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Remembering the past to reimagine the future

Memory Unwrapped is the 18th in the award-winning series from Kings Place. Throughout 2026, the series will invite audiences on a journey with artists delving into the past to reimagine the future, uncovering how memory and music can spark transformation and inspire change.

Featuring Artists in residence Renell Shaw, GBSR Duo and Olivia Chaney, Composer in Focus Steve Martland, and a host of exciting performers new and familiar, Memory Unwrapped will explore the extraordinary power of music to stir innermost recollections, to preserve history and to honour the unforgettable – from vibrant stories rooted in the venue’s home of King’s Cross to tributes to the greats of spoken word and song.

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Olivia Chaney: News from Nowhere

Folk / Artist in Residence: Olivia Chaney

This is the debut outing for Olivia Chaney's glamorous new folk-rock band, which she’s calling (for now) News from Nowhere. Picking up where her acclaimed album 'The Queen of Hearts' left off, Chaney will perform new electric arrangements of classic folk songs. With support from English singer-songwriter John Johanna.

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Solem Quartet & Alice Zawadzki

Classical / ‘Under 30s’ Tickets

As part of Memory Unwrapped and Steve Reich’s 90th celebrations, the Solem Quartet perform Reich’s Different Trains, joined by Alice Zawadzki for her own songs, alongside music by visionary Kate Bush in a uniquely modern dialogue.

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Aurora Orchestra Principal Players: Echoes of Youth

Classical / ‘Under 30s’ Tickets

Aurora Orchestra’s Principal Players bring together three masterpieces of chamber music, each alive with the memory of a time long past.

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Phaedra Ensemble presents the music of Steve Reich

Classical / ‘Under 30s’ Tickets

As part of Memory Unwrapped and Kings Place’s celebration of Steve Reich at 90, Phaedra Ensemble’s Slow Changeexplores memory and transformation through Reich’s minimalism, Coltrane’s Africa, and the UK premiere of Thorvaldsdottir’s Enigma.

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I Fagiolini: Victoria

Classical at Kings Place

What is it about the music of Spanish Renaissance master Tomás Luis de Victoria that lifts it above other composers? He seems - inexplicably – just to weave from better quality cloth. In the first few bars of ‘Alma Redemptoris mater’, you palbably feel the difference. Writers talk of the spirituality of his music but what does actually mean? As a sort of musical El Greco, there seems to be something in the aural brushwork that adds depth and spice, alongside an extraordinary joy and reverence in the text.

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Hebrides Ensemble: Shifting Baselines

Classical at Kings Place

As part of our Steve Martland, Composer-in-Focus series, Hebrides Ensemble brings together bold contemporary voices exploring nature, memory, and sound. Works by Steve Martland and Eleanor Alberga frame a new commission from Dave Maric, Shifting Baselines—a powerful reflection on shifting norms in our relationship with nature.

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Julian Joseph at 60

Jazz / ‘Under 30s’ Tickets

Julian Joseph’s ‘Atmospheres in Audio Theatre 60’ is a unique, immersive audio experience featuring specially composed pieces from Joseph, as well as a wide range of well-known repertoire including Paganini, Mozart, Coltrane and Shorter.

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Hanni Liang: Memories

Classical at Kings Place

What are your memories about? What can you remember? Starting from Claude Debussy’s Rêverie, Hanni Liang will create a unique concert experience where your memories shape the entire performance.

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Colin Currie Group Performs the Music of the Steve Martland Band

Classical / ‘Under 30s’ Tickets

The Colin Currie Group performs the music of the Steve Martland Band, unleashing the full force of Martland’s sound, epic in scale, electrifying in energy, and uncompromising in spirit.

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Amelia Coburn

Folk / Folk Weekend: The Stories We Carry

Amelia Coburn opens Kings Place Folk Weekend 2026, sharing her knack for making the unusual sound timeless. Her honest, occasionally hilarious and quintessentially north-eastern persona disarms and beguiles in equal measure.

