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Rokia Koné

Contemporary / Songlines Encounters Festival

Rokia Koné is one of Mali’s most beloved artists and a member of supergroup Les Amazones d’Afrique. Her debut album in collaboration with Jacknife Lee (U2, Taylor Swift) earned her widespread acclaim. She makes her Kings Place debut, as part of Songlines Encounters Festival.

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Olcay Bayir

Contemporary / Songlines Encounters Festival

Singer-songwriter Bayir’s music is a mixture of original compositions and folk songs of Anatolian heritage. Drawing from her Kurdish Anatolian roots, she sings songs of her past with a contemporary twist, reflecting her multicultural and multilingual background.

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Karolina Węgrzyn

Contemporary / Songlines Encounters Festival

Karolina Węgrzyn, an award-winning Polish folk musician and singer, weaves together her powerful, melancholic voice — shaped by her traditional Carpathian and Ruthenian heritage — with the lively, upbeat rhythms of Eastern Europe.

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Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino

Contemporary / Songlines Encounters Festival

CGS bring to London an explosive show led by the pulsating healing rhythms of the Taranta. Come celebrate one of the most thrilling live bands in the world!

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Jason Singh: Moonscales

Contemporary / Songlines Encounters Festival

Moonscales is an immersive audio-visual installation by sound artist Jason Singh, consisting of eight spatialised soundscapes set around a suspended replica of the moon. 

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The Gurdjieff Ensemble

Contemporary / Songlines Encounters Festival

Musicians from the internationally acclaimed Armenian Gurdjieff Ensemble bring its “intriguing, often gently exquisite set” to Kings Place for the first time, as part of Songlines Encounters Festival.

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Piatti Quartet: Albion Refracted

Classical at Kings Place

The Piatti Quartet will present a music and words programme taking a contemporary look at our relationship with nature and the English landscape.

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Takuya Taniguchi: The Taikoist

Contemporary at Kings Place

Takuya Taniguchi is a true master of the Taiko (a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments). Deeply rooted in the vibrant Taiko culture of the Hokuriku region, his music is a powerful expression of this unique Japanese art form. Join Takuya for his highly anticipated UK debut at Kings Place.

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Max Richter’s Four Seasons with Elena Urioste & Odyssey Ensemble

Classical at Kings Place

Odyssey Ensemble makes its London debut at Kings Place with a programme featuring Max Richter’s 'The Four Seasons Recomposed' with Elena Urioste as soloist and the world premiere of a brand new work combining orchestral music with poetry and electronic sound art. This performance themed around refugee journeys explores themes including memories, loss, new life, and hope.

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The Vernon Spring

Contemporary at Kings Place

The Vernon Spring returns to Kings Place for a special performance in the intimate acoustics of Hall One.

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Gazelle Twin 

Contemporary / ‘Under 30s’ Tickets

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.

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Rastak: Tales of Earth and Sun

Contemporary at Kings Place

Rastak Ensemble return to London after a successful concert at the Barbican in March 2024.

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Rastak: Tales of Earth and Sun

Contemporary at Kings Place

Rastak Ensemble return to London after a successful concert at the Barbican in March 2024.

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Valgeir Sigurðsson x Daniel Pioro Installation: Tendrils

Classical / Daniel Pioro: Time Unravelling Sound Unfolding

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.

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In a Large, Open Space: Music and Sculpture with Daniel Pioro and Manchester Camerata

Classical / Daniel Pioro: Time Unravelling Sound Unfolding

Manchester Camerata and Daniel Pioro join forces for a two-hour spatial performance in the foyer of Kings Place and Hall One, presenting works from Catherine Lamb, Pēteris Vasks and James Tenney.

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Deep Listening with Daniel Pioro

Classical / Daniel Pioro: Time Unravelling Sound Unfolding

Violinist Daniel Pioro presents a sonic meditation, allowing audiences to tap into their conscious and unconscious listening instincts.

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Valgeir Sigurðsson x Daniel Pioro Installation Tendrils

Classical / Daniel Pioro: Time Unravelling Sound Unfolding

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.

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Lady Maisery + Jimmy and Sid

Folk at Kings Place

Lady Maisery and Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith return to Kings Place with their hotly anticipated next alchemic collaboration: an essential incantation to the summertime.

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Platoon Presents... AṢA

Contemporary / Platoon Presents at Kings Place

Join us for what will be an unforgettable night of soulful music as Nigerian-French singer-songwriter AṢA takes to the stage as part of Platoon Presents at Kings Place.

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Voices Unveiled: Featuring Maliheh Moradi and Mina Deris

Contemporary at Kings Place

The 'Voices Unveiled', which is in Farsi and Arabic, is a three-part original musical composition by Ehsan Matoori inspired by Iranian traditional music and folk music (South of Iran), with fusion elements. It follows the tragic stories of two women refugees who lost their lives.

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Bi Pride 2025

Contemporary at Kings Place

Bi Pride UK is the UK’s only dedicated Bi Pride event, returning on Sunday, 31st August 2025, at Kings Place, King’s Cross—its most central location yet. Featuring live performances, panel discussions, and a vibrant community hub, the event champions bi visibility and is completely free to attend. Bi Pride UK is a charity dedicated to celebrating and empowering those who experience attraction beyond gender.

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Sam Lee: The Great Harvest Feast Concert

Folk / ‘Under 30s’ Tickets

Artist in Residence Sam Lee presents a Great Harvest Feast, a musical feast at Kings Place, welcoming in the harvest season through song, with special guests to be announced.

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Goblin Band

Folk at Kings Place

Goblin Band formed from sessions of the same name run out of the HobGoblin Music shop in central London, organised by a collection of young queer folk obsessive friends and shop employees looking to forge their own way into folk music.

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Mary Gauthier

Folk / ‘Under 30s’ Tickets

Lauded singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier makes a welcome return to Kings Place for a 25th year celebration. ‘Drag queens in limousines, nuns in blue jeans, dreamers with big dreams, they all took me in.’ – Drag

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