SET Centre

Page of Wands
2026-01-19 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
For all writers of words.

Page of Wands is a writers’ collective running weekly sessions for anyone interested in writing, in all its forms. The group meets every Monday evening and alternates between writing together, sharing work, offering feedback, and experimenting creatively as a group.

Sessions are designed to be supportive and flexible, making space for different approaches to writing and different levels of experience. Whether you’re working on something specific or just want time to write alongside others, Page of Wands offers a regular, communal space to do so.

Find out more about Page of Wands here.

Event details

When: Every MondayTime: 7.30-9.30pm

Communal Clay Sconce Workshop
2026-01-20 18:30 - 20:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Looking to spend a couple of hours playing with clay and seeing where it takes you?

Communal Clay returns to SET Social on Tuesday 20 January, 6.30-8.30pm, with the first workshop of 2026, led by ceramic artist Tristan Brokenshire. This hands-on session focuses on hand-building decorative clay wall sconces designed to hang on a nail and be used as candle holders or sculptural wall pieces.

Working with stoneware clay and decorative slip, participants will be guided through basic hand-building and sculptural techniques. The emphasis is on tactility, experimentation, and learning through making, rather than producing a perfect or finished object. Beginners are very welcome, and no prior ceramics experience is needed.

The workshop lasts two hours and takes place in a relaxed, supportive environment. The SET Social bar will be open throughout for refreshments.

At the end of the session, participants may choose to have their piece fired and glazed for an additional £10, which covers firing costs, glaze materials, and transport. Finished work will be ready to collect from SET Social approximately 2-4 weeks later, depending on drying and firing conditions.

Any leftover clay will be recycled for future workshops, helping to minimise waste and keep sessions sustainable.

Event details

Date: Tuesday 20 JanuaryTime: 6.30-8.30pm

Tickets are priced on a sliding scale from £15-£20 and are available via Outsavvy.Please choose the option that best applies to you.

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Important information

Clay and ceramics are fragile materials until fired and glazed. Occasionally, pieces may crack or break during drying or firing. Communal Clay is not responsible for damage that may occur during this process.

About the organiser:

Communal Clay CIC is a not-for-profit organisation. All profits made after covering core costs are reinvested into running more community workshops.

This workshop is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Munk Mahjong Club
2026-01-21 19:00 - 23:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Fancy an easygoing Wednesday night game of mahjong?Munk Mahjong Club is a friendly, relaxed space to play and learn mahjong together. Sessions are open to players of all levels, from complete beginners to those with more experience. This is not a competitive league, just a place to sit down, play, and share knowledge at your own pace.

Tables and mahjong sets are provided, so you can simply turn up and join a game. If you have your own set and would like to use it, you are very welcome to bring it along.

Sessions run weekly and are designed to be social, welcoming, and easy to drop into. Whether you want to learn the basics, improve your game, or just enjoy an evening of tiles and conversation, Munk Mahjong Club offers a welcoming place to do so.

Event details

When: Every WednesdayTime: 7-11pmTicketing: Free, no booking required.

You can follow @munkmahjongclub on Instagram or get in touch via Wumunk@gmail.com for any questions.

Folk Of The Round Table Burns Night Ceilidh
2026-01-22 19:00 - 23:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Come one, Come all to Folk of the Round’s Burn’s Night Ceilidh!

Folk Of The Round Table return to SET Social to celebrate the life and legacy of Robert Burns at this historical time of year, with live music from Stool of Repentance.

Bring your dancing shoes, your best outfit, and all the energy to dance the night away. Come with friends, bring a partner, or arrive solo and leave having danced with half the room. This is about music, connection, and having a good time together.

Whether you’re an experienced dancer or completely new to ceilidh, everyone is welcome. No prior experience needed.

Doors open at 7pm, with dancing starting at 8pm. Tickets on the door will be limited, so booking in advance is strongly recommended.

Event details

Date: Thursday 22 JanuaryTime: 7-11pm (dancing from 8pm)Tickets: Ticketing is tiered, starting at £11.55. For more information and to book tickets, please see Eventbrite.

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About the organiser:

Folk Of The Roundtable run community-focused music sessions and ceilidhs with the aim of bringing people together through music. Their events welcome all abilities and backgrounds, creating supportive spaces to build musical confidence and shared experience.

Questions? Email folkoftheroundtable@gmail.com

Anti-colonial Reading Group
2026-01-24 14:00 - 16:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
How are colonial histories and environmental crises connected? And what might ecology look like when thought through decolonial struggle?The Anticolonial Reading Group returns for a new series of sessions exploring ecology through an anticolonial lens. Building on previous sessions that explored foundational anticolonial thinkers such as Frantz Fanon and Walter Rodney, the cycle will focus on Malcolm Ferdinand’s groundbreaking book Decolonial Ecology: Thinking from the Caribbean World (2022).

Across sessions running from October to February, the group will read and discuss Ferdinand’s work, which brings together environmental justice and decolonial thought. Drawing on Caribbean histories, the book examines how ecological crises are inseparable from the legacies of colonialism, slavery, and racial capitalism.

Together, participants will explore questions such as: what does it mean to imagine liberation as an ecological project, and ecology as a decolonial struggle? How might we work toward a “world in common” grounded in justice, care, and collective survival for humans, non-humans, and the environment alike?

The reading group is open to all. Participants from gendered and racialised minorities, as well as those from decolonial backgrounds, are especially encouraged to take part.

If you face barriers to purchasing the book, please email kangamotema@proton.me

Event details

Dates: 5 October-21 February. See reading schedule below for more details.Time: 2-4pmTickets: Free

Reading schedule

Poster designs: Jean-Micheal @jm.btr

Growing Sideways Projects Presents a FLINTA* Short Film Night
2026-01-24 19:00 - 22:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Growing Sideways Projects is back, with a night of short films, shared stories, and community at SET Social.

