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London's Royal Festival Hall Reopens This Week
Southbank will be buzzing tomorrow as Overture Weekend begins, a prelude celebration to Monday's grand re-opening of the Royal Festival Hall, which has been closed for the past two years. The weekend festivities lead up to a series of kickoff performances that starts with a four orchestra extravaganza on June 11.
The Royal Festival Hall opened in 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain. It is one of the world's leading performance venues, presenting concerts by the finest international orchestras, operas, and a wide variety of music events, from jazz to rock to pop. The Guardian has a nice series of yesterday and today photos of the transformed complex, including the photo shown here.
This refurbishment is part of a larger overhaul of the entire Southbank Center area, which stretches from County Hall to Waterloo Bridge and along the Queen's Walk by the river Thames.
Filed under: Arts and Culture, Festivals and Events, United Kingdom
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
sarah flanders Oct 16th 2007 12:49AM
I am visiting London in January 2008 but only until 17th. Can you let me know where to locate the program for the F. Hall during this time please? Many thanks.
Kelly Amabile Oct 14th 2007 7:13PM
If you click on the Southbank Center page: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/
there is a calendar on the left and you can go forward to January 2008. Or email the Festival Hall or get on their mailing list so you will know about events when the schedule comes out.