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Meltdown is an annual artist-curated festival held at the Southbank Centre in London. Each year, a musician of international standing is invited to programme a week of concerts, collaborations, and events across the complex's stages. The result takes…
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11 - 21 June, 2026
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Southbank Centre, London
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Small · 1k-5k
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1993, Running 33 years
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Evening concerts play out one hall at a time along the South Bank, in seated rooms that still get loud, while daytime has free events and workshops on the Riverside Terrace. The crowd spans every age.
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WHAT PEOPLE SAID
“Seated venues, surprisingly raucous energy”
“Crowd eclectic across generations”
“Genre-hopping, borderless Afro-diasporic feel”
“Free events genuinely open to all”
“Young London crowd front and centre”
Also serving as festival curator. Headline concert at Royal Festival Hall.
as Devonté Hynes Ensemble
as Shabaka & Friends
as Devonte Hynes Ensemble w/ Adam Tendler, Caecilie Trier and Tariq Al-Sabir
