21 Apr 2013–14 Jul 2013

The Showstoppers

Improvised Musical

Witness this brilliant comedy troupe create a brand new musical comedy from scratch at each and every performance of their award-winning production.

18 May 2013–10 Nov 2013

The Rest is Noise – Gamelan Taster Workshops

Composers as varied as Debussy, Messiaen, Reich and Bjork have taken inspiration from gamelan music, and now you can learn to play this beautiful ...

23 May 2013–12 Sep 2013

Horne Section

Alex Horne gathers together the UK's finest musicians and throws them onstage with the world's most exciting comics to create a heady mix of spont ...

26 May 2013–15 Sep 2013

Monski Mouse's Baby Disco Dance Hall

DJ Monski Mouse, brings high energy smiling to the spielgeltent with her hit parents' and children's dance event for under 5s.

27 May 2013–30 Aug 2013

Shlomo's Beatbox Adventure for Kids

Shlomo is a world record-breaking human beatboxer, which means he can make all kinds of music using just his mouth and a microphone.

27 May 2013–23 Sep 2013

London Swing Dance Society

London Swing Dance Society presents a night of scintillating jazz, hot jive and cool swing featuring a live band, lindy hop class and vintage danc ...

20 Jun 2013

Iggy & the Stooges + Savages - Returns Only

20 Jun 2013

Bo Ningen

London-based Japanese punk band perform a free gig on The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall following the sold out Iggy & The Stooges show.

20 Jun 2013

Earl Slick: Diary of a Sideman

The omnipresent guitarist Earl Slick, whose most recent project was David Bowie's The Next Day, discusses his new book.

21 Jun 2013

Meltdown Future Sounds: FutureAges

Catch the Southbank Centre debut of FutureAges, specially selected by Yoko Ono from an open call on Soundcloud to musicians wanting to play at the ...

21 Jun 2013

An Evening of Words and Music with Patti Smith - Returns only

2005 Meltdown curator Patti Smith returns to Southbank Centre for a very intimate evening of poetry and music.

21 Jun 2013

Mashasha & Sam

Mashasha and Sam are two world-class musicians from Zimbabwe.

21 Jun 2013

Deerhoof

+ Verity Susman

Meltdown 2013 welcomes San Francisco noise band Deerhoof to Southbank Centre.

22 Jun 2013

Marianne Faithfull and Bill Frisell

Marianne Faithfull celebrates a remarkable 50-year career in the music business.

23 Jun 2013

Double Fantasy Live

To close the festival, Meltdown presents a unique performance of Double Fantasy - the last album to be written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono before ...

23 Jun 2013

Boy George - Returns Only

Following on from his very intimate performance at Antony's Meltdown, Boy George, universally recognised as one of our generation's most iconic ar ...

25 Jun 2013

Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells 'For Two'

When 'Tubular Bells' was first performed live here at Southbank Centre in June 1973, it required more than 30 musicians.

26 Jun 2013–7 Jul 2013

Burt Bacharach

Live in concert

Burt Bacharach needs little introduction

28 Jun 2013

Friday Lunch - Big Phat Brass

Big Phat Brass was formed in 2010 with players from the brass section of the Bromley Youth Concert Band.

28 Jun 2013

Chestnut Grove Steel Pans

The amazing Year 10 Steel Pan Ensemble from Chestnut Grove School in Balham bring their mix of traditional and classical repertoire for steel drum ...

28 Jun 2013

Tomorrow's Warriors Presents: Ezra & Nérija

A double bill of new and youthful line-ups that have emerged from the UK's hotbed of talent, Tomorrow's Warriors.

29 Jun 2013

Tomorrows Warriors Youth Jazz Orchestra

TWYJO join forces with Kuumba Strings and the Royal Academy of Music in a special concert.

30 Jun 2013

The Centre for Young Musicans Dance Band

The Centre for Young Musicians (CYM) provides specialist music training for London's school students on Saturdays throughout the school year and t ...

1 Jul 2013

Simone Dinnerstein and Tift Merritt

Pianist Simone Dinnerstein and singer-songwriter Tift Merritt join forces following the release of their album.

2 Jul 2013–7 Jul 2013

LODHO

Performs Tom Waits

Quebec City's L'Orchestre d'Hommes-Orchestres present an energetic spectacle based on the music of icon Tom Waits.

