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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.
The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall
Saturday 6 February 2010 - Tuesday 2 March 2010
The Bibliomancer’s Dream returns to Imagine.
St. Paul’s Pavilion
Wednesday 10 February 2010
Max Schaefer reads from his debut novel Children of the Sun.
Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra: Martin Musical Scholarship Fund
Thursday 11 February 2010
A recital by an award-winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.
Foyer Bar - level 2
Foyle Future Firsts Presents... The Spirit of Mendelssohn
Friday 12 February 2010
The London Philharmonic Orchestra Foyle Future Firsts Programme is a dedicated apprenticeship programme for 16 gifted and talented young instrumentalists embarking on professional orchestral career
The Front Room at QEH
Friday 12 February 2010
WorldService Project (WSP) are a contemporary quintet formed in 2008, largely playing the music of pianist and composer Dave Morecroft.
The Clore Ballroom
Tomorrows Warriors Presents: Jazzploration
Saturday 13 February 2010
Tomorrow’s Warriors present an afternoon of performances and workshops combining jazz, storytelling and performance poetry.
Foyer Bar - level 2
Sunday 14 February 2010
People of Note are a large a cappella community choir from Bristol. Based on the principles of the Natural Voice Practitioners Network, they are led by founder choir member Maita Robinson.
The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall
Monday 15 February 2010 - Wednesday 17 February 2010
Baby bards are invited to come into The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall to explore stories and poems.
The Clore Ballroom
The 9 1/2 Commandments of Aisle 16
Monday 15 February 2010
Award-winning live poetry collective Aisle16 present their first show for younger audiences using comedy, poetry and diagrams in a step-by-step guide to writing and enjoying poetry.
The Clore Ballroom
Illustrate a backdrop for Gluemouth
Tuesday 16 February 2010
In the lead-up to Laura Dockrill’s performance of Gluemouth, we need your help to make the set! Come to The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall and help Laura draw the backdrop for her show.
Southbank Centre Square
Wednesday 17 February 2010 - Thursday 18 February 2010
Word Migrants Dzifa Benson and Naomi Woddis invite you to play Poetry Hopscotch, a magical game where you can write short poems in coloured chalk on a giant hopscotch, then shout them out on the sp
The Clore Ballroom
Brigitte Aphrodite the Urban Fairy
Thursday 18 February 2010
Musical comedy poet Brigitte Aphrodite performs a rainbow of magical songs and fairytale comic poems about urban life.Suitable for ages five to eight.
The Clore Ballroom
Imagine a Story Family Workshop
Friday 19 February 2010
Visual artist Laura X Carle leads a storytelling workshop. Come along and add your stories to a giant book.Suitable for ages five and over, this event is BSL interpreted.
Foyer Bar - level 2
Guillermo Rozenthaler & Rioplatenses
Friday 19 February 2010
Versatile Argentine vocalist-guitarist Guillermo joins forces with three of London's top Latin musicians - Javier Fioramonti (bass), Andres Ticino (percussion) and John Turville (piano) - to presen
The Front Room at QEH
Friday 19 February 2010
Specially invited by Shlomo for this Tonic debut, Submotion Orchestra is a live six-piece project from Leeds, incorporating deep bass-driven grooves and dense textures in their progressive live dub
The Clore Ballroom
Saturday 20 February 2010
Join us for a magical party and see your favourite fairy tales come to life.
The Clore Ballroom
Sunday 21 February 2010 - Sunday 21 February 2010
Southbank Centre Artist in Residence Gauri Sharma Tripathi celebrates the voice in dance, with this imaginative workshop that combines words and traditional South Asian kathak dance.
The Front Room at QEH
Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir
Sunday 21 February 2010
The Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir is a group of singers comprising police officers and civilian staff, serving and retired.
Level 3 Function Room
Southbank Centre Book Club: Fire Sale
Monday 22 February 2010
Sara Paretsky's Fire Sale marked a new departure for her character VI Warshawski, with the detective returning to the south side of Chicago to investigate claims of sabotage at a local factory.
Spirit Level
Monday 22 February 2010
Come along to the Southbank Sandpit for a night of social games and playful experiences, curated by Hide&Seek.