15 Years of Kings Place
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Over the years, Kings Place has established an award-winning, innovative programme for music and spoken word, developing new series, festivals,…
UK based African four-piece band The Scorpios debut at Kings Place as part of Songlines Encounters Festival 2024.
A special evening of performances from Sungbin Cho, the brilliant winner of London International Guitar Competition 2021, and the extraordinary Ana Vidovic, winner of numerous international prizes. 7.00pm - 7.45pm Sungbin Cho Sungbin Cho is
The first of two special evenings of guitar performances with Cristina Galietto, Renata Arlotti and Tom Kerstens' G Plus Ensemble.
The Bath Festival Orchestra embarks on a journey through South America, starting off in Brazil with Villa-Lobos’ Guitar Concerto, starring renowned soloist Ahmed Dickinson.
Mohsen Amini, Graeme Armstrong and Benedict Morris fuse concertina, guitar and fiddle to produce an innovative, multi-layered signature that has captivated audiences around the globe.
Folk music’s legendary triumvirate of musical magpies Mike McGoldrick, John Doyle and John McCusker are out on the road again in 2021.
‘Proffering reassurance in the face of inevitable sorrow’ is what New York Times’ chief popular music writer Jon Pareles has said about Irish songwriter Declan O’Rourke.
Atlantic Canada’s powerhouse Còig has cemented its status as one of today’s most exciting North American Celtic groups.
One of the most exciting new IGF projects, which was devised during the lockdown is La Leona: Women and the Guitar.
Kings Place welcomes Cristina Galietto, a 20 year old multiple prize-winning guitarist from Naples, most recently winning premier international competitions in Stuttgart, Uppsala, and the 'Andres Segovia' Monheim-am-Rhein.
This concert is in two halves of 40 minutes each, with an interval in between. The first half is played by Lovro Peretić and the second half is played by Tom Kerstens’ G Plus Ensemble.
This double bill concert marks the London debut of the outstanding Spanish guitarist Marco Socías and features a performance by the dynamic VIDA Guitar Quartet.
LIGC is one of the most prestigious competitions worldwide, attracting the best guitarists from around the world who are under the age of 30.
Over the years, Kings Place has established an award-winning, innovative programme for music and spoken word, developing new series, festivals,…
Join us for live in-hall & online performances from the world’s greatest podstars at our eighth edition of the festival
Join us for live in-hall & online performances from the world’s greatest podstars at our ninth edition of the festival
Now in its third year, the London Piano Festival is bigger than ever. Artistic directors Katya Apekisheva and Charles Owen…
Songlines Editor-in-Chief Simon Broughton introduces the special 10th anniversary edition of Songlines Encounters Festival. The first wave of events is…
The 4th edition of the London Podcast Festival is now over. What a spectacular experience it was! Our thanks go…
Join us for live in-hall & online performances from the world’s greatest podstars at our fifth celebratory edition of the…
Experimental electronic artist and producer, Nik Void, and multi-instrumentalist/composer Ashley Paul, discuss their new collaboration appearing in Venus Unwrapped & Luminate.
Songlines Encounters Festival returns for its ninth edition this summer. Do you know your kannel from your kora, your fado…
Last year’s London Piano Festival was such a hit that Charles Owen and Katya Apekisheva return this October for a…
Sonica Festival returns to Kings Place in April with a radical menu. Colm McAuliffe was up in Glasgow to preview…
World-class pianist Alexandra Dariescu brings her ground-breaking performance The Nutcracker and I to London Piano Festival, following its critically-acclaimed world premiere last…
Scottish singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Rachel Newton, curator of Trad. Reclaimed, puts together a playlist of artists featured in the…
Flamboyant Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter is looking forward to sharing music with colleagues at the London Piano Festival, she tells…
We asked Executive & Artistic Director Helen Wallace to introduce 10 Kings Place events she will not be missing this…
Cellist Nicolas Altstaedt comes to Kings Place as both soloist in Haydn’s first concerto and collaborator in a new work…
A Cappella Festival Pass - Access all festival headliners and much more. Just £195!For just £195, you will receive...Access to all festival headliners Access to all workshops in the All Things Vocal series Access to exclusive workshop with The Swingles open only to pass holders. Details below Exclusive meet & greet with The Swingles Bus between LSO St Luke’s and Kings Place on Friday 27 January Invitation to the festival after-party Free concert programmes Access to all LACFextra events and more...…
The Evening Standard calls Kings Place one of the number one places to see live podcast recordings: ‘The beauty of the London Podcast Festival is that it brings together many of the shows that don’t usually have live audiences; this is a chance to get involved in the conversations you’ve been listening to on the tube.’ 2018 saw the third edition of our London Podcast Festival featuring a mouth-watering line-up including Cariad Lloyd, Chris Gethard, Helen Zaltzman, Paul F Tompkins, Robin…
