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Wednesday 17 June

Amex Unsigned
A blonde woman plays an acoustic guitar on stage, facing a massive outdoor festival crowd under a canopy of green trees.

Amex Unsigned

Gigs
Riverside Terrace
Free
For Vini: A Tribute to The Durutti Column
A young, shaggy-haired Vinni Reilly sits cross-legged on a shag rug surrounded by retro recording gear and a guitar.

For Vini: A Tribute to The Durutti Column

Gigs
Purcell Room
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Mulatu Astatke
Mulatu Astatke wearing a patterned shirt and leather jacket, playing a drum

Mulatu Astatke

Gigs
Royal Festival Hall
Sold out
For Vini: A Tribute to The Durutti Column
A young, shaggy-haired Vinni Reilly sits cross-legged on a shag rug surrounded by retro recording gear and a guitar.

For Vini: A Tribute to The Durutti Column

Gigs
Purcell Room

Thursday 18 June

futuretense x Meltdown: Joviale + Loie
Left: A woman in a white fur coat poses with a retro mic under red lights. Right: close up portrait of a woman in a white top with dark hair

futuretense x Meltdown: Joviale + Loie

Gigs
Riverside Terrace
Free
bar italia
Three musicians stnading at different angles

bar italia

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Beverly Glenn-Copeland & Elizabeth Copeland
Beverly Glenn-Copeland and his wife/artistic partner, resting their heads on each other.

Beverly Glenn-Copeland & Elizabeth Copeland

Gigs
Royal Festival Hall

Friday 19 June

Choose Love x Jon Hopkins
Illustration of a person with hair containing a sunlit sky and a starry galaxy, hugging a small house as white birds fly.

Choose Love x Jon Hopkins

Gigs
Purcell Room
Push the Button
A packed, vibrant nightclub crowd dances under purple lights and disco balls, with some people in festive costumes.

Push the Button

Gigs
Riverside Terrace
Free
Choose Love x Jon Hopkins
Illustration of a person with hair containing a sunlit sky and a starry galaxy, hugging a small house as white birds fly.

Choose Love x Jon Hopkins

Gigs
Purcell Room
Orlando Weeks
A black and white profile portrait of a man with a shaved head and a small hoop earring looking toward the side.

Orlando Weeks

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Devonté Hynes Ensemble
Devonte Hynes playing the cello, wearing a cap and t shirt with a blurred effect

Devonté Hynes Ensemble

Gigs
Royal Festival Hall
Choose Love x Jon Hopkins
Illustration of a person with hair containing a sunlit sky and a starry galaxy, hugging a small house as white birds fly.

Choose Love x Jon Hopkins

Gigs
Purcell Room
Choose Love x Jon Hopkins
Illustration of a person with hair containing a sunlit sky and a starry galaxy, hugging a small house as white birds fly.

Choose Love x Jon Hopkins

Gigs
Purcell Room

Saturday 20 June

Foundation.FM: Movement
A large, joyful crowd dances with their arms raised under a tan canopy at an outdoor music festival during the day.

Foundation.FM: Movement

Gigs
Riverside Terrace
Free
Jon Hopkins with Maddie Ashman & Leo Abrahams
A man with cropped dark hair stands in a field

Jon Hopkins with Maddie Ashman & Leo Abrahams

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Sold out
Choose Love x Jon Hopkins
Illustration of a person with hair containing a sunlit sky and a starry galaxy, hugging a small house as white birds fly.

Choose Love x Jon Hopkins

Gigs
Purcell Room
Choose Love x Jon Hopkins
Illustration of a person with hair containing a sunlit sky and a starry galaxy, hugging a small house as white birds fly.

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Gigs
Purcell Room
Yussef Dayes
Yussef Dayes sat at his drum kit with glasses on, in an interesting flat landscape of rocks

Yussef Dayes

Gigs
Royal Festival Hall
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Choose Love x Jon Hopkins
Illustration of a person with hair containing a sunlit sky and a starry galaxy, hugging a small house as white birds fly.

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Gigs
Purcell Room
Jon Hopkins with Maddie Ashman & Leo Abrahams
A man with cropped dark hair stands in a field

Jon Hopkins with Maddie Ashman & Leo Abrahams

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Choose Love x Jon Hopkins
Illustration of a person with hair containing a sunlit sky and a starry galaxy, hugging a small house as white birds fly.

