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.
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What's On at the Royal Albert Hall, London
Off Menu - Live
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 14 - Monday 16 March 2026
Ed Gamble and James Acaster are taking the Dream Restaurant on the road for the first ever live tour of their smash-hit podcast, Off Menu. Join the genie waiter and maitre d' as they quiz a guest about their dream cuisine - their favourite ...Off Menu Live: The Tasting Menus
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 14 - Monday 16 March 2026
Ed Gamble and James Acaster bring their award-winning podcast, Off Menu, to the Hall for a limited run....Exhibition: Gemini and Mercury Remastered
Royal Albert Hall, London
Monday 16 March 2026
A stunning visual odyssey that brings to life the pivotal, intimate moments from the very dawn of human space exploration....Royal Philharmonic Orchestra presents Vasily Petrenko: Mahler 6 London Tickets
Mountbatten Festival of Music Tickets
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 20 March 2026
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Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 21 March 2026
The Mountbatten Festival of Music returns, featuring the Massed Bands of His Majesty?s Royal Marines, performing over two nights at the Hall ...Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 22 March 2026
 Popular legendary Qawwal & Playback singer, Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan returns to the UK. The Pakistani maestro quotes, "UK is my second home and the love I get from my audiences is very special". This time I have prepared for a unique ...
Elbow
Royal Albert Hall, London
Monday 23 March 2026
Elbow are an English rock band formed in Bury, Greater Manchester, in 1997. The band consists of Guy Garvey, Craig Potter, Mark Potter and Pete Turner. They have played together since 1990, adopting the name Elbow in 1997Having built a dese...
Mogwai
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 25 March 2026
The Mercury Prize Nominated, UK. No. 1 charting, Scottish avant-rockers Mogwai continue to please old fans and gain new as they offer something for everyone. Transcendent and surprising, sweetly melancholic or engulfed by a swell of fulsome...Manic Street Preachers
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 26 March 2026
If ever a band seemed unlikely to become respected elder statesmen of alt rock, it's the Manics. When the Welsh quartet surfaced in the late '80s, they seemed more likely to quickly implode, especially with their promise to split up after o...My Bloody Valentine
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 27 March 2026
Shattering the boundaries of genre and convention, Dublin shoegaze pioneers my bloody valentine emerged in the 1980s with a sound that felt like nothing before it. After a series of more typically indie releases, they pursued a far more si...Garbage
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 28 March 2026
Described by TIME Magazine as "gloomy and sexual yet lively and introspective", Wisconsin electro-rockers Garbage have sold over 17 million albums worldwide since 1995, scoring the UK Top 10 hits "Stupid Girl", "Why Do You Love Me", "Push...Wolf Alice
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 29 March 2026
Delivering a supremely confident collection of songs bursting with ambition, ideas and emotion, North London rockers Wolf Alice started out as a folky two-piece formed by guitarist Joff Oddie and singer Ellie Rowsell in 2010. Equal parts...
Stornoway
Royal Albert Hall, London
Monday 30 March 2026
On listening to Oxford indie folk band Stornoway - now reunited after a six year hiatus - the yearning for adventure and the freedom of the coast and wild places is palpable. As is true of classic songwriting partnerships, lyricist Brian Br...Stornoway London Tickets
Ichiko Aoba
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 31 March 2026
 To listen to Ichiko Aoba is to be drawn into a world as intimate as a warmly lit home but cosmic in scale. The Japanese singer, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist has successfully brought a dedicated online fanbase to intern...Vir Das London Tickets
Vir Das: Hey Stranger
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 1 April 2026
Comedian and Actor Vir Das has emerged as one of the most beloved voices in comedy worldwide with The New York Times gushing "No artist embodies the globalization of stand-up like Vir Das." His fourth and most recent Netflix comedy special ...Basement Jaxx
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 2 April 2026
London electronic duo Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe first rose to popularity in the underground house scene of the mid-1990s, but would go on to find international chart success with the singles "Red Alert", "Romeo", "Rendez-Vu", and "W...Messiah on Good Friday - 150th Year
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 3 April 2026
A landmark concert marking 150 years of the Royal Choral Society?s Good Friday performances of Handel?s Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall. ...Interstellar Live in Concert London Tickets
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 4 - Sunday 5 April 2026
Interstellar Live in Concert at London Royal Albert Hall...Interstellar Live in Concert Tickets
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 4 - Sunday 5 April 2026
Interstellar Live in Concert at London Royal Albert Hall...Interstellar Live (12A)
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 5 April 2026
Christopher Nolan?s sci-fi epic is back on the big screen, with Hans Zimmer?s score performed live by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and organist Roger Sayer....
