Royal Festival Hall Events

Royal Festival Hall

Belvedere Road, Southbank, SE1 8XX
Tel: 0871 6632500

Constructed as part of the redevelopment of London after the ravages of the Second World War, The Royal Festival Hall is the largest venue in the Southbank Centre.

An innovative 'egg in a box' design means that the auditorium is slightly separated from the rest of the building (as well as the nearby railway viaduct) which results in crystal clear acoustics. This also makes for a cavernous underbelly that is one of London's most iconic skate spots.

Recently re-opened after substantial renovations, The Hall is back in business as far as music is concerned, hosting concerts by Iggy Pop and Motorhead amongst others.
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Upcoming Events at Royal Festival Hall

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Live Music: Southbank

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Friday, 10 Feb ( 7:30PM)
Marin Alsop conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra through a varied evening of works that includes music by Dvorák, Chopin and Kodály.
Richard Goode
Live Music: Southbank

Richard Goode

Sunday, 12 Feb ( 7:30PM)
One of Britain's favourite pianists, David Goode presents a jam-packed evening of Schumann and Chopin at the Royal Festival Hall this evening.
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Live Music: Southbank

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Tuesday, 14 Feb ( 7:30PM)
Neeme Järvi conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a programme of romantic works by Rachmaninov.
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Live Music: Southbank

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Saturday, 18 Feb ( 7:00PM)
Berlioz was never one to do things by halves, and Romeo & Juliet is probably one of his most ambitious ever projects - the first performance had an orchestra over over 100, a chorus of 101 voices, ...
Live Music: Southbank

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Saturday, 18 Feb ( 7:00PM)
Berlioz's  Romeo & Juliet forms the centre-piece of tonight concert from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Live Music: Southbank

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Wednesday, 22 Feb ( 7:30PM)
Violinist Joshua Bell and tenor Jeremy Ovenden team up with the London Philharmonic Orchestra for an interesting programme that contrasts the works of Brahms with Zemlinsky's 'Psalm 23'.
Faust Silent Flim Screening with the Philharmonia Orchestra
Live Music: Southbank

Faust Silent Flim Screening with the Philharmonia Orchestra

Monday, 27 Feb ( 7:30PM)
As The Artist basks in the glory of a thousand Oscars, Grammys and BAFTAs and Papal Bulls, it seems like the whole world has gone silent film crazy. Not that we're complaining or anything, as we get to...
Randy Newman
Live Music: Southbank

Randy Newman

Tuesday, 28 Feb (12:00AM)
The wittiest man to ever plonk himself behind a grand piano, Randy Newman is at the Royal Festival Hall tonight to regale us all with more tales of New York's angry and often confused citizens.
Charles Dutoit conducts Beethoven and Strauss
Live Music: Southbank

Charles Dutoit conducts Beethoven and Strauss

Friday, 30 Mar ( 7:30PM)
Internationally recognised maestro Charles Dutoit conducts Richard Strauss' Ein Heldenleben and Beethoven's ever popular Violin Concerto performed by the lovely Julia Fischer.
Low
Live Music: Southbank

Low

Tuesday, 03 Apr ( 7:30PM)
Pretty much the epitome of slowcore indie, Low's whispered and spacious music is delicate, austere and extremely hypnotic.Hailing from Duluth, Minnesota. The band formed in 1993 and are comprised of bassis...
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Reviews

Plumbobrainier Wednesday, 06 July
The Royal Festival Hall should be stuffy, elitist and drab, especially as sitting down for "rock" gigs is plain weird, but I love coming here and enjoy both the harmony between act and venue that can occur (as with Sigur Ros way back in 2001), and the discord (as with Julian Cope's acid-addled, balcony climbing hardrock freakout back in 2005). It's a venue that makes you feel grown up before your time, perhaps, but the sound is second-to-none and it's all dreadfully polite. It isn't rock'n'roll but I like it!