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Saturday 6 June

Tamsin Waley-Cohen & Cordelia Williams: Lullabies
Left; Woman walking and holding her violin above her head, right; woman with blonde hair leaning against a pillar looking to camera

Tamsin Waley-Cohen & Cordelia Williams: Lullabies

Classical music
Purcell Room
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Game Music Festival: The Infernal Symphony
Digital art of a massive red demon with large horns looming over four dark, hellish figures in a fiery landscape.

Game Music Festival: The Infernal Symphony

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall

Sunday 7 June

Iveta Apkalna & State Choir LATVIJA
Organist iveta apkalna in floral dress on a snow covered beach in Latvia

Iveta Apkalna & State Choir LATVIJA

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto
Violinist playing violin expressively

Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy

Wednesday 10 June

Symphonie Fantastique
A conductor mid performance, waving a baton

Symphonie Fantastique

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Thursday 11 June

Time Entwined: Birtwistle, Gerber & Mason
Harrison Birtwistle wearing a white shirt and round orange glasses.

Time Entwined: Birtwistle, Gerber & Mason

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy

Wednesday 24 June

Vienna 1897: Brahms' Last Concert
A man with curly grey hair playing the cello

Vienna 1897: Brahms' Last Concert

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Saturday 27 June

Game Music Festival: Ballads of the Underworld
Stylized digital art of five characters from the Hades video game series, including Zagreus with a laurel crown and Cerberus, and another figure with bright green hair singing into a microphone.

Game Music Festival: Ballads of the Underworld

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
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Game Music Festival: Persona Grooves
Illustration of the Persona Grooves game

Game Music Festival: Persona Grooves

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
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Sunday 28 June

Mozart’s Jupiter by Heart: Family Edit
A conductor speaking into a microphone in front of an orchestra on stage

Mozart’s Jupiter by Heart: Family Edit

Family & young people
Royal Festival Hall
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Manchester Collective: Patterns in Repeat
Cassie Kinoshi in a white lace blouse on a pink and yellow background facing the camera

Manchester Collective: Patterns in Repeat

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy
Mozart’s Jupiter by Heart
Conductor wearing a dark suit standing in the middle of a seated audience with a spotlight shining on him

Mozart’s Jupiter by Heart

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
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Mozart’s Jupiter by Heart
Conductor wearing a dark suit standing in the middle of a seated audience with a spotlight shining on him

Mozart’s Jupiter by Heart

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
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Monday 29 June

Test Manual Event

Test Manual Event

Classical music

Thursday 16 July

Red Sky at Sunrise: Laurie Lee in Words and Music
Image of actor wearing white reading from a lectern.

Red Sky at Sunrise: Laurie Lee in Words and Music

Literature & poetry
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Friday 24 July

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
A wide shot of a full orchestra and choir performing on stage, led by a conductor in a tuxedo.

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall

Wednesday 9 September

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
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Thursday 10 September

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
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Saturday 12 September

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
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Sunday 13 September

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
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Tuesday 15 September

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
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Wednesday 16 September

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
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Thursday 17 September

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
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Friday 18 September

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
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Saturday 19 September

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
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Sunday 20 September

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
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Tuesday 22 September

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Julia Wolfe's Fire in My Mouth with Marin Alsop
A choir of women in blue dresses holds open scissors above their heads

Julia Wolfe's Fire in My Mouth with Marin Alsop

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
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Wednesday 23 September

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
The Multi-Story Orchestra: Dreamer
A diverse group of musicians plays stringed instruments in a raw, industrial-style space with concrete ceilings.

The Multi-Story Orchestra: Dreamer

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Thursday 24 September

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Santtu & Sol Gabetta
A woman with light brown hair in a pleated green high-neck top poses against a plain white background.

Santtu & Sol Gabetta

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
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Friday 25 September

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Pekka Kuusisto, Ale Carr & Aurora Orchestra: Four Seasons
A man in glasses and a black shirt holds a violin like a guitar against a vibrant purple background.

Pekka Kuusisto, Ale Carr & Aurora Orchestra: Four Seasons

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Saturday 26 September

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Mariam Batsashvili: Bach & Liszt
Mariam Batsashvili in a white blouse on a teal background

Mariam Batsashvili: Bach & Liszt

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy
Britten’s War Requiem
Black and white photo of a conductor with white hair using a baton to lead an orchestra on a dark stage.

