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Boris Johnson hails South Bank festival for deaf and disabled artists

01.09.11
Boris Johnson today hailed London's annual festival for Deaf and disabled artists which is coming to the South Bank for the first ever time this weekend... more

BA shows off its vintage style

28.07.11
Thousands of people are expected to descend on the South Bank this weekend for a three-day vintage festival celebrating the Twenties to the Eighties ... more

Prepare for a night of love at the Ballroom

28.04.11
The successful Guilty Pleasures night will be switching venues this weekend, for a special celebration of love... more

Duchess of Cornwall joins female stars for festival celebrating women

11.03.11
Three-day celebration of women kicks off at the Southbank Centre with the official backing of the Duchess of Cornwall ... more

3D adventure flies by the South Bank

17.12.10
The Southbank Centre is to show the first screenings of a new family film by the team behind the Oscar-winning animation of Peter and the Wolf... more

Poetry festival launched by Ted Hughes calls for peace

22.10.10
Poetry festival founded in London by Ted Hughes more than 40 years ago is to return to its political roots... more

Bang your own drum at Brazil festival on the South Bank

22.07.10
Two thousand people are expected to join a giant jamming session at the Southbank Centre this weekend with Brazilian musicians who have swapped drug-dealing for drumming... more

Turner Prize winner Martin Creed is to make even the lift sing as part of a new choral festival at the Southbank Centre

21.04.10
Turner Prize winner Martin Creed is to make even the lift sing as part of a new choral festival at the Southbank Centre... more

£950,000 grant for Royal Festival Hall organ

04.02.10
The Heritage Lottery Fund is set to step in to help re-install the historic organ, which was dismantled five years ago... more

Chefs to stage London festival devoted to chocolate

03.02.10
The capital's top pastry chefs and chocolatiers will offer advice and tips at the event in March... more

London Mime Festival will make you speechless

13.01.10
If you fancy yourself as the next Marcel Marceau, you can pick up some tips at this year's London International Mime Festival... more

Venezuelan youth orchestra to star in the new season at Festival Hall

14.04.09
The orchestra now hailed as the most successful youth music project in the world is taking up residence in the Southbank Centre... more

Jose Carreras to sing with Faryl Smith at Hampton Court Festival

30.03.09
Teenage singing sensation Faryl Smith will perform a duet with one of the Three Tenors at the Hampton Court Festival... more

Southbank lures the young with wolves, female hip-hop ... and 25,000 free tickets

27.02.09
Thousands of free tickets are on offer for a music festival for young people at the Southbank Centre this spring... more

Rattle to conduct every Schumann symphony

18.04.08
Sir Simon Rattle will conduct all Schumann's symphonies and pianist Alfred Brendel will play his final London concert in the new classical music season at the Southbank Centre... more

Ether 08 merges art with technology

07.04.08
From the unveiling of Goldfrapp's album launch to the world premiere of In Seven Days, here is a guide to the highlights of this year's Ether festival at the Southbank Centre.... more

Eclectic line-up for Ether Festival

03.03.08
The Ether Festival 2008 brings together music and technology, finding common threads between pop, jazz and classical musicians.... more

Making kids laugh

17.01.08
Poet Michael Rosen is just one of the familiar faces appearing in a week of events for the Imagine Children's Literature Festival.... more

Alternative Christmas at the Southbank

31.10.07
The Southbank Centre are to host a range of performances and free family events as part of their Christmas programme.... more

Jazz at the Southbank

26.09.07
A host of events will be taking place around the capital as part of this year's London Jazz Festival.... more

Gala event for the Ballet Boyz

10.07.07
The Ballet Boyz take part in a gala event at the Royal Festival Hall on Wednesday July 11.... more

At last, a great Southbank show

30.05.07
Nick Curtis, who grew up going to the Southbank, celebrates the complex's shift from bleak concrete jungle to cultural quarter to be proud of. ... more

Southbank hosts first festival of literature

17.05.07
Blake Morrison, Mark Thomas, Armando Iannucci and John Hegley have joined the line-up for the first London Literature Festival at the revamped Southbank Centre.... more

All booked-up at the South Bank Centre

14.02.07
Writers, illustrators, poets and performers are all gathering for the annual Children's Literature Festival this weekend.... more

South Bank Centre's summer season unveiled

25.01.07
The refurbishment of the new Royal Festival Hall will open on schedule, it has been announced, as highlights of the South Bank Centre's summer season are unveiled.... more

Audience invited to participate in 'virtual' orchestra

18.08.06
Fancy yourself as a bit of a musician? Then why not pop down to the South Bank, where the very first virtual orhestra has just been installed.... more


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