Shovel Dance Collective
A nine-piece band united by a passion for the beauty, force and political charge of traditional music from the UK, Ireland and beyond.
Shovel Dance Collective’s practice is a patchwork of fragments, weaving together folk with group improvisations, field recordings and concrète-style tape manipulation.
Emphasising the inviting, hopeful and human qualities of folk, their arrangements channel the joy and sadness held in these collaboratively-shaped words and melodies.
Balancing dense orchestration with intense fragility, the patchwork is threaded with a deep sense of the ways traditional music carries the voices of all those who have gone before, the oppressed and those who, through their labour, create the wealth of the world.
Presented by Southbank Centre and Baba Yaga’s Hut.
Need to know
Times & tickets
Dates, times and prices
Dates & times
04 Feb 2027, 7pm
Run time
2 hours and 45 minutes (approx)
All timings are approximate and subject to change
Standard entry
from £22
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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.
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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.