The Albion Christmas Band are widely regarded as the premier seasonal show, which has been touring for 25 years, and attracts sell-out audiences across the UK. Indeed, many people say that their Christmas doesn’t start until they have seen The Albion Christmas Band. Featuring the combined talents of Simon Nicol (Fairport Convention), Kellie While (Albion Band), Simon Care (Edward II), Blair Dunlop (Albion Band) and the Guvnor himself, Ashley Hutchings MBE, this show takes you on a guided tour through the Christmas customs of Britain.
Matt Gallagher and Tom Bellingham are the hosts of P1, the world's biggest F1 podcast. Join them for a live podcast unlike any other as they look back over every chaotic, jaw-dropping and amazing moment from a brilliant F1 season.
Returning to Kings Place this holiday season, join Michael Mwenso and his band – The Shakes – for a celebration of love and community with a soulful twist on Christmas classics.
Windborne, the acclaimed American vocal quartet, present Music for Midwinter in England for the first time, with songs from their seasonal album 'To Warm the Winter Hearth'. Blending English carols, solstice songs, wassails, early American folklore, and global polyphony, their programme celebrates the warmth of community in the year’s coldest season.
The award-winning film podcast is back for another all-star anniversary show, with more film-related fun than you can shake a stick at.
Explosive, tender and wildly theatrical, this one-night celebration of ‘Album Z’ – the NMC Records debut from composer-performer Zoë Martlew – brings together an all-star line-up of internationally acclaimed solo artists.
Kings Place produces a bold night of unexpected encounters, celebrating memory, music and connection for the opening of Memory Unwrapped 2026. Join Festival Voices, Olivia Chaney, 2Fox, Ristband Studios and more for a night to remember.
Ristband Studios presents ALTERED, a unique award-winning immersive concert combining live music, performance, spatial audio and virtual reality, taking audiences on a journey through memories that are both real and surreal. Visitors will also experience Machine Memory, an installation revealing how computers “see” the world, recognizing objects and movement, and remembering them over time.
Ristband Studios presents ALTERED, a unique award-winning immersive concert combining live music, performance, spatial audio and virtual reality, taking audiences on a journey through memories that are both real and surreal. Visitors will also experience Machine Memory, an installation revealing how computers “see” the world, recognising objects and movement, and remembering them over time.
Music and memory have a deep-rooted, emotive connection. Marking his 65th birthday year, composer-conductor Brett Dean joins mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean to weave together fragments of remembrance: tributes, elegies, snapshots, and echoes across time.
A valedictory masterpiece, a study of memory and a transcendental concert experience: Morton Feldman's 4-hour tribute to his estranged friend Philip Guston is one of the most extraordinary and moving musical memorials ever composed.
Cardiff's Slowly Rolling Camera returns for a rare and long-awaited London performance, showcasing their acclaimed fusion of jazz elegance, cinematic depth, and electronic sophistication Since 2013, Cardiff-based Slowly Rolling Camera has emerged as a formidable
The award-winning Astatine Trio, BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists for 2025-27, presents a programme juxtaposing the Second World War-inspired darkness of Weinberg’s Piano Trio with the radiant optimism of Beethoven's great ‘Archduke’ Trio.
The Hamamatsu International Piano Competition presents a celebratory evening of music from current competition winner Manami Suzuki alongside a pre-concert talk exploring 'Pianomania' with special guests Noriko Ogawa, Sean Rafferty and Alistair McGowan.
The two-time Grammy Award-winning Attacca Quartet is recognized and acclaimed as one of the most versatile and outstanding ensembles of the moment. A true quartet for modern times, at this performance they glide through classical and contemporary repertoire as one of the world’s most innovative and respected ensembles, playing Mendelssohn, Gabriela Ortiz and George Crumb.
Presenting the cantata ‘Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh allzeit’, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment begin the new year with vigorous resolve in this first Bach, the Universe and Everything of 2026. Meanwhile, Hannah Wakeford shows us what measuring the atmosphere of exoplanets in far away galaxies can can reveal about our own solar system.
A gala world premiere of a unique and moving show. ‘Daughters of Persia’ is a celebration of one of the great cultures of the world, told through the stories of its extraordinary women. With a script by William Nicholson, distinguished musicians Margaret Fingerhut (piano), Bradley Creswick (violin) and Guy Johnston (cello), join forces with a special guest star narrator.
A special preview event for Jewish Book Week, with festival favourite Jonathan Freedland discussing his Sunday Times bestseller ‘The Traitors Circle’ ahead of the 75th anniversary of Jewish Book Week.