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Classical music, rock, pop and jazz, sporting events, galas, banquets and balls and the world-famous Proms series all take place within the Royal Albert Hall's iconic oval walls. One of London's most versatile venues, it is a favourite of performers from Jose Carreras to Kylie Minogue. The Hall also plays host to the Seniors' tennis circuit. The likes of Becker and McEnroe can be seen bouncing balls off the famous mushrooms on the ceiling. The brainchild of Prince Albert, inspired by the success of the Great Exhibition, the hall first opened in 1871, ten years after the Prince's death. Heavily influenced by ancient amphitheatres and notions of the 'Empire and the arts, the oval structure's terracotta walls are decorated on the outside with a frieze dedicated to "The Triumph of Arts and Sciences". Gas lighting, poor acoustics and old pipe organs have been replaced over the years and the awe-inspiring venue now exists as a testimony to both the architectural and aesthetic achievements of the past and the technological developments of the present - it now features the largest pipe organ in the British Isles. A Grade I listed building, the hall has a capacity of over 5000 and is most consistently packed out during the summer when the Promenade concerts take over. First held here in 1941 when their original venue - the Queen's Hall - was bombed, the Proms remain fantastically popular.
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Roger HodgsonRoger HodgsonThe legendary songwriter and vocalist Roger Hodgson - the former frontman of 80s progressive rock outfit Supertramp - performs both solo work and some classic Supertramp hits such as Dreamer, Breakfast in America, The Logical Song and It's Raining Again.25th May 2013Saturday 25th May 2013
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event > Concerts > Rock & Pop - Rock
DATES Saturday 25th May 2013
The legendary songwriter and vocalist Roger Hodgson - the former frontman of 80s progressive rock outfit Supertramp - performs both solo work and some classic Supertramp hits such as Dreamer, Breakfast in America, The Logical Song and It's Raining Again.... More about this event
Mark KnopflerMark KnopflerOne of Britain's biggest exports returns to the prestigious venue for six special nights to promote his latest album Privateering ("a warm, authentic and durable record" - The Telegraph). The former Dire Straits frontman is hailed as one of the greatest guitarists of all time and has sold in excess of 120 million albums. At these eagerly anticipate27th May 2013Saturday 1st June 2013
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event > Concerts > Rock & Pop - Rock
DATES 27th May to 1st Jun 2013
One of Britain's biggest exports returns to the prestigious venue for six special nights to promote his latest album Privateering ("a warm, authentic and durable record" - The Telegraph). The former Dire Straits frontman is hailed as one of the greatest guitarists of all time and has sold in excess of 120 million albums. At these eagerly anticipate... More about this event
event > Kids Events
DATES Tuesday 28th May 2013 at 12noon and 2.30pm
A family concert with a regal theme.
event > Exhibitions > Lifestyle - Workshops
DATES Tuesday 28th and Thursday 30th May 2013 at 10am and 1pm
Hands-on storytelling and art activities about the hall's creation and history.
event > Exhibitions > Art exhibitions - Illustration & Drawing | PRICING Free
DATES 29th May to 1st July 2013
Contemporary drawings and graphic design by the illustrator who gained international recognition for his portrait of singer Rihanna.
event > Leisure
DATES Sunday 2nd June 2013 - 2.30pm
Pianist and musical director Jonathan Cohen leads singers Alison Jiear, Tim Howar, The London Concert Chorus and The London Concert Orchestra in performing a varied programme of classic songs.
event > Concerts > Classical
DATES Sunday 2nd June 2013 - 7.30pm
Anthony Inglis conducts Handel's Zadok The Priest, Music For The Royal Fireworks and Hallelujah Chorus, Holst's Jupiter, Williams's Fantastia On Greensleeves, Butterworth's Banks Of Green Willow, Elgar's Nimrod and Cello Concerto, plus Walton's Crown Imperial and some patriotic songs, with Julian Lloyd-Webber, cello and Ruth Jenkins, soprano.
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Swan Lake on Ice Royal Albert Hall, SW7 2AP 18th May 2012 - 21st May 2012 The dark and romantic 1895 Tchaikovsky ballet will be revived in London...
West Side Story Royal Albert Hall, SW7 2AP 22nd June 2012 - 25th June 2012 Fifty years after the release of the iconic musical West Side Story the...
