Free Events at Southbank Centre
events in this series
Level 2 terrace
Jeppe Hein, Appearing Rooms
Monday 27 April 2009 - Friday 23 October 2009
Danish artist Jeppe Hein's hugely popular Appearing Rooms returns to Southbank Centre.
Free
Hayward Project Space
Matthew Darbyshire: Funhouse
Wednesday 20 May 2009 - Sunday 12 July 2009
In the emerging British artist Matthew Darbyshire's installation Funhouse, a fairground attraction is remade using the design language of 21st Century British public architecture.
Free
Royal Festival Hall, Level 2 Green Side
Paradise in Plasticine
Monday 25 May 2009 - Sunday 5 July 2009
Paradise in Plasticine is a sculpted art installation, inspired by nature’s variety, and framed in the guise of a mystical secret garden from the dreamscape of childhood.
Free
Members' Bar - level 6
Members Event
Saturday 4 July 2009
Join us for breakfast as we introduce you to this year's London Literature Festival while enjoying tea, coffee and pastries.
Admission free for Members only
Southbank Centre Square
The Wedding or The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Saturday 4 July 2009 - Saturday 4 July 2009
What are the consequences when a careless act disturbs the delicate balance between humanity and nature?
Admission free, No booking required
Front Room
Fresh Off The Page: Mashing the Classics
Saturday 4 July 2009
The first of three Fresh Off The Page events in the London Literature Festival platforming some of the most exciting emerging and established talent across the spoken word and music scenes.
Admission free
Foyer Bar- Level 2
Bourne Grammar School Choir
Sunday 5 July 2009
Lincolnshire-based Bourne Grammar School Choir is an open-entry choir for students aged 11-16 years old.
Admission free
Southbank Centre Square
Summer Food Market
Friday 10 July 2009 - Sunday 12 July 2009
Sample and buy exciting, wholesome and seasonal food from a choice of 40 stalls offering fresh, sustainable and traditionally prepared produce. The height of summer brings an abundance of home-grown vegetables, soft fruits, ripe regional cheeses and mature grass-fed meats – a great time for the food market to reflect the traditional British elements of this year’s London Literature Festival.
Free
Foyer Bar- Level 2
Find Your Talent
Friday 10 July 2009
On 10 July young people from across the country come to Southbank Centre to share their talent.
Admission free
Front Room
Fresh Off The Page: Where To?
Friday 10 July 2009
Curated by Southbank Centre's team of young curators, Where To? promises a high-energy mixed bill event of live music, spoken word and visual art, responding to escape and its destinations, and inspired by Benjamin Zephaniah.
Admission free
The Clore Ballroom
Ballroom Summer Nights
Friday 10 July 2009
Jonny Woo - the 'tranny superstar' (Time Out) recently seen supporting Peaches at Royal Festival Hall - presents an evening of song, dance and spoken word raps.
Admission Free
Foyer Bar- Level 2
Centre for Young Musicians Showcase
Saturday 11 July 2009
Some of London's finest young musicians come to the Southbank to celebrate the end of Centre for Young Musicians' academic year and the Rhythm of London festival.
Admission free
Foyer Bar- Level 2
The Rhythm of Gamelan
Saturday 11 July 2009 - Saturday 11 July 2009
Celebrate the Rhythm of London Festival with the rhythmic and meditative sounds of the beautiful Javanese gamelan - percussion orchestra from Indonesia.
Admission free
Front Room
Fresh Off The Page: Ugly Shy Girl Cabaret Stage
Saturday 11 July 2009
The party continues in The Front Room, with a post-show cabaret of fresh talent programmed in collaboration with Laura Dockrill and Kate Nash, and featuring entertainment from MC Angel and Kandice, dancing, spectacular conversation and a book signing.
Admission free
Foyer Bar- Level 2
English Chamber Choir
Sunday 12 July 2009
For over three decades, the English Chamber Choir, and its conductor Guy Protheroe, have been at the forefront of the English choral tradition and London's musical life.
Admission free
Foyer Bar- Level 2
London Forest Choir
Sunday 12 July 2009
One of London’s finest community choirs, the London Forest Choir have been based in Waltham Forest since their foundation in 1950.
Admission free
The Clore Ballroom
Reaching Out
Monday 13 July 2009
Hear some of London's youngest emerging poets perform their work at the launch of Reaching Out, Southwark EIC's inspirational annual anthology of children's writing published by Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), in collaboration with poet Jan Blake.
Admission Free
Blue Room, Spirit Level
Liz Bentley £500 a Line!
