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 - Sibelius's Second
Auditorium
Tuesday 28 July 2026
Fifty years since Benjamin Britten's death, former BBC Young Musician winner Guy Johnston brings the composer's Cello Symphony to the Proms. Originally written for Mstislav Rostropovich, it's the composer at his most intense: a tour de...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
Auditorium
Wednesday 29 July 2026
Two contemporary works open this concert by Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: the world premiere of The World's Wife by Brett Dean - setting words by Carol Ann Duffy - and Judith Weir's Moon and Star - c...BBC Proms - Korngold's Violin Concerto
Auditorium
Thursday 30 July 2026
A symphony 'on the greatness of the human soul' and a cinematic concerto collide in a concert of widescreen orchestral soundscapes. 'Utterly captivating' violinist Alena Baeva is the soloist in Korngold's Violin Concerto - a work imbue...BBC Proms - Bruch's Violin Concerto
Auditorium
Friday 31 July 2026
Omer Meir Wellber, a former Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, conducts one of Europe's leading orchestras, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Haydn's Symphony No. 44, written at the height of his fame in Europe - embodies the braci...BBC Proms - Mahler's First by Heart
Auditorium
Saturday 1 - Sunday 2 August 2026
All the floodgates within me have opened ... my whole being points me towards this symphony.' Proms favourites Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra are back to lift the bonnet on another symphonic masterwork with two performances. F...BBC Proms 2026 - Mahler's First by Heart Tickets
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 1 - Sunday 2 August 2026
BBC Proms at London Royal Albert Hall...BBC Proms - Kavakos Plays Tchaikovsky
Auditorium
Sunday 2 August 2026
'Impeccable' Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos joins Paavo Jarvi and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for one of the great Romantic concertos. Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto is a deeply personal work, laden with the emotions of a failed ma...BBC Proms 2026 - Rachmaninov's ‘Paganini' Variations Tickets
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 2026 - Dvořák and Mendelssohn Tickets
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 2026 - Rachmaninov's Second Tickets
BBC Proms 2026 - Under African Skies - The Songs of Graceland Tickets
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 2026 - Elder Conducts Weber's ‘Oberon' Tickets
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 2026 - Rossini's ‘Stabat mater' Tickets
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 2026 - Berlioz's ‘Symphonie fantastique' Tickets
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 2026 - Relaxed Prom Tickets
BBC Proms 2026 - The OAE Plays Mozart and Haydn Tickets
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 2026 - Salonen Conducts 20th-Century Classics Tickets
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 2026 - Dudamel and the LA Phil - Beethoven and Adès Tickets
BBC Proms 2026 - Evelyn Glennie and the Fantasia Orchestra Tickets
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 2026 - Dudamel and the LA Phil - Beethoven and Ortiz Tickets
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 2026 - Gershwin's Piano Concerto Tickets
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 2026 - Marvin Gaye - Prince of Soul Tickets
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 2026 - Pappano Conducts Berlioz's ‘Requiem' Tickets
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 2026 - Elgar's Cello Concerto Tickets
BBC Proms 2026 - Swedish Chamber Orchestra - Beethoven and Baroque Tickets
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 2026 - Copland and Stravinsky Tickets
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 2026 - Shostakovich's Tenth Tickets
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 2026 - ‘Ariadne auf Naxos' from Glyndebourne Tickets
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 2026 - Miles Davis Centenary Tickets
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 2026 - Mahler's ‘Song of the Earth' Tickets
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 2026 - Chineke Orchestra with Angel Blue Tickets
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 2026 - Capuçon Plays Dvořák's Cello Concerto Tickets
BBC Proms 2026 - Mozart's ‘Haffner' Symphony Tickets
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....How to get to the Royal Albert Hall, London
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