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60 Hyde Park Gate, SW7 | 6 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
You can really tell the Italian influence on this London branch of the Roman boutique hotel group. Not only is it located a short step from ...More
London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel Deluxe Double Rooms: 19% off from £168
54 Queen's Gate, SW7 | 7 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
Located at 54 Queen's Gate, this traditional Edwardian townhouse hotel is well positioned, within five minutes' walk of both Gloucester Road and South Kensington Tube stations ...More
London > Hotels > Luxury Chain Hotel Double Rooms: 10% off from £285
1 Kensington Court, W8 | 8 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
'Luxury' best sums up these rooms and apartments overlooking Kensington Palace and Gardens in one of London's most coveted positions. Apartments come with fireplaces, en-suite marble ...More
London > Entertainment > Classical Music
Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
The Royal College of Music is the school where Gustav Hoilst, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Benjamin Britten, James Galway, Joan Sutherland and Ralph Vaughan Williams learnt their ...More
London > Entertainment > Classical Music
5 Sloane Terrace, Belgravia, London SW1X | 19 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
Cadogan Hall opened its doors on 18th June 2004 with a surprising lack of fanfare. The former Church of Christ Scientist is now the home of ...More
London > Entertainment > Classical Music
36 Wigmore Street, Marylebone, London W1U | 32 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
Built by the Bechstein piano company in 1901, this grandiose concert hall is regarded by many as London's best venue for chamber and solo performances. Wigmore ...More
London > Entertainment > Cinemas
Exhibition Road, Knightsbridge, South Kensington, London SW7 | 5 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
The huge IMAX screen - ten times bigger than the average screen - at the Science Museum is one of the few places in London where ...More
London > Entertainment > Cinemas
Institut Francais Cultural Centre, 17 Queensberry Place, South Kensington, London SW7 | 9 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
The Cine Lumiere is a shining beacon for all fans of European and World cinema. Attached to the Institut Francais, its programme is varied and intelligent, ...More
London > Entertainment > Cinemas
103 Notting Hill Gate, Kensington, London W11 | 20 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
Originally built in 1898 as a theatre, Notting Hill's Coronet is now the place to go for a good, old-fashioned cinema experience. The dcor harks back ...More
London > Events > Comedy Dates: 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th Apr 2014
Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 | Same location as Royal Albert Hall
Having been busy informing the nation of his Good News, Russell Howard hasn't been on a tour for three years. However, he's now ...More
London > Events > Concerts Dates: Friday 24th May 2013 - 12noon
Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 | Same location as Royal Albert Hall
Latin and jazz by the guitarist with his accompanying musicians....More
London > Events > Kids Events Dates: Friday 24th May 2013 - 6.30pm-9.30pm
Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 | 7 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
Stories of Diaspora, dance, spoken word and a gallery tour....More
Sights and Attractions near Royal Albert Hall
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 | 1 minute from Royal Albert Hall
The Royal College of Art has a lively programme of exhibitions featuring the work of its postgraduate students. In a further bid to promote artistic excellence ...More
London > Attractions > Sights
Kensington Gardens, 27 Princes Square, South Kensington, London W2 | 2 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
This 180ft Victorian bronze gilt statue in Kensington Gardens is a tribute to Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, and was erected following his death through typhoid ...More
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
1 Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 | 2 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
For the past two centuries this old-fashioned 'learned society' has sent explorers and adventurers all over the world. Famous names from Mungo Park to ...More
London > Shopping > Children's Gifts and Toys
15 Victoria Grove, Kensington, London W8 | 7 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
Don’t let the name put you off. It’s an incredibly pretty shop in one of the more sweet-smelling parts of London. Famous for their ...More
London > Shopping > Delicatessens
24-25 Cromwell Place, South Kensington, London SW7 | 9 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
In true French style, this chic cheese shop piles its wares high and stinking, with no fridges, or glass barriers to stop customers getting in for ...More
London > Shopping > House and Garden
242 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, London SW3 | 9 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
A knack for knowing what people want - and retailing it in an appealing way - is clearly in the Conran blood. Priscilla Carluccio - wife ...More
London > Education > Universities and Colleges
Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 | 1 minute from Royal Albert Hall
This is one of London's most prestigious art colleges and the world's only wholly postgraduate university of art and design. You will need at least a ...More
London > Education > Evening Classes
165 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, South Kensington, London SW7 | 6 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
There are plenty of initiatives trying to get kids involved in science, but the Dana Centre, an extension of the Science Museum, is the first one ...More
London > Education > Evening Classes
23 Kensington Square, Kensington, London W8 | 11 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
Evening and weekend classes in life drawing and painting, taught by tutors from the Slade School of Fine Art and the Royal Society of British Sculptors. ...More
Leisure near Royal Albert Hall
London > Leisure > Activities
Perks Field, Kensington Palace, Kensington, London W8 | 10 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
An excellent members archery club that shoots in the grounds of Kensington Palace in summer and in Pimlico in winter. Archery is a totally satisfying sport, ...More
London > Leisure > Parks and Gardens
Princes Square, Bayswater, London W2 | 10 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
Technically two different parks, Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens are in practical and historical terms one huge, merging expanse. Almost every kind of outdoor pursuit takes ...More
London > Leisure > Health and Beauty
63-81 Pelham Street, South Kensington, London SW7 | 12 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
Downstairs from LA Fitness (keep going past the people who look like they're about to die on the running machines) you'll find G-Spa. A world away ...More
London > Restaurants > Gastropub
35 Walton Street, South Kensington, , Knightsbridge, London SW3 | 13 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
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London > Restaurants > Gastropub
17 Mossop Street, Knightsbridge, London SW3 | 14 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
Affectionately referred to as "the Cod", this Knightsbridge boozer-come-gastropub has acquired a reputation for serving high quality, modern food in no-fuss, sleek surroundings. If you do ...More
London > Restaurants > Gastropub
148 Old Brompton Road, South Kensington, SW5 | 14 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
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Nightlife near Royal Albert Hall
London > Nightlife > Nightclubs
99 Kensington High Street, Kensington, London W8 | 12 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
Richard Branson's rooftop restaurant-come-nightclub at Kensington Roof Gardens is a favourite with the glam girls of Kensington, who can be seen at all hours sipping cocktails ...More
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London > Business > Venue Hire
Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 | Same location as Royal Albert Hall
Can accomodate for up to 5200 people....More
London > Business > Venue Hire
South Kensington Campus, SW