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The Royal Festival Hall is closed to the public on Tuesday 16 June. It will reopen for Harry Styles & Jules Buckley Orchestra ticket holders only at 5pm.

Philip Glass sat at a piano, looking at music sheets

Contemporary Edit

Showcasing boundary-pushing, eye-opening new music

 

Choose from our selection of performances that showcase the wealth of boundary-pushing, eye-opening new music that Southbank Centre has to offer.

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Friday 28 August

Gaia x BBC Concert Orchestra: Sounds of the Earth
Left: A giant inflatable Earth globe among green trees. Right: A full orchestra performing in front of a massive pipe organ.

Gaia x BBC Concert Orchestra: Sounds of the Earth

Classical music

Saturday 29 August

Gaia x Eric Whitacre: Eternity in an Hour
A man with medium-length brown hair and a denim shirt poses with his hand to his chin against a neutral background.

Gaia x Eric Whitacre: Eternity in an Hour

Classical music

Tuesday 22 September

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
Multi-buy

Wednesday 23 September

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
Multi-buy

Sunday 27 September

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
Multi-buy

Thursday 26 November

Taylor Mac: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music
Taylor Mac in a headdress surrounded by balloons

Taylor Mac: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music

Classical music
Multi-buy

Saturday 28 November

Brigitta Muntendorf: Last Show
Close-up of a blonde woman with blue eyes and red lipstick posing in front of a textured black wall.

Brigitta Muntendorf: Last Show

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy

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

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.