Little Simz & Chineke! Orchestra
The curator of this year’s Meltdown comes together with Chineke! Orchestra for a one-of-a-kind concert and unmissable closing night of the festival.
This one-off collaboration brings together the Mercury Prize-winner’s powerful voice and punchy lyrics with the full force of Europe’s first majority Black and ethnically diverse orchestra: this is Little Simz like you’ve never seen her before.
Over the past few years, Little Simz has been crowned as one of the most exciting voices to have emerged out of Britain.
Her fourth album, 2021’s Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, reached the UK top five, won multiple awards and catapulted Little Simz into the big league.
Along with its 2022 follow-up, NO THANK YOU, the album is among the most critically acclaimed records of recent times, establishing Little Simz as a singular voice in British music.
A triumphant Glastonbury Pyramid Stage performance in 2024 proved again the north London artist’s status as a paradigm-shifting talent.
In February 2025, Little Simz announced her sixth album, Lotus, coming out in May.
Chineke! Orchestra is one of the Southbank Centre’s six Resident Orchestras, and it launched here at our Queen Elizabeth Hall in 2015. Made up of majority Black and ethnically diverse musicians, Chineke! champions change and celebrates diversity in classical music.
Need to know
There is a purchase limit of four tickets per person for this event.
Schedule
7.30pm: doors
8pm: Little Simz & Chineke! Orchestra
Please check final stage times here on the day of the event.
Haze and strobe may be used during this performance.
An exclusive box package is available, which includes:
Hire of a private box (seats up to eight people).
One free drink per guest on arrival (prosecco, wine, beer or soft drink).
Dedicated host to take drinks orders throughout the event.
Chineke! Orchestra
For your visit
This event is held at the Royal Festival Hall Southbank Centre
The Royal Festival Hall is open six days a week.
Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 11pm
Monday, closed.
Plan your visit
The Royal Festival Hall is home to our largest auditorium as well as The Clore Ballroom, National Poetry Library, Members’ Lounge, Festival Bar & Kitchen, Ballroom Cafe and Skylon restaurant.
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.
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
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. You can grab a coffee and a slice of freshly made cake from our Ballroom Cafe. Or alternatively enjoy destination dining in the restaurant at Skylon.
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.