Simmer Down: Good Friday Family Special
Bring your dancing shoes and let’s turn up the heat together – it’s time to Simmer Down and feel the spirit of unity and reggae.
Join us for an all ages edition of our regular, free monthly meet-up and daytime dance, that’ll have you grooving in the heart of London.
Together with Tomorrow’s Warriors, we’re on a mission to unite communities through the power of reggae, sparking joy with live music and positivity.
The Tomorrow’s Warriors’ house band are joined by the vinyl-spinning DJ duo GW Jazz and Reggae Choir. Plus, Book Love, a multicultural bookshop and travelling book carnival, pops up at The Clore Ballroom, Level 2, Royal Festival Hall.
Mark your calendars, bring your dancing shoes and warm up your singing voices.
Formed in 2012 by award-winning singer-songwriter Fola Phillip, Reggae Choir is a non-auditioning, non-religious, contemporary ensemble, open to all. They’ve performed at many events, including the UK’s largest reggae and dub festival, One Love.
Gordon and Gillian Wedderburn are the couple behind GW Jazz, a grassroots entity supporting emerging jazz talent in London. They’ve worked with big names on the London jazz scene including Moses Boyd, Ezra Collective and Nubiya Garcia.
Book Love is an award-winning collective of educators, artists, musicians, creatives and family members working together to curate and showcase the best multicultural content and books.
Need to know
At busy times a queuing system may be in operation to manage capacity.
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.