This event showcases the work of emerging FLINTA* (Female, Lesbian, Intersex, Non-binary, Trans, and Agender people) filmmakers, bringing together film, conversation, and celebration in a welcoming, FLINTA*-centred space.

The evening features a curated programme of short films exploring themes of identity, love, memory, belonging, and queer experience. Screenings will be accompanied by filmmaker talks, offering insight into the work and the creative processes behind it.

Everyone is welcome to join in celebrating FLINTA* filmmakers. The event prioritises space for FLINTA* community members, and all attendees are asked to help maintain a respectful and FLINTA*-centred environment.

After the screenings, the night continues with DJs and a late bar, creating space to hang out, talk films, and connect.

Event details

Date: Saturday 24 JanuaryTime: 7pm-9.45pm (DJ sets and bar until 2am)Tickets: £5 (plus booking fee) and available via Eventbrite

*Ticket income helps cover venue and technical costs. If the ticket price is a barrier, attendees are encouraged to get in touch to make alternative arrangements. Please also contact the organisers via Eventbrite with any questions about venue accessibility.

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About the organiser:

Growing Sideways Projects is a South East London–based initiative creating spaces for FLINTA* artists through exhibitions, screenings, and community-led events.

Analogue Animation Workshop - January Edition
2026-01-27 19:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Curious about animation beyond screens and software?

This hands-on workshop offers an introduction to analogue and handmade animation techniques, as part of an ongoing monthly series focused on experimentation, play, and learning by doing. Each session explores a different approach to making moving images using tactile, low-tech methods.

Led by artist and animator, Miranda Peyton Jones, the workshop is designed as an open, supportive space to try new ideas, learn practical techniques, and meet others interested in experimental animation. Participants can expect to leave with a short piece of moving image, along with printed materials created during the session.

No previous animation or drawing experience is required. All materials are provided, and participants are welcome to bring their own materials if they wish. Please note that you will need a smartphone with the free Stop Motion Studio app downloaded before attending.

Event details

Time and dates: Tuesday 27 January, from 7-9pm

Tickets are available via Eventbrite:

£8 concessions

£14 standard

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Life Drawing is in Fashion with Peckham Life Drawing
2026-01-28 19:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Peckham Life Drawing invites participants to explore creative approaches to life drawing that go beyond traditional techniques. Each session centres the model not only as a subject to be drawn, but as a collaborator, bringing their own experience as artists and performers into the space.

Rather than focusing solely on still poses, each session experiments with process and structure. Past sessions have explored drawing imagined fashion alongside the model, working with mirrored poses to think about embodiment, and celebrating bodies in their varied forms. The focus is on curiosity, responsiveness, and drawing as a shared, creative act.

Materials are provided and sessions are open to all abilities. Drawing tips are available for anyone who wants them, and participants are always welcome to bring their own materials. Please note that sessions often include nudity, and are therefore open to participants aged 18+ only.

There will be a short break during the session, with drinks available at the bar.

Event details

Date: Wednesday 28 JanuaryTime: 7-9pm (with a break)Tickets: £12 (plus booking fee), available via Eventbrite

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About the organiser:

These sessions are hosted by Peckham Life Drawing, a project that curates inclusive life drawing events designed to bring people together through creative collaboration.

The sessions are facilitated by Peckham-based artist Lucie Russell (MA RCA), whose practice explores collective making and experimental approaches to drawing.

Follow along on Instagram at @peckham.LifeDrawing

SET Social February Community Day and Market
2026-02-01 12:00 - 17:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Looking for a relaxed Sunday filled with local creativity, good food, and familiar faces?

SET Social’s February Community Day and Market returns for 2026, bringing together local makers, artists, neighbours, and friends for a day of browsing, chatting, and spending time together.

The indoor market will feature a wide mix of stalls selling handmade goods, ceramics, prints, zines, vintage items, collectables, and baked treats. Alongside the market, visitors can drop in for free workshops and a café and bar open throughout the day.

This is a free, open event designed as a welcoming space to support local makers, spend time together, and enjoy a slower Sunday afternoon.

Please note: All proceeds from the café and bar support SET Social’s community projects, so please don’t bring outside drinks.

Event details

Date: Sunday 1 FebruaryTime: 12-5pm

Workshops

Gardening workshop with the SET Social DIY Community GardenA relaxed, drop-in session inviting you to get involved with the community garden. Expect planting, sharing tips, chatting, and learning more about how the garden is cared for collectively. No experience needed.

Drop-in Analogue Animation workshopA hands-on, beginner-friendly animation workshop using simple analogue techniques. Come and experiment with movement, storytelling, and frame-by-frame making. Open to all ages and no prior experience required.

Call-out for market traders

Calling all makers, creators, hustlers, collectors, and hoarders. Come be part of our February market.Stall options:

Inside Big Table 120cm rectangle

Inside Small Round Table 60cm

Floor Pitch – please bring a rug/blanket or rail to present your items

Prices vary between £5-8 depending on size of stall.

If you’re a charity or raising money for a charity email tabitha@setspace.uk with details of your organisation. Free or subsidised stalls are available.

Please make sure you select the correct ticket when booking, as table sizes are limited and specific to each option.

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Important information

Café and bar open all day; proceeds support SET’s charitable projects.

Stall setup begins at 11:30am.

Market opens to the public from 12pm and closes at 5pm.

Pack down stalls by 5pm.

Event is indoors with limited plug sockets; bring charged card readers or power banks.

No parking on site.

Wheelchair and step-free access available, including a disabled toilet.

Children under 12 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

We can’t wait to see you there!

Analogue Animation Workshop - February Edition
2026-02-03 19:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Curious about animation beyond screens and software?

