The second night of the 2025 SET Film Festival turns its gaze toward the spaces that hold and sustain our communities. Across six films, artists explore how collective life persists amid austerity, revealing the fragile yet vital infrastructures that shape our shared worlds.
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.
The Tiny Oscars is a free, inclusive film night that invites creators to make a short film in just one week. It’s a celebration of creativity, community, and the joy of making for its own sake.
Step away from your busy mind and into your body with Move for Marie Curie. Join this warm and energising movement session raising funds for Marie Curie.
The third night of the 2025 SET Film Festival turns toward the unseen and the unsaid. Through a series of films that withhold as much as they reveal, artists test the edges of the moving image, shifting perception from sight to touch, sound, and sensation.
Bring childhood magic back to life! Craft your own pointy medieval princess hat at our new DIY hennin workshop on Monday 24 November at SET Social.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
A free language practice group at SET Social. French and Spanish on alternating months. Every second Saturday, 4–5.30pm.
F*Choir, a 70-strong queer-led ensemble, invites audiences to an intimate, end-of-year gig at SET Social Peckham. Enjoy beloved classics and sparkling new songs in an evening of collective joy, embodied singing, and festive celebration.
A monthly reading group exploring Marx’s Capital in an open, supportive setting. Every second Sunday, 4-6pm at SET Social. All levels of experience welcome.