10am - 12am. Immerse yourself in music, arty structures, events & exhibitions, workshops, talks & tours. Out of all the venues, we recommend the Serpentine Gallery feat, Four Tet, EYOE, Florence & the Machine + more. Exhibition Road, London’s premier cultural quarter, will be alive with sound and closed to traffic to stage over 150 free live musical performances. Highlights include the legendary Malian duo Amadou & Mariam, German electro punk act M.I.A, a magic mix of funk, jazz, hip-hop and gospel music by France’s Bibi Tanga et le Professeur Inlassable, English four piece Late of the Pier, , British blues sensation Florence and the Machine, African drumming from 2007’s favourite Nzinga Dance, a clash of classical and fusion music between the Ismali Community Ensemble and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, British experimental electronic musicians the Four Tet Djs, and a special performance by the UK’s hottest indie rock band in the shadow of the Natural History Museum’s biggest dinosaur – British Sea Power.

Throughout the day a huge range of workshops suitable for all ages will accompany the performances, including Bollywood, Samba and Ceilidh dance workshops and Indian and Chinese percussion sessions, as Exhibition Road celebrates the diversity of international culture in the area.

Exhibition Road Music Day
Programme of events

10am – 12pm
On Exhibition Road
11 – 12 London school of Samba - V&A stage
11 – 12 Jas – Musicals (Indian music) - Museum Lane stage
11 – 12 Joan & The Shindig Addicts (pop rock) - Prince Consort stage
11.30 – 12 Nzinga Dance (African drumming – family workshop) - Brompton Stoops stage
11.30 – 12 Imperial College Sinfonietta – Horn Quartet (classical) - Imperial College steps

Institut français
10 – 10.45 Wigmore Hall family song-writing - Petite salle
10 – 10.45 The Music House for Children - Multimedia Library
11 – 11.45 Streetwise Opera workshop - Petite salle

The Ismaili Centre
10.30 – 11.30 Paul Griffi ths – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra presents Music Workshop - Social Hall
11.00 – 11.45 RCM presents Painting Music (Bring music to life through painting!) - Centre Space

Serpentine Gallery/The Royal Parks stage
11 – 12 Taraf Transilvan (trad Romanian music). Courtesy of the Romanian Cultural Institute - Albert Memorial

V&A
11 – 11.45 Introduction to world instruments (family workshop) - Raphael, Room 48a
11.15 – 11.45 RCM Junior Dept Saxophone Ensemble - V&A main steps
11.30 – 12 Learn Chinese Songs (family workshop) - China, Room 44
11.30 – 12 RCM present Morris Lenson (Latin music) - John Madejski Garden

12pm – 2pm
On Exhibition Road
12 – 13 London School of Samba - V&A stage
12 – 13 Jas – Musicals (Indian music) - Brompton Stoops stage
12 – 14 Centro Cultural Senzala de Capoeira (Brazilian dance – music workshop & performance) - Music & Workshop area
12.20 – 13 Chris Brady (pop – rock) - Museum Lane stage
12.20 – 13 Joe Worricker (bluesy pop) - Prince Consort stage
13 – 13.40 Bollywood Dancing (family workshop) - V&A stage
13 – 13.30 Imperial College Gospel Choir - (classical) - Imperial College steps
13.10 – 13.50 Tom Gamble (blues – jazz) - Prince Consort stage
13.20 – 14 Von Kleet (indie – rock) - Museum Lane stage
13.30 – 14 Imperial College Sinfonietta – Wind Chamber Group (classical) - Imperial College steps
13.45 – 14.15 Nzinga Dance (African drumming) - Brompton Stoops stage

Goethe-Institut London
12 – 12.20 RCM presents Majestic Brass (classical) - Library – balcony on Exhibition Road
12.30 – 13.15 RCM presents Majestic Brass (classical) - Library

Institut français
12 – 13 Hey, hey, hallo! Learn more German with songs by Martina Schwarz - Petite salle
12 – 12.45 Eurico Pereira (classical guitar) - Language Centre Terrace
12 – 14.50 Students from the Lycée français: Cooldream, Hugo, Tanguy, Excentric Imij, Oscar (pop rock) BBQ open from 12 – 22 - Courtyard
13 – 13.30 Mark Mulholland & Matt de Harp (acoustic rock’n’roll) - Language Centre Terrace
13 – 14 Le Professeur Inlassable: How to Dj and sample - The Bistrot
13.45 – 14.15 Laurence David (chanson gyspy) - Language Centre Terrace

The Ismaili Centre
12 – 12.40 Ismaili Community Ensemble (world spiritual) Social Hall

