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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.
Level 5 Function Room
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?
Foyer Bar - level 2
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.
The Clore Ballroom
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.
The Clore Ballroom
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
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tuesday 16 March 2010
The second day of the Lambeth Schools' Music Festival 2010 features performances by students from Lambeth secondary schools.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
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.
Weston Pavilion
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
The Clore Ballroom
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.
Royal Festival Hall
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
Royal Festival Hall
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
Foyer Bar - level 2
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.
The Front Room at QEH
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.
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.
The Clore Ballroom
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.
Southbank Centre Square
Friday 26 March 2010 - Sunday 28 March 2010
11am –8pm daily (closes 6pm Sunday)
The Front Room at QEH
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
The Clore Ballroom
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
Foyer Bar - level 2
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.
Festival Riverside Level 1
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.
Level 5 Function Room
Saturday 27 March 2010
A seamless two-hour relay piano performance. Come in and out as you wish.