Southbank Centre: Your culture fix

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Clear your diary

We’ve got plans! Our new announcements include an epic, one-off spectacular for our 75th anniversary celebrations, promising a day bursting with connection, community and partying. Plus, an Oscar-winning animation in concert, spirited performances, acoustic guitar and some classical hits.

Come in from the cold and join us this week at Adam Kammerling’s storytelling special, BAFTA Games in Concert and two big-hitting classical music events.

Southbank Centre: Your culture fix

Where rebellion meets euphoria

The Riverside Terrace in front of the Royal Festival Hall on a bright summer's day is packed with young people dancing

You Are Here

SUN 3 MAY

Travel through time at a takeover of the Southbank Centre, where theatre, music, dance, fashion and art collide to trace 75 years of British youth culture.

The words 'event full' stretch across a purple background with a yellow Southbank Centre Membership card over the top.

Never miss an unmissable event

Become a Member during our 75th anniversary year and get presale access to tickets for You Are Here and all upcoming events announced in 2026, including Meltdown festival and London Literature Festival, with mammoth curators to be announced.

Plus, get 12 months of free unlimited entry to the Hayward Gallery, including our landmark Anish Kapoor exhibition, and get a guest pass with Membership Plus.

There’s no better year to be a Member.

Go with the flow

An illustration of a black cat in a field with a larger cat in the distance

Flow: Live in Concert

SAT 16 MAY

See the Oscar-winning animation about a brave cat’s journey with its original score performed live.

Twice served

Midgitte Bardot stands in a fishnet dress and green bra with bright blonde hair that fans out against the purple and red lit backdrop.

Midgitte Bardot’s Shooting from Below

THU 9 – SAT 11 APR

Artist Tamm Reynolds returns as their alter ego Midgitte Bardot in a show that combines musical theatre, movement, live art and drag.

All performances are Relaxed.

Southbank Centre: Your culture fix

Two performers one on the left wearing large glasses and looking up, on the left has a crow on their shoulder

Le Gateau Chocolat & Adrienne Truscott: GREY ARIAS

SAT 21 & SUN 22 MAR

Drag diva feminist meets comedian provocateur for a rambunctious match made on eggshells, featuring musical numbers and political debate.

Twenty influential years

Two people on stage playing guitars and singing, smiling at each other

Rodrigo y Gabriela

SAT 23 MAY

The Mexican acoustic guitar duo mark the 20th anniversary of their influential self-titled album, loved for its soaring spirit of invention.

Three legendary albums, one live show

A shiny, black, tubular metal sculpture shaped like a bent triangle floats against a pink and purple cloudy sky.

Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells

SAT 14 MAR

 

Feel every note of The Best of Tubular Bells I, II & III with a live group led by Mike Oldfield’s long-term collaborator, Robin Smith.

 

Fun for all the family

A drum being played for children.

OAE TOTS at LPO FUNharmonics: A Musical Adventure

SUN 17 MAY

Three, two, one … lift-off! Take off on an interactive musical adventure for the whole family with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

For the storytellers

Adam Kammerling sitting at a table with his hand touching his head, holding his glasses in the other with smashed plates on the table

Adam Kammerling: Seder

THU 29 JAN

A storytelling experience and a ritual for now, asking what survival means in confronting times, and how we pass it on.

Games IRL

A singer with red hair caught mid-note. In the background, a man dressed in fantasy attire watches her

BAFTA Games in Concert

SAT 31 JAN

Step inside your favourite games in the world premiere of a live concert celebrating two decades of BAFTA-nominated and award-winning games music.

Symphony of sounds

Dame Sarah Connolly dressed in black smiling against a wood panelled wall

Elgar: The Kingdom

THU 29 JAN

A stunning range of soloists and two of the UK’s leading choirs perform Elgar’s sublime oratorio.

An illustration of a blue ocean with a little ship

Symphony Kūkai

FRI 30 JAN

Inspired by the eighth-century Buddhist monk Kūkai, this symphony spreads a message of hope and compassion, bringing together choirs from the UK and China.

Coming soon

Idrîsî Ensemble singers performing dressed in black on a dark stage

Idrîsî Ensemble

FRI 6 FEB

A woman with long blonde braids and a denim-on-denim outfit stands side-profile, looking intently at the camera.

Kindred

SUN 8 FEB

From the Magazine

A woman with her hands on her hips in a bright yellow dress, standing in front of a background that is covered in multi-coloured shooting stars.

Artist on artist: Liz Pichon on the ‘joyous’ Quentin Blake

Ahead of joining us for Imagine, the author and illustrator behind the hugely successful Tom Gates series shares her love for the ‘extraordinary artistry’ of Quentin Blake.

 

Gif of Nara products

Shop the Nara sale

Shop 50% off on our best-selling Yoshitomo Nara range from this summer’s sellout exhibition, including t-shirts, tote bags and mugs. This offer will end on the Sunday 1 February, so fill up your basket today.

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