In a special concert for Kings Place, acclaimed qanun player and composer Maya Youssef offers a different perspective on country of origin Syria; one shaped by artistry, resilience, and cultural richness.
The award-winning ORA Singers & Suzi Digby OBE present the 2026 Young Composers' Showcase, the culmination of ORA's groundbreaking charitable scheme. Hear the sound of the next generation as ORA perform brand new works from ten young composers across the UK, and join the action by voting for the recipient of the Audience Prize.
After two years, The Uncut Podcast is coming back to the stage - live at Kings Place. Hosted by best friends Beatrice, Tammy and Sharon, the podcast you know and love is stepping out of your headphones and into the room. Expect unfiltered conversations, chaotic dilemmas, and laugh-out-loud storytelling where absolutely nothing is off limits.
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KPJO is a handpicked, project-based ensemble, made up of the UK’s finest jazz and big band musicians, alongside rising-star young artists. Kings Place Jazz Orchestra is more than a new resident ensemble – it’s a bold statement of artistic ambition.
Peatbog Faeries, Scotland’s acclaimed contemporary folk band, deliver high-energy, genre-blending shows with bagpipes, fiddles, drums, guitars, and unforgettable live magic.
Kishi Bashi marks the 10th anniversary of his acclaimed album Sonderlust with a special live performance, bringing this deeply personal record to the stage in full.
Kishi Bashi marks the 10th anniversary of his acclaimed album Sonderlust with a special live performance, bringing this deeply personal record to the stage in full.
Tomos Boyles is a Welsh pianist supported by Kirckman Concerts. He comes to Kings Place to present a programme centred around memory and dreaming, weaving a psychological thread that connects music spanning two centuries.
Phaedra Ensemble launches their debut album, Realms, with a complete live performance featuring the instrumental works of Meredith Monk, one of the most influential and distinctive musical voices of our time.
I Fagiolini live – featuring star Monteverdi singers, following the group’s new recording of this iconic work with cornetts, sackbutts, baroque strings and more.
Jaywalkers are a UK-based acoustic powerhouse trio blending bluegrass, country, folk and Americana with blistering fiddle, flame-fingered mandolin, powerhouse bass and tight three-part harmony.
A spellbinding fusion of tango, klezmer and folk-inspired originals, Triptic’s three award-winning musicians deliver virtuosity brimming with heart and soul. Featuring firebrand violinist Greg Lawson, masterful bass groover Mario Caribé, and magpie pianist/accordionist Phil Alexander.
Scottish saxophonist Matt Carmichael brings his acclaimed blend of folk‑infused jazz to the Kings Place Jazz Orchestra, showcasing the emotive, melodic writing that has marked him as one of the UK’s most exciting young voices.
Flight of the Soul, featuring VOCES8 and violinist Jack Liebeck, celebrates human spirit, transcendence and the transformative power of music.
Martin Simpson celebrates the release of his new album Some Kind of Jubilee with a special live performance on the day of its launch.
In this special concert, GBSR Duo give the World Premiere of a newly commissioned work by Sarah Davachi, presented in partnership with d&b audiotechnik’s en-space technology.
KOSMONAUCI- an electrifying young Polish quartet with a jazz background that draws on hip-hop, drum & bass and improvisation in its musical language. The instrumentation, which includes saxophone, bass,vibraphone and drums, creates the group’s unique style, balancing emotional melodies with polyrhythmic structures. This concert will transport the audience through galaxies of musical discovery - a journey worthy of their name (Cosmonauts).
Samba Touré’s music is characterized by hypnotic guitar grooves radiating with the intensity of the desert sun. It transcends borders, creating an authentic and groundbreaking sonic landscape—a journey of emotional depth and rhythmic brilliance where tradition meets innovation, resonating with the spirit of Northern Mali.
This ‘Memories’-inspired programme spans Davidson’s tropical island, Golijov’s war-torn cityscape, Bartók’s yearning for Hungary, and Dvořák’s celebration of America. A journey through euphoria, tragedy, optimism and nostalgia - it’s all here.
Frankie Archer returns to Kings Place, presenting blistering nu-ancient trad bangers, telling tales and unfolding beliefs. Inspired in part by the medieval danse macabre and touching on mortality, grief and love, her music creates sound journeys through dreamy electronic to gnarly gristle and everything in between.
A magnetic blend of spellbinding vocals, intricate harmonies, and driving fiddle tunes rooted in rich tradition of the Orkney Islands, FARA return to Kings Place to deliver a sound that is bold, passionate, and unmistakably their own.
Hajda Banda / Гайда Банда is a Belarusian-Polish band specialising in traditional dances and songs from eastern Poland’s Podlasie region, the western provinces of Belarus, and the wetlands of Polesye, a cultural crossroads on the Polish-Ukrainian-Belarusian border. The group performs exclusively on acoustic village instruments, including the violin, hammered dulcimer, three-row Polish accordion, and frame drum, blending the rural music of the borderlands with their own distinct style.
Join Artist-in-Residence Renell Shaw for the world premiere of Remember Us Tomorrow, the third and final chapter of his acclaimed work The Windrush Suite.
Choose a half-day pass to experience highlights from Classically Black 2026, including Under The Skin, One People, a thought-provoking panel on race and representation, and Keyboard Warriors, an afternoon of keynote insight and live performance.