futuretense: ALESSIA + SEERA
Hear the best of emerging talent at a free gig with an all-women line-up showcasing electro-pop and Arabic psychedelic rock.
ALESSIA is a Swiss-born London-based disco and electro-pop artist, who combines disco-funk nostalgia with a contemporary cool-pop edge.
She has been performing music from a very young age and is a classically trained pianist). She released her debut EP Modern Disco Girl in 2024, produced and co-written by the legendary Will Hicks.
Saudi Arabia’s trailblazing all-women psychedelic rock band SEERA makes their London debut, carving a pioneering space in the Arab rock scene with hypnotic guitars, soaring vocals and desert-psych textures.
Their new single ‘Shams (شمس)’ is an ethereal, genre-defying track that merges poetic Arabic lyricism with psychedelic rock atmospheres. Sung in Arabic, it is a meditation on resilience, belonging and cosmic transformation, and captures the band at their most expansive.
Need to know
For your visit
This event is held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall Southbank Centre
The Queen Elizabeth Hall is open from 90 minutes before events start until they finish. It’s closed at all other times.
Plan your visit
The Queen Elizabeth Hall is home to both our second-largest auditorium and the Purcell Room.
Getting here
Our address is Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.
The nearest tube stations to us are Waterloo and Embankment; Waterloo is also the nearest train station. And more than 20 different London bus routes pass within 500 metres of our venues. More information on getting here by rail, road or river is available on our Getting here page.
We’re cash-free
Please note that we’re unable to accept cash payments across our venues.
Access
We’re working hard to remove barriers, so that our facilities and events can be accessible to as many people as possible.
All help points, toilets, performance and exhibition spaces at the Southbank Centre are accessible to all, as are the cafes, bars and restaurants. We also have excellent public transport links with step-free access.
All information about booking wheelchair spaces, step-free access, blue badge parking, access maps and guides and other help available whilst you’re here, including details about our Access Scheme, can be found on our Access page.
Food & drink
From coffee to cocktails, filling favourites to fine dining, plus some of London’s best street food – it’s all here at the Southbank Centre.