This hands-on workshop offers an introduction to analogue and handmade animation techniques, as part of an ongoing monthly series focused on experimentation, play, and learning by doing. Each session explores a different approach to making moving images using tactile, low-tech methods.

Led by artist and animator, Miranda Peyton Jones, the workshop is designed as an open, supportive space to try new ideas, learn practical techniques, and meet others interested in experimental animation. Participants can expect to leave with a short piece of moving image, along with printed materials created during the session.

No previous animation or drawing experience is required. All materials are provided, and participants are welcome to bring their own materials if they wish. Please note that you will need a smartphone with the free Stop Motion Studio app downloaded before attending.

Event details

Time and dates: Tuesday 3 February, from 7-9pm

Tickets are available via Eventbrite:

£8 concessions

£14 standard

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SET Social Quiz
2026-02-10 20:30 - 22:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Think you know your trivia from your tabloid headlines? Join us every Tuesday evening at SET Social for our weekly pub quiz.

The SET Social Quiz is a relaxed, friendly night of questions, laughs, and a little healthy competition. Expect a mix of general knowledge, pop culture, music, and surprises along the way. Come with a team or find one on the night. Everyone is welcome, from seasoned quiz pros to first timers.

Entry is £2 per person, with cash and bar prizes up for grabs. Settle in, grab a drink, and put your knowledge to the test.

Event details

When: Every TuesdayTime: 8.30-10.30pmLocation: SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, Peckham SE15 4NPEntry: £2 per person. Pay on the door.

Spores - SET Lewisham Exhibition
2026-02-11 10:00 - 2026-02-28 18:00 | SET Lewisham, Unit 1, Lewisham Retail Park, London, SE13 7RZ, United Kingdom
Image: Autumn, Ben Raz (2025), oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm. Part of the exhibition, ‘Spores’. Courtesy of the artist.Image: Leprous, Ben Raz (2025), oil on canvas, 100 x 150 cm. Part of the exhibition, ‘Spores’. Courtesy of the artist.Image: Fisherman, Ben Raz (2025), oil on velvet, 73 x 103 cm. Part of the exhibition, ‘Spores’. Courtesy of the artist.Image: Battersea Park, Ben Raz (2025), oil on canvas, 57 x 110cm. Part of the exhibition, ‘Spores’. Courtesy of the artist.Images: Leprous, Ben Raz (2025), oil on canvas, 100 x 150cm. Part of the ‘Spores’ exhibition. Courtesy of the artist.

Spores brings together a body of work exploring natural processes, cycles, and the shifting dynamics of meaning, function, and language. Across a series of landscape paintings, nature emerges not as a passive backdrop but as an active, adaptive presence. Paths, clearings, and subtle traces of occupation appear throughout, yet growth, erosion, and seasonal rhythms continuously reshape what remains. These landscapes become sites of quiet tension, where imposed order and organic change intersect, dissolve, and transform over time.

At the centre of the exhibition stands a raised root cellar structure, functioning as both artefact and monument. Traditionally designed to preserve food under controlled subterranean conditions, the structure is removed from its original context, repositioned within the gallery, and wrapped in archived exhibition texts.

Built using only a single cross-sectional diagram as reference, the cellar is deliberately misinterpreted, exposing an interior logic intended to explain function while remaining unusable in practice. Nearby, lanterns removed from their holders and rendered redundant by the gallery’s light operate as imperfect repetitions of a familiar form, suggesting an absent action. The work foregrounds systems of preservation—temporal, architectural, and cultural—and the instability that arises when these systems are displaced from their intended purpose.

Together, the works reflect on transience, obsolescence, and endurance. In Spores, nature preserves itself through decay and renewal, revealing transformation through instability. Figures in many of the landscapes are partially absorbed by darkness, while the lanterns lie abandoned, their utility uncertain. Through these shifts between visibility and concealment, function and failure, the exhibition highlights the gradual erosion of authority in both structures and ideas.

Exhibition details

Dates: 11-28 FebruaryOpening: 11 February, 6-9pmLocation: Unit 1, Lewisham Retail Park, Loampit Vale, London SE13 7RZAdmission: Free

The exhibition will be viewable by appointment only except for the opening.

Contact:benraz95@gmail.comtarzankingofthejungle123@gmail.com

Contributing artists

Tarzan Kingofthejungle
Website: tarzankingofthejungle.comInstagram: @tarzan_kingofthejungle

Based in London, Tarzan Kingofthejungle (b. 1998) works works across film, sculpture, performance, and writing. His practice involves constructing scenes from borrowed elements—props, lines, symbols, or characters—isolated and stripped of their original contexts, such as a discarded lantern, a lens flare, or a soundtrack. Through dismantling, manipulating, and rearranging these fragments, he explores how meaning shifts and emerges through narrative potential and residue.

Recent exhibitions include Metropolis (curated by Jacob Sirkin), Greatorex St, London; Alpine XP, Plicnik Space Initiative; Reset Atelier, Brussels; Planned Obsolescence, Seager Gallery, London; Log 2: NovoStruct Hard Hat Area, Plicnik Space Initiative; Half Truths (curated by Vanessa Murrell), London; OTO (Lux Moving Image, RCA), Fold, London.

Ben Raz
Website: www.benraz.orgInstagram: @benr.az

Ben Raz (b. 1995) lives and works in London. He graduated from the Slade School of Art in 2021. Raz’s paintings synthesise varied interests, experiences, observations, and imaginings, engaging themes of desire, the clandestine, the sublime, and modern decadence. These ideas are reinforced through the coalescence of disparate images and information.

Many of the paintings are characterised by ambiguity and a lack of clarity; Raz is interested in how an image can simultaneously reveal and withhold meaning.

Recent exhibitions include presentations at Bolding Gallery, Pusher Gallery, Xxijra Hii, and Hew Hood Gallery.