Monday 13 July 2009
Liz Bentley is one of the quirkiest voices on London’s spoken word scene.
Admission free
The Clore Ballroom
The First Kiss of Dawn
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Join a quest to discover the wingsong - music made by the fluttering of a butterfly's wings - as 350 Southwark primary children show off their performance and design skills in this magical new work, created for The Clore Ballroom.
Admission free
Cloakroom Lobby - level 1, Royal Festival Hall
Youth Music Box
Friday 17 July 2009 - Monday 31 August 2009
Come and play the Youth Music Box – an electrifying interactive musical experience at Southbank Centre.
Free
Foyer Bar- Level 2
Charlie Wood
Friday 17 July 2009
Memphis-born Charlie Wood is a talented and versatile singer, songwriter and keyboardist whose eclectic musical style incorporates elements of popular music, jazz, blues and traditional r&b.
Admission free
Front Room
Jim Hart's Gemini
Friday 17 July 2009
Part of London's highly acclaimed Loop collective, Gemini is led by award winning vibraphone star Jim Hart.
Admission free
The Clore Ballroom
Millennium String Quartet
Friday 17 July 2009
Following the sensational residency by the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela in April, we are pleased to announce a performance by members of the Orchestra and Venezuela’s El Sistema.
Admission free
Front Room
Barisons
Sunday 19 July 2009
Over the last eight years Barisons Chamber Choir has built up a reputation for excellence, versatility and sensitivity in both live performances and recordings.
Admission free
Front Room
Esterhazy Singers & The Bexley Youth Choir
Sunday 19 July 2009
A double bill of choirs both led by dynamic young conductor Esther Jones.
Admission free
The Clore Ballroom
The Band
Sunday 19 July 2009
The Band return to The Clore Ballroom for a new performance of their own unique blend of sounds.
Admission free
The Hayward Project Space
Deceitful Moon
Tuesday 21 July 2009 - Monday 31 August 2009
Opening 40 years after the Apollo 11 moon landings, the group exhibition Deceitful Moon does not mark the anniversary of this world-shaping event, but rather commemorates the longstanding doubt that it took place at all.
Free
The Clore Ballroom
Hip-Hop workshop
Thursday 23 July 2009
As the excitement builds for Dare 2 Dance 2009 Southbank Centre’s annual street dance competition, we are giving you a sneak preview of what’s to come.
Admission free
Foyer Bar- Level 2
Tomorrow's People Good Vibrations Gamelan Challenge
Friday 24 July 2009
A short performance on Southbank Centre's Indonesian bronze gamelan instruments, by a group of local young people who have been working intensively on the gamelan throughout the week, learning traditional gamelan music and creating their own compositions.
Admission free
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Behind The Scenes With Tomorrow's Warriors
Friday 24 July 2009
An extraordinary day-long opportunity to get up close to the work of Tomorrow's Warriors begins with a showcase from the Teenie Warriors, some of the youngest and most talented jazz musicians in London (aged 8 and over).
Admission free
Front Room
Gary Crosby's Future Warriors
Friday 24 July 2009
Gary Crosby, founder and Artistic Director of Tomorrow's Warriors premieres the two latest groups to join the Warriors family and continue the legacy.
Admission free
Queen Elizabeth Hall
The Queen's Suite
Friday 24 July 2009
On 18 October 1958 Duke Ellington was presented to Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh at a private reception to mark the bicentenary of Leeds Festival.
Admission free
The Clore Ballroom
Ballroom Summer Nights
Friday 24 July 2009
The Clore Ballroom welcomes British burlesque legend Goodtime Mama Jojo as she takes to the stage to bring together her hot picks from the world of burlesque.
Admission free
The Clore Ballroom
Dare 2 Dance
Saturday 25 July 2009
All-girl hip hop groups compete to be the best.
Admission free
Front Room
Hip-Hop Shakespeare
Saturday 25 July 2009
The Hip-Hop Shakespeare Company, which received a London 2012 Inspire Mark earlier this year, hosts Hip-Hop Shakespeare at Southbank Centre as part of the Cultural Olympiad's Open Weekend.
Admission free
The Front Room
Bulgarian Voice Workshop
Sunday 26 July 2009
People who hear Bulgarian music for the first time are often impressed and touched by its immense power, vitality and beauty.
Admission free
Yellow Room, Spirit Level
Brain Making
Thursday 30 July 2009 - Thursday 30 July 2009
Make a model of a brain with scientist Dr Lizzie Burns, who in the process attempts to explain the mysteries of the creative mind.
