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Tots Tunes Family Band

Shake, stomp and sing in an interactive musical workshop with live jazz and folk music for young music-makers and their grown-ups.

More details for Level 5 Function Room, Green Side, Royal Festival Hall
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Join cellist, singer and founder of the award-winning Tots Tunes, Tara Franks, and band at this interactive family gig loved by adults and little ones alike.

The Tots Tunes family band brings together a collective of top-class musicians from the global folk/jazz scene to perform exciting expanded arrangements of the Tots Tunes repertoire of world, folk and new music to an audience of all ages (babes in arms upwards).

Expect close harmony voices, strings and percussion, some singing along and dance moves for all!

Need to know

Age guidance
For ages 0 – 7
Event information

Tickets allow entry to one adult. Entry is free for children and children do not require a ticket. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Maximum of 2 children per adult

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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.

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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.

Other places to eat and drink whilst you’re here