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futuretense

Find your next musical obsession with our twice-monthly free gigs

 

Twice every month, these free gigs share the sounds of the future, providing a platform for up-and-coming British and international musicians.

Get a flavour of futuretense with this playlist of artists who’ve joined us in 2025.

Presented in collaboration with BBC Introducing.

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Friday 3 July

futuretense: alya isha & The RA KHOLECTIV + FIZA
A side-by-side diptych presents a dreamy, warm-toned color shot of a band performing in a hazy, vintage-styled room next to an intimate, high-contrast black-and-white portrait of a curly-haired woman

futuretense: alya isha & The RA KHOLECTIV + FIZA

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free

Friday 18 September

futuretense x Letters to the Future
Abstract image of layered glowing triangles and stripes in neon blue, purple, and pink over a dark structure.

futuretense x Letters to the Future

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free

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 with water fountains to splash around and cool down in.

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.