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South Asian Sounds

Wed 1 – Sun 5 Jul 2026

Celebrating outstanding contemporary and classical South Asian music and performance

A series of unforgettable shows brings together some of the biggest names in South Asian music and performance with cutting-edge new voices and cross-genre collaborations.

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Wednesday 1 July

Anmol Mohara: Across The Sea
A man in a white t-shirt sits on the floor surrounded by a drum kit and several traditional hand drums.

Anmol Mohara: Across The Sea

Gigs
Purcell Room

Thursday 2 July

Rekesh Chauhan: Classically Reimagined
Composite image of a pianist in smart clothes and a side profile of a woman looking to the left.

Rekesh Chauhan: Classically Reimagined

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Friday 3 July

Raghu Dixit
Six male musicians posing in a desert with instruments including a guitar, bass, flute, violin, and mandolin.

Raghu Dixit

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
London Bollywood Orchestra with Priyani Vani Panditt
A smiling woman in a purple dress sings into a microphone while a conductor and orchestra perform on a dark, smoky stage.

London Bollywood Orchestra with Priyani Vani Panditt

Gigs
Royal Festival Hall
Thamarai: Pritt + Prito
Two portraits: a woman in a dark top sits by rocks on the left; a man in a white shirt and cap poses on the right.

Thamarai: Pritt + Prito

Gigs
Purcell Room

Saturday 4 July

Hariharan: Soul India
A singer strides onto a large stage, band in the backstage.

Hariharan: Soul India

Gigs
Royal Festival Hall
Shradhanjali: A Homage to Zakir Hussain
A man in a khaki shirt with flames layered over the image.

Shradhanjali: A Homage to Zakir Hussain

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Asian Tones: Tara Lily + Shalini Rani
A woman sat on a piano stool resting one elbow on a piano.

Asian Tones: Tara Lily + Shalini Rani

Gigs
Purcell Room

Sunday 5 July

Making A Husband: Live
A man and woman in wedding clothes pose in a pastoral setting.

Making A Husband: Live

Comedy
British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) - The performance includes a live interpreter who translates the show into British Sign Language.
Purcell Room
Hemantika and Beyond
Young girls in vibrant blue tunics and bells around their ankles perform a traditional Indian dance on stage.

Hemantika and Beyond

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Amrita Kaur
A smiling singer in an ornate light blue ensemble performs with a microphone on a stage with a dark blue background.

Amrita Kaur

Gigs
Royal Festival Hall
Tez Ilyas: Work in Progress
A smiling man in a white t shirt and yellow jacket

Tez Ilyas: Work in Progress

Comedy
British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) - The performance includes a live interpreter who translates the show into British Sign Language.
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.