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Classical Music

Spring/Summer 2026

This is classical music in the 21st century

In our 75th year, we are building on our proud legacy as one of the UK’s leading destinations for classical music.

Classical Music Spring/Summer 2026 programme

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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
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Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto
Violinist playing violin expressively

Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
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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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Last few tickets

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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Last few tickets

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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Last few tickets

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
Multi-buy

Monday 29 June

Test Manual Event

Test Manual Event

Classical music

Wednesday 9 June

Sean Shibe & Aidan O'Rourke: Lùban
Aidan O'Rourke (pink raincoat, holding fiddle) and Sean Shibe (yellow coat, holding lute) sit together

Sean Shibe & Aidan O'Rourke: Lùban

Classical music
Purcell Room
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.