The draw will raise funds for Southbank Centre’s creative programmes for artists and young people.
Harry Styles will stage a one-night-only full-orchestra performance as part of his curation of this year’s Meltdown, with tickets being allocated through a prize draw in support of the Southbank Centre’s charitable work.
Taking place on 16 June 2026 at the Royal Festival Hall, the concert will see Styles collaborate with Grammy Award-winning conductor and composer Jules Buckley and his orchestra.
Each year, Southbank Centre provides more than 25,000 young people with free access to cultural experiences through initiatives including Youth Voices, Creative Encounters, Creative Health and its Under 30s Membership programme. Funds raised will help sustain free and subsidised creative programmes designed to improve access to arts and culture.
The prize draw has been designed as a randomised allocation process and will remain open until midday BST on Friday, 15 May.
The first acts for Harry Styles’ edition of Meltdown were announced last month ahead of the festival’s return from 11–21 June 2026, celebrating the venue’s 75th birthday.
Curated by Styles, the programme includes Erika de Casier, Ninajirachi, Beverly Glenn-Copeland & Elizabeth Copeland, Nilüfer Yanya, Shabaka and Friends, and more. Former Crack Magazine cover stars bar italia and Kamasi Washington are both featured on the line-up, with Washington presenting two separate performances at the Royal Festival Hall: Jazz Legends Reimagined, a tribute to John Coltrane and Miles Davis, followed later the same day by a live performance of Fearless Movement.
