Free Events at the Southbank Centre
Check out some of the Free Events at Southbank Centre over the next few weeks:
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Hayward Gallery Project Space
Pipilotti Rist: Ever Is Over All
Wednesday 28 September 2011 - Sunday 8 January 2012
An opportunity to see one of Pipilotti Rist's most well-known works.
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Spirit Level
Forkbeard Fantasy: Theatre of Animation
Friday 2 December 2011 - Sunday 8 January 2012
Enter a magical world of interactive fun for young and old, with peepshow boxes, mechanical gizmos, films and cartoons.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof
Monday 12 December 2011 - Saturday 31 December 2011
Enter a space of wonder and enchantment in our Winter Garden Grotto on the Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof and enjoy delicious festive treats from the café as you sit amongst the twinkly lights.
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The Clore Ballroom
The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band
Friday 30 December 2011
The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band formed to play new material inspired by the energy of pre-war rhythm & blues and jazz.
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The Clore Ballroom
Sunday 1 January 2012
Celebrate the new year with Nicky Miles and The Ross Mitchell Combo as they provide a range of workshops, demonstrations and live music which encourage you begin 2012 with a flourish of ballroom dancing.
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The Clore Ballroom
Monday 2 January 2012
Listen, dance, delight and wallow in these exciting original jazz and dance orchestrations of the 1920s and 1930s.
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The Clore Ballroom
Saturday 7 January 2012
The Clore Ballroom will be oozing energy as youth dance companies from across London perform with the hope of securing a place at U.
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The Clore Ballroom
Sunday 8 January 2012
Brought to you by River Tango, join us for an afternoon of workshops, demonstrations, DJ's and live music.
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Poetry Library
Monday 9 January 2012
Join us in the Poetry Library as we discuss the books shortlisted for this year's TS Eliot Prize, described as 'the world's top poetry award'.
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Foyer Bar - level 2
Friday 13 January 2012
This award-winning roots duo are internationally renowned for their fiery, heart-stopping performances.
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The Front Room at QEH
Park Lane Group Young Artists New Year Series
Friday 13 January 2012
A free programme of works performed as part of The Park Lane Group series of concerts.
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The Front Room at QEH
Park Lane Group Young Artists New Year Series
Friday 13 January 2012
A free programme of works performed as part of The Park Lane Group series of concerts.
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Hayward Gallery Project Space
Saturday 14 January 2012 - Sunday 19 February 2012
Euan MacDonald: Open Tuning, features the recent video 9000 Pieces (2011), which focuses on a piano-testing machine in a Chinese musical instrument factory (the title refers to the number of separate parts in a piano).
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Level 2 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall
Thursday 19 January 2012 - Sunday 29 January 2012
What's the one thing you'll do before you die?
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Level 2 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall
Boxed: Fabulous Coffins from UK and Ghana
Friday 20 January 2012 - Sunday 29 January 2012
A vibrant collection of bespoke coffins from the famous Pa Joe workshop in Ghana and Crazy Coffins in Nottingham.
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Foyer Bar - level 2
Friday 20 January 2012
Presented by the Royal College of Music, and part of the current Sergei Prokofiev: Man of the people? season at Southbank Centre, experience up close two outstanding young musicians performing some of the composer's piano music.
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The Front Room at QEH
Friday 20 January 2012
Rarely has a band taken the jazz scene by the scruff of the neck and given it such a good shaking as Get the Blessing.
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Hayward Gallery
Monster Puppet Workshop with Liam Barrett
Saturday 21 January 2012 - Saturday 21 January 2012
Young illustrator and NoBrow artist Liam Barrett leads this creative workshop where children can make their very own monstrous creation to take home, and another work of art to display in the Hayward Gallery Shop for all to see.
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The Clore Ballroom
From Blue to Joy - The New Orleans Funeral
Friday 27 January 2012
Drawing influence from New Orleans funeral parades, the Mexican Day of the Dead and other rituals, over 100 young people from Kids Company process across the site with a specially decorated coffin, accompanied by Abram Wilson and band, culminating at The Clore Ballroom at 5pm with a speech and a party.
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The Clore Ballroom
A Jazz Celebration - Remembering the Life of Philippa Schuyler
Friday 27 January 2012
Charismatic New Orleans trumpeter and vocalist Abram Wilson debuts original music inspired by the life of the Harlem born, mixed race classical piano prodigy, Philippa Schuyler, who died tragically young in 1967.















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