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
BBC Proms: Mahler's First by Heart
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 1 - Sunday 2 August 2026
Proms favourites Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra lift the bonnet on Mahler?s First Symphony. A dramatised first half featuring mezzo-soprano Natalie Lewis introduces the piece, before a complete performance after the interval...BBC Proms: Kavakos Plays Tchaikovsky
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 2 August 2026
Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos joins Paavo J?rvi and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for Tchaikovsky?s Violin Concerto. Bookending the evening are Scriabin?s iconoclastic Symphony No. 2 and the world premiere of Dani Howard?s Concerto for Bras...BBC Proms: Rachmaninov's ‘Paganini' Variations
Royal Albert Hall, London
Monday 3 August 2026
Kirill Gerstein is soloist in Rachmaninov?s glittering Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. He joins Thomas S?nderg?rd and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, who also perform Shostakovich?s Symphony No. 11 and Knussen?s Flourish with Firewo...BBC Proms: Dvořák and Mendelssohn
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 4 August 2026
Elena Schwarz and the BBC National Orchestral of Wales perform Dvo??k?s passionate Symphony No. 7 alongside Zimmermann?s 1950 Fairy-Tale Suite and Mendelssohn?s famous Violin Concerto, with Proms regular Alina Ibragimova as soloist....BBC Proms: Rachmaninov's Second
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 5 August 2026
Manchester?s Hall? orchestra and its Principal Conductor Kahchun Wong return to the Proms for Rachmaninov?s lush, expansive Symphony No. 2. We also hear French masterpieces by Nadia Boulanger and Ravel....BBC Proms: Under African Skies - The Songs of Graceland
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 5 August 2026
South African vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo make their Proms debut 50 years on from the Soweto Uprising and 40 years since the release of Paul Simon?s era-defining album Graceland, which brought the group to international attention....BBC Proms: Elder Conducts Weber's ‘Oberon'
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 6 August 2026
Sir Mark Elder conducts the Orchestre R?volutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir and star soloists in Weber?s final opera, featuring a new narration that brings fresh life and wit to this chivalric fantasy of shipwrecks and magic horns...BBC Proms: Rossini's ‘Stabat mater'
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 7 August 2026
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus join forces with the Epiphoni Consort and a quartet of star soloists for Rossini?s operatic Stabat mater. Nil Venditti also conducts the Proms premiere of Respighi?s Church Windows....BBC Proms: Berlioz's ‘Symphonie fantastique'
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 8 August 2026
Thomas Ad?s conducts the National Youth Orchestra in a thrilling musical journey to Hell and back, featuring Liszt?s Mephisto Waltz No. 1, Berlioz?s Symphonie fantastique and Purgatorio, the central panel of Ad?s?s own Dante-inspired ballet...BBC Proms: Relaxed Prom
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 9 August 2026
An informal, Transatlantic-themed matinee in the year we celebrate the 250th anniversary of America?s Declaration of Independence....BBC Proms: The OAE Plays Mozart and Haydn
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 9 August 2026
Peter Whelan leads the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and massed forces in a musical postcard from 18th-century Vienna, featuring Haydn?s choral tour de force the ?Nelson Mass? as well as works by Mozart and Zelenka....BBC Proms: Salonen Conducts 20th-Century Classics
Royal Albert Hall, London
Monday 10 August 2026
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the combined orchestras of London?s Royal Academy of Music and New York?s Juilliard School in three 20th-century masterworks by Bart?k, Stravinsky and Berg....BBC Proms: Dudamel and the LA Phil - Beethoven and Adès
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 11 August 2026
The Los Angeles Philharmonic returns to the Proms for the first time in over two decades, led by Music Director Gustavo Dudamel. Together they perform Beethoven?s ?Pastoral? Symphony and Purgatorio, the first panel from Thomas Ad?s?s Dante ...BBC Proms: Evelyn Glennie and the Fantasia Orchestra
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 11 August 2026
Grammy Award-winning percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie joins the Fantasia Orchestra and BBC Singers for a genre-busting programme that features music by Vaughan Williams, Radiohead, John Coltrane and Caroline Shaw....BBC Proms: Dudamel and the LA Phil - Beethoven and Ortiz
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 12 August 2026
