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Opening Weekend

Wed 25 – Sun 29 Sep 2024

The start of a classical year full of stories, old and new, that speak to us today

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Wednesday 25 September

Joyce DiDonato Sings Berlioz

Joyce DiDonato Sings Berlioz

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £14.00

Thursday 26 September

Virtual Orchestra: Sibelius
Woman wearing a VR headset

Virtual Orchestra: Sibelius

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Free
Santtu Conducts Sibelius & Grieg
Santtu-Matias Rouvali standing in front of a lake and forest in Finland

Santtu Conducts Sibelius & Grieg

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Friday 27 September

Virtual Orchestra: Sibelius
Woman wearing a VR headset

Virtual Orchestra: Sibelius

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Free
Igor Levit: Bach, Brahms & Beethoven
Igor Levit sat behind a piano

Igor Levit: Bach, Brahms & Beethoven

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £15.00
Lawrence Power with Thomas Adès: Fairy-Tale Dances
A composite image of Lawrence Power, holding a violin and Thomas Adès wearing a patterned scarf

Lawrence Power with Thomas Adès: Fairy-Tale Dances

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Saturday 28 September

Virtual Orchestra: Sibelius
Woman wearing a VR headset

Virtual Orchestra: Sibelius

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Free
The Multi-Story Orchestra: Verified
Large group of musicians holding their instruments gather for a photo in a multi-story concrete parking garage

The Multi-Story Orchestra: Verified

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £10.00
Matthew Barley: Light Stories
Matthew Barley playing the cello with light graphics

Matthew Barley: Light Stories

Classical music
Purcell Room
Tickets From £25.00
Matthew Barley: Light Stories
Matthew Barley playing the cello with light graphics

Matthew Barley: Light Stories

Classical music
Purcell Room
Tickets From £25.00
Edward Gardner Conducts Rachmaninov
In Bluebeard's Castle, London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner (Ildikó Komlósi mezzo-soprano, Judith, John Relyea bass, Bluebeard) perform Bartók’s one-act opera and before the interval Haydn: Symphony No.90 in the Southbank's Royal Festival Hall on Saturday 6 November 2021..Photo by Mark Allan

Edward Gardner Conducts Rachmaninov

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £14.00

Sunday 29 September

Virtual Orchestra: Sibelius
Woman wearing a VR headset

Virtual Orchestra: Sibelius

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Free
Notes on Nature 1: The Sea
A submerged orca with fin visible, in a sea with a backdrop of snowy mountains

Notes on Nature 1: The Sea

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
Sold out
Santtu Conducts Sibelius & Nielsen

Santtu Conducts Sibelius & Nielsen

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £15.00
Paraorchestra: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

Paraorchestra: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

Classical music
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets From £15.00
Paraorchestra: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

Paraorchestra: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

Classical music
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets From £15.00
Scottish Ensemble Performs Philip Glass
Scottish Ensemble playing violins in an ornate concert venue

Scottish Ensemble Performs Philip Glass

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Whilst you’re with us

Modified Social Benches

Modified Social Benches

Benches that challenge the space and distance we place between one another.

Southbank Centre Food Market
Mango chutney being added to a wrap at La Sani

Southbank Centre Food Market

With a huge choice of street food and drinks, our weekly food market is a must-visit.

Ground & Sound
Gardener Paul Pulford listening to Ground and Sound in the Roof Garden

Ground & Sound

Experience an enchanting musical score in our very own secret garden.

Shopping
A variety of Block Scene merchandise on sale at the Royal Festival Hall shop including colourful printed t-shirts, mugs and tea towels.

Shopping

A vibrant range of inspiring books, homeware, prints, accessories and more.

Klaus Weber: Thinking Fountains

Thinking
Fountains

Water cascades and spouts over Klaus Weber’s bronze figures.

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

Natura Nostra Forest

Our growing pocket forest creating a natural oasis.