What's On

Head into Waterlow Park and help us search for the Haft-sin eggs!

Escape into a Persian Paradise Garden in Waterlow Park.

Take part in our cultural and creative community events celebrating Persian New Year and the arrival of spring, including exhibitions, music, family activities, poetry, a bazaar and more.

As part of our Nowruz Festival, this exhibition presents a collection of collaborative artworks created by Afghan refugee women supported by Hopscotch Women’s Centre in Camden.

Part of our Nowruz Festival, Echoes in Print invites you to experience contemporary print and image-making through the work of five UK-based Iranian artists in the Lower Gallery.

Step into a celebration of craft, culture and community at our Nowruz Bazaar, where the spirit of Persian New Year comes to life through art, design and tradition.

Discover the rich and beautiful traditions associated with Persian New Year and how they are celebrated in our local community with Cultural Historian and former BBC World Service Presenter Behzad Bolour and Councillor Camron Aref-Adib.

Part of our Nowruz Festival, this free talk will explore the V&A’s rich and varied collection of objects from Iran – a collection which spans thousands of years in many different media and styles.

In this free talk for our Nowruz Festival, hear how artists and storytellers, Arsalan Akhavan and Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh, are reconceptualising the Iranian epic Shahnameh for contemporary audiences.