 Dec 2026Join us for our recent Music Research Seminar, featuring some of the world's leading researchers in music.
Building a flood-resilient Runnymede and Spelthorne
1 Dec 2026Meet researchers and community members working together to help build flood resilience at Thames Side Brewery
