Kinetika Bloco Summer Showcase
The young performers of Kinetika Bloco become the Vanguards for a summer of music that has bent genres, sparked new dance styles and forged new sounds.
It begins with this evening’s free performance, part of our summer of Riverside Sessions, bringing together the passion and talent of 150 young people to celebrate the joy that music and dance bring into our lives, and reclaim the power of movement as a means of connection, healing and belonging.
For 26 years, Kinetika Bloco, a Southbank Centre Resident Organisation, has been on a mission to engage young people from south London in long-term creative activity via music and dance, advancing their education, skills, and capacity for learning and leadership.
Many of its members have gone on to become rising stars of the UK music scene, and you’ll find their graduates in acclaimed bands including Mercury-nominated Sons of Kemet, BRIT winning Ezra Collective, Steam Down, The Banger Factory, Kokoroko and Oreglo; and performing with alongside artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Kano, Little Simz, Burna Boy and Solange Knowles.
Need to know
For your visit
This event is held at the The Clore Ballroom Southbank Centre
The Clore Ballroom is open six days a week.
Tuesday, 10am – 6pm*
Wednesday – Sunday, 10am – 11pm
Monday, closed.
*If we’re hosting a performance, the building will stay open until the event ends.
Plan your visit
The Clore Ballroom is located inside our Royal Festival Hall on Level 2.
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.
There is step-free access to The Clore Ballroom, Level 2, Royal Festival Hall, via a ramp.
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
Next to The Clore Ballroom is our Ballroom Cafe where you can grab a coffee and a piece of freshly made cake. Also on Level 2 of our Royal Festival Hall you can grab a slice of life by the Thames with drinks and freshly made pizza at our Festival Bar & Kitchen which opens out onto our Riverside Terrace.
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.