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 2025 - The Great American Songbook and Beyond with Samara Joy Tickets
BBC Proms: The Great American Songbook and Beyond with Samara Joy
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 19 July 2025
Five-time Grammy winner Samara Joy makes her Proms debut with classic songs and unique twists on instrumental classics from across jazz and its fringes, backed up by the BBC Concert Orchestra and Miho Hazama...BBC Proms 2025 - Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand Tickets
BBC Proms 2025 - Vivaldi and Bach Tickets
BBC Proms: Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 20 July 2025
Nicholas McCarthy ? the world?s only professional one-handed concert pianist ? makes his Proms debut with Ravel?s Concerto for the Left Hand. Mark Wigglesworth and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra join him on stage...BBC Proms: Vivaldi and Bach
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 20 July 2025
In their Proms debut, French violinist Th?otime Langlois de Swarte and his ensemble Le Consort perform violin concertos by Vivaldi alongside works by Alison, Legrenzi, Marcello and Matteis Jr....Exhibition: The Ascension Years by Tee Max
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 20 July - Thursday 25 December 2025
A collection of rare photographs of hip hop and r&b icons, captured in the early 1990s by British photographer Tee Max....BBC Proms 2025 - Mahler's Seventh Tickets
BBC Proms: Mahler's Seventh
Royal Albert Hall, London
Monday 21 July 2025
Tenor soloist Allan Clayton gives the world premiere of Tom Coult?s Monologues for the Curious, while John Storg?rds and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra stalk the shifting musical landscapes of Mahler?s Seventh Symphony...BBC Proms 2025 - Berlioz's ‘Symphonie fantastique' Tickets
BBC Proms: Berlioz's ‘Symphonie fantastique'
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 22 July 2025
Anja Bihlmaier and the BBC Philharmonic give the world premiere of Mark Simpson?s ZEBRA between performances of two iconic 19th-century tone-poems: Richard Strauss?s Death and Transfiguration and Berlioz?s Symphonie fantastique...BBC Proms 2025 - Boulez and Berio - 20th-Century Giants Tickets
BBC Proms 2025 - French Night with the Orchestre National de France Tickets
BBC Proms: Boulez and Berio - 20th-Century Giants
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 23 July 2025
The Ensemble intercontemporain celebrates 100 years since the birth of two 20th-century modernist icons, performing Pierre Boulez?s Dialogue de l?ombre double alongside the Luciano Berio?s Recital I and Sequenza V...BBC Proms: French Night with the Orchestre National de France
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 23 July 2025
American violinist Randall Goosby makes his Proms debut with the Orchestre National de France performing Joseph Bologne?s graceful Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 8, and Chausson?s passionate musical love letter, the Po?me...
BBC Proms 2025 - Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto Tickets
BBC Proms: Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 24 July 2025
Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra join soloist Augustin Hadelich for Mendelssohn?s vivacious, melody-filled Violin Concerto. We also hear Stravinsky?s The Song of the Nightingale and Strauss?s tone-poem ...BBC Proms 2025 - Beethoven's Fifth Tickets
BBC Proms: Beethoven's Fifth
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 25 July 2025
Maxim Emelyanychev and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform Saint-Sa?ns?s ?Egyptian? Piano Concerto with Alexandre Kantorow, plus Beethoven?s Fifth Symphony and selections from Rameau?s ballet Les Indes galantes....BBC Proms 2025 - The Traitors Tickets
BBC Proms: The Traitors
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 26 July 2025
A spine-tingling celebration of musical treachery! Claudia Winkleman is our host as we explore this worldwide television phenomenon, with its tense and haunting sound-world. ...BBC Proms 2025 - Mozart and Bruckner Tickets
BBC Proms: Mozart and Bruckner
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 27 July 2025
Ryan Wigglesworth?s and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra join forces with with Georgian pianist Mariam Batsashvili for Mozart?s stormy Piano Concerto No. 20, followed by Bruckner?s musical memorial to Richard Wagner, his Symphony No. 7...BBC Proms 2025 - Beethoven and Birtwistle Tickets
BBC Proms: Beethoven and Birtwistle
Royal Albert Hall, London
Monday 28 July 2025
Harrison Birtwistle?s monumental Earth Dances returns to the Proms for the first time this century, paired with Beethoven?s Symphony No. 3, the ?Eroica?...BBC Proms 2025 - Arooj Aftab and Ibrahim Maalouf Tickets
BBC Proms: Arooj Aftab and Ibrahim Maalouf
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 29 July 2025
Grammy-winning, Pakistani-American artist Arooj Aftab collaborates with Jules Buckley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra to reinvent her distinctive sound on a symphonic scale....BBC Proms 2025 - Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto Tickets
BBC Proms: Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 30 July 2025
Rachmaninov?s Piano Concerto No. 2, featuring Ukraine-born soloist Vadym Kholodenko, meets Lutos?awski?s folk-inspired Concerto for Orchestra in this Prom from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Tadaaki Otaka...BBC Proms 2025 - Arvo Pärt at 90 Tickets
BBC Proms 2025 - Rachmaninov and Copland Tickets
BBC Proms: Arvo Pärt at 90
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 31 July 2025
Celebrate the 90th birthday of Arvo P?rt, ?the father of Holy Minimalism?, with a Late-Night Prom from acclaimed P?rt interpreters T?nu Kaljuste and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir...BBC Proms: Rachmaninov and Copland
