What’s on

Sun 28 Nov 2021

Africa’s first female Griot Kora virtuoso and singer, Sona Jobarteh creates a fine blend of traditional music, blues and Afropop.

Sat 4 Dec 2021, 20:00

Producer, pianist and bandleader Alfa Mist takes us on a sonic journey that melds beat-making with jazz composition.

Fri 10 –Fri 24 Dec 2021

Christmas as calamity! Holiday traditions are turned riotously on their head by the inimitable Taylor Mac, who manifests a joyous community spirit to celebrate the season in all of its dysfunction.

Sun 12 Dec 2021, 13:00

Let's come together and celebrate the end of the year with a variety of workshops and a roller skating party across Level G. 

Sun 12 Dec 2021, 20:00

Boiler Room curates an evening of contemporary UK live music with performances by six rising stars, streamed from the Barbican Hall.

Sat 15 Jan 2022, 18:00

The endlessly inventive London Contemporary Orchestra perform one of their biggest live undertakings to date: a continuous 24 hour concert.

Thu 20 Jan 2022, 19:30

Global music quartet DakhaBrakha perform Ukrainian folk music with an air of theatricality.

Fri 21 Jan 2022, 20:00

Thirty-five years after the release of Paul Simon's iconic Graceland, the London African Gospel Choir perform an astounding rendition.

Sat 22 Jan 2022, 19:30

Two musicians inspired by traditional music of the region, perform an invigorating improvised collaboration in a concert to raise awareness and funds for the Afghanistan crisis.

Sat 29 Jan 2022, 19:30

Maria Schneider returns to the Barbican with her eighteen-piece jazz orchestra, performing their new album, the Pulitzer Prize Finalist Data Lords – a rallying cry against Big Data.