Admission free
Front Room
Trouble Tune Tonic: Charlie Dark, Keir Vine & Guests
Friday 31 July 2009
A cross-fertilisation of two initiatives: Trouble Tune, which has been forging a new audience for electro-experimental music in Concrete at Hayward Gallery, and Friday Tonic, the highly popular live music programme in The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Admission free
The Clore Ballroom
Southbank Centre Sandpit
Friday 31 July 2009 - Sunday 2 August 2009
The Sandpit is brought to you by Hide And Seek, London’s social gaming pioneers - a team of artists and game designers who create new, playful experiences.
Admission free
Front Room
Trouble Tune Tonic: Speech Debelle & Dels
Friday 31 July 2009
A cross-fertilisation of two initiatives; Trouble Tune, which has been forging a new audience for electro-experimental music in Concrete at Hayward Gallery, and Friday Tonic, the highly popular live music programme in The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Admission free
The Hayward Concrete
Trouble Tune Tonic: Finn Peters & Support
Friday 31 July 2009
A cross-fertilisation of two initiatives; Trouble Tune, which has been forging a new audience for electro-experimental music in Concrete at Hayward Gallery, and Friday Tonic, the highly popular live music programme in The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Admission free
The Hayward Concrete
Trouble Tune Tonic: Soweto Kinch & Guests
Friday 31 July 2009
A cross-fertilisation of two initiatives: Trouble Tune, which has been forging a new audience for electro-experimental music in Concrete at Hayward Gallery, and Friday Tonic, the highly popular live music programme in The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Admission free
Yellow Room, Spirit Level
Brain Making
Thursday 6 August 2009 - Thursday 6 August 2009
Make a model of a brain with scientist Dr Lizzie Burns, who in the process attempts to explain the mysteries of the creative mind.
Admission free
Southbank Centre Square
I Think, I See
Friday 7 August 2009
Collaborate in a large-scale outdoor drawing with artist Sally Booth at different locations at the Southbank Centre.
Admission free
The Clore Ballroom
Contemporary dance workshop
Saturday 8 August 2009
An exciting, energetic workshop to get you moving!
Admission free
Queens Walk
I Think, I See
Sunday 9 August 2009
Collaborate in a large-scale outdoor drawing with artist Sally Booth at different locations at the Southbank Centre.
Admission free
Festival Riverside
I Think, I See
Tuesday 11 August 2009
Collaborate in a large-scale outdoor drawing with artist Sally Booth at different locations at the Southbank Centre.
Admission free
Yellow Room, Spirit Level
Brain Making
Thursday 13 August 2009 - Thursday 13 August 2009
Make a model of a brain with scientist Dr Lizzie Burns, who in the process attempts to explain the mysteries of the creative mind.
Admission free
The Clore Ballroom
African dance workshop
Saturday 15 August 2009
Enjoy the beats and rhythms of live drumming in this African dance workshop.
Admission free
The Clore Ballroom
Bollywood dance workshop
Saturday 22 August 2009
Have the opportunity to learn the basic steps of bollywood dance in this energetic class that gets you incorporating a fusion of Indian classical, folk- bhangra, arabic, latino and hip-hop/funk styles with a touch of pure Bollywood to top it all off.
Admission free
The Clore Ballroom
Pop Video dance workshop
Saturday 29 August 2009
Ever dreamt of being a dancer in a pop video?
Admission free
Festival Riverside
Dance Mob
Sunday 30 August 2009
In preparation for Big Dance 2010, the London Mayor’s initiative to get London dancing, Southbank Centre continues its programme of free dance for everyone this summer with Dance Mob.
Admission free
The Clore Ballroom
Strictly Summer Ballroom
Monday 31 August 2009
Once again Southbank Centre opens its doors for an all-day ballroom dancing event led by Nicky Miles with a few favourites and a few surprises.
Admission free
Southbank Centre Square
The Termite Pavillion
Friday 4 September 2009 - Sunday 6 September 2009
The Termite Pavilion is a sensational walk - in structure inspired by the organic forms surrounding the central chimney of a Namibian termite mound.
Free
Festival Terrace
The Mobile Brownfield Site
Friday 4 September 2009 - Sunday 6 September 2009
Artist Bob and Roberta Smith rescues part of the new Olympic development plot which is being built on a disused ex-industrial space, known as a brownfield site.
