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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The Unfinished Revolution: America at 250
2 Mar 2026Hayes-Robinson Lecture by Professor Sarah Churchwell, School of Advanced Study, University of London.
Picture Gallery public opening
3 Mar 2026Enjoy the splendour of the Victorian Picture Gallery and its collection, and discover new items in our latest exhibition
Midweek Music
4 Mar 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 collections talk
4 Mar 2026Explore the creative impulse behind Thomas Holloway’s purchase of the art collection. Discover how the pictures he chose engaged with Victorian debates about art.
From Purpose to Impact: Leadership in an Age of Uncertainty
4 Mar 2026For What Matters Lecture by Adirupa Sengupta, Group Chief Executive of Common Purpose
Crossing Borders Festival 2026
5 Mar 2026For 2026, we are excited to bring you our Crossing Borders Mini-Festival to showcase the wide ranging performance and research specialists in music from around the globe at Royal Holloway.
Inaugural of Professor Tracey Berry
5 Mar 2026Inaugural of Professor Tracey Berry, Department of Physics
Pocket Concert
6 Mar 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.
Picture Gallery public opening
10 Mar 2026Enjoy the splendour of the Victorian Picture Gallery and its collection, and discover new items in our latest exhibition
Inaugural Lecture of Professor Ija Trapeznikova
10 Mar 2026Inaugural Lecture of Professor Ija Trapeznikova, Department of Economics.
The Choir of Royal Holloway at St Mary's Church, Warwick
10 Mar 2026A programme of early music built around the trials and tribulations of English composers surviving the religious upheavals of 16th and 17th century England.
Research Spotlight: Prof Mary Dullea (Royal Holloway)
10 Mar 2026Join us for our recent Department of Music Research Seminar, featuring some of the world's leading researchers in music.
New Sounds Festival 2026
11 Mar 2026 - 15 Mar 2026NEW SOUNDS is a four-day festival of contemporary music presented by the Department of Music, showcasing some of the best and most innovative modern music at Royal Holloway.
New Sounds 2026: Bagworm - a folk horror opera
11 Mar 2026Bagworm is a multimedia DIY opera experience inspired by the fascinating bagworm (psychidae) moths, composed and performed by Reader in Music Composition, Dr Nina Whiteman.
New Sounds 2026: The Bassoon Lab with Lauren Martin
11 Mar 2026Hear the bassoon like you have never heard it before. To mark the start of a 3-month collaboration with some of music creators, bassoonist Lauren Martin gives us a look into the world of the bassoon.
New Sounds 2026: the little match girl passion
12 Mar 2026Join New Voices Consort and their director Dr Nathan James Dearden as they perform David Lang's indescribably powerful, Pulitzer-winning work the little match girl passion.