Max Cooper
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 7 April 2026
An epic, operatic, ambitious amalgamation between audio-visual show and IDM music, London-based Belfast producer Max Cooper's full A/V live show has been described as a marriage between the cosmic awe of a Carl Sagan film and the musical wo...Belle & Sebastian
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 8 - Thursday 9 April 2026
What began as a government-funded recording project by a group of Glasgow shut-ins with no aspirations beyond getting a few songs recorded grew into one of the world's most lasting and beloved indie pop bands. Initially inspired by the inst...
Classic FM Live at the Movies
Royal Albert Hall, London
Monday 20 April 2026
Classic FM Live returns for a spectacular concert celebrating the world's greatest film music! The first ever Classic FM Live at the Movies with Viking follows the launch of the new sister station Classic FM Movies, which plays the world's ...Tori Amos
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 21 April 2026
 Hugely influential North Carolina singer/songwriter Tori Amos mixes the raw honesty of Joni Mitchell with the haunting atmospherics of Kate Bush. A piano prodigy, Tori Amos signed to Atlantic Records as a teenager, releasing her debut al...Jack Savoretti
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 23 April - Wednesday 27 May 2026
 Born in the UK as Giovanni Edgar Charles Galletto-Savoretti, the English-Italian solo artist who goes by Jack Savoretti grew up trekking all over the world. After spending much of his childhood in London, his family moved to the Swiss ci...A.R. Rahman x Rushil Ranjan London Tickets
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 24 - Sunday 26 April 2026
A.R. Rahman at London Royal Albert Hall...AR Rahman x Rushil Ranjan
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 25 - Sunday 26 April 2026
Making his momentous and long-awaited Hall debut, the legendary AR Rahman will be in collaboration with pioneering composer and Royal Albert Hall Associate Artist Rushil Ranjan. ...Ludovico Einaudi
Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 28 - Wednesday 29 April 2026
Ludovico Einaudi is a pianist and alternative classical musician from Turin, Piedmont who has composed the scores for a number of films and television productions, including This Is England, The Intouchables, I'm Still Here, the TV miniseri...The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in Concert London Tickets
Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 30 April - Saturday 9 May 2026
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Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 30 April - Saturday 9 May 2026
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in Concert at London Royal Albert Hall...The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in Concert Tickets
Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 1 - Sunday 10 May 2026
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in Concert at London Royal Albert Hall...The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in Concert Tickets
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 3 - Sunday 10 May 2026
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in Concert at London Royal Albert Hall...Joe Bonamassa
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 6 - Thursday 7 May 2026
One of the world's greatest guitar players, New York's blues rock titan Joe Bonamassa started his career when he opened for B.B. King, aged just 12 years. He has gone on to score numerous UK Top 10 albums, earned three Grammy Awards nomin...Joe Bonamassa London Tickets
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 6 - Thursday 7 May 2026
Joe Bonamassa at London Royal Albert Hall...Sir David Attenborough Tickets
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in Concert
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 9 May 2026
Embark on an unforgettable journey to Middle-earth at The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in Concert....The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in Concert (PG)
Royal Albert Hall, London
Saturday 9 May 2026
Embark on an unforgettable journey to Middle-earth at The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in Concert....The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in Concert
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 10 May 2026
Embark on an unforgettable journey to Middle-earth at The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in Concert....The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in Concert (12A)
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 10 May 2026
Embark on an unforgettable journey to Middle-earth at The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in Concert....The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in Concert
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 10 May 2026
Join the fellowship as the quest to Mordor continues at The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in Concert....The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in Concert (12A)
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday 10 May 2026
Join the fellowship as the quest to Mordor continues at The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in Concert....Royal Philharmonic Orchestra presents Vasily Petrenko: Mahler x Korngold London Tickets
Paul Simon
Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 13 - Thursday 14 May 2026
Experience an unforgettable evening with legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon as he brings his critically acclaimed A Quiet Celebration Tour to Europe. Following a triumphant, sold-out run across the United States, this intimate concert s...How to get to the Royal Albert Hall, London
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Kensignton Gore, London, SW7 2AP
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