Free
Entrance to Spirit Level
BeeCab
Friday 4 September 2009 - Sunday 6 September 2009
Is it a bee? Is it a cab? No it's BeeCab. One bee works its entire five-week life span to provide one twelfth of a spoonful of honey. So let's give the bees a free ride and celebrate London beekeeping.
Free
The Clore Ballroom
The Horned Skullship
Friday 4 September 2009 - Sunday 6 September 2009
London-based artist Tessa Farmer uses insect carcasses, plant roots and other found natural materials to create The Horned Skullship, a hanging installation depicting a nightmare fairytale.
Free
The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall
Not-Doing
Friday 4 September 2009 - Sunday 6 September 2009
Metamorphosis and change are key to human and insect life and remind us we co-exist and are part of the same planet. Artist Jane Wafer creates human-sized chrysalises which represent this similarity and difference.
Free
Level 2 Foyer
The Decayed Book
Friday 4 September 2009 - Sunday 6 September 2009
Book artist Mark Cockram, in collaboration with Amoret Whitaker at the Natural History Museum, exhibits the remains of books made using traditional materials and adhesives and have been designed to be digested by hide beetles, Dermestes maculatus, in order to turn it into a sculptural object in a piece of Entomological Etymology.
Free
The Clore Ballroom Balcony
The Urban Insect Garden
Friday 4 September 2009 - Sunday 6 September 2009
Discover how to encourage nature back into your city life and meet the experts for some top tips on how to recreate your own insect garden at home.
Free
Southbank Centre
Resonance104.4FM
Friday 4 September 2009 - Sunday 6 September 2009
Broadcasting live from Pestival, Resonance104.4fm is the world's first radio art station, established by London Musicians' Collective. Resonance104.4fm features programmes made by musicians, artists and critics who represent the diversity of London’s arts scene, with regular weekly contributions from nearly two hundred musicians, artists, thinkers, critics, activists and instigators.
Free
The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
Bee Social
Friday 4 September 2009 - Sunday 6 September 2009
For one weekend only, Pestival transforms The Front Room at Queen 'Bee' Hall into a giant bee hive, a place for all to learn and discuss the colony collapse disorder. Come listen to the talks, discussions as well as a special duet performance by the Royal Festival Hall’s resident bees with guest peformers.
Free
The Yellow Room, Spirit Level
Movements of Parts Within
Friday 4 September 2009 - Sunday 6 September 2009
Watch as a large cockroach is slowly transported by hundreds and hundreds of small energetic crazy ants.
Free
Foyer Bar- Level 2
Pestival 2009 - Information Point
Friday 4 September 2009 - Sunday 6 September 2009
Welcome to Pestival 2009, where we celebrate insects in art, and the art of being an insect. Meet here to find out more about this 'rare and wonderful celebration of the creepy crawly.' (The Independent)
Front Room
Thomas Truax
Friday 4 September 2009
A nominee for Britain's 2008 Indy Music Award for best live act, Truax is making a name for himself by building his own instruments from gramophone horns and pull-string toys.
Admission free
Queen's Walk
Insect ID Tent
Saturday 5 September 2009 - Sunday 6 September 2009
Come and meet all your favourite insect charites and societies under one tent, take your insect photos to be identified, learn about local greenspaces and collect your Southbank Centre insect survey card.
Free
Queen's Walk
Meet the River Insects
Saturday 5 September 2009 - Sunday 6 September 2009
Millions of people have a relationship with the Thames but not so many stop to think what goes on below its surface. The London Wetland Centre Team are on hand with explainer tanks filled with insects found living in the River Thames.
Free
Queen's Walk
Insect Circus Museum
Saturday 5 September 2009 - Sunday 6 September 2009
Stroll up! Stroll up for the Magnificent Insect Circus Museum! Housed in a vintage Bedford TK Beetlebox lorry, this unique museum displays a stunning array of costumes, props, puppets, toys and ephemera from the extraordinary collection of the Insect Circus Society.
Free
Royal Festival Hall Foyer, Level 2 Blue Side
Why Me?
Saturday 5 September 2009 - Sunday 6 September 2009
Dr. James Logan and his team at Rothamsted Research Laboratory have developed a new theory to explain why some people are more attractive to mosquitoes and midges than others, which might help further research into major international health problems.
Free
Spirit Level
Insect Detectives
Saturday 5 September 2009 - Sunday 6 September 2009
Take part in solving crime with the forensic entomology team from the Natural History Museum. Meet Dr. Martin Hall and Amoret Whitaker, insect experts who are often called on to assist the police in cases of suspicious death.
