TEDxBrayford Pool 2026: Thresholds

TEDxBrayford Pool returns to the Alfred Tennyson Building on Tuesday 3 November, with this edition titled Thresholds. It's the local organisers' take on the TED format, and the theme is right there in the name: they're inviting people to 'step into new possibilities' and spend the afternoon exploring 'bold ideas and the moments that change us'.

If you've never been to a TEDx event, the basic idea is a series of short, focused talks given in one place, each one a different perspective on a different subject. The 'x' in TEDx stands for independently organised, so this is Lincoln's own version rather than a global production. Thresholds is the specific theme for this one, and the talks will be built around that idea of crossing over into something new.

It's an in-person day, and it runs for four hours straight. The whole thing takes place at the Alfred Tennyson Building on the University of Lincoln campus, on Brayford Way. The talks start at 13:00 and run through until 17:00, so you'll be there for the full afternoon. Doors open at 12:30, which gives you plenty of time to get in and settle before the first talk kicks off.

Tickets are £22.38. If you're planning to go, keep in mind the doors open half an hour before the start, so you've got a bit of a window to get to the university and find your seat before things get underway.