Britten’s War Requiem

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Steve Reich at 90: Triple Quartet + After Dark
Steve Reich wearing a baseball cap and suit, standing on a bridge with the skyline of New York in the background

Steve Reich at 90: Triple Quartet + After Dark

Classical music
Purcell Room
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Sunday 27 September

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Jean Rondeau: Goldberg Variations
Portrait of a man with a messy beard and hair, wearing a gray hoodie against a weathered, neutral-toned wall.

Jean Rondeau: Goldberg Variations

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy
Steve Reich at 90: Music for 18 Musicians
Paraorchestra performing surrounded by audience

Steve Reich at 90: Music for 18 Musicians

Classical music
Audio Described - The performance includes live narration of visual elements for blind and visually impaired audiences.
The Clore Ballroom
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Steve Reich at 90: London Sinfonietta & Jonny Greenwood
Close-up portrait of an older man in a brown cap and olive jacket looking off-camera against a blurred forest background.

Steve Reich at 90: London Sinfonietta & Jonny Greenwood

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
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Steve Reich at 90: Music for 18 Musicians
Paraorchestra performing surrounded by audience

Steve Reich at 90: Music for 18 Musicians

Classical music
Audio Described - The performance includes live narration of visual elements for blind and visually impaired audiences.
The Clore Ballroom
Multi-buy

Tuesday 29 September

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Wednesday 30 September

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Thursday 1 October

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Friday 2 October

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Kian Soltani Plays Dvořák
Soloist Kian Soltani, sitting holding his cello looking off to the side

Kian Soltani Plays Dvořák

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Saturday 3 October

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Oracle with the BBC Concert Orchestra
A man in a dark coat holds a conductor's baton while posing in front of a large, curved metal sculpture.

Oracle with the BBC Concert Orchestra

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy

Sunday 4 October

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Blomstedt Conducts Bruckner
An elderly conductor in a tuxedo gestures expressively while leading an orchestra of violinists during a live concert.

Blomstedt Conducts Bruckner

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Manchester Collective & Sidiki Dembélé
A woman in a green silk blouse stands behind a seated man in a light blue embroidered robe against a smoky dark blue backdrop.

Manchester Collective & Sidiki Dembélé

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy

Friday 9 October

The Girl from Arles
Portrait of a smiling man in a black high-collared shirt, posing against a solid deep red background.

The Girl from Arles

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy

Saturday 10 October

The Girl from Arles
Portrait of a smiling man in a black high-collared shirt, posing against a solid deep red background.

The Girl from Arles

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy

Sunday 11 October

Chineke! Orchestra: Arabic Symphony
A black and white side profile of soprano Axelle Fanyo

Chineke! Orchestra: Arabic Symphony

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy

Saturday 17 October

Vadym Kholodenko: Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique
Vadym Kholodenko dressed in black casually sitting on a stool

Vadym Kholodenko: Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy
Zubin Kanga: Ghost in the Machine + After Dark
Zubin Kanga standing in the middle of keyboards in a square around him

Zubin Kanga: Ghost in the Machine + After Dark

Classical music
Purcell Room
Multi-buy
After Dark: Club Cyborg – Zubin Kanga
A man in a blue suit and data-tracking gloves poses under pink and cyan lights, looking intently to the side.

After Dark: Club Cyborg – Zubin Kanga

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy

Tuesday 20 October

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

While you're with us

Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
People enjoying the Jeppe Hein Fountain at the Southbank Centre

Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms

A summer favourite returns to our site with water fountains to splash around and cool down in

Shopping
Wooden displays in the Southbank centre shop, featuring books, plushies, and colourful merchandise

Shopping

A vibrant range of inspiring books, homeware, prints, accessories and more.

Klaus Weber: Thinking Fountains
Two statues; a green human body with water spouting from its neck and another of human legs with water pouring down from above displayed outdoors

Thinking
Fountains

Water cascades and spouts over Klaus Weber’s bronze figures.

Modified Social Benches
Two children eating ice cream on a red cirrcular bench

Modified Social Benches

Benches that challenge the space and distance we place between one another.

William Pye's Zemran
A photograph showing Riverside Terrace at Southbank Centre, with the metal sculpture Zemran in the foreground, next to Queen Elizabeth Hall

William Pye's Zemran

Pye’s beautiful stainless steel sculpture sits overlooking the Thames.

Natura Nostra Forest
Bright sunlight bursts through green leaves with a lens flare, set against a blue sky and a textured concrete building.

Natura Nostra Forest

Our growing pocket forest creating a natural oasis.