Secure your tickets for the Chelsea Arts Festival

Secure your tickets now for the inaugural Chelsea Arts Festival coming in September 2025. Book via our What’s On page.

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Dominic Christie
July 17, 2025

Book Your Tickets Now!

Secure your tickets now for the inaugural Chelsea Arts Festival coming in September 2025. Take a look at all the events via our What’s On page.

This September, the streets of Chelsea will come to life in celebration of its cultural heritage and London’s vibrant arts scene, giving festival goers the chance to see stars from page, stage and screen!

To make the most of your visit to Chelsea Arts Festival, start by choosing from the extensive programme of ticketed events across a variety of venues, and in between events enjoy the spectacular free outdoor festival performances in Sloane Square and up and down the Kings Road, as well as Chelsea’s abundance of vibrant bars, charming cafes and restaurants!

On Saturday visitors to the area will also find the much loved food market on Saatchi Green, and on Sunday a special outdoor Arts & Craft market on Duke of York Square.

New announcements on the lineup:

  • To celebrate 30 years of the Women’s Prize for Fiction some of the UK’s most compelling performers, including Sheila Atim MBE, Dame Sheila Hancock, Sir Lenny Henry, Kate Mosse CBE and June Sarpong OBE, take to the stage at Cadogan Hall to read extraordinary writing by women for a special literary salon entitled Women’s Words: From Page to Stage, raising funds for the gender equity charity. Book your tickets now! Sunday 21 September 2025, 6pm.

  • Now on Sale! Beloved actor, writer, and director Rupert Everett will be sitting down at Cadogan Hall with broadcaster, journalist and podcaster Hannah MacInnes. This wide-ranging talk will traverse Rupert Everett’s esteemed career spanning decades of acclaimed performances in film, television and theatre, as well as his distinguished work as an author and his latest literary offering, The American No. From his breakthrough roles that established him as one of Britain’s most compelling screen presences to his evolution as a critically acclaimed writer and director, Everett’s multifaceted career offers a fascinating glimpse into the worlds of entertainment, creativity, and storytelling. Book your tickets now! Thursday 18 September 2025, 12pm

  • Over at Saatchi Gallery, Ekow Eshun, ‘the most inspired and inspiring curator in Britain’ – according to Vogue – will be interviewed by Katy Wickremesinghe, founder of The Wick. The curator of blockbuster exhibitions In the Black Fantastic and The Time is Always Now will be talking about his varied career and his new art anthology Black Earth Rising. Book your tickets now! Saturday 20 September 2025, 12:15pm.

  • Artist and ‘Living Sculpture’ Daniel Lismore will be joining Dame Zandra Rhodes at Saatchi for a conversation about fashion and self-expression. These two visionary creatives will explore fashion’s transformative power and its role in shaping identity, challenging conventions, and liberating creative expression. Their conversation will be hosted by journalist, DJ & presenter Kate Hutchinson, who is behind The Last Bohemians podcast. Book your tickets now! Saturday 20 September 2025, 2pm.

And a reminder of the events already on sale!