SET Film Festival 2025 returns to SET Social, Peckham, with a month-long celebration of curated short films, feature films, and archival works across six themed nights, including Q&As with filmmakers.
Bringing together seven international research-based artists and the Sri Lankan Archive Collective, the exhibition explores the personal and collective dimensions of archiving in dialogue with the 2025 SET Film Festival.
Join the 2025 SET Film Festival on 27 November at SET Social for Alain Kassanda’s Coconut Head Generation, exploring youth activism, campus life, and Nigeria’s #EndSARS movement. Doors open 6:45 pm.
Learn hand-building techniques from traditional to experimental in 8-week course, led by ceramicist Lauren McNicoll. Perfect for beginners and intermediates wanting to develop sculpting, building, and decorating skills.
Weekly Sunday gardening sessions at SET Social’s DIY Community Garden. Open to anyone who wants to spend time in the garden or lend a hand.
Shop unique gifts at the free Pearly Makers Market at SET Social on Sunday 30 November 2-6pm. A safe, fabulous space showcasing queer makers, independent artists, and a mix of veterans and new talent. Free entry.
An informal space to share spontaneous work in any medium, receive honest feedback and connect with a supportive community exploring causal and chance depictions of people.
Arts for Dementia offers a free 10-week Ceramics and 3D Arts programme with visual artists Helen Johannessen and Molly Bonnell. Creative, relaxed sessions for people living with dementia and their companions.
Workers & Palestine Support Group
Join Paper Cuts Book Club every 1st Monday of the Month!
Explore the art of clay with artist Francisco Zhan in this 8-week hand building course at SET Ceramics, London. Suitable for beginners and those with experience, the course covers essential and experimental techniques, from pinching and coiling to slips, glazes, and surface decoration, in a supportive small-group environment.
Try your hand at using a pastel printing technique to create some winter-themed animations. Led by Miranda Peyton Jones, this is part of an ongoing series at SET Social, exploring analogue and print animation.
Peckham Chess Club offers free weekly chess sessions suitable for all levels and abilities. Come along for advice, new skills, and casual games. Every Wednesday 6-late.
Resonance Poetry is the friendliest poetry night in town. Every first Wednesday at SET Social, fifteen readers share work in a welcoming, queer-run space.
A weekly open decks night at SET Social, open to DJs of all levels and anyone who wants to listen, learn, and hang out.
A Coral Reef brings together drawing, painting, and sculpture by Aidan Quinn and Hallam Wood, focusing on fragility, connection, and the relationships formed between images, materials, and everyday life.
Join us at SET Social on 7 December for our Christmas Community Day and Market, featuring local makers, workshops, food by Peckham Soup Kitchen, and a live set from Peckham Elvis. Part of a wider festive weekend across Peckham including Pexmas and the Bussey Building Open Studios.
Open to players of all levels, this tournament guarantees five games for each participant, with prizes awarded to winners across all skill levels.
An evening of warmth, flavour, and cinema. Paratha Club transforms SET Social with incense, chai, sizzling parathas, and a screening of Joyland.
Illuminations is a group exhibition of artist-made lights at SET 91, bringing together 33 artists to mark the Winter Solstice and raise funds for The Sameer Project, supporting displaced families in Gaza.