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 31 July 2025
Rachmaninov?s Piano Concerto No. 2, featuring Ukraine-born soloist Vadym Kholodenko, meets Lutos?awski?s folk-inspired Concerto for Orchestra in this Prom from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Tadaaki Otaka....BBC Proms 2025 - Yunchan Lim Plays Rachmaninov Tickets
BBC Proms: Yunchan Lim Plays Rachmaninov
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 1 August 2025
Pianist and global phenomenon Yunchan Lim returns to the Proms to perform Rachmaninov?s final piano concerto with Kazuki Yamada and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Berio?s iconic Sinfonia closes the concert...BBC Proms 2025 - Mahler's ‘Resurrection' Symphony Tickets
BBC Proms 2025 - Viennese Whirl Tickets
BBC Proms: Mahler's ‘Resurrection' Symphony
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 2 August 2025
The Hall??s new Principal Conductor Kahchun Wong directs his Manchester-based forces for Mahler?s ?Resurrection? Symphony, featuring Norwegian soprano Mari Eriksmoen and American mezzo-soprano Emily D?Angelo as soloists...BBC Proms: Viennese Whirl
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 2 August 2025
Marking 200 years since the birth of ?Waltz King? Johann Strauss II, Anna-Maria Helsing and the BBC Concert Orchestra celebrate the opulence and enchantment of Vienna?s Golden ...BBC Proms 2025 - Soul Revolution Tickets
BBC Proms: Soul Revolution
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 3 August 2025
With guest vocalists, a gospel choir and renowned Radio 2 presenter Trevor Nelson, the BBC Concert Orchestra and Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser trace a path from spirituals through gospel to soul...BBC Proms 2025 - Mahler and Boulez Tickets
BBC Proms: Mahler and Boulez
Royal Albert Hall, London
Monday 4 August 2025
The sonic scope of Mahler?s Das klagende Lied meets its match in the musical spectacle of Pierre Boulez?s ?majestic processional? Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Hannu Lintu...BBC Proms 2025 - Great British Classics Tickets
BBC Proms: Great British Classics
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 5 August 2025
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Nil Venditti celebrate Britain?s land- and sea-scapes with works including Vaughan Williams?s The Lark Ascending and Britten?s Four Sea Interludes from ?Peter Grimes?....
Amity
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 6 August 2025
Multi-award-winning artist and Future Makers-winner Amity makes his Elgar Room debut....BBC Proms 2025 - Beethoven and Bartók from Budapest Tickets
BBC Proms: Beethoven and Bartók from Budapest
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 6 August 2025
Iv?n Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra bring Hungary?s greatest opera, Duke Bluebeard?s Castle, to the Royal Albert Hall, heard alongside with Beethoven?s ebullient Symphony No. 7...BBC Proms 2025 - Dvořák's ‘New World' Symphony Tickets
BBC Proms: Dvořák's ‘New World' Symphony
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 7 August 2025
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra presents a musical postcard from America, performing Dvo??k?s ?New World? Symphony, Jennifer Higdon?s Blue Cathedral and Arturo M?rquez?s Concierto de oto?o....BBC Proms 2025 - From Dark Till Dawn Tickets
BBC Proms 2025 - Rachmaninov's ‘Paganini' Variations Tickets
BBC Proms: From Dark Till Dawn
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 8 August 2025
Experience the Royal Albert Hall at its most magical and intimate: Anna Lapwood joins cellist Anastasia Kobekina, pianist Hayato Sumino and Norwegian ensemble Barokksolistene for this all-night Prom...BBC Proms: Rachmaninov's ‘Paganini' Variations
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 8 August 2025
Josep Pons conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the last of Bart?k?s ?grotesque pantomime? The Miraculous Mandarin, and Italian pianist Beatrice Rana is soloist in Rachmaninov?s thrilling Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini....BBC Proms 2025 - The Planets and Star Wars Tickets
BBC Proms: The Planets and Star Wars
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 9 August 2025
Britain?s most talented teenagers present a concert of intergalactic musical giants: the National Youth Orchestra and Dalia Stasevska perform Holst?s The Planets alongside music from John Williams?s mighty Star Wars soundtracks....BBC Proms 2025 - Edward Gardner Conducts the LPO Tickets
BBC Proms 2025 - Relaxed Prom - The Planets Tickets
BBC Proms: Edward Gardner Conducts the LPO
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 10 August 2025
Edward Gardner conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a programme of 20th-century orchestral sound-pictures, including Debussy?s La mer, Sibelius?s The Oceanides and Ravel?s song-cycle Sh?h?razade....BBC Proms: Relaxed Prom - The Planets
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 10 August 2025
A chance to hear some of the music of last night?s Prom ? including excerpts from Holst?s awe-inspiring The Planets and music from John Williams?s mighty Star Wars soundtracks ? in a more relaxed and family-friendly environment....
How to get to the Royal Albert Hall, London
Royal Albert Hall Frequently Asked Questions
Kensignton Gore, London, SW7 2AP
Car parking is available in Imperial College for evening performances via Exhibition Road.
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Tube - South Kensington and High Street Kensington
Bus - Kensington Gore, Queen's Gate, Prince Consort Road
The seating capacity of the Royal Albert Hall is 5272.
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