Horniman Museum Late: Pattern Up!

This is both a party and a statement – a celebration of music, movement, and togetherness. In a world shaped by crisis – from climate breakdown to social injustice – local youth collectives are taking over the Horniman, telling their stories through performances, workshops, and conversations. It’s an invitation – we can build a different future for ourselves and our community… so let’s pattern up!

PATTERN Stage – Gallery Square

A space for bands and collectives, PATTERN Stage celebrates collaboration – showing how collectivity can create energy, joy and the hope for a better future.

Undeniable collective

8 – 8.30pm

Join Undeniable for a main stage takeover led by Koder with a live light show. On the night, Koder will be supported by a special guest grime cypher, featuring up-and-coming Lewisham artists. The energy will be Undeniable – you won’t want to miss It!

Courtesy of Undeniable

IRIE! dance theatre – Diverse Dance Styles

7.45 – 7.50pm

BA (Hons) Diverse Dance Styles students will perform an explosive hip-hop fusion piece.

credit Joseph Brown

Youthsayers

7 – 7.30pm

Energetic collective fusing live afro-funk and dub-jazz.

Photo courtesy of the Youthsayers

Arts Train

6.10  -6.30pm

Award-winning creative music project showcasing young rising talent – live bands perform original music and speak their truth.

Lewisham Vocal Collective

6.35 – 6.45pm

Choir of young singers from across Lewisham, brought together by Lewisham Music. Now led by two of Lewisham’s top young singers and industry professionals, Basia and Valentine, the group brings fresh energy and powerful harmonies to every performance.

Courtesy of Vocal Collective

IRIE! dance theatre Youth Company

5.40 – 6pm

The UK’s leading dance theatre company working in the field of African and Caribbean Dance, presents: The Youth Company. These inspiring young dancers will be dancing a West African piece based around community.

Courtesy of Kashif Haque

Lewisham Young Mayor – Special Address

7.55 – 8pm

Don’t miss this special address from the Young Mayor on how we can come together for our communities.

Courtesy of Lewisham Council

VOICE Stage – Conservatory

Young voices take centre stage with radio, poetry and music. A space for rhythm, flow, and expression as our guests show the power of youth voice that share experiences and spark connection and stories come alive

Making Waves x Finding Rhythms Live

5.45 – 6pm

A showcase of music created in the flagship Making Waves programme. The programme supports young people at risk of offending and those impacted by the criminal justice system to express their creativity and share their stories through music.

Courtesy of Livvid

Radio Lewisham curated talks

6.20 – 6.45 | Media & Community with Sounds Like Chaos, hosted by James

6.50 – 7.15 | Youth Politics with the Young Mayor Shane Grant and deputy young mayor Jimaine Lee, hosted by Micah.

7.20 – 7.40 | Creativity and young people with Rap & Lyricism, hosted by Indi.

Take part in a specially curated line up of talks on the topic of “youth voice and collective hope” by Radio Lewisham. Radio Lewisham is a diverse youth-led radio station giving a platform for all young people in the borough to share their views and creativity.

Courtesy of Radio Lewisham

Rap n Lyricism Live

Young artists from Lewisham explore words, rhythm, and flow, creating original work that reflects their lives and experiences and delivering direct, authentic performances.

Courtesy of Rap n Lyricism

Gallery talks and displays

Curator talk: Your Voice, Your Museum

6.50pm

Join Navjot Mangat, Senior Curator of Social Practice at the Horniman, as he breaks down his approach to curating in partnership with communities. Navjot shows how, through our perspectives, lives, and stories, we are all curators – and why we should use our voices to shape what gets shared, heard and remembered.

Navjot Mangat

Curator tour: Musical Collections

7.20pm

Join Saava Benjamin Busenze, Assistant Curator of Musical Collections and Cultures in peeling back the layers of the musical collection. Discover how instruments from Africa and the Caribbean – even with limited documentation- can embody stories of collective memory, heritage and cultural transmission.

Saava Benjamin Busenze Balagadde

Family Threads Guided Tour & Q&A (6.40pm, World Gallery Balcony)

Judy Joseph’s family on Aunt Caro’s wedding day, 1959/1960

6.20pm

Family Threads is a pop-up exhibition featuring personal family photos from the early 1900s. Hear directly from the people whose family history is on display.

Free workshops and activities

Upcycled bag making – Front Education Centre

Re-imagine the everyday in this workshop that transforms discarded household objects into bold statements of fashion and style. Join this workshop as we challenge throwaway culture and turn waste into wanted.

Embroidery and patch upcycling drop – Education Centre

Join Make Mee Studio and Circle Collective for a youth-led embroidery and patch upcycling drop in. Bring along an item you want to mend or customise and they will empower you with the skills to update and personalise clothes yourself. Save waste clothing from landfill and turn your garms and accessories into new and unique statements of your style!

Courtesy of Make Mee

Through Their Eyes: Young Refugee Voices in Focus – World Gallery

Powerful photographs and stories created by young refugees reveal everyday moments of struggle, resilience, and hope—inviting visitors to see the world through their eyes, connect with their experiences, and reflect on shared humanity. Produced by PAN Intercultural Arts

Object Handling – Hands On Base

Explore the Horniman’s objects that relate to our core themes of “youth voice” and “collective hope”.

Enjoy selected works from the Young Lewisham Project’s woodwork, motorbike and creative workshops that showcase young people’s skill, imagination and growth, and celebrate the project’s powerful community impact through hands-on learning.

Quiet Zone – Music Gallery Performance Space

Need a breather? Step into our quiet zone – a calm space to sit down, take a break and recharge with some friendly faces.

Food and drink

Enjoy food and drink at the Horniman cafe during your visit to the Horniman Museum Late. Colicci serves memorable moments across London’s green spaces, alongside historic, iconic and cherished public spaces across the Capital – and now the Horniman!

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