2 Jul 2013–23 Jul 2013

Shlomo

Internationally acclaimed record breaking human beatboxer and World Loopstation Champion Shlomo is back with his latest show.

5 Jul 2013

The London Klezmer Quartet

A sumptuous lunchtime concert exploring the celebratory and soulful music of pre-war Jewish Eastern Europe.

5 Jul 2013

Roller Trio

Nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2012, Roller Trio perform at this </i>Friday Tonic</i>.

6 Jul 2013–7 Jul 2013

GAMELANATHON

Celebrating 25 Years of Gamelan at Southbank Centre

A weekend of free music, dance, puppetry and electronics showcasing gamelan - a Javanese percussion orchestra.

12 Jul 2013–26 Jul 2013

Tina C

Where The Hell Were You?

Country music icon Tina C has been a little quiet of late but all that's about to change with a major tour with a red hot band.

13 Jul 2013

Catch a Fire

Back by popular demand after a sell-out show here in 2012 - now bigger than ever

19 Jul 2013

Trixie Whitley

Whitley burst into public consciousness in 2011 as the lead singer of Black Dub.

19 Jul 2013

Diabel Cissohko

Hear a performance by Senegalese musician Diabel Cissokho, who is part of the great line of Cissokho griots.

19 Jul 2013

Flomotion Presents: Nancy G

BBC Radio 3 <i>Late Junction</i> presenter and Flomotion radio founder Nick Luscombe presents Nancy G to Southbank Centre audiences.

26 Jul 2013

Fresh Out of Deptford: Fiscal Drips & Southpaw

Two up-and-coming bands perform at this special Friday Tonic.

3 Aug 2013

R.A.P. Party

An evening of hip-hop-inspired poems and favourite hip-hop songs.

3 Aug 2013

We Got the Funk

Come along and learn funk-dance moves with locking and popping master Fred 'Realness'.

10 Aug 2013

Duckie Summer Party

Duckie - Vauxhall Bacchanal

Infamous Vauxhall club night Duckie takes over The Clore Ballroom to throw a party.

6 Sep 2013

Krystle Warren

Kansas City-born singer-songwriter Krystle Warren was rasied on the likes of Bobby Womack, Bill Withers, The Emotions and Stevie Wonder.

6 Sep 2013–8 Sep 2013

Jamie MacDowell and Tom Thum

Jamie MacDowell and Tom Thum - one is good with his fingers, the other is good with his mouth.

7 Sep 2013

Diana Jones + Olivia Chaney

Diana Jones combines old-time Appalachian folk music with country blues and a distinctive songwriting style.

12 Sep 2013

Indian Classical Music Course

This course aims to demystify traditions and practices that are central to this most ancient of classical musical traditions.

14 Sep 2013

Caro Emerald

Multi-platinum selling artist Caro Emerald brings her sassy blend of big-band jazz, swing and charisma to Royal Festival Hall.

19 Sep 2013

Transposed Rhythm And The Saraswati Veena

The eighth annual Darbar Festival opens with a double bill concert of drums performed by Shimplesberger with Munde on the pakhawaj.

20 Sep 2013

Great Improvisational Expectations

The trendsetter Bhattacharya presents afternoon ragas displaying his extreme virtuosity.

20 Sep 2013

Colours of Dhrupad and the Majestic Sarod

Dhrupad predates the Hindustani and Carnatic traditions of today but sadly there are merely a handful of remaining practitioners, making this conc ...

20 Sep 2013

Tribute to Pandit Ravi Shankar Ji

Oliver Craske offers a unique insight into one of the greatest Indian classical music maestros and cultural ambassadors, Pandit Ravi Shankar.

20 Sep 2013

Darbar Unplugged

Saraswati Veena

Jayanthi Kumaresh is indisputably the most highly prized Saraswati veena player in India.

21 Sep 2013

Glorious Morning Ragas Unwrapped

Kulkarni-Patil is India's most sought after, young virtuoso of the Agra and Gwalior Gharanas, the distinguishing feature of which is simplicity.

21 Sep 2013

Enchanting Afternoon Ragas on 100 Strings

Matharu presents mesmerising ragas on the santoor, starting delicately and culminating in a stirring crescendo.