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Gigs
Purcell Room
James Murphy
James Murphy wearing a tie dye t shirt and a suit jacket

James Murphy

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Sunday 21 June

Dance with Kindness: Intermediate Workshops
A wet man in a dark button-down shirt arches his back, dancing dramatically in the ocean surf against a clear sky.

Dance with Kindness: Intermediate Workshops

‘Who Do You Think You Are’, Spice Girls

Courses & workshops
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Hourglass Disco
High-angle sepia-toned photo of a large, dense crowd gathering outdoors near a stage with smoke effects.

Hourglass Disco

Gigs
Riverside Terrace
Free
Dance with Kindness: Intermediate Workshops
A wet man in a dark button-down shirt arches his back, dancing dramatically in the ocean surf against a clear sky.

Dance with Kindness: Intermediate Workshops

‘Murder on the Dancefloor’, Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Courses & workshops
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Choose Love x Jon Hopkins
Illustration of a person with hair containing a sunlit sky and a starry galaxy, hugging a small house as white birds fly.

Choose Love x Jon Hopkins

Gigs
Purcell Room
Dance with Kindness: Intermediate Workshops
A wet man in a dark button-down shirt arches his back, dancing dramatically in the ocean surf against a clear sky.

Dance with Kindness: Intermediate Workshops

Quadrophenia, ‘Romantic Duet’

Courses & workshops
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Choose Love x Jon Hopkins
Illustration of a person with hair containing a sunlit sky and a starry galaxy, hugging a small house as white birds fly.

Choose Love x Jon Hopkins

Gigs
Purcell Room
Dance with Kindness: Beginner Workshop
A person in casual clothes leaps high into the air with arms reaching up on a sunny beach with gentle waves.

Dance with Kindness: Beginner Workshop

Courses & workshops
The Clore Ballroom
Free
Choose Love x Jon Hopkins
Illustration of a person with hair containing a sunlit sky and a starry galaxy, hugging a small house as white birds fly.

Choose Love x Jon Hopkins

Gigs
Purcell Room
Dance with Kindness: Beginner Workshop
A person in casual clothes leaps high into the air with arms reaching up on a sunny beach with gentle waves.

Dance with Kindness: Beginner Workshop

Courses & workshops
The Clore Ballroom
Free
Soulwax
Two bright, overexposed figures sit in a recording studio filled with complex synthesizers and audio equipment.

Soulwax

Gigs
Royal Festival Hall
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Last few tickets

Choose Love x Jon Hopkins
Illustration of a person with hair containing a sunlit sky and a starry galaxy, hugging a small house as white birds fly.

Choose Love x Jon Hopkins

Gigs
Purcell Room
Hourglass Techno
A club scene with red lighting

Hourglass Techno

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Thursday 25 June

Amélie in Concert
A stage showing a symphony orchestra playing below a large screen displaying a close-up of a woman from a film, looking intently at the audience

Amélie in Concert

Gigs
Royal Festival Hall
Cancelled

Friday 26 June

It Sounds Like Courage
British-American sitar player and musician Anoushka Shankar, wearing an orange top

It Sounds Like Courage

Gigs
Royal Festival Hall
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Saturday 27 June

Our HeartBeats: Courage in Creativity
A man dj'ing in front of crowd on the Riverside Terrace

Our HeartBeats: Courage in Creativity

Gigs
Riverside Terrace
Free

Wednesday 1 July

Anmol Mohara: Across The Sea
A man in a white t-shirt sits on the floor surrounded by a drum kit and several traditional hand drums.

Anmol Mohara: Across The Sea

Gigs
Purcell Room

Thursday 2 July

Rekesh Chauhan: Classically Reimagined
Composite image of a pianist in smart clothes and a side profile of a woman looking to the left.

Rekesh Chauhan: Classically Reimagined

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Friday 3 July

Simmer Down
Two women dancing together

Simmer Down

Gigs
The Clore Ballroom
Free
futuretense x South Asian Sounds: FIZA
A black and white profile portrait of a woman with curly hair looking left, framed by blurred leaves and wearing a checkered top.

futuretense x South Asian Sounds: FIZA

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Raghu Dixit
Six male musicians posing in a desert with instruments including a guitar, bass, flute, violin, and mandolin.

Raghu Dixit

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
London Bollywood Orchestra with Priyani Vani Panditt
A smiling woman in a purple dress sings into a microphone while a conductor and orchestra perform on a dark, smoky stage.