The Music Base is our open-plan shared office space, home to the Kings Place Music Foundation team and other like-minded arts, literature and music organisations. The creative and collaborative atmosphere of the Music Base fosters close relationships between organisations, many of whom have become Kings Place Partners, including Resident Orchestra Aurora Orchestra and Artistic Associate Poet in the City. We currently have desks available. Find out more about desk space to rent. Alan Bearman Music Alan Bearman Music is a music agency, formed…
For just £197, you will receive… Access to all festival headliners Access to all workshops in the Total Vocal series Exclusive meet & greet with The Swingles Access to exclusive workshop with The Swingles open only to pass holders (details below) Bus between Kings Place and LSO St Luke’s on Saturday 26th January Invitation to the festival after-party Free concert programmes Access to all LACFextra events and more… To book please call the Box Office on 020 7520 1490. There…
Alan Bearman Music is a leading UK music agency, events and consultancy company representing some of the foremost artists on the folk, roots and acoustic music scene. Alan himself has over 40 years’ experience of programming events and festivals, including Sidmouth International Festival, Towersey Festival, Folk in the Fall at the Southbank Centre and the Ards International Guitar Festival. Formed in 2004, the ABM agency is also responsible for the artistic programming and marketing of Sidmouth FolkWeek. Alan Bearman Music…
Kings Place is a welcoming arts venue and conference destination in the heart of King's Cross. Independently funded, Kings Place finances its artistic output through ticket sales, commercial enterprise and the hire of our spaces and facilities for rehearsals, conferences, filming and recordings. With two world-class performance spaces, our unique programme of music, spoken word, comedy and family events is managed by the charity Kings Place Music Foundation. Audiences are our rhythm, and people connect here with their passion, no…
Resident Ensemble: Aurora Orchestra Resident Quartet: Piatti Quartet Artistic Associates: Alan Bearman Music, Cryptic, London Sinfonietta, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Poet in the City, The Sixteen We champion our collaborative partnerships, many of which have been part of our artistic programme since Kings Place first opened in October 2008. We are home to the Aurora Orchestra, which has had its headquarters in Kings Place’s Music Base since 2009 and was formally appointed as Resident Ensemble in 2013. In addition, there are…
at the home of UK podcasting! Audio drama, panel show, chat show, round table, whatever type of podcast you have Kings Place is the best venue in London to record it live. With 100, 200 and 400 seat performance spaces we have the right size room for every show. Your listeners will love it too, The Evening Standard calls us the best place to watch podcasts being recorded in London. With our world-class acoustics and state of the art facilities…
Adam Buxton & Louis Theroux Instagram Giveaway Entrants must be 18+ and UK residents (excluding NI). Promotion will be closed by Thursday 15th September 2022 at midday. The prize is a two tickets to Adam Buxton Live podcast at London Podcast Festival on Thursday 15th September 2022 at 7pm. To enter, you must: (1) follow Kings Place (@kingsplacelondon) and Acast (@acastpodcasts) on Instagram; and (2) tag at least one friend in the comments section of this Instagram post, or the…
The London Chamber Music Society boasts a proud history of Victorian music making in London and with the regular Sunday Concerts that developed at South Place and then the Conway Hall from the 1920s. The LCMS continues that rich legacy at Kings Place, its home from 2008, with London Chamber Music Sundays- a diverse annual season of high-quality classical chamber music, ranging from duos and trios to chamber orchestras, coming from the UK, Europe and beyond. Many of Britain’s most celebrated ensembles have…
Established in 1994, Cryptic is Scotland’s internationally renowned home of audiovisual art and experimentation. Founded by Cathie Boyd, and based in Glasgow but with a global reach, Cryptic presents and promotes the most dynamic talents of today and tomorrow as they explore new dimensions in live music, visual and sonic arts and performance, and the weird and wild areas where these disciplines intersect and cross over. Whether traditional live gigs, audiovisual nights, automated performances or groundbreaking digital experiences, Cryptic events always dazzle the senses, stimulate…
Marsm’s mission is to amplify the vibrant musical cultures of the Arabic-speaking world. Its enriching programme of live concerts, cultural events, tours, screenings, comedy nights and discussions provides a unique platform for artists from South-West Asia and North Africa (SWANA) and their diasporas. Marsm challenges the mainstream representation of artists from the region through a varied programme, ranging from Lebanese and Palestinian jazz through to North African folklore, classical Syrian Sufi, contemporary Egyptian rock and experimental electronic firebrands. Marsm has…