About SET’s Associate Members Programme

This exhibition is presented as part of SET’s Associate Members Programme, which offers artists studio space alongside access to project spaces and opportunities to independently curate exhibitions, workshops, and events.

The programme supports a wide range of practices, from performance and installation to music, sound, print, and textiles, and is designed to provide space, visibility, and development opportunities for early-career and underrepresented artists working in London.

DIY Vintage Valentines Cards Workshop
2026-02-11 18:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Want to ditch the shop-bought cards and make something cute for Valentine’s Day?

Spend a relaxed evening crafting vintage-inspired Valentine’s (or Galentine’s) cards for friends, loved ones or anyone you fancy writing to.

A wide range of materials will be provided, including card, ribbon, lace, pens, and collage supplies. You’re also very welcome to bring along any decorative bits from home if you’d like to personalise your cards even more.

Everyone is welcome. No experience needed, just come ready to make, chat, and have fun!

Event details

Date: Wednesday 11 FebruaryTime: 6-9pmTickets: £8 concession; £10 standard via Eventbrite.

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This workshop is led by two artists, Dhara Wright (@lasagna_girl_) and Isolda Milenkovic (@isolda_milenkovic).

Paratha Club - All We Imagine As Light
2026-02-12 19:00 - 23:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Paratha Club is a shared food and film night at SET Social, centred around comfort, conversation, and eating together.

Picture this: you arrive in Peckham in the early evening, the air warm with sweet incense and the soft glow of diyas flickering along the bar. You’re offered freshly made, stuffed parathas, served with butter, yoghurt, and a selection of Indian pickles. As you eat, you catch up with friends and settle in, full and content.

Once plates are cleared, a steaming cup of masala chai and a sweet treat follow. With chai in hand, everyone gathers to watch a film together—the perfect end to a soul-nourishing meal.

This week’s menu

Paratha stuffing: Keema (soy mince)All food served is 100% plant-based.

Allergen information:

Paratha: gluten, soy

Sweet treat: soy, tree nuts, sesame, gluten

Masala chai: oat milk

This week’s film

All We Imagine As Light

Payal Kapadia’s gorgeous fiction debut is set in Mumbai and follows three women whose lives overlap in small but meaningful ways. The film explores loneliness, friendship, and the quiet ache of wanting something you can’t quite name. Soft, absorbing, and dreamlike, it finds beauty in everyday moments—shared meals, late-night conversations, the city drifting by—making it a fitting choice for Paratha Club.

Event details

Date: Thursday 12 February Time: 7-11pm

Timetable:

7-7.45pm — Paratha time7.45-8pm — Chai, sweet treat, and comfort break8pm — Film starts11.30pm — End of event

Ticketing / registration: £17.50

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Organiser details:

Tava Rakh is a plant-based food business run by Mala Lal.

Tava Rakh means “put the hot plate on” in Punjabi—a phrase Mala’s mum would say, signalling the start of cooking (and tasty food coming!). Growing up in a Punjabi household, Mala was constantly surrounded by rich, indulgent Indian comfort food. For her, cooking remains a way to unwind, connect, and share warmth, nostalgia, and generosity through food.

Instagram: @tava.rakhWebsite: www.tavarakh.comContact information: mala_lal@hotmail.co.uk

Valentine's Day @ SET Social
2026-02-14 18:00 - 2026-02-15 02:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Roses are red, the bar is too…

This Valentine’s Day, SET Social is throwing a night for the lovers, the besties, the hopeless romantics, the happily single, and anyone just here for a good time.

Expect speed dating for all kinds of connections. New mates, maybe new dates, or at the very least someone to flirt with while holding a drink. Low pressure…high potential? 😉

There’ll also be card making, love letters, and a Crush Board for your biggest SET Social soft spots.

And if you’re feeling brave, step up for the kissing competition for a chance to win a £50 bar tab, then stick around while DJs keep things sweet allllll through the night.

Cupid is clocking in. Come early, come cute, come as you are.

Event details

When: Saturday 14 FebruaryTime: 6pm-2amLocation: 55a Nigel Road, Peckham, SE15 4NPTickets on the door:

Free before 8pm

£3 for SET Social members

£5 for non-members (must be accompanied by a member)

Fancy letting Cupid do some admin?

Fill in the Speed Dates & Mates form to get matched into rounds and meet new people on the night.

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Poster design by Lola Hibberd <3

Monique Neglige
2026-02-14 18:00 - 2026-02-21 23:00 | SET 91, 91 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4JN, United Kingdom
SET 91 presents Monique Négligée, an immersive residency and durational bedroom installation by French designer and artist Monique Fei, opening across Valentine’s Day weekend, just ahead of London Fashion Week.

Transforming the gallery into a lived-in bedroom, Fei unveils a new wardrobe of sleepwear and lingerie, alongside selected archival pieces. Across the week, the space is activated through live performance, workshops, film nights, boutique encounters, and live documentation, inviting visitors to move between exhibition, ritual, and intimate participation.

Working at the intersection of craft, couture, fashion, and performance, Monique Fei merges crochet, knitwear, and latex into meticulously handcrafted wearable sculptures that challenge conventions of form, material, and identity. A graduate of Central Saint Martins, Fei has staged performance-based runway presentations during Paris Fashion Week and has collaborated with artists and performers including FKA twigs, Chappell Roan, Arca, Caroline Polachek, Jennie, Oklou and Lily McMenamy.

Monique Négligée is SET 91’s sixth and final show within its first six-month curated programme.

For full programme and line up, please see the main exhibition page below.

