Legendary Irish concertina player Cormac Begley makes his London debut at Kings Place with a rare solo performance, showcasing the extraordinary depth and power of the bass concertina.
Music for two pianos by Francis Poulenc, including the first concert performance of his 1951 film score, ‘Le Voyage en Amérique’.
Resonant Postcards - In The Round celebrates three performances from artists who have shared their music through the Resonant Postcards label: Jonny Mansfield Quintet, Noah Stoneman, and the Sam Norris and Olly Chalk duo.
Scottish chamber-folk quartet RANT remain at the forefront of the Scottish fiddle scene. They return to Kings Place in the wake of their 5th album release, ‘Live in Glasgow’. The meeting of four of the country’s finest players, the quartet use just their fiddles to weave a tapestry of melodies, textures, layers and sounds.
As part of Memory Unwrapped, the Brodsky Quartet continue their Kings Place residency with cellist Laura van der Heijden in Schubert’s String Quintet, alongside works spanning two centuries that showcase the intimate yet powerful voice of chamber music.
An exceptional evening of chamber music from the Yehudi Menuhin School’s graduating students. Following in the footsteps of distinguished alumni including Tasmin Little and Nicola Benedetti, these remarkable young musicians represent the next generation of classical talent.
Join the multi award-winning UK jazz ensemble Empirical for the launch of their second release on Whirlwind Recordings, their forebodingly titled eighth album Like Lambs: To The Slaughter.
A foundational voice of Brazilian music and a pioneer of the Clube de Esquina movement that emerged from Minas Gerais in the 1970s alongside Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges, Toninho Horta helped define a harmonic language that reshaped MPB and continues to influence generations of jazz musicians worldwide.
This is the final concert from maverick composer Graham's pan-European forest-focused 2500-mile cycle tour from Romania back to the UK. Graham has worked with communities from the Carpathian Mountains to Epping Forest collecting data and sounds from specific trees which are woven into an extraordinary work for piano and keyscanner. Join us for the culmination of this amazing multi-threaded project.
The award-winning ORA Singers & Suzi Digby OBE present the 2026 Young Composers' Showcase, the culmination of ORA's groundbreaking charitable scheme. Hear the sound of the next generation as ORA perform brand new works from ten young composers across the UK, and join the action by voting for the recipient of the Audience Prize.
Peatbog Faeries, Scotland’s acclaimed contemporary folk band, deliver high-energy, genre-blending shows with bagpipes, fiddles, drums, guitars, and unforgettable live magic.
Kishi Bashi marks the 10th anniversary of his acclaimed album Sonderlust with a special live performance, bringing this deeply personal record to the stage in full.
Phaedra Ensemble launches their debut album, Realms, with a complete live performance featuring the instrumental works of Meredith Monk, one of the most influential and distinctive musical voices of our time.
Jaywalkers are a UK-based acoustic powerhouse trio blending bluegrass, country, folk and Americana with blistering fiddle, flame-fingered mandolin, powerhouse bass and tight three-part harmony.
Scottish saxophonist Matt Carmichael brings his acclaimed blend of folk‑infused jazz to the Kings Place Jazz Orchestra, showcasing the emotive, melodic writing that has marked him as one of the UK’s most exciting young voices.
Flight of the Soul, featuring VOCES8 and violinist Jack Liebeck, celebrates human spirit, transcendence and the transformative power of music.
Martin Simpson celebrates the release of his new album Some Kind of Jubilee with a special live performance on the day of its launch.
From Henry Purcell to Philip Glass, this RNS Moves concert moves through four centuries of music. Expect shimmering textures, meditative moments and music that seems to suspend time by Caroline Shaw, Arvo Pärt, Markus Zahnhausen, Mozart and Dani Howard.
KOSMONAUCI- an electrifying young Polish quartet with a jazz background that draws on hip-hop, drum & bass and improvisation in its musical language. The instrumentation, which includes saxophone, bass,vibraphone and drums, creates the group’s unique style, balancing emotional melodies with polyrhythmic structures. This concert will transport the audience through galaxies of musical discovery - a journey worthy of their name (Cosmonauts).
Samba Touré’s music is characterized by hypnotic guitar grooves radiating with the intensity of the desert sun. It transcends borders, creating an authentic and groundbreaking sonic landscape—a journey of emotional depth and rhythmic brilliance where tradition meets innovation, resonating with the spirit of Northern Mali.
This ‘Memories’-inspired programme spans Davidson’s tropical island, Golijov’s war-torn cityscape, Bartók’s yearning for Hungary, and Dvořák’s celebration of America. A journey through euphoria, tragedy, optimism and nostalgia - it’s all here.
A magnetic blend of spellbinding vocals, intricate harmonies, and driving fiddle tunes rooted in rich tradition of the Orkney Islands, FARA return to Kings Place to deliver a sound that is bold, passionate, and unmistakably their own.
Hajda Banda / Гайда Банда is a Belarusian-Polish band specialising in traditional dances and songs from eastern Poland’s Podlasie region, the western provinces of Belarus, and the wetlands of Polesye, a cultural crossroads on the Polish-Ukrainian-Belarusian border. The group performs exclusively on acoustic village instruments, including the violin, hammered dulcimer, three-row Polish accordion, and frame drum, blending the rural music of the borderlands with their own distinct style.
Opening the 2026/27 Future Folk series are two boundary-pushing artists at the edges of modern folk. Jacken Elswyth and Elspeth Anne weave banjo, voice, drone and distortion into something strange and compelling.