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Jazz Voice - EFG London Jazz Festival Opening Gala
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EFG London Jazz Festival
15 Nov - 24 Nov
jazz & blues

The EFG London Jazz Festival is renowned for showcasing an eclectic mix of talented musicians from around the world.

One of the UK’s landmark...

Part of EFG London Jazz Festival
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Gazelle Twin, composer

New Music Biennial
5 Jul - 7 Jul

New Music Biennial is a showcase of composers and music creators who are pushing the boundaries of music in the UK.
 
The festival, presented in...

Part of New Music Biennial
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The Cocoa Butter Club, dancers on stage

Summer

Make the most of your summer with exhilarating shows at our sunny site by the Thames.

Immerse yourself in a world filled with excess in Jean Paul...

Part of Summer
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happening at our venues

SOUTHBANK CENTRE AERIAL VIEWS BY INDIA ROPER-EVANS84
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Purcell Room entrance

Royal Festival Hall

7:00 pm | Thu 25 Apr 2019

Violet Nights: Children of the Windrush

The Windrush scandal shocked a nation, but what do young people think about it?

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Hayward Gallery

11:00 am | until Mon 6 May 2019

diane arbus: in the beginning

UNTIL 6 MAY 2019: An exhibition exploring the formative first half of the influential photographer’s career

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Queen Elizabeth Hall

7:30 pm | until Thu 25 Apr 2019

On The High Road by Clod Ensemble

Feel the fever of a visual theatre performance featuring vital movement and a pulsating score

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Purcell Room

7:45 pm | Sun 28 Apr 2019

Tippett & Bourne

Witness two of Britain’s most adventurous jazz pianists play together for the first time

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Stockhausen’s Donnerstag aus Licht and five other rarely performed operas
Celebrating some of opera’s lesser heard works
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Karlheinz Stockhausen at work with an electrical synthesiser, the word 'playlist' is displayed across the top of the image
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Playlist: Karlheinz Stockhausen
Listen to a chronological Spotify playlist of the revolutionary composer’s work
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Boy stepping off the curb, N.Y.C. The 1957-58 photograph by Diane Arbus depicting a boy stepping off a sidewalk in New York
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Boy stepping off the curb, N.Y.C. 1957–58, by Diane Arbus
Take a closer look at one of the photographs in diane arbus: in the beginning
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