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Event details

Dates: 14-21 February Public opening weekend: Valentine’s Day, Saturday 14 – Sunday 15 February Public closing party: Friday 20 FebruaryAdmission: Free (some workshops are ticketed via Eventbrite)

Club Bananas: Spring Collage Workshop
2026-02-15 15:00 - 17:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Club Bananas returns to SET Social for the first workshop of 2026 with Spring Collaging. Expect pastel colours, natural landscapes, farm animals, fresh flowers, herbs and seasonal inspiration.

Led by local artist Banana Holdwin, Club Bananas is an inclusive art club centred on craft-making, collage and mixed media experimentation. The sessions centre creativity without pressure, encouraging participants to explore freely, embrace messiness and enjoy the process rather than focus on perfection. It is a space to connect with others, experiment creatively and let your inner child play.

Each month introduces a new theme while keeping mixed media at the heart of the practice. Participants are always welcome to follow their own ideas alongside the theme.

Session focus

This session explores spring-inspired collage using scrap paper, magazines and found materials. Think wildlife, flowers, landscapes, watering cans and soft pastel tones. A short demonstration will introduce simple collage techniques, though the theme remains optional and open to interpretation.

All materials are provided, including collage supplies and scrap materials, but you are warmly encouraged to bring magazines, coloured paper, postcards, stickers or any additional materials you would like to use.

Sessions now take place in the Red Bar at SET Social and run on a pay what you can basis.

Event details

Date: Sunday 15 FebruaryTimes: 3-5pmLocation: SET Social, Red Bar, 55a Nigel Road, Peckham SE15 4NPTickets: Pay what you can. Book online or pay on the door.

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About Club Bananas: Club Bananas is an art club led by local artist Banana Holdwin, focusing on collage and mixed media making through recycled and found materials. The sessions prioritise experimentation, accessibility and community, offering a playful environment for people of all ages and abilities to make work together.

Revolutionary Communist Party Open Meeting at SET Social
2026-02-15 16:00 - 18:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
The world feels like it’s shifting fast. What does it mean, and what comes next?

2026 has started with a bang: Nicolás Maduro has been kidnapped by US imperialism; ICE continues its murderous rampage in American cities; the Iranian working class faces a new wave of repression from its ruling class; and the whole British state has been exposed at every level.The so-called “rules-based world order” is crumbling before our eyes. People across the world are asking why this is happening—and what role ordinary people can play in shaping what comes next.

The Revolutionary Communists of Peckham invite you to an open meeting at SET Social to discuss these questions collectively. The session will explore current global events, the role of imperialism and state power, and the potential for working-class movements to respond to ongoing crises.

This is an opportunity to meet others interested in revolutionary politics, share perspectives, and engage with ideas around socialist transformation and international solidarity.

Whether you are new to political organising or already involved, all are welcome to attend and join the discussion.

Workers of the world unite.

Event details

Date: Sunday 15 FebruaryTime: 4pmLocation: SET Social, Peckham, 55a Nigel Road, SE15 4NPTicketing/registration: Free, no registration required.

She Echoes CIC Launch: New Year, New Mindset
2026-02-19 18:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Curious about connecting with other women working in music and the creative industries?

This event marks the official launch of She Echoes CIC, a new female-led initiative supporting young women across South London through music, mentoring, and creative development.

The evening centres on a guided Vision Board Making Workshop, offering space for participants to reflect, set intentions, and map out personal and creative goals for the year ahead. Alongside the workshop, the programme includes live performances from emerging female artists, a DJ set, and contributions from guest speakers working across the music industry.

She Echoes CIC is focused on creating accessible spaces for connection, learning, and collaboration. This launch event introduces the organisation’s wider mission and marks the beginning of its two-year development programme, which will include workshops, studio sessions, and community-led events.

The event is open to women aged 18-30 and is designed as a supportive space to meet others, share ideas, and learn more about upcoming opportunities with She Echoes CIC.

Event details

Date: Thursday 19 February Time: 6-9pmLocation: SET SocialTickets: £5 (plus booking fee) and available via Eventbrite.

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About the organiser: She Echoes CIC is a Southwark-based community organisation dedicated to uplifting disadvantaged and underrepresented women and girls through the power of music, mentoring, creativity and well being. They provide safe, supportive spaces where women can build skills, gain confidence and access opportunities that can help them thrive personally, creatively and professionally.

Their mission is simple. To amplify the voices of women and girls who are too often unheard – helping them grow, connect and step boldly into their potential.

Learn more at https://www.sheechoes.co.uk/

Soft Ground: Textiles and Self-Soothing Workshop Series
2026-02-20 14:00 - 16:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Soft Ground is a four-month programme of free weekly drop-in textile-based art sessions, designed to support mental wellbeing through creativity, routine, and communal making.

Drawing from neurodivergent practices and trauma-informed methodologies, the sessions are open to all, with a particular welcome extended to neurodivergent participants. The programme offers a gentle, sensory-aware environment where participants can engage with textile processes at their own pace, using tactile making as a tool for self-soothing, co-regulation, and creative exploration.

Each two-hour session is led by a rotating group of women artists recognised for their inclusive practices and lived experience of neurodivergence: Kim Chin, Birungi Kawooya, Sue Mayo, and Jenny McIlhatton. Participants are invited to drop in, try different approaches to textile making, and take part in a supportive communal space focused on reducing isolation, building trust, and nurturing emotional wellbeing.

Sessions follow a consistent weekly format designed to create structure and accessibility, particularly for those who experience anxiety, sensory overload, or social isolation. While the programme centres neurodivergent experiences, it is open to anyone in the local community interested in creativity as a pathway to wellbeing.

All sessions take place at SET Social, our arts and social club in Peckham. Each session concludes with refreshments, creating a relaxed environment for conversation and connection.

Event details

Dates: Every Friday, from 20 February – 5 JuneTimes: 2-4pmWhere: SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, Peckham, SE15 4NPTicketing/registration: All workshops are free, available to book via Eventbrite.