In the second of their two Proms, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and its Music Director Gustavo Dudamel pair Beethoven?s dance-infused Symphony No. 7 with a contemporary ballet by Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz....BBC Proms: Gershwin's Piano Concerto
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 13 August 2026
James Gaffigan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with an all-American programme featuring works by George Gerswhin, Samuel Barber and Wynton Marsalis....BBC Proms: Marvin Gaye - Prince of Soul
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 14 August 2026
The BBC Concert Orchestra and Edwin Outwater pay tribute to a musical icon, Marvin Gaye....BBC Proms: Pappano Conducts Berlioz's ‘Requiem'
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 15 August 2026
Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in one of the repertoire?s most monumental musical statements: Berlioz?s Requiem, a sonic portrait of ?mankind gathered together on the last day?....BBC Proms: Elgar's Cello Concerto
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 16 August 2026
Spanish cellist Pablo Ferr?ndez makes his Proms debut with Elgar?s famous concerto. He joins Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a concert that opens with Webern?s lush Passacaglia and closes with Walton?s Symphony No. ...BBC Proms: Swedish Chamber Orchestra - Beethoven and Baroque
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 16 August 2026
Together with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Maverick clarinet virtuoso Martin Fr?st explores the evolution of dance in a wide-ranging programme that climaxes ? via Rameau, Hans Ek, Handel and Bach ? in Beethoven?s Symphony No. 7....BBC Proms: Copland and Stravinsky
Royal Albert Hall, London
Monday 17 August 2026
Ryan Bancroft and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform two 20th-century ballets ? Copland?s Billy the Kid and Stravinsky?s Petrushka ? alongside a new Clarinet Concerto by Portland-based composer and songwriter Gabriel Kahane....BBC Proms: Shostakovich's Tenth
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 18 August 2026
Cristian M?celaru leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century, Shostakovich?s Symphony No. 10. The concert opens with the UK premiere of ?dith Canat de Chizy?s intricately textured Skyline....BBC Proms: ‘Ariadne auf Naxos' from Glyndebourne
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 19 August 2026
Fresh from the Glyndebourne Festival, the Proms presents Strauss?s opera-within-an-opera Ariadne auf Naxos, performed complete at the festival for the first time in nearly half a century....BBC Proms: Miles Davis Centenary
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 20 August 2026
The Proms marks Miles Davis?s centenary with a concert combining his influences ? works by Rodrigo and Gershwin ? with his own hits. Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire joins the BBC Concert Orchestra and Miho Hazama for a celebration of a jazz le...BBC Proms: Mahler's ‘Song of the Earth'
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 21 August 2026
Star mezzo Jamie Barton joins Anja Bihlmaier and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra for Mahler?s epic collision of symphony and song. The first half sees the witty musical parting of Haydn?s ?Farewell? Symphony and Bushra El-Turk?s meditative M...BBC Proms: Chineke Orchestra with Angel Blue
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 22 August 2026
The Chineke! Orchestra returns to the Proms under Jonathon Heyward, bringing with it Dvo??k?s ecstatic hymn to nature, the Symphony No. 8, and Samuel Barber?s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with star American soprano Angel Blue....BBC Proms: Capuçon Plays Dvořák's Cello Concerto
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 23 August 2026
French cellist Gautier Capu?on is the soloist in Dvo??k?s nostalgic homage to his Bohemian roots. He joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Alain Altinoglu for a programme that bridges Paris and New York....BBC Proms: Mozart's ‘Haffner' Symphony
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 23 August 2026
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields spotlights the French horn and bassoon in concertos by Mozart and Thea Musgrave. Britten?s playful Simple Symphony and Mozart?s ?Haffner? Symphony bookend the concert....BBC Proms: American Classics
Royal Albert Hall, London
Monday 24 August 2026
Marin Alsop leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in a barn-storming celebration of American music, with works including Bernstein?s West Side Story, Gershwin?s jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue and Copland?s Appalachian Spring....BBC Proms: Bond and Beyond
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 25 August 2026
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser and the BBC Concert Orchestra train their sights on the greatest hits from Skyfall, The Spy Who Loved Me and others, promising to leave you stirred, not shaken....Royal Albert Hall Songbook
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 25 August 2026
The Royal Albert Hall Songbook is a free, interactive concert which explores the vast musical history of one of the world?s most iconic venues....BBC Proms: The Met Orchestra Plays Strauss
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 26 August 2026
The Metropolitan Opera?s Met Orchestra and Director Yannick N?zet-S?guin present a sumptuous all-Strauss programme that includes the final scene of the composer?s Salome, performed with celebrated South African soprano Elza van den Heever....BBC Proms: The Met Orchestra Plays Mahler
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 27 August 2026
For their second concert of the season The Met Orchestra is joined by Joyce DiDonato for Mahler?s Ru?ckert- Lieder. We also heard the composer?s nature-loving Symphony No. 4 and Kaija Saariaho?s Lumi?re et pesanteur....BBC Proms: Ultimate Calm
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 27 August 2026
Scottish composer Erland Cooper leads an intimate late-night sequence inspired by Radio 3 Unwind?s Ultimate Calm series. A serene sequence for the night hours....BBC Proms: Altın Gün
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 28 August 2026
The Grammy-nominated Dutch-Turkish band brings its unique blend of psychedelic folk-rock to the Proms. They join forces with Jules Buckley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra to turn cool riffs and Anatolian folk textures into rich orchestral co...BBC Proms: Stravinsky and Prokofiev with the Oslo Philharmonic
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 29 August 2026
Mirga Gra?inyt?-Tyla and the Oslo Philharmonic join maverick virtuoso Patricia Kopatchinskaja for Stravinsky?s Violin Concerto. We also hear ?yvind Torvund?s symphonic poem ?Forest Morning? and excerpts from Prokofiev?s ballet Romeo and Jul...BBC Proms: Berlioz's ‘The Damnation of Faust'
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 30 August 2026
Jakob Lehmann and period-instrument group Les Si?cles bring to life Berlioz?s ?Dramatic Legend? in a concert performance with an international cast of soloists, including American tenor John Osborn, Gerald Finley and V?ronique Gens....BBC Proms: Enchanted - Alan Menken's Music for Disney
Royal Albert Hall, London
Monday 31 August 2026
The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra is joined by performers from the National Youth Music Theatre to celebrate the music of Alan Menken, with sets from his scores to classic Disney films such as The Little Mermaid and Aladdin....BBC Proms: Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Jakub Hr??a and the BBC Symphony Orchestra join Czech pianist Luk?? Vondr??ek for this Everest of Romantic piano concertos. Bookending the concert are Kapr?lov??s Suita rustica and Jan??ek?s best-loved orchestral work, the Sinfonietta....BBC Proms: Berlin Philharmonic Plays Elgar and Tchaikovsky
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 2 September 2026
The Berlin Philharmonic and Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko return to the Proms with two works filled with musical secrets and concealed identities: Elgar?s ?Enigma? Variations and Tchaikovsky?s Symphony No. 4....BBC Proms: Steve Reich at 90
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 2 September 2026
The Gesualdo Six and the Colin Currie Group appear in a Late-Night Prom that combines choral works by Renaissance composers including Hildegard of Bingen, Josquin and P?rotin with Steve Reich?s take on traditional Hebrew Psalms, Tehillim....BBC Proms: Berlin Philharmonic Plays Beethoven and Scriabin
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 3 September 2026
The Berlin Philharmonic and Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko return for their second Prom of the season, joining forces with Augustin Hadelich for Beethoven?s Violin Concerto before a performance Scriabin?s intoxicating Third Symphony....BBC Proms: Vaughan Williams's ‘Fantasia' and Symphony No. 9
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 4 September 2026
Andrew Manze conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in a celebration of English music, featuring works by Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten....BBC Proms: Martha Argerich Plays Beethoven
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 5 September 2026
Legendary pianist Martha Argerich returns to the Proms, joining Lahav Shani and the Munich Philharmonic for Beethoven?s Second Piano Concerto. We also hear Louise Farrenc?s dramatic Overture No. 2 and the final symphony by Brahms....BBC Proms: Dvořák's ‘New World' Symphony
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 6 September 2026
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo perform Dvo??k?s famous ?New World? Symphony alongside a new Triple Concerto by Gwilym Simcock featuring three former BBC Young Musician finalists: Jess Gillam, Ben Goldscheider and Sheku Kanneh-M...BBC Proms: John Wilson Conducts the Sinfonia of London Strings
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 6 September 2026
John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London present a concert of English music, pairing two works by Britten ? the Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge and orchestral song-cycle Les illuminations ? with music by Berkeley, Bridge and Imogen Hols...BBC Proms: Rattle Conducts Schumann
Royal Albert Hall, London
Monday 7 September 2026
Robert Schumann is in the spotlight for Sir Simon Rattle and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, who present the overture to Genoveva, his much-loved Second Symphony and ? with soloist Isabelle Faust ? his enigmatic Violin Concerto....BBC Proms: Rachmaninov Bartók and Varèse
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 8 September 2026
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Ryan Wigglesworth celebrate the orchestra?s 90th anniversary with a snapshot of a golden year in musical history, performing works written in 1936 by Bart?k, Rachmaninov and Var?se....BBC Proms: Weyes Blood and the Jules Buckley Orchestra
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Jules Buckley and his own hand-picked ensemble return to the Proms with Weyes Blood ? aka Natalie Mering ? for an orchestral exploration of the American singer-songwriter?s wistful, transcendent folk-pop....BBC Proms: Strauss's ‘Four Last Songs'
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 9 September 2026
Pawe? Kapu?a conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for its final Prom of the season. They perform works by Hans Werner Henze, Schubert and Mahler before soprano Natalya Romaniw takes to the stage for Richard Strauss?s famous musical ...BBC Proms: Bach's Mass in B minor with Arcangelo
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 10 September 2026
Continuing their Proms performances of sacred Baroque masterpieces, Arcangelo and Music Director Jonathan Cohen return with an exciting team of soloists to perform J. S. Bach?s Mass in B minor, one of the most powerful and universal stateme...BBC Proms: Mahler's Ninth with the Mahler Academy Orchestra
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 11 September 2026
Musicians from across Europe come together under Philipp von Steinaecker in the Mahler Academy Orchestra?s Proms debut. They perform Mahler?s monumental Ninth Symphony, journeying from the first movement?s brooding farewell to the radiant f...BBC Proms: Last Night of the Proms 2026
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 12 September 2026
Classical music?s greatest international party draws the 2026 Proms to a close. Superstar pianist Yuja Wang is joined by Scottish tenor Nicky Spence and massed BBC forces, all marshalled by Sakari Oramo....Beethoven's Ninth 2026
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 19 September 2026
Experience an evening of musical greatness at the Royal Albert Hall with an concert celebrating the genius of Beethoven....The Planets 2026
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 19 September 2026
Join us as we journey to the stars with Holst?s The Planets, from fiery battles to shimmering serenity. ...Magic at the Musicals
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 20 September 2026
Magic at the Musicals will celebrate the best of London's West End and beyond as it returns to the beautiful surroundings of the Royal Albert Hall. Listen to Magic Radio for more announcements on 105.4FM in London and across the UK on Digit...Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at 80
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 23 September 2026
Vasily Petrenko conducts a big anniversary celebration concert as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra turns 80....Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone In Concert Tickets
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 25 - Sunday 27 September 2026
Harry Potter and the Philosopher?s Stone In Concert at London Royal Albert Hall...Inside out tour
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 26 September 2026
On an Inside-Out Tour, you?ll join a friendly tour guide on a journey through Victorian architecture and history, finishing inside the Hall?s spectacular auditorium....Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone™ In Concert (PG)
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 27 September 2026
Experience the momentous scenes from the film on a giant HD screen all whilst John Williams? unforgettable score is performed live. ...How to get to the Royal Albert Hall, London
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