Arts and Humanities Day 2025 | Saturday 8th November 2025, 10:30 – 16:30
Discover some of the amazing research that awaits you at Arts and Humanities Day (formerly Hands-on Humanities Day) at the Southampton Cultural Quarter, book your free tickets and start planning your journey.
TICKETED ACTIVITIES: the general admission ticket will give you access to plenty of activities at Arts and Humanities Day, however due to the nature of some of our activities, additional booking may be required. Click on the button below to access the Eventbrite collection for all timed events that require additional booking.
Expanded Programme: This year, Arts and Humanities Day has partnered with the Southampton ESRC Festival of Social Science, adding social science-focused activities, exhibitions, and talks. For more information about the events taking place nationwide, take a look at the ESRC Festival website at festivalofsocialscience.com

Arts and Humanities Day takes place in collaboration with:

This event is part of Being Human Festival, the UK’s national festival of the humanities, taking place 6–15 November 2025. Being Human is led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. For further information please see beinghumanfestival.org.