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Get Your Groove On

Get your groove on at an eclectic afternoon of jazz and dance, with acclaimed dance-influenced artists, DJs and live dancers taking the stage.

More details for The Clore Ballroom, Level 2, Royal Festival Hall
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This unmissable event features the talents of Habibti Nation, Mangorata, David Kayode, Diddy Sweg and AfroXh’ero, with live dancers from London Waacking Movement.

From groove-driven sounds and carnival rhythms, to the infectious beats of disco and garage, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

Schedule
1.30pm – 2.30pm: Habibti Nation (DJ set)
Habibti Nation is a community, radio show and sold out club night showcasing underground electronic music from SWANA and the Arabic-speaking world with a focus on female, gender-nonconforming and trans artists.
2.30pm – 3.15pm: Mangorata
Resonant horns dance over rich jazz harmony on a stage of rhythms from Brazil to Cuba to swing and more in a deeply explorative sonic journey, never twice told the same.
3.15pm – 3.45pm: Habibti Nation DJ set
3.45pm – 4.30pm: David Kayode
For the past three years, rising saxophonist David Kayode has been cultivating this project, hand-picking members to create its distinctive, groove-driven sound. Growing up in north-west London, the influence of Carnival rhythms is just as prevalent as that of the west-African musicians he learned alongside.
4.30pm – 5pm: Habibti Nation DJ set
5pm – 5.45pm: Diddy Sweg
Intergalactic party starters Diddy Sweg have crash-landed onto the Earth music scene, bringing with them a live experience for any occasion.
5.45pm – 6.15pm: Habibti Nation DJ set
6.15pm – 7pm: AfroXh’ero featuring Đjè ßýngï Xh’ūlu, Maluuka Manukaa & Magic EKJ
Born from the depths of Afri-Caribbean folklore, healing and mystery, are AfroXh’ero. Through movement, pumping bass lines and free flowing percussion, their featured artists tell a story to move your feet and stir your soul.

Need to know

Age guidance
For all ages
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Diddy Sweg

For your visit

This event is held at the The Clore Ballroom Southbank Centre

The Clore Ballroom is open six days a week.

Tuesday, 10am – 6pm*
Wednesday – Sunday, 10am – 11pm
Monday, closed.

*If we’re hosting a performance, the building will stay open until the event ends.

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Plan your visit

The Clore Ballroom is located inside our Royal Festival Hall on Level 2.

Getting here

Our address is Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.

The nearest tube stations to us are Waterloo and Embankment; Waterloo is also the nearest train station. And more than 20 different London bus routes pass within 500 metres of our venues.  More information on getting here by rail, road or river is available on our Getting here page.

We’re cash-free

Please note that we’re unable to accept cash payments across our venues.

Access

We’re working hard to remove barriers, so that our facilities and events can be accessible to as many people as possible.

All help points, toilets, performance and exhibition spaces at the Southbank Centre are accessible to all, as are the cafes, bars and restaurants. We also have excellent public transport links with step-free access.

There is step-free access to The Clore Ballroom, Level 2, Royal Festival Hall, via a ramp.

All information about booking wheelchair spaces, step-free access, blue badge parking, access maps and guides and other help available whilst you’re here, including details about our Access Scheme, can be found on our Access page.

Food & drink

Next to The Clore Ballroom is our Ballroom Cafe where you can grab a coffee and a piece of freshly made cake. Also on Level 2 of our Royal Festival Hall you can grab a slice of life by the Thames with drinks and freshly made pizza at our Festival Bar & Kitchen which opens out onto our Riverside Terrace.

From coffee to cocktails, filling favourites to fine dining, plus some of London’s best street food – it’s all here at the Southbank Centre.

Other places to eat and drink whilst you’re here