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Programme credits

Curated by Sylvia Keck, Community Engagement Curator at Looking Forward.Realised in partnership with SET and with support from the National Lottery Community Fund.

About the organiser: Founded in 2019, Looking Forward works internationally across contemporary art, design, and socially engaged practices. As curators and cultural producers, they bring together artists, researchers, institutions, and publics through medium and long-term projects that span exhibitions, publishing, public programming, outreach, communication and critical research.

Continuing in Skin - Exhibition at SET Stage Gallery
2026-02-20 19:00 - 2026-02-22 22:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Continuing in Skin is the second exhibition of the year by SET Stage Gallery. Created by Téa-Anya Sage Earle, the exhibition explores tattooing as ritual, archive, and memory, considering the body as a living record.

Presented at SET Social Peckham, Continuing in Skin traces connections between ancient and contemporary tattoo practices. Drawing on pre-colonial and Indigenous aesthetics and informed by ideas of collective memory, the exhibition examines how skin marking carries meaning across generations.

Through this lens, tattooing is approached not only as personal expression but as a method of remembering, recording, and transmitting experience, inviting a reappraisal of the relationships between body modification, skin, and recollection.

Exhibition details

Opening night: Friday 20 February, 7-10pmExhibition run: 20-22 February, 2-9pmLocation: SET Stage Gallery at SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, Peckham, SE15 4NPVisiting information: Free + optional £5 donation. To help manage capacity, booking is required.

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About SET Stage Gallery

Launched in 2023, SET Stage Gallery is a volunteer-led, non-profit contemporary art space based at SET Social. The gallery prioritises artists with limited access to exhibition opportunities and supports a programme of monthly workshops, talks, screenings, reading groups, and exhibitions. All proceeds go directly to participating artists, supporting accessibility and sustainability within the space.

Artist: Téa-Anya Earle (@a____9.o)Curator: Ayiesha Sankoh (@thereturnofshe)

Contact

For questions, please email setstagegallery@gmail.com

London Fashion Week Clothes Swap
2026-02-21 15:00 - 18:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
During London Fashion Week, we’re taking a stand against fast fashion. Join Hate Zine and Fossil Free London at SET Social for an unofficial clothes swap celebrating sustainable fashion, creativity and anti-consumerism.

Free and open to all, this event offers a space to rethink how we wear, share and value clothing while having fun and connecting with like-minded people interested in sustainability and collective action. Alongside the swap, visitors can browse activist T-shirts for sale, take part in cute craft activities, and discover ways to reduce waste and get involved in climate and social justice campaigns.

Tell the Story of Your Clothes

Every item has a story. Participants are invited to share the story behind a piece of clothing, either by writing it down to be read aloud or by stepping up to the mic. Whether meaningful, funny or unexpected, these stories highlight the personal connections that make clothing more than just commodities.

How the swap works

Bring five or more items and leave with up to five items

No items to swap? You are still welcome to attend

Tokens are given based on how many items you donate

Tokens can then be exchanged for clothing during the swap

Clothing guidelines

Clean, good-quality adult clothing only

No shoes

No underwear or damaged items

Please try to arrive early if you are donating clothing so organisers can prepare the space. Any leftover items will be donated to charity after the event.

Please bring your own bag.

Event details

Date: Saturday 21 FebruaryTime: 3-6.30pmTicketing: Free entry, just drop in. All welcome.

About the organisers:

Hate Zine is an anticapitalist arts zine and online platform focused on social justice and politics.

Fossil Free London is a climate justice organisation dedicated to opposing the fossil fuel industry and the financial and political structures that sustain it. Through creative public engagement and campaigning, they advocate for a rapid and just transition towards a sustainable and equitable society.

Theatre Other Open Rehearsal
2026-02-25 15:00 - 17:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Join Theatre Other for an open rehearsal of their developing performance Join the Dance.

This session invites audiences into the rehearsal space to witness and respond as dance artists explore what a “dancing space” can be today. Participants are encouraged to offer honest feedback and critical reflection to help shape the development of the work. You are welcome to bring your own medium to respond live, whether that is drawing materials, writing tools, instruments, or other creative approaches.Drawing inspiration from the phenomenon of 16th century dancing mania, Theatre Other explores how collective movement persists today, across streets, social clubs and town halls in London. The work investigates how social identities shape the ways bodies move through space, tracing patterns of movements that feel both pleasurable and disturbing.

This project is co-devised by a queer, neurodivergent collective exploring alternative approaches to collective making.

Event details

Date: Wednesday 25 FebruaryTime: 3-5pmTicketing/booking: Free. Please RSVP via otheatreother@gmail.com

Please note: some scenes may be disturbing for younger audiences.

We aim to make the space as accessible as possible. If there is anything that would support your participation, please get in touch at the above email.

About the organiser: Theatre Other assembled through spontaneous encounters and shared curiosity in summer 2025. The group exists beyond traditional categories of “dancers” and “non-dancers”, creating nurturing environments for collective making and collaborative performance practice.

Poster design: @da.lsyArtwork: @marleyartan

D.E.A.D - Dazzling Eulogies and Devotions
2026-02-26 17:30 - 20:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
A cabaret for the dead divas we miss so much.

Alan Rickman. David Bowie. Harper Lee. Carrie Fisher. George Michael. Prince. Leonard Cohen. Victoria Wood. Zsa Zsa Gabor. Muhammad Ali. And Fraser Buchanan’s (the organiser) mum. What do all these people have in common? They all died in 2016.

Ten years on, this event reflects on grief as something vast, world-shifting, and deeply personal, but also something that can hold humour, tenderness, and release. There are dark jokes to tell, sweet stories to share, silly songs to sing, and moments worth sitting with.