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Ellie Gowers

Folk / Folk Weekend: The Stories We Carry

Rising UK folk artist Ellie Gowers is inspired by the likes of Jeff Buckley and MIPSO, her new material sees her pushing into more emotionally spacious and contemporary territory — while retaining the grounded storytelling that first brought her acclaim. These songs explore the aftermath of life on the road: themes of absence, longing, and emotional duality woven through rich acoustic textures and lyrical craft.

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Sam Sweeney Trio

Folk / Folk Weekend: The Stories We Carry

The Sam Sweeney Trio brings together three of the UK’s most compelling folk musicians to play music from across Sam’s discography: Sam Sweeney (violin), Ben Nicholls (double bass), and Louis Campbell (guitar).

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The Shackleton Trio

Folk / Folk Weekend: The Stories We Carry

The Shackleton Trio bring their unmistakable blend of fiddle, mandolin, guitar and soaring three-part harmonies to Kings Place Folk Weekend 2026 — breathing new life into the stories and songs of East Anglia.

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Kris Drever

Folk / Folk Weekend: The Stories We Carry

Kris Drever is among Scotland’s most acclaimed and distinctive contemporary musicians, celebrated for his warm voice, virtuosically expressive guitar playing and imaginative and evocative songwriting.

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GBSR Duo x Beatrice Dillon

Classical / d&b Soundscape

Our Artists-in-Residence, GBSR Duo, team up with boundary-pushing London producer Beatrice Dillon for their first-ever collaboration.

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Piatti Quartet & Noriko Ogawa: Remembrance and Renewal

Classical / ‘Under 30s’ Tickets

Kings Place Quartet in Residence, the Piatti Quartet, joins internationally acclaimed pianist Noriko Ogawa for an evening shaped by reflection, passion, and musical rebirth.

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Carice Singers Perform Martland

Classical / ‘Under 30s’ Tickets

An exciting survey of Steve Martland's choral works within a programme of energy and discovery.

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Britten Sinfonia: Britten in America

Classical / ‘Under 30s’ Tickets

Marking 50 years since Britten’s death, Britten Sinfonia explore his formative North American years, pairing music he wrote in Canada and the USA with works by his close friend and mentor, Aaron Copland.

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Thomas Hampson and Ksenija Sidorova: Schubert’s Winterreise

Classical / ‘Under 30s’ Tickets

With more than 150 recordings, 80 operatic roles and a career that has taken him to the world’s greatest concert halls, Thomas Hampson is one of the most influential baritones of our time.

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Purcell, Dido & Aeneas with I Fagiolini

Classical at Kings Place

I Fagiolini’s semi-staged take on Purcell's masterpiece - written when he was just 29. So much variety in a single hour: great tunes, sparkling instrumental interludes, hysterical witches, dance music and of course the great lament, 'When I am laid in earth'.

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Manchester Camerata: Eight Songs for a Mad King

Classical / ‘Under 30s’ Tickets

Broken sounds and broken instruments: an uncompromising portrayal of the mind. 8 Songs for a Mad King is a melodrama with a libretto based on the real-life observations of King George III.

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Riot Ensemble Play Steve Martland Danceworks

Classical / ‘Under 30s’ Tickets

Riot Ensemble unites three vibrant voices whose music dances between protest and poise. Martland’s Dance Works surges with raw, rhythmic energy, while Rzewski’s Coming Together and Attica transform repetition into resistance. In contrast, Lisa Streich’s Falter offers a fragile stillness — a quiet meditation on breath, fragility, and the aftermath of movement.

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After the Rain with Gavin Bryars Ensemble and Jess Walker: songs of Waits, Cohen and Weill

Contemporary / ‘Under 30s’ Tickets

Recipient of the 2024 Ivor Novello Innovation Award, Gavin Bryars returns with singer Jess Walker and his Ensemble in After the Rain — hypnotic arrangements of iconic songs by Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young and Kurt Weill.

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