Step into the spirit of a 19th-century musical salon with Matilda Lloyd and the Goldmund Quartet - a space where music meets conversation and every note tells a story.
Chamber folk project from Bristol, Hedera, land at Kings Place for a special show as part of FolkEast in the City. They'll perform original and traditional pieces translated through a prism of experimental minimalism and contemporary classical influences.
Honey and The Bear are UK Folk and Roots multi-instrumentalists Lucy and Jon Hart. This special FolkEast in the City show will feature regular band guest Archie Churchill-Moss, whose immense talent adds extra drama and artistic flair.
The Young’uns’ live shows are renowned roller coaster rides. With heart-on-the-sleeve storytelling, beautiful lyrics, warm harmonies and relentless repartee, Sean Cooney, Michael Hughes and David Eagle (the award-winning stand-up comedian) write and sing folk songs for today.
Political commentator and broadcaster, Steve Richards, presents the latest behind-the-scenes guide to the epic dramas and the characters shaping seismic events. How have we got here? What’s going to happen next? Are there any answers to these questions? Come along and find out.
Political commentator and broadcaster, Steve Richards, presents the latest behind-the-scenes guide to the epic dramas and the characters shaping seismic events. How have we got here? What’s going to happen next? Are there any answers to these questions? Come along and find out.
SykesMartin is the exciting collaboration from two of British folk's finest voices. Miranda Sykes (Show of Hands) and Hannah Martin (Edgelarks, Gigspanner Big Band) join forces to present a set of songs that take them back to their shared roots.
Kings Place Jazz Orchestra proudly presents 'Love In Full Swing', featuring special guest vocalist Claire Martin OBE. Join KPJO for a concert filled with orchestral jazz, both old and new, from some of the genre’s finest composers, on a theme of romance, heartbreak, and love.
A trio of composer-performer-improvisers, miré invite you into their world with a shadowy and mesmerising yet playful and virtuosic programme of music from their forthcoming EP.
Grammy Award-winning musicians Tim Garland (UK) and Geoffrey Keezer (USA), which sees themlaunching a new album entitled ‘Mezzo’ in late February and early March 2026, across the UK and Europe.
Paddi Benson, Grace Lemon and James Patrick Gavin make their collective Kings Place debut, reflecting a shared interest in experimental and electronic music, as well as the tradition of storytelling – and folklore – within Irish music, as where they met.
This is the debut outing for Olivia Chaney's glamorous new folk-rock band, which she’s calling (for now) News from Nowhere. Picking up where her acclaimed album 'The Queen of Hearts' left off, Chaney will perform new electric arrangements of classic folk songs. With support from English singer-songwriter John Johanna.
Nottingham-based British-Ugandan singer-songwriter Daudi Matsiko returns to Kings Place to present his new EP ‘Dead Bird Dream’ - a collection of deeply felt modern folk songs, telling a story of heartache, diaspora, and self-acceptance at a time when belonging and British identity feels as though in constant jeopardy. With live performances described as deeply moving and life affirming in equal measure, Matsiko is not to be missed.
Renowned for her distinctive and award-winning vocal prowess, Lady Nade possesses one of the most singular voices in the UK music scene. Critics and fans alike have often drawn comparisons between Lady Nade's voice and the legendary Nina Simone. An artist known for paying homage to those who have profoundly influenced her journey, Lady Nade holds Nina Simone in high regard.
Aurora Orchestra’s Principal Players bring together three masterpieces of chamber music, each alive with the memory of a time long past.
Innovator, award winning, multi-instrumentalist Malin Lewis' debut at Kings Place, melding Scottish West coast tradition with a newly invented, self-made bagpipe. Hair tingling, philosophical and dance inducing melodies inspired by European folk traditions, queerness and the universe.
Banger Factory Records Showcase. A celebration of the London jazz community featuring an all star line up inc. Kinetika Bloco, Christ-Stephane Boizi Sextet, Pete Horsfall & Electric Relaxation, Rachael Cohen Trio, Ruben Fox & Deschanel Gordon duo, as well as Mark Kavuma & The Banger Factory, each telling their story.
What is it about the music of Spanish Renaissance master Tomás Luis de Victoria that lifts it above other composers? He seems - inexplicably – just to weave from better quality cloth. In the first few bars of ‘Alma Redemptoris mater’, you palbably feel the difference. Writers talk of the spirituality of his music but what does actually mean? As a sort of musical El Greco, there seems to be something in the aural brushwork that adds depth and spice, alongside an extraordinary joy and reverence in the text.
Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage release their fifth studio album 'The Strangers' Share'; a record centred on dreams and the supernatural.
Julian Joseph’s ‘Atmospheres in Audio Theatre 60’ is a unique, immersive audio experience featuring specially composed pieces from Joseph, as well as a wide range of well-known repertoire including Paganini, Mozart, Coltrane and Shorter.
Aga Khan Music Award finalist (2025) Rihab Azar is one of the few women oud players/composers taking the oud to new expressive, daring and unconventional horizons. She was the first woman oudist to play accompanied by the Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music (2014) and was recognised by Arts Council England as a musician of exceptional promise (2016).
Nils Petter Molvær is one of the most prominent performers within an electroacoustic, improvised / composed musical hybrid that has become a genre of its own.
After a decade touring with Midge Ure and India Electric Company and following his top 10 single, a reimagining of Fade To Grey, Cole Stacey shares his acclaimed solo album Postcards From Lost Places. Expect captivating stories, lyrical songwriting rooted in tradition, haunting melodies and a night of connection in a remarkable setting.
The Gigspanner Big Band are a unique force in British folk music... Their high-energy, virtuosic performances appeal equally to traditionalists and to those looking for something more experimental, and they have garnered praise from publications as varied as fRoots, The Telegraph and The Wire, where they were described as ‘melodically folk-rooted yet open and innovative beyond the constraints of genre’.