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Free Events

Free Events at Southbank Centre

Southbank Centre regularly hosts free events, performances and exhibitions across the site. Wind down at the end of the working week and enjoy live music on Friday evenings from leading musicians performing everything from jazz and blues to folk. Alternatively drop in for free lunchtime music in the Central Bar of the Royal Festival Hall on Fridays and Sundays.

Events in this series

  • What Does Music Mean?

    Level 5 Function Room

    What Does Music Mean?

    Sunday 14 March 2010

    A look at Bernstein's films for young people, including a screening of one of the first of Leonard Bernstein's many Young People's Concerts television broadcasts, What does Music Mean?

    Event tags:
    Music | Music

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  • The Voice Festival

    Foyer Bar - level 2

    The Voice Festival

    Sunday 14 March 2010

    The Voice Festival is an initiative that is new to the UK. Its aim is to bring together singers of all ages and from a range of backgrounds to meet, sing together, and explore their voices.

    Event tags:
    Choral | Music

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  • The Clore Ballroom

    Lambeth Music Festival

    Monday 15 March 2010

    The Lambeth Music Festival is a partnership between Lambeth Music Service and Southbank Centre which has been developing for a number of years.

    Event tags:
    Choral | Music | Performance

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  • The Clore Ballroom

    Lambeth Music Festival

    Monday 15 March 2010

    This Opening Showcase performance of the Lambeth Schools' Music Festival 2010 highlights the quality of musicianship and singing in the borough, featuring a selection of notable instrumental and vo

    Event tags:
    Choral | Music | Orchestral

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  • Queen Elizabeth Hall

    Lambeth Music Festival

    Tuesday 16 March 2010

    The second day of the Lambeth Schools' Music Festival 2010 features performances by students from Lambeth secondary schools.

    Event tags:
    Music | Orchestral

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  • Queen Elizabeth Hall

    Lambeth Music Festival

    Tuesday 16 March 2010

    The Lambeth Music Festival Secondary Singing Concert features young people from Lambeth secondary schools singing in their own ensembles, and as a massed choir, led by Cerys Hogg.

    Event tags:
    Choral | Music

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  • Jake Arnott

    Weston Pavilion

    Polari

    Wednesday 17 March 2010

    Bestselling author Jake Arnott reads from his novel The Devil's Paintbrush - the story of gay hero Major-General Sir Hector Macdonald and his encounter with notorious occultist Aleister Crowley in

    Event tags:
    Literature & Spoken Word | Talks & Debate

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  • The Clore Ballroom

    Lambeth Music Festival

    Wednesday 17 March 2010

    The second Junior Instrumental Concert of the Lambeth Schools' Music Festival 2010 includes vocal and instrumental ensembles from primary schools in Lambeth, playing a wide range of music.

    Event tags:
    Music | Orchestral

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  • Royal Festival Hall

    Lambeth Music Festival

    Thursday 18 March 2010

    The Lambeth Music Festival's final day is a celebration of singing including this performance with massed choirs drawn from Lambeth infant schools accompanied by the Lambeth Music Service All-Star

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    Choral | Music

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  • Royal Festival Hall

    Lambeth Music Festival

    Thursday 18 March 2010

    The culmination of the Lambeth Schools' Music Festival 2010 is the Junior Singing Concert, featuring over 800 children drawn from Lambeth primary schools, accompanied by the Lambeth Music Service A

    Event tags:
    Choral | Music

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  • Toni Kofi

    Foyer Bar - level 2

    Tony Kofi Trio

    Friday 19 March 2010

    Award-winning saxophonist Tony Kofi is one of the finest players on the UK scene. His new trio project features David Chamberlain on double bass and Rod Youngs on drums.

    Event tags:
    Jazz & Blues | Music

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  • The Front Room at QEH

    Kit Downes Trio

    Friday 19 March 2010

    Pianist/composer Kit Downes exploded onto the British jazz scene playing with Empirical, and then with Troyka, Fraud and Acoustic Ladyland.

    Event tags:
    Jazz & Blues | Music

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  • The West Side Story Experience: Part 4

    The Clore Ballroom

    The West Side Story Experience: Part 4

    Sunday 21 March 2010

    A day of musical theatre workshops led by leading voice coach Mary King and top theatre choreographers.

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    Choral | Music

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  • The Clore Ballroom

    The Clothesburger

    Tuesday 23 March 2010

    Acclaimed British composer, Errollyn Wallen, has worked alongside Pegasus Opera singing leaders and director Frances M Lynch in an ambitious eight-school project.

    Event tags:
    Music | Opera

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  • Chocolate Easter bunnies

    Southbank Centre Square

    Easter Chocolate Festival

    Friday 26 March 2010 - Sunday 28 March 2010

    11am –8pm daily (closes 6pm Sunday)

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    Talks & Debate

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  • Koby Israelite Band

    The Front Room at QEH

    Koby Israelite Band

    Friday 26 March 2010

    With four releases on John Zorn's Tzadik label, prolific accordionist and composer Koby Israelite leads his band in a radical but melody-led collage of sounds that references Jewish prayers, Romani

    Event tags:
    Folk & World | Music

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  • Ballroom Mixed Bill

    The Clore Ballroom

    Ballroom Mixed Bill

    Friday 26 March 2010

    A vibrant performance by exceptional young musicians and dancers including classical ballet students from the Royal Ballet School, a chamber orchestra, a brass band, Indonesian Gamelan, dancers fr

    Event tags:
    Dance & Performance

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  • Sound Moves: Friday Lunch

    Foyer Bar - level 2

    Friday Lunch

    Friday 26 March 2010

    Outstanding young musicians from the Yehudi Menuhin School, the Royal College of Music's Junior Department and the Purcell School of Music play a programme of classical chamber music.

    Event tags:
    Chamber | Music

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  • Easter Chocolate Bunnies

    Festival Riverside Level 1

    Chocolate Sculpting

    Friday 26 March 2010 - Sunday 28 March 2010

    A chocolate-art display as part of the Easter Chocolate Festival, featuring sculptures made entirely from chocolate by master chocolatiers and pastry chefs.

    Event tags:
    Visual Arts | Visual Arts

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  • Piano Marathon

    Level 5 Function Room

    Piano Marathon

    Saturday 27 March 2010

    A seamless two-hour relay piano performance. Come in and out as you wish.

    Event tags:
    Chamber | Music

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