D.E.A.D (Dazzling Eulogies and Devotions) is a one-off cabaret-come-memorial bringing together songs, poems, anecdotes, and short performances. A group of invited artists and collaborators share work that honours loss, memory, and the people we carry with us, without asking the audience to be solemn, polished, or resolved.

The evening is intentionally low-key, camp, heartfelt, and a little irreverent. It offers space to sit with death and grief without the pressure to explain it, fix it, or make it palatable.

Featuring performances from:

Lavinia Co-opDanielle JamesMax LindsayMx FortuneGayathiri KamalakanthanTemi WilkeyFraser Buchanan

more to be announced!

Important note

This event is not group therapy. It is not facilitated by a trained grief counsellor and does not offer bereavement support. It is a cabaret for people who want to sit with themes of death and loss without worrying about making others uncomfortable. Dedicated bereavement resources are available elsewhere for those who need them.

Event details

Date: Thursday 26 FebruaryTime: 6-8.30pm (doors from 5.30pm)Location: Red Room, SET SocialAge restriction: 16+Tickets: £5 and available via Ticket Tailor.

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About the organiser:

This event is curated and produced by Fraser Buchanan (@fraserfab), a performer and producer working across cabaret, performance, and community-led arts.More information: fraserfab.net

With thanks to Raze Collective for their support.For event queries, please email fraser@razecollective.com.Artwork by Moss Kissing.

Healing the Hidden Ancestral Stories
2026-02-28 14:30 - 17:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
A four-part workshop series exploring ancestry, healing, and inherited patterns.

Healing the Hidden Ancestral Stories is a supportive series of four workshops inviting participants to explore their ancestral history through journaling, meditation, and sound. The sessions offer time and space to reflect on inherited experiences, patterns, and stories, and to gently work with how these may continue to shape our lives.

Each workshop combines guided journaling, meditation, and sound work using Tibetan healing bowls. The sessions are designed to support individual exploration in a safe, grounded environment, allowing participants to connect with both personal and ancestral narratives and to begin releasing what no longer serves their lineage.

This course is open to people of all faiths and belief systems. While anyone is welcome to join any workshop, it is recommended that participants attend all four sessions, as each builds on the last.

Session breakdown

Session 1 — Saturday 28 FebruaryExploring inherited thought patterns and individual experiences that may be negatively impacting your life. The session focuses on identifying these patterns and working with sound and meditation to begin clearing them.

Session 2 — Saturday 7 MarchExploring the impact of displacement, including ancestral or personal experiences of moving between lands and places. The session looks at how this history can affect us today and includes meditation and sound work to support healing.

Session 3 — Saturday 14 MarchExploring collective trauma within your lineage and how this may show up in your life. Meditation and sound are used to gently work with and release connected trauma.

Session 4 — Saturday 21 MarchExploring the gifts inherited through both individual and ancestral experience. This final session focuses on recognising these strengths and considering how they can be expressed in the world.

Each session allows time for individual reflection, supported by guided meditation and sound.

Event details

Dates: Fridays 28 February, 7 March, 14 March, 21 MarchTime: 2.30-5.30pmTickets: £16.96 per workshop; booking available via Eventbrite

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About the facilitator:

The workshops are led by Anthea Durand, an experienced spiritual teacher with over 20 years of teaching practice.

Anthea is the author of Illumination of the Shadow: Ancestral Wisdom from the Past for the Future (2020), which received several awards, including the New York Big Book Award and a Silver Prize in the Nautilus Book Awards. Her work centres on helping individuals and communities recognise and heal negative ancestral patterns in order to live more fulfilled lives. The book is available on Amazon and various online platforms.

SET Social March Community Day and Market
2026-03-01 12:00 - 17:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Looking for a relaxed Sunday filled with local creativity, good food, and familiar faces?

SET Social’s March Community Day and Market returns for the start of Spring, bringing together local makers, neighbours, artists and friends for an afternoon of browsing, chatting and spending time together.

Expect a lively indoor market filled with handmade goods, vintage finds, ceramics, prints, zines, collectables and baked treats. Alongside the stalls, there will be drop-in workshops throughout the day, plus a café and bar open from start to finish.

This is a free, open event designed as a welcoming space to support local makers, spend time together, and enjoy a slower Sunday.

Please note: all proceeds from the café and bar directly support SET Social’s community projects. We kindly ask that you do not bring outside drinks.

Event details

Date: Sunday 1 MarchTime: 12-5pmEntry: Free

Drop-in workshops

Mud Volts: Permacomputing Workshop

Part of this month’s Community Day, Mud Volts is a hands-on session exploring sustainable approaches to technology. Using soil-based microbial fuel cells, participants will build plant-powered “mud cells” that generate small amounts of electricity.

The workshop runs from 1-3pm and is free to join. You can read more about the workshop below.

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Gardening Workshop with the SET Social DIY Community Garden

A relaxed, drop-in session inviting you to get involved with the community garden. Expect planting, sharing tips, chatting, and learning more about how the garden is cared for collectively. No experience needed.

Call-out for market traders

Calling all makers, creators, hustlers, collectors, and hoarders. Come be part of our February market.Stall options:

Inside Big Table 120cm rectangle

Inside Small Round Table 60cm

Floor Pitch – please bring a rug/blanket or rail to present your items

Prices vary between £5-8 depending on size of stall.

If you’re a charity or raising money for a charity email tabitha@setspace.uk with details of your organisation. Free or subsidised stalls are available.

Please make sure you select the correct ticket when booking, as table sizes are limited and specific to each option.

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Important information

Café and bar open all day; proceeds support SET’s charitable projects.

Stall setup begins at 11:30am.

Market opens to the public from 12pm and closes at 5pm.

Pack down stalls by 5pm.

Event is indoors with limited plug sockets; bring charged card readers or power banks.

No parking on site.

Wheelchair and step-free access available, including a disabled toilet.

