Featured Events


Thursday 16 May 2024:
futuretense: [ K S R ] + Osquello Thursday 16 May 2024

Thu 16 May 2024, 18:00 - Southbank Centre, London
Two maverick musicians whose music refuses to be pinned to one genre take to the stage for an eclectic edition of our twice-monthly free music events.
Read, watch and listen more Hailing from Moss Side, Manchester, [ K S R ] is a young talent who´s been steadily building a reputation for himself over the past few years as one of the UK´s most exciting soul vocalists.
His releases encompass

Saturday 18 May 2024:
Olivia Cuttill & COLECTIVA Saturday 18 May 2024

Sat 18 May 2024, 19:30 - Southbank Centre, London
Get down to the jazz groove as Olivia Cuttill and her all-star quintet perform music from their new album, with tropical rhythms from Latin jazz icons COLECTIVA.
Read, watch and listen more The sounds of jazz, blues, bossa nova and South American grooves fuse these stellar musicians together, as they share brand new original compositions and their favourite standards.
Olivia Cuttill is an

Thursday 23 May 2024:
futuretense: THEO + The Shellers Thursday 23 May 2024

Thu 23 May 2024, 18:00 - Southbank Centre, London
An evening of high-energy, high-originality music awaits at our free concert, where you’re invited

Sunday 26 May 2024:
Tiffany Poon: London Debut Sunday 26 May 2024

Sun 26 May 2024, 15:00 - Southbank Centre, London
Kalichstein.
Tiffany Poon: London Debut is presented by the Southbank Centre & Askonas Holt
'Tiffany
... age of eight to the Juilliard pre-college programme, where she studied with Emanuel Ax and Joseph

Thursday 30 May 2024:
Hari Kunzru: Blue Ruin Thursday 30 May 2024

Thu 30 May 2024, 19:30 - Southbank Centre, London
Hari Kunzru shares his searing new novel, a reflection on art and success against a backdrop of a global crisis, in conversation with Alex Peake-Tomkinson.
Read, watch and listen more Once, Jay was an artist. Shortly after graduating from his London art school, he was tipped for greatness, a promising career already taking shape before him.
Now, undocumented in the United States, he lives

Saturday 1 June 2024:
Dr Federica Amati: Every Body Should Know This Saturday 1 June 2024

Sat 1 Jun 2024, 19:30 - Southbank Centre, London
and the WHO Collaborating Centre.
She also leads scientific communications for personalised
... nutrition company ZOE where she works alongside Dr Tim Spector.

Wednesday 5 June 2024:
Richard Flanagan: Question 7 Wednesday 5 June 2024

Wed 5 Jun 2024, 19:30 - Southbank Centre, London
' Question 7 is the greatest memoir of parents and place I have read ... Devastating and beautiful, mighty in its rage and tenderness: his most momentous book yet.'
Laura Cumming Booker Prize-winning author Richard Flanagan presents his magnificent memoir, a tale which weaves through history and continents, in this London-exclusive event.
Read, watch and listen more Beginning at a love ho
Special Edition: Joy//Us - Poems of Queer Joy Wednesday 5 June 2024

Wed 5 Jun 2024, 20:00 - Southbank Centre, London
Join us at the National Poetry Library for an unapologetically upbeat anthology of poems celebrating things that make LGBTQ+ people happy.
Read, watch and listen more Joy//Us was published to coincide with International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia - because how better to fight hate than with joy?
Alongside the more immediately obvious causes, joy is found in everythin

Wednesday 12 June 2024:
Miranda July: All Fours Wednesday 12 June 2024

Wed 12 Jun 2024, 19:30 - Southbank Centre, London
Writer, director, screenwriter, artist and actress Miranda July introduces her subversive second novel in conversation with Eley Williams.
Read, watch and listen more Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a forty-five-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectation while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman.


Thursday 13 June 2024:
futuretense: Chisara Agor + J Casa Thursday 13 June 2024

Thu 13 Jun 2024, 18:00 - Southbank Centre, London
Wordplay, storytelling, hip-hop and soul all share the stage in this edition of our free twice-monthly music series, platforming exciting new musicians.
Read, watch and listen more Chisara Agor is an interdisciplinary artist from Peckham. An award-winning composer, producer and writer, Agor’s sound combines elements of afro-folk, soul, pop, indie and jazz, creating a sound and unconventional a






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