Peckham Chess Club hosts its first Swiss-style tournament at SET Social, with all proceeds going to The Sameer Project in Gaza. Expect five games, prizes, fun chess variants, and a chance to beat Adrien playing blindfolded. Open to all abilities. Tickets are £10.
A week-long exhibition at SET Lewisham exploring experimental drawing and comics as a space for community, with free workshops, performances, and a lively closing night.
Join us at SET Social on 2 October for the Offal Issue 2 Launch Party! Enjoy readings from contributors, vinyl DJ sets, quirky activities, and Offal merch. Celebrate literary leftovers, artistic experiments, and found fragments. Free entry. RSVP to join.
Explore your creativity in a collaborative, UFO-inspired drawing and collage workshop with Lucinda Purkis and Kate Morris-Milliar. All materials provided, suitable for all ages and skill levels.
Art for Aylesham is a community-led art fundraiser at SET Social, supporting Aylesham Community Action’s campaign against the proposed Aylesham Centre redevelopment. With exhibitions, craft sales, and creative workshops, the event aims to raise vital funds for the £50,000 legal campaign to ensure the community’s voice is heard.
Get creative with NICEGMO in a free imaginary poster-making workshop, part of the Look at This If You Love Me exhibition. All materials provided, suitable for all ages and skill levels.
Explore narrative and experimental drawing in a free workshop with Fidelia Schlegl and Elisa Terranera, part of the Look at This If You Love Me exhibition. All materials provided, suitable for all ages and skill levels.
Learn how to tell a whole story in one image with artist Isaac Heard, part of the Look at This If You Love Me exhibition at SET Lewisham. Free, open to all skill levels.
On 9 October, visit SET Lewisham and Lewisham High Street for an evening of creativity. Discover Expanding Stories, a group exhibition of studio members’ work, alongside open studios across two friendly sites. Free entry, no booking required, and family-friendly.
Experience the launch of Vocal Inhabitants, an experimental anthology of writing and visual art at SET Social. Featuring live readings from five international contributors, the collection explores communication, loss, and new forms of creative expression. Presented by independent publisher, Strange Region, this pay-what-you-can event celebrates the collaborative, performative nature of writing.
Bringing together photographic works, projected video and light installations in a darkened space, Altogether Without stages an encounter with the (in)discernable gap between the still and the moving image. Through a play between darkness and light, the show seeks to shift and trouble perceptions of duration and the ephemeral. Opens 16 October.
A hands-on sound-making session at SET Social for Antiuniversity Now 2025. Participants experiment with simple electronics to build small oscillators and explore how electricity transforms into sound.
Ponies Carboot is an indoor market at SET Social showcasing jewellery, zines, ceramics, artist editions, and second-hand clothes. Open to all, this event raises funds to print an independent photography book and continues Kate Kidney-Bishop’s exploration of gender identity in sport and fashion.
Create your own medieval princess hat at SET Social Peckham. A friendly, creative workshop for all skill levels with fabrics, beads, trims, and more. Take home your DIY hennin and capture magical photos.
Join Peckham Life Drawing at SET Social for a bonus experimental drawing session. Open to all abilities, with materials provided. Just bring your lovely self.
Come to SET Social on Friday 31 October for a spooky night of games, a fancy dress catwalk, live music, DJs, and Halloween drinks. Fancy dress is encouraged, with prizes awaiting the best outfit! Entry is £5 members and £7 for guests.
Led by artist Middleton Maddocks and written specifically for SET 91 on Tabernacle Street, this 45-minute experimental performance invites audiences into a playful, comedic world where absurdity reigns supreme.
Night 1 of the SET Film Festival 2025, ‘A Token, A Sign’, explores the latent meanings, codes, and symbols embedded in landscapes and cityscapes.
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 new works by Associate Members, Peter McNelis and Charlie Fogg, the exhibition explores communication, paranoia, and power within the structures that shape digital and social life.