Children under 12 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

We can’t wait to see you there!

Mud Volts: Permacomputing Workshop
2026-03-01 13:00 - 15:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Plants are good. Electricity is fun. What happens when we bring the two together?

Inspired by Sunjoo Lee’s Electric Garden, this community session will build a collection of soil-based microbial fuel cells, also known as “mud cells”, which generate small amounts of electricity through the metabolic processes of soil bacteria. Each plant pot becomes a living power source.

Participants will work together to build mud cells and collectively decide on a low-power device to power during the session. The workshop invites reflection on how technology can be designed with adaptability, care and ecological awareness in mind.

All materials are provided. The session is free to attend.

Event details

Date: Sunday 1 MarchTime: 1-3pmEntry: Free

About the organiser:

This workshop is hosted by the Permacomputing community, a gathering dedicated to cultivating resilient and sustainable approaches to technology. The group shares skills, explores regenerative and low-tech computing practices, and encourages hands-on maintenance and repair. At a time when extractive and high-impact technologies dominate culture, Permacomputing seeks to build alternatives rooted in transparency and care.The Permacomputing club runs every Monday, 6:30-7:30pm at SET Social. You can learn more here.You can learn more at: permacomputing.net/principles

Mud Volts forms part of SET Social’s March Community Day and Market. You can find full details of the day’s programme here.

Turncoats: North vs South London debate
2026-03-05 19:00 - 22:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Of all the 272 Tube stations, fewer than 9% are south of the Thames while 39 out of 41 Elizabeth Line stations are in the North. Yet ironically North London’s transport generosity seems to create a culture that is anything but.

While southern Londoners obligingly drag themselves North at the behest of friends in Clapton or Chalk Farm without complaint, persuading a Northerner to cross the river in the other direction is like drawing blood from a stone. There are at least 59 ways to cross the river in the capital by foot, boat, road, rail or cable car, yet many North Londoners still insist the south of their city is “difficult to get to”.

What is it about North London that breeds a pampered psyche too timid to venture beyond Hackney or try the Thameslink? Why would so many North Londoners rather queue round the block for a cramped seat at an over-hyped small plates restaurant in Soho when for half the price they could have a vat of Ecuadorian fish soup or a mountain of Nigerian suya on The Old Kent Road? Who would choose the Maseratis of Knightsbridge, the banker-wankers of the City and the insufferably smug postcard families of Stoke Newington over Burgess Park barbecues, the Blackheath Kite Day and that sauna in the Finnish church?

In these hyper-polarised times, Turncoats returns to SET Social to tackle the biggest schism of our divided nation. Buckingham Palace vs Crystal Palace. The Ivy members club vs The Ivy House community pub. Fancy buildings and high air pollution vs sprawling parks and modernist council estates.

The ultimate grudge match: North vs South London.

Speakers

North LondonKasia TomasiewiczPater Bloxham

South LondonHidigo DulaneOwen Hatherley

ChairAydin Dikerdem

Additional performers to be announced.

Event details

Date: Thursday 5 MarchTime: 7-10pmTickets: From £8

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Turncoats is presented in partnership with FA Front and Architecture Foundation.

Analogue Animation Workshop - March Edition
2026-03-10 19:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Curious about animation beyond screens and software?

This hands-on workshop offers an introduction to analogue and handmade animation techniques, as part of an ongoing monthly series focused on experimentation, play, and learning by doing. Each session explores a different approach to making moving images using tactile, low-tech methods.

Led by artist and animator, Miranda Peyton Jones, the workshop is designed as an open, supportive space to try new ideas, learn practical techniques, and meet others interested in experimental animation. Participants can expect to leave with a short piece of moving image, along with printed materials created during the session.

No previous animation or drawing experience is required. All materials are provided, and participants are welcome to bring their own materials if they wish. Please note that you will need a smartphone with the free Stop Motion Studio app downloaded before attending.

Event details

Time and dates: Tuesday 10 March, from 7-9pm

Tickets are available via Eventbrite:

£8 concessions

£14 standard

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Outer Circle Voice Circle – women and non-binary vocal workshop
2026-03-11 19:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Want to explore your voice in a supportive, non-judgemental space?

Outer Circle is an experimental vocal group for women and non-binary people, offering a monthly space to explore voice, breath, and sound together. This is not a choir. There are no auditions, no expectations, and no prior experience required.

Each session brings together vocal warm-ups, group singing, improvisation, meditation, and playful exercises. The focus is on connection rather than performance, inviting participants to tune into their own voice and the voices of those around them.

Outer Circle welcomes women and non-binary people from all backgrounds and levels of musical experience. Sessions are designed to be supportive, inclusive, and open-ended, creating space for curiosity, expression, and collective listening.

No musical experience is necessary, and no materials are needed.

Event details

Date: Wednesday 11 March

Time: 7-9pm

Ages: 18+

Tickets: £5 + £1.13 booking fee via Eventbrite.

Please note: The group prioritises accessibility and community, and no one will be turned away due to lack of funds. If cost is a barrier, please email rosanorthover@gmail.com to arrange a free ticket.

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Facilitator information:

The session is led by Rosa Theodora, a South London–based musician, composer, facilitator, and DJ working across experimental, jazz, and psych sounds. Rosa plays keyboard and synth with Orchestra New (women and non-binary improviser’s orchestra), Existential Dress (UKG-marimba-punk duo), and Noon Garden (psych pop). Her recent projects include improvised Piano Meditations on YouTube, Interferences with Teo Danneman, and Fly Away for Tour de Moon’s Moon Music EP 5, which was transmitted to the moon and back. Rosa is also an experienced facilitator, running monthly vocal sessions at SET Social and working with charities such as Spark the Noise and Raw Material.Guest facilitator: Jess Mollie

For any questions, please contact rosanorthover@gmail.com
