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Find out about all the latest events taking place at Royal Holloway

View recordings of selected past events.

Royal Holloway operates a permit parking system on our campus. While we encourage the use of public transport where possible, parking is unrestricted for all guests attending events listed below in car park 4 or 12. Parking spaces are not guaranteed and availability can be especially limited between 8am and 5pm. There are Blue Badge designated spaces on campus. Please see information on parking for details.

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The value of making connections

9 Dec 2025

Inaugural Lecture of Professor Dawn Watling, Department of Psychology

Picture Gallery public opening

10 Dec 2025

Enjoy the splendour of the Victorian Picture Gallery and its collection, and discover new items in our latest exhibition

Midweek music

10 Dec 2025

Hear one of the finest university choirs in the UK perform varied programmes, with music from the 12th to the 21st centuries in the surroundings of the University's gilded Chapel.

Picture Gallery collections talk

10 Dec 2025

Find out why Royal Holloway has a Picture Gallery, and discover the stories behind some of our visitors’ favourite paintings.

The Platform: A Taste of Christmas

11 Dec 2025

For this edition of The Platform, students will curate a concert to get you into the Yuletide spirit, with your Christmas classics to some popular festive bops. 

A Festival of Lessons and Carols

11 Dec 2025

A joyful occasion of music and readings to get into the Christmas spirit!

Pocket Concert

12 Dec 2025

Join us for our weekly Friday Pocket Concert as we showcase the very best of our second and third-year special study music students and ensembles at the Department of Music.

Christmas Concert with the Choir of Royal Holloway

12 Dec 2025

Rupert Gough and the Choir of Royal Holloway perform their annual Christmas concert in the beautiful surroundings of the University's Chapel for a festive programme.

Handel's Messiah by Candlelight at St George's Bristol

18 Dec 2025

The Choir of Royal Holloway return to St George’s Bristol in another collaboration with the Bristol Ensemble as they bring to life Handel’s masterpiece, Messiah.

Live Sessions at The Packhorse

18 Jan 2026

The Department of Music and The Packhorse join forces to host a regular Live Session featuring some of the University's finest acoustic and jazz acts.

Shaping tomorrow: a journey through health skills and learning

20 Jan 2026

This theme explores the dynamic evolution of health education and the essential skills required to thrive in an ever-changing world.

Midweek Music

21 Jan 2026

Hear one of the finest university choirs in the UK perform varied programmes, with music from the 12th to the 21st centuries in the surroundings of the University's gilded Chapel.

Alumni Spotlight: Thomas Elwin and Guests

22 Jan 2026

As part of our Alumni Spotlight series, which platforms some of Royal Holloway's esteemed alumni, we are thrilled to welcome back star of the opera stage, Thomas Elwin.

The Choir of Royal Holloway at Reading Town Hall

22 Jan 2026

The Choir of Royal Holloway perform a programme From darkness to light in Reading Town Hall. The programme features a wide variety of music taking the audience on a journey from darkness to light.

Pocket Concert

23 Jan 2026

Join us for our weekly Friday Pocket Concert as we showcase the very best of our second and third-year special study music students and ensembles at the Department of Music.

Packing for an unknown destination: possession and dispossession in the Holocaust

26 Jan 2026

The David Cesarani Holocaust Memorial Lecture by Professor Zoë Waxman.