Free
Blue Room, Spirit Level
The Art of being a Maggot
Saturday 5 September 2009 - Sunday 6 September 2009
Watch maggots paint and learn how they smell, with the university of Manchester’s celebrity maggot man Dr Matthew Cobb and students.
Admission free
Spirit Level
Make an Insect Book
Saturday 5 September 2009 - Sunday 6 September 2009
Meet Studio 5 Bookartists and learn how to make your very own insect book.
Admission free
Yellow Room, Spirit Level
Chrysalis Making Workshop
Saturday 5 September 2009 - Sunday 6 September 2009
Join artist Jane Wafer in a workshop to construct beautiful butterfly chrysalises.
Admission free
Foyer Bar- Level 2
Kaz Kasozi and Marafiki
Friday 11 September 2009
Pianist/guitarist Kaz Kasozi is one of the rising stars of Ugandan music and a key member of the African Jazz Allstars.
Admission free
Front Room
Batanai
Friday 11 September 2009
Pan-African percussion ensemble continues to go from strength to strength.
Admission free
Front Room
Fayyaz Virji
Saturday 12 September 2009
Tanzanian Fayyaz Virji's trombone sound has been heard with everyone from Ray Charles to Jools Holland to The African Jazz Allstars.
Admission free
Front Room
Kunle Olasoju
Saturday 12 September 2009
Guitarist Kunle Olasoju is the former member of Femi Kuti and The Positive Force and currently the music director of The Yoruba Women Choir.
Admisson free
Front Room
Anne Mudeka
Sunday 13 September 2009
Anna Mudeka is simply a brilliant singer of immense power.
Admission free
Front Room
Sam Djegue
Sunday 13 September 2009
Cameroonian bassist Sam Djengue Deep is one of the key musicians in African music in Europe.
Admission free
Purcell Room
Take the Risk. Why?
Friday 2 October 2009
A discussion with instruments, recordings & film introducing the weekend and looking at the role of improvisation and risk in performance.
Admission free
Front Room
Stevie Wishart Late
Friday 2 October 2009
Stevie Wishart, founder of the groundbreaking group Sinfonye, has long been acclaimed for her performances and recordings of the music of medieval Europe.
Admission free
Front Room
Stevie Wishart Late
Saturday 3 October 2009
Stevie Wishart, founder of the groundbreaking group Sinfonye, has long been acclaimed for her performances and recordings of the music of medieval Europe.
Admission free
Foyer Bar- Level 2
The Naxos Quartets
Friday 9 October 2009
Peter Maxwell Davies' set of ten Naxos Quartets is one of the most significant additions to chamber music in recent years.
Admission free
Front Room
The Naxos Quartets
Sunday 11 October 2009
Honoring Max: Join Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and others for an informal discussion about the composer and the ten Naxos Quartets.
Admission free
Southbank Centre Square
Cheese and Wine Festival
Friday 23 October 2009 - Sunday 25 October 2009
The Cheese & Wine Festival is an event dedicated to cheese from Britain, the continent and other cheese makers, as well as the wines that complement them.
Free
Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra: Martin Musical Scholarship Fund
Thursday 29 October 2009
A recital by an award-winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.
Admission free
Purcell Room
Philharmonia Martin Musical Scholarship Fund
Sunday 1 November 2009
A recital by an award-winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.
Admission free (ticket required)
Purcell Room
Philharmonia Martin Musical Scholarship Fund
Sunday 6 December 2009
A recital by an award-winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.
Admission free (ticket required)
Southbank Centre Square
Christmas Chocolate Festival
Friday 11 December 2009 - Sunday 13 December 2009
The Chocolate Festival returns to Southbank Centre just in time for Christmas shopping with even more chocolatiers, Christmas gift ideas and demonstrations.
Free
Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra: Music of Today
Thursday 21 January 2010
Helen Grime's new piece for clarinet and ensemble comes to Southbank Centre fresh from its premiere at the prestigious Tanglewood Summer Festival in the US.
Admission free
Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Martin Musical Scholarship Fund
Thursday 4 March 2010
A recital by an award-winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.
Admission free
Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Martin Musical Scholarship Fund
Saturday 15 May 2010
A recital by an award-winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.
Admission free
Foyer Bar- Level 2
Polish Voices
Sunday 30 May 2010 - Sunday 30 May 2010
Polish choirs feature in Voicelab Welcomes.
Admission free
Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Martin Musical Scholarship Fund
Sunday 27 June 2010
A recital by an award-winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.
Admission free