London Bollywood Orchestra with Priyani Vani Panditt

Gigs
Royal Festival Hall
Thamarai: Pritt + Prito
Two portraits: a woman in a dark top sits by rocks on the left; a man in a white shirt and cap poses on the right.

Thamarai: Pritt + Prito

Gigs
Purcell Room

Saturday 4 July

Hariharan: Soul India
A singer strides onto a large stage, band in the backstage.

Hariharan: Soul India

Gigs
Royal Festival Hall
Shradhanjali: A Homage to Zakir Hussain
A man in a khaki shirt with flames layered over the image.

Shradhanjali: A Homage to Zakir Hussain

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Asian Tones: Tara Lily + Shalini Rani
A woman sat on a piano stool resting one elbow on a piano.

Asian Tones: Tara Lily + Shalini Rani

Gigs
Purcell Room

Sunday 5 July

Hemantika and Beyond
Young girls in vibrant blue tunics and bells around their ankles perform a traditional Indian dance on stage.

Hemantika and Beyond

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Amrita Kaur
A smiling singer in an ornate light blue ensemble performs with a microphone on a stage with a dark blue background.

Amrita Kaur

Gigs
Royal Festival Hall

Saturday 11 July

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
A black and white image of David Bowie, staring directly into the camera with a spiky mullet.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust

Gigs
Royal Festival Hall

Sunday 12 July

The Divine Comedy
A man in a dark blue blazer and green sweater vest sits at a café table with a cup of coffee, looking contemplative.

The Divine Comedy

Gigs
Royal Festival Hall
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Thursday 16 July

At Least We Can Reimagine
A woman in a polka dot dress mixes music on a DJ controller on a stage decorated with colorful hanging flags.

At Least We Can Reimagine

Gigs
Riverside Terrace
Free
Warhaus feat. Julien Libeer
Two men pose in a living room with a dog; one sits on a sideboard and the other in a chair, with a large mirror behind.

Warhaus feat. Julien Libeer

Gigs
Purcell Room

Friday 17 July

An Evening with Rough Trade Books
Max porter wears a blue workman's jacket buttoned up to the collar and looks straight at camera. In the background are polaroid images and sketchings.

An Evening with Rough Trade Books

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Saturday 18 July

At Least We Can Decide
Three performers on an outdoor stage sing into microphones for a large, diverse crowd of people dancing and cheering.

At Least We Can Decide

Courses & workshops
Riverside Terrace
Free
Hannah Patterson: Ungone – the Play
A blonde woman in glasses and an olive green knit sweater smiles gently with her chin resting on her hand at a grey table.

Hannah Patterson: Ungone – the Play

Gigs
Purcell Room
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Scritti Politti
A man wearing a green and yellow tartan jacket, standing against a blue brick wall

Scritti Politti

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Hannah Patterson: Ungone – the Play
A blonde woman in glasses and an olive green knit sweater smiles gently with her chin resting on her hand at a grey table.

Hannah Patterson: Ungone – the Play

Gigs
Purcell Room
Pulp
A group of men and women sat on amps and armchairs in a studio

Pulp

Gigs
Royal Festival Hall
Sold out

While you're with us

Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
People enjoying the Jeppe Hein Fountain at the Southbank Centre

Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms

A summer favourite returns to our site on Wednesday 17 June.

Shopping
Wooden displays in the Southbank centre shop, featuring books, plushies, and colourful merchandise

Shopping

A vibrant range of inspiring books, homeware, prints, accessories and more.

Klaus Weber: Thinking Fountains
Two statues; a green human body with water spouting from its neck and another of human legs with water pouring down from above displayed outdoors

Thinking
Fountains

Water cascades and spouts over Klaus Weber’s bronze figures.

Modified Social Benches
Two children eating ice cream on a red cirrcular bench

Modified Social Benches

Benches that challenge the space and distance we place between one another.

William Pye's Zemran
A photograph showing Riverside Terrace at Southbank Centre, with the metal sculpture Zemran in the foreground, next to Queen Elizabeth Hall

William Pye's Zemran

Pye’s beautiful stainless steel sculpture sits overlooking the Thames.

Natura Nostra Forest
Bright sunlight bursts through green leaves with a lens flare, set against a blue sky and a textured concrete building.

Natura Nostra Forest

Our growing pocket forest creating a natural oasis.