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Rough Trade 50

Fri 17 – Sun 19 Jul 2026

A takeover celebrating 50 years since the first Rough Trade record shop opened its doors

Across all our stages, Rough Trade 50 marks this anniversary with three days of events embracing music, live performance, film and the written word.

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More info for An Evening with Rough Trade Books
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Gigs

An Evening with Rough Trade Books

Drop by for a night full of surprises, laughs and emotional jolts with a bumper crop of authors
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for Hannah Patterson: Ungone – the Play
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Hannah Patterson: Ungone – the Play

The award-winning playwright and screenwriter’s devilishly intelligent debut novel comes to life
Purcell Room
More info for Scritti Politti
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Gigs

Scritti Politti

From the underground to chart-topping hits – Green Gartside has credentials few can claim
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for Pulp
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Gigs

Pulp

Grab life by the lapels with the one and only Pulp, as they play their album More in full
More info for Kes: Live Soundtrack
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Gigs

Kes: Live Soundtrack

Ken Loach’s chronicle of boyhood soars with a live soundtrack and introduction by Jarvis Cocker
Royal Festival Hall
More info for caroline + My New Band Believe
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caroline + My New Band Believe

Revel in caroline’s expansive sounds and the always-in-flux music of My New Band Believe
Queen Elizabeth Hall

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
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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
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Natura Nostra Forest

Our growing pocket forest creating a natural oasis.