In the first concert of La Guitarra Flamenca: the Next Gen, from Flamenco Festival in partnership with International Guitar Foundation, outstanding guitarist Alejandro Hurtado performs with Inmaculada Salomón, first dancer of Ballet Nacional de España.
Frigg has captivated audiences worldwide with their fusion of Nordic folk music and various Western folk styles, a sound that the world music media has coined "nordgrass," referring to the band's bluegrass influences.
Gazelle Twin presents her haunting album Black Dog live for the last time – a plunge into darkness rooted in the theatrics of the séance and the phenomena of ghosts. From recurring dreams to childhood fears and memories, she transforms personal experiences into songs that will resonate with her audience in this intense live performance.
For La Guitarra Flamenca: the Next Gen from IGF and Flamenco Festival at Kings Place, master of flamenco guitar, Manuel Valencia, will be joined by soulful singer David Carpio, and the electrifying dancer, El Choro.
We welcome stalwarts of Glasgow’s fertile traditional music scene, The Canny Band and support from Beth Malcolm, for their Kings Place debuts, as part of our weekend celebration, Ímar Fest.
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As part of Kings Place’s Ímar Fest, we welcome the band’s fiddle player Tomás Callister. Amongst the Isle of Man’s best regarded modern-day fiddlers, he’ll lead a workshop teaching a few Manx fiddle tunes by ear.
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As part of Kings Place’s Ímar Fest, we welcome The Canny Band’s pianist Michael Biggins for a piano masterclass, exploring accompaniment for traditional folk melody and/or song on the piano. This class will be aimed
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This weekend’s festival hosts, Ímar return to Hall One with special guests including five-time World Champion Irish Dancer, David Geaney. They will also be joined by a string quartet, reprising their Celtic Connections 2025 show, from Glasgow’s Pavilion Theatre.
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Part of Kings Place’s Ímar Fest, we welcome Astro Bloc, a bold and dynamic new folk band that blends deep-rooted tradition with boundary-pushing creativity, producing a thrilling sound that redefines the genre, with support from one of Scotland’s finest singer-songwriters, Paul McKenna.
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Ahead of the headline performance with Kinnaris Quintet as part of Ímar Fest join the members of Ímar for a pre- concert talk exploring the challenges and thrills of touring as a group.
Join two Scottish powerhouse bands, Ímar and Kinnaris Quintet, as they come together to headline Ímar’s weekend celebration at Kings Place.
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Peggy Seeger, the grande dame of American and British Folk music, returns to Kings Place as part of her last ever concert tour alongside her sons, Neill and Calum MacColl.
Rastak Ensemble return to London after a successful concert at the Barbican in March 2024.
In the final concert of La Guitarra Flamenca: the Next Gen, rising force in the world of flamenco, Álvaro Martinete, blends tradition and innovation with a masterful touch. He performs alongside exciting emerging talent in flamenco dance, Claudia La Debla.
Rastak Ensemble return to London after a successful concert at the Barbican in March 2024.
Experience the London debut of the internationally acclaimed Opus 76 Quartet, hailed by Gramophone for their “gripping and passionate” performances and praised by The Strad and The Spectator for their “unmistakably traditional sound, expressive clarity and warmth that harkens back to the golden age of quartet playing.”
Celebrate the power of music with OneTrackMinds, a cross between Desert Island Discs, TED Talks and The Moth that sees a selection of storytellers share one song that changed them forever.
Get ready for a night like no other as Suli Breaks hits the stage as part of the Platoon Presents at Kings Place series with his signature mix of storytelling, spoken word, and sharp, relatable humour.
Kings Place is proud to present Daniel Pioro's curated weekend for Earth Unwrapped. We invite you to immerse yourself in a sonic art-installation presented by composer and producer Valgeir Sigurðsson as he takes us into a journey of deep listening about Earth and its hidden mysteries.
Manchester Camerata, violinist Daniel Pioro, and musicians from the Royal Academy of Music join forces for a radical reimagining of the concert experience — a two-hour spatial takeover of the Kings Place foyers, followed by an intimate performance in the sublime acoustics of Hall One.
Violinist Daniel Pioro and composer Erland Cooper present a sonic meditation, allowing audiences to tap into their conscious and unconscious listening instincts.
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As a continuation of Daniel Pioro's curated weekend for Earth Unwrapped. We invite you for the Sunday sessions of musician Valgeir Sigurðsson sonic art-installation, taking us into a journey of deep listening about Earth and its hidden mysteries.
Join acclaimed author and journalist Peter Beinart for a conversation about his New York Times-bestselling book 'Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning' (Knopf, 2025). In the face of Israel’s mass destruction of Palestinian life and livelihood, Beinart calls for a profound moral reckoning—one that rejects the sanctification of state power and reclaims a Jewish story rooted in justice, equality, and human dignity.
Fresh from winning a 3rd BBC Music Magazine Award, violinist Fenella Humphreys returns to Kings Place with ‘Prism’, music for unaccompanied violin from the 1600s through to the present day. An intimate performance in the round, the music embraces the kaleidoscope of sounds and colours that one violin can create.