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More info for Nobuyuki Tsujii: Beethoven, Grieg & Tchaikovsky
High-contrast, black and white close-up of a person with dark hair looking downward with their eyes closed.
Classical music

Nobuyuki Tsujii: Beethoven, Grieg & Tchaikovsky

Music crackling with energy, from Beethoven’s Appassionata Sonata to Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
More info for Thick & Tight: Camp as Christmas
A collage of one performer in white makeup, green hair, and a floral dress and another performer in all black with one leg in the air
Performance & dance

Thick & Tight: Camp as Christmas

A sizzling revue-style cabaret for the bleak midwinter that’s all camp and a little bit Christmassy
Purcell Room
More info for Manchester Collective & Sidiki Dembélé
hazy image of Sidiki Dembélé and Nwando Ebizie
Classical music

Manchester Collective & Sidiki Dembélé

A joyful musical journey through folksong and storytelling from Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Senegal
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy
More info for Council: Pekka Kuusisto & Gabriel Kahane
Pekka Kuusisto & Gabriel Kahane performing on stage together
Classical music

Council: Pekka Kuusisto & Gabriel Kahane

The musical friends come together as Council, sharing original songs, chamber and folk music
Purcell Room
Multi-buy
More info for Manchester Collective: Black Gold
A close-up profile of a young man leaning forward, his face illuminated by a dramatic, warm orange glow against a dark backdrop.
Classical music

Manchester Collective: Black Gold

Enter a world of elemental soundscapes in works by Luke Mombrea, Sasha Scott and James Tenney
Purcell Room
Multi-buy
More info for Quentin Blake: The Southbank Parade
A trio of illustrations by Quentin Blake depicting members of an orchestra; a woman in a long dress playing a violin, a person in a wheelchair plating the cymbals and a man in tails playing the flute
Art & exhibitions

Quentin Blake: The Southbank Parade

The much-loved illustrator and author celebrates the 1951 Festival of Britain for this installation
Site wide
Tickets Free
More info for A Poet in Every Port – London
Two lead tutors, Vanessa Kisuule and Will Harris stand on stage. Vanessa reads from a pamphlet whilst speaking into a microphone.
Literature & poetry

A Poet in Every Port – London

Celebrate poetry, language and local identity as the mobile National Poetry Library lands in London
Queen's Walk
Tickets Free
More info for Hourglass Techno
Gigs

Hourglass Techno

See out Meltdown with a late-night party, curated by Harry Styles and Gideön (NYC Downlow)
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for Harry Styles & Jules Buckley Orchestra
Harry Styles leans back in a chair, wearing a navy blue suit jacket, white shirt, brown silk tie and yellow shorts.
Gigs

Harry Styles & Jules Buckley Orchestra

Harry Styles headlines his curation of Meltdown in a performance with the Jules Buckley Orchestra
Royal Festival Hall
More info for Olivia Belli
A person in a white suit and loose black shirt stood against a metal wall
Gigs

Olivia Belli

The pianist known for her poetic compositions makes her Southbank Centre debut
Purcell Room
More info for bar italia
Three musicians stnading at different angles
Gigs

bar italia

Pull up to the hottest bar in town for pulsating indie rock vibes from the sizzling London trio
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for Stadio Live with Nish Kumar
Black and white image of two people sitting, smiling and leaning to the right
Literature & poetry

Stadio Live with Nish Kumar

Join Ryan Hunn and Musa Okwonga for a live edition of Stadio: A Football Podcast
Purcell Room

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.