Serpentine Gallery/The Royal Parks stage
12 – 13 Storybox (pop – rock – Netherlands). Courtesy of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands - Albert Memorial
13 – 14 Happy Dog Project (funk – jazz – Greece). Courtesy of Music Day in Greece - Albert Memorial

Natural History Museum
13 – 13.30 RCM present Morris Lenson Guitar Duo (classical) Lasting Impressions - V&A
12 – 12.30 The Classical & Fusion Indian Ensemble (Introduction to Indian instruments for families) India, Room 41
12.15 – 13 Introduction to world instruments (family workshop) - Raphael Gallery
12.30 – 13 Maypole dancing (family workshop) - John Madejski Garden
12.30 – 13 Nzinga Dance (African drumming) - V&A main steps
13 – 13.30 Jake Wilson Virtuoso (guitar player and singer) - Sculpture, Room 21a
13 – 13.30 Tim Van Eyken (melodeon player and singer) - Main Steps, V&A
13.15 – 13.45 RCM presents Painting Music (Bring music to life through music!) - Raphael, Room 48a
13.30 – 14 The Classical & Fusion Indian Ensemble (Introduction to Indian instruments for families)- India, Room 41
13.30 – 14 Mestizo Duo (Latin music) - John Madejski Garden

2pm – 4pm
On Exhibition Road
14 – 14.40 Zoox (English traditional music) - V&A stage
14 – 15 Thai Music Circle (traditional Thai music) - Prince Consort stage
14.20 – 15 Brothers Bab (ska – reggae) - Museum Lane stage
14.15 – 15 Jas-musicals (Indian music) - Brompton Stoops stage
14.30 – 15 Imperial College Wind Band (classical) - Imperial College steps
15 – 15.30 Clog Dancing (English folk dance) - Brompton Stoops stage
15 – 15.30 Imperial College Sinfonietta – Folk Band (classical) - Imperial College steps
15.15 – 16 Jamie Abbott (jagged pop) - Prince Consort stage
15.20 – 16 Joan & The Shindig Addicts (pop rock) - Museum Lane stage
15.30 – 16.15 Chris (sitar) - Brompton Stoops stage
15.30 – 16.10 Ceilidh (traditional music and dance) - V&A stage

Goethe-Institut London
14 – 15 Ze Choir (classical) - Library
15 – 16 RCM presents Morris Lenson (classical) - Small Library

Institut français
14.30 – 15 David Carroll (folk chanson) - Language Centre Terrace
15 – 15.50 Taraf Transilvan (traditional Romanian music). Courtesy of the Romanian Cultural Institute - Courtyard
15.15 – 15.45 Vanessa & The O’s (pop rock chanson) - Language Centre Terrace

The Ismaili Centre
15 – 15.40 RCM Junior Music Department present Impact! with Cameron Sinclair (Middle-Eastern and African rhythms) - Centre Space

Serpentine Gallery/The Royal Parks stage
14 – 15 Carysfort Stories (jazz fusion music – theatre – Austria). Courtesy of the Austrian Embassy in London - Albert Memorial
15 – 16 Two Dollar Bash (blues/bluegrass – Germany/Scotland/France). Courtesy of the Institut français - Albert Memorial

Natural History Museum
14 –14.30 RCM presents Majestic Brass (classical) - Central Hall
14.30 – 15.10 Ismaili Community Ensemble (world spiritual) - Visions of Earth, Earth Galleries

V&A
14 – 14.40 Introduction to world instruments (family workshop) - Raphael, Room 48a
14 – 14.30 Katie Howson Trio (traditional East Anglian music) - Grand Entrance
14.30 – 15 Maypole dancing - John Madejski Garden
14.30 – 15 Players from the BBC Concert Orchestra and students from St. Clement Danes School (contemporary orchestral) - Lecture Theatre
14.30 – 15 ‘Silk and Bamboo’ SOAS introduction to Chinese instruments - China, Room 44
15 – 15.40 Bollywood dancing - Raphael, Room 48a
15 – 15.40 The Kakehashi Koto Ensemble (traditional Japanese music) - Japan, Room 47
15.15 – 15.40 RCM Junior Department Brass Ensemble - Main Steps, V&A
15.30 – 16 ‘Silk and Bamboo’ SOAS introduction to Chinese Instruments China, Room 44

4pm – 6pm
On Exhibition Road
16 – 18 Oniel Pryce (Caribbean dance workshop) - Music & Workshop area
16.20 – 17 Toy! Toy! (electro punk rock) - Museum Lane stage
16.15 – 17 Alani (folk soul) - Prince Consort stage
16.25 – 16.55 London Bulgarian Choir

V&A stage
17 – 17.40 Rad Orchestra (acoustic blues trance) - Prince Consort stage
17.10 – 18 RCM presents Bad Ass Brass! - V&A stage
17.15 – 17.45 Nabihah (sitar) - Brompton Stoops stage
17.20 – 18.15 Rebel Control (reggae) - Museum Lane stage
17.50 – 18.30 Attention! All Shipping (acoustic indie) - Prince Consort stage

Goethe-Institut London
16 – 17 RCM presents a Lieder Recital with baritone Jonathan Sells and pianist Zoe Zeniodi (classical) - Library
16 – 17 Mafi a Lights (indie rock) - Prince’s Gardens stage
16 – 16.30 Why Whiskey Why? (indie – folk) - Foyer
16.45 – 17.15 Little B (indie – folk) - Foyer
17 – 18 RCM presents The Gaubert Ensemble (classical) - Small Library
17 – 18 Lion Club (indie dance) - Prince’s Gardens stage
17.30 – 18 The Electrilickers (electro pop punk) - Foyer

Institut français
16 – 16.40 Ferenczi Gyorgi es a Rackajam (fusion folk blues). Courtesy of the Hungarian
Cultural Centre - Courtyard
16 – 16.45 Muntu Valdo (“sawa” blues world) - Language Centre terrace
17 – 18 Phoebe Killdeer & The Short Straws (alternative rock industrial) - Courtyard
17 – 17.30 Florence Joelle & Tornado Lou (jazz folk)- Language Centre terrace
17 – 17.45 RCM Junior Department Chamber Orchestra (classical) - Ciné lumière

The Ismaili Centre
16.30 – 17.10 Ismaili Community Ensemble (world spiritual) - Social Hall
Serpentine Gallery/The Royal Parks stage
16 – 17 Leon Somov feat. Jazzu (electronica - Lithuania). Courtesy of the Lithuanian Embassy in the UK - Albert Memorial
17 – 17.30 Eat your own ears DJs (electronica) - Albert Memorial
17.30 – 18 Owl Project (experimental) - Albert Memorial

Natural History Museum
16 – 16.30 RCM presents Mestizo Duo (Latin classical) - Lasting Impressions

V&A
16 – 16.40 True Heart Playback Theatre Co (music and storytelling) - India, Room 41
16.15 – 16.55 The Kakehashi Koto Ensemble (traditional Japanese music) - Japan, Room 47
17 – 17.30 Traditional English Harmony (singing with banjo)- Main Steps, V&A

6pm – 8pm
Goethe-Institut London
18 – 19 RCM presents Mestizo Duo (classical) - Small Library
18 – 19 Eliza Doolittle (pop) - Prince’s Gardens stage
18.15 – 19 Thom Stone (folk country) - Foyer
19 – 20 RCM presents Classico Latino (classical)- Small Library
19 – 20 Ratty Rat Rat (indie pop) - Prince’s Gardens stage
19 – 20 RCM presents Gracie Patton with Julian Jacobson and Friends (jazz) - Hugo’s

Institut français
18 – 19.30 DJ Vanessa O – “Allez Pop! Show” with 60’s French & YeYe 1 hour of Apéritif Ricard for free – first come first served - The Bistrot
18 – 19.15 Pauline Croze + Arthur H (nouvelle chanson) subject to capacity limitation - Ciné lumière
19.30 – 20.30 DJ Ludovic & David (French pop ‘n’ roll – Rockfort/Resonance FM) - The Bistrot

Serpentine Gallery/The Royal Parks stage
18 – 18.50 Four Tet DJs (electronica) - Albert Memorial
18.50 – 19.20 Florence and the Machine (folk – experimental) - Albert Memorial
19.20 – 19.40 Eat your own ears DJs (electronica) - Albert Memorial
19.40 – 20.30 Late of the Pier (indie – electro) - Albert Memorial

8pm onwards
Goethe-Institut London
20 – 22 MIA. (pop – electro – indie/Germany) - Prince’s Gardens stage
20 – 21 Michael L. Roberts (jazz) - Foyer
21 – 22 RCM Jazz Ensemble ‘Eyes Down’ with Mornington Lockett (jazz) - Hugo’s

Institut français
20 – 21 Bibi Tanga & Le Professeur Inlassable (world afrobeat) - Ciné lumière
20.30 – 22.30 MO DJ (electro African music) - The Bistrot
21.30 – 22.15 Amadou & Mariam (pop world) collect your free ticket at the box offi ce from 1pm on the day - Ciné lumière
22.30 – 23.30 Documentary “Bamako, meeting place” - Ciné lumière
22.30 – 00.00 The Shrine DJs (musical insurrection) - The Bistrot

Natural History Museum
21.30 – 23 British Sea Power (rock/indie) - Gallery 37

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