WHAT'S ON AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON
What's On at the Royal Albert Hall, London
The Royal Albert Hall was opened by Queen Victoria herself in 1871 and named after her beloved husband. The venue, located in South Kensington, has a seating capacity of 5272. The venue has been home to the BBC Proms every summer since they began in 1941.
The Royal Albert Hall hosts concerts, events, productions and events ranging from classical, opera, pop, rock, comedy, dance, live orchestra film screenings, sports, awards, charity and national events, including the Festival Of Remembrance, The Olivier Awards, Cirque du Soleil, and The Royal Variety Show. Premieres include 101 Dalmatians, James Bond, and the Harry Potter series.
The Royal Albert Hall was a meeting place for The Suffragettes. Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, and Charles de Gaulle made speeches there. The likes of Rachmaninov, Dame Shirley Bassey, Eric Clapton, and Muhammad Ali have appeared at the venue. Events to look forward to include Eric Clapton, Holly Johnson, Brandi Carlisle, Ludovico Einaudi, Eric Idle and the BBC Proms. You can book tickets online below for the Royal Albert Halls.
The Royal Albert Hall was opened by Queen Victoria herself in 1871 and named after her beloved husband. The venue, located in South Kensington, has a seating capacity of 5272. The venue has been home to the BBC Proms every summer since they began in 1941.
The Royal Albert Hall hosts concerts, events, productions and events ranging from classical, opera, pop, rock, comedy, dance, live orchestra film screenings, sports, awards, charity and national events, including the Festival Of Remembrance, The Olivier Awards, Cirque du Soleil, and The Royal Variety Show. Premieres include 101 Dalmatians, James Bond, and the Harry Potter series.
The Royal Albert Hall was a meeting place for The Suffragettes. Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, and Charles de Gaulle made speeches there. The likes of Rachmaninov, Dame Shirley Bassey, Eric Clapton, and Muhammad Ali have appeared at the venue. Events to look forward to include Eric Clapton, Holly Johnson, Brandi Carlisle, Ludovico Einaudi, Eric Idle and the BBC Proms. You can book tickets online below for the Royal Albert Halls.
Most Popular Shows and Events at Royal Albert Hall, London
What's On at the Royal Albert Hall, London
Ministry of Sound Classical
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 12 - Saturday 13 June 2026
Following sold out shows in 2023 and 2024, two of London's great music institutions are back together again for one iconic show as Ministry of Sound Classical returns. The greatest dance compilations of all-time hit the stage with your fa...Arabs Are Not Funny
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 12 June 2026
The acclaimed comedy night "Arabs Are Not Funny" is back for another night of comedy in the Elgar Room....Ministry of Sound London Tickets
Bassem Youssef
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 14 June 2026
After a long career as a respected heart surgeon, Bassem Youssef has become one of the most influential and poignant satirists and political commentators from the Middle East. He shot to fame after treating the wounded during the Arab Sprin...Bassem Youssef - The Belly of the Beast Tour
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 14 June 2026
Door Time: 19:15 Show Time: 20:00 Curfew Time: 22:00...Classical Coffee Mornings: Tannaz Beigi
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 14 June 2026
Tannaz Beigi is a distinguished Iranian harpist joins us for a Classical Coffee Morning....Elvis Costello & the Imposters
Royal Albert Hall, London
Monday 15 June 2026
As the playful billing suggests, the show will feature numbers drawn from record releases from My Aim Is True in 1977 to Blood & Chocolate in 1986, along with other surprises. Those nine years saw the first appearance of some of Elvis Coste...Elvis Costello and the Imposters with Charlie Sexton
Royal Albert Hall, London
Monday 15 June 2026
Elvis Costello & The Imposters with Charlie Sexton will bring their hugely successful Radio Soul!: The Early Songs of Elvis Costello tour to the Hall in summer 2026....
AK Patterson
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 17 June 2026
AK Patterson blends her unconventional approach to songwriting with a mastery of unusual guitar tunings in the Elgar Room....Late Night Jazz: ABNA
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 18 June 2026
ABNA brings a bold, contemporary edge to the classic jazz trio....Les Miserables: The Arena Concert Spectacular London Tickets
Les Misérables: The Arena Concert Spectacular
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 21 June 2026
Les Mis?rables: The Arena Concert Spectacular continues its record-breaking global journey with a strictly limited season at the Hall in June 2026....MELTWATER
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 23 June 2026
An immersive performance exploring climate change using evocative Indian vocals and contemporary instrumentation....Royal Albert Hall tour
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 23 June 2026
Together with a friendly guide, you?ll take a peek at the royal areas of the Hall, see the breath-taking auditorium, and the stage that?s hosted some of the world?s biggest change-makers, history-shapers and stars....Late Night Jazz: Nadine Khouri
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 25 June 2026
An evening of music influenced by alternative folk, film soundtracks and spoken-word poetry,...The Sleeping Beauty
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 25 - Sunday 28 June 2026
The Sleeping Beauty at London Royal Albert Hall...Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 30 June 2026
Currently co-starring as The Wizard of Oz with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in the critically acclaimed global box office smash, "Wicked", Jeff Goldblum's storied career now spans 6 decades of award-winning work as a starring actor in fi...Jeff Goldblum and The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra London Tickets
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 30 June 2026
Jeff Goldblum and The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra at London Royal Albert Hall...
10cc
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 1 July 2026
One of the UK's most innovative and influential bands, Mancunian art pop and soft rock legends 10cc return with the typically tongue-in-cheek 'And Another Bloody Greatest Hits Tour' - celebrating a genre-defying repertoire that continue...Baby Broadway
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 1 July 2026
An interactive experience where the entire family can sing and dance along to tunes from classic musicals and films....
Exhibition: InHERited LINES
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 2 July 2026
Samira Mian breathes new life into traditional techniques of creating Islamic geometric patterns....Exhibition: Legends of Country 2026
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 2 July 2026
An exhibition celebrating some of the most enduring, celebrated and iconic Country Music legends....Group tours
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 2 July 2026
We offer a range of hour-long tours showcasing our amazing venue for private groups of 15 or more people....Late Night Jazz: RCM Juniors
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 2 July 2026
The Royal College of Music Junior Department Jazz Ensemble returns to the Elgar Room....Relaxed Tours
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 2 July 2026
Together with a friendly guide, you?ll take a peek at the royal areas of the Hall, see the breath-taking auditorium, and the stage that?s hosted some of the world?s biggest change-makers, history-shapers and stars....
What The World Needs Now The Burt Bacharach Songbook in concert
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 2 July 2026
Join us for What The World Needs Now ? The Burt Bacharach Songbook in concert - an incredible celebration of music by songwriting icon Burt Barcharach....The Temptations & The Four Tops
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 3 July 2026
Celebrated as two of the most influential names in soul, The Temptations and The Four Tops unite once again to deliver a powerhouse evening of timeless hits, signature choreography, soaring harmonies, and pure Motown magic. Their 2026 UK to...The Temptations and The Four Tops
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 3 July 2026
The Temptations and The Four Tops will join forces at the Hall in summer 2026....The Temptations London Tickets
Strongman Classic 2026
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 4 July 2026
Experience the Power at the Strongman Classic 2026 - Live at the Iconic Royal Albert Hall!...Aziz Ansari
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 11 July 2026
Award-winning actor, director, writer and comedian, Aziz Ansari is returning to the Hall this summer....Aziz Ansari London Tickets
Aziz Ansari: Hypothetical Tour
Classical Coffee Mornings: Inverno String Quartet
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 11 July 2026
Join Inverno String Quartet for a Classical Coffee Morning....The Music of Zimmer vs Williams 2026
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 12 July 2026
Prepare for an unforgettable evening as two of the greatest film composers of all time go head-to-head in The Music of Zimmer vs Williams at the Royal Albert Hall....The Music of Zimmer vs Williams 2026 London Tickets
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 12 July 2026
Tribute to Hans Zimmer & John Williams at London Royal Albert Hall...First Five: Candice Carty-Williams
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 15 July 2026
Join Candice Carty-Williams as she shares the stories behind five things that have shaped and influenced her....
BBC Proms: First Night of the Proms 2026
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 17 July 2026
Piano superstar Yunchan Lim joins Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for Ravel?s bluesy Concerto in G major. We also hear music by Copland, Gershwin and Finzi, alongside a world premiere from French-British composer Josephine St...BBC Proms: Prog Rock - A Fanfare for the Common Man
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 18 July 2026
The Proms celebrates prog rock with BBC Radio 6 Music host Stuart Maconie, presenting brand-new orchestral arrangements of songs by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield, Renaissance and others...BBC Proms: Black Dyke Band
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 19 July 2026
Yorkshire?s esteemed Black Dyke Band shows off its virtuosity and versatility in a programme of contemporary pieces, arrangements of popular classics and excerpts from soundtracks by John Williams and Hans Zimmer....BBC Proms: Boléro - Rhythms of Spain
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 19 July 2026
The Spanish National Orchestra makes its Proms debut with a set of heat-soaked musical postcards that includes Ravel?s hypnotic Bol?ro and Rodrigo?s much-loved Concierto de Aranjuez with guitar phenomenon Rafael Aguirre as soloist....BBC Proms: Beethoven's Ninth
Royal Albert Hall, London
Monday 20 July 2026
Gianandrea Noseda leads massed forces in Beethoven?s monumental ?Choral? Symphony. We also hear the UK premiere of Jessie Montgomery?s These Righteous Paths with South African cellist Abel Selaocoe....BBC Proms: Also sprach Zarathustra
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 21 July 2026
John Storg?rds and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra perform Strauss?s monumental tone-poem alongside Betsy Jolas?s evocative Tales of a Summer Sea. Sueye Park joins them for Sibelius?s Nordic-tinged Violin Concerto....BBC Proms: Late Night Baroque
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 21 July 2026
The Jupiter Ensemble makes its Proms debut with British tenor Laurence Kilsby in a programme celebrating two jewels of the English Renaissance and Baroque ? John Dowland and Henry Purcell ? as well as ?honorary? Englishman George Frideric H...BBC Proms: Mahler's ‘Tragic' Sixth
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Mahler?s brooding Sixth Symphony, and celebrate the centenary of Hungary?s greatest living composer, Gy?rgy Kurt?g, with a rare performance of his powerful orchestral elegy Stele....BBC Proms: Afterlife - Visions of the Beyond
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 23 July 2026
For their first Prom of the 2026 season, Ryan Bancroft and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform spiritually charged works by Lili Boulanger, Szymanowski, Messiaen and Strauss, each reflecting on death and the afterlife....BBC Proms: John Wilson Conducts Respighi's ‘Roman Trilogy'
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 24 July 2026
John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London return to the Proms for the first of two concerts, performing Respighi?s trilogy of Rome-inspired tone-poems alongside the Walton?s rhapsodic Cello Concerto. Norwegian cellist Jonathan Aasgaard makes h...BBC Proms: Horrible Science - The Big Bang Proms Experiment
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 25 July 2026
Join Albert Einstein and Marie Curie as they present CBBC?s hit sketch show Horrible Science live at the Royal Albert Hall with some scientifically proven bangers from the classical canon, including Holst?s The Planets and John Williams?s S...BBC Proms: Olivier Latry Plays Bach
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 26 July 2026
Titular Organist of the Grand Organ at Notre-Dame in Paris, Olivier Latry returns for an all-Bach programme including an improvisation on Bach?s musical signature ...BBC Proms: Poulenc and Adams
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 26 July 2026
Lucas and Arthur Jussen make their Proms debut in Poulenc?s Concerto for two pianos. They join the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Kazuki Yamada, who also perform two 20th-century classics: John Adams?s Harmonium and Poulenc?s Sin...BBC Proms: From the Alps to the Auvergne
Royal Albert Hall, London
Monday 27 July 2026
Step into the great outdoors with Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, as they perform nature-inspired works by Kristine Tj?gersen and Joseph Canteloube before Richard Strauss?s epic An Alpine Symphony...BBC Proms: Sibelius's Second
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 28 July 2026
Guy Johnston is the soloist in Benjamin Britten?s Cello Symphony. He joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo, who also perform Sibelius?s Symphony No. 2 and the UK premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage?s Festen Suite....BBC Proms: Elgar's First
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 29 July 2026
Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra pair Elgar?s sweeping First Symphony with two contemporary works: Judith Weir?s Moon and Star and the world premiere of Brett Dean?s The World?s Wife, setting words by Carol Ann Duff...BBC Proms: Korngold's Violin Concerto
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 30 July 2026
Alena Baeva joins Delyana Lazarova and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra as the soloist in Korngold?s filmic Violin Concerto. Bookending the concert are Dobrinka Tabakova?s exhilarating fanfare Orpheus? Comet and Prokofiev?s lyrical Symph...BBC Proms: Bruch's Violin Concerto
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 31 July 2026
Omer Meir Wellber and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen perform symphonies by Haydn and Schumann. At the heart of the programme is Bruch?s lush, ever-popular Violin Concerto No. 1, featuring Swedish soloist Daniel Lozakovich....How to get to the Royal Albert Hall, London
Royal Albert Hall Frequently Asked Questions
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