London Bulgarian Choir
25th Birthday Celebration
Gala concert to celebrate 25 years of the award-winning London Bulgarian Choir, led by Dessislava Stefanova.
It is 25 years since the London Bulgarian Choir was founded by Dessislava Stefanova with just a handful of singers. Now 40-strong, the award-winning Choir invites you to join the party as they salute this Silver Anniversary.
Expect gorgeous songs, special guests, audience participation and celebratory merrymaking.
Included in the festivities will be a momentous 25-minute medley, created just for the occasion, and featuring 25 songs marking the Choir’s journey through 25 years of singing. But which songs? And how will they mash them up? Come along and find out…
This event will last approximately 2 hours, including an interval.
Concessions & Under 30s tickets
Kings Place Concessions Tickets
We want to ensure that people who may be struggling financially to purchase a ticket can still enjoy visiting Kings Place. A limited number of tickets are allocated for certain events (if the ticket type does not show in the booking pathway, it means they are not available for this event or have all been sold). Concessions tickets are accessible for people on the following criteria (for more information visit our FAQs)
- Pension Credit
- Universal Credit
- Disability Benefit
- Income Support or Job Seekers allowance
- Students
£10 ‘Under 30s’ tickets
A limited number of £10 tickets for attendees aged under 30 are available for certain shows. To purchase an ‘Under 30s’ ticket, please choose the ‘Under 30s’ price type when selecting your ticket(s). If the option does not appear, this means all ‘Under 30s’ tickets have sold out or are not available for this performance. Please note that proof of age may be requested at the venue. The £10 offer does not apply to premium price categories.
Plan your visit
Getting here
Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe.
Our address is:
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.
The Venue
Our performance spaces are situated on the lower ground floor. Hall One, Hall Two and St Pancras are located in level -2, reached by stairs, escalator and lift from the ground floor entrance level.
Event Times
Door times indicate auditorium entrance times only. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the Kings Place seating areas, gallery-level art, canal-side terrace, café, restaurant and bar throughout the day and evening.
- Our events begin promptly at the advertised start time. Typically, there is no support unless otherwise stated.
- We recommend arriving in good time before the performance. The Hall doors will open 30 minutes before the performance to allow time to take your seats, or to choose a space for standing shows.
- Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance where possible
Access
We aim to make your visit to Kings Place as comfortable as possible. For more information about the accessibility of Kings Place, including details about our Access Scheme, please visit this page.
If you would like to discuss your access requirements with a member of our team, please get in touch with the Box Office team at info@kingsplace.co.uk.
Food & Drink
Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.
Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.
London Bulgarian Choir
With the London Bulgarian Choir you can count on crunchy harmonies, wonky rhythms and exuberant hiccups, woven into powerful tales of love and loss, fighting and celebration. The Choir’s playful and passionate performances transcend language barriers and stir the emotions, and its spirited repertoire of London-flavoured Bulgarian folk songs has been enjoyed at festivals and in concert halls and cathedrals all over Europe.
The Choir has also released three albums, Alyana Galyana (2007), Goro Le Goro (2012), and Songs of Forbidden Love (2019), collaborated with numerous rock, jazz and classical musicians, from Cerys Matthews to Nigel Kennedy, and guest-starred on the BBC, on Netflix and at the National Theatre.
Reviews
‘The choir does not aspire to being a simple carbon copy of a Bulgarian original, but has instead forged its own sound.’ Songlines Magazine
‘The Bulgarians made already fine songs even better, transforming the good to the great, the earthbound to celestial.’ The Evening Standard
‘A guaranteed stunning, aural delight’ Time Out
‘The music they produce is difficult and complex – [the choir] achieves an excellence that is breathtaking.’ Roderick Williams, singer
‘The London Bulgarian Choir filled the venue with their unearthly harmonies.’ Cerys Matthews