Enter a prize draw to win tickets to Harry Styles’ Meltdown show

The draw, which is open until Friday, 15 May, will raise funds for Southbank Centre’s creative programmes for artists and young people.

Montreux Jazz Festival and Southbank Centre announce 2026 residency celebrating Miles Davis

From 13-15 March 2026, London’s Southbank Centre will explore the question ‘What is jazz today?’ through a series of performances and talks.

Southbank Centre announces further events for Little Simz’ Meltdown

Meltdown will run this summer from Thursday 12-Sunday 22 June, with shows from The Streets, Ghetts, Little Simz and more.

“You find different corners of your personality in unknown spaces”: Lex Amor in conversation with Debby Friday

North London rapper Lex Amor and Canadian artist Debby Friday connect to discuss poetry, creative freedom and environment as inspiration.

Southbank Centre reveals first artist names for new audio project, Concrete Voids

Rapper and producer Lex Amor, fiddle player Cleek Schrey, cellist Peter Gregson and more will be part of the new experimental sound venture.

Southbank Centre to host South Asian Sounds event series in March

The London venue is set to host a new South Asian Sounds programme, spotlighting artists and musical traditions from the wider Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Afghan diaspora

Southbank Centre announces return of SoundState series

The contemporary classical and experimental festival returns to the London venue for its second edition

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Black Country, New Road and Bell Orchestre lined up for Southbank Centre’s online event series

London Contemporary Orchestra will also be performing as part of Inside Out’s spring programme

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London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival shares digital offer following coronavirus cancellation

The organisers is moving the event to BFI Flare at Home

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Grace Jones announced as Meltdown Festival’s next curator

The iconic Grace Jones will curate the line-up for the event’s 2020 edition

SOPHIE live at Royal Festival Hall: A taste of the future in three acts

SOPHIE’s Meltdown performance saw the producer debut new material and put her experimentalism centre stage.

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The Southbank Centre to honour Mark Hollis and Talk Talk with special performance

Former members of Talk Talk, plus a number of special guests, will pay homage to the work and legacy of the group’s late frontman Mark Hollis.

Actress enlists UK MPs for a reimagining of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s opera Welt-Parlament

Darren Cunningham will host the event at Southbank Centre on 14 May

In Photos: Concrete Lates x Spiritland

We sent Max Miechowski down to capture the vibe at the latest Concrete Lates, helmed by Jane Fitz and Lovefingers

Actress and the London Contemporary Orchestra unpack their groundbreaking collaboration

We travelled to a rehearsal space in West London to meet Actress and the LCO as they gear up to unveil the album and celebrate its release with a special Barbican performance

Death Cab for Cutie announced for Robert Smith’s Meltdown Festival

The Cure frontman reveals the second wave of acts for his instalment of the long-running event

Bill Murray announces live UK performances

The actor will perform with classical musicians for two shows in June

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Southbank Centre to launch first club night Concrete Lates

The first instalment will see JASSS, Pan Daijing and Giant Swan at the helm

Jarvis Cocker announced as narrator for new ABBA exhibition

‘ABBA: Super Troupers’ will run at the Southbank Centre from 14 December to 29 April

PJ Harvey set to debut new material at London Literature Festival

PJ Harvey will perform new songs and poetry at the festival which takes place at…

A Long Way Down:
Carsten Höller

Carsten Höller’s Decision features slides, roaming beds, and a pills that drop from the ceiling

Final line-up announced for David Byrne’s Meltdown

Meltdown Festival 2015 is curated by Talking Heads’ frontman David Byrne. David Byrne has selected…

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First names announced for David Byrne’s Meltdown festival

This year’s Meltdown takes 17 – 30 August at Southbank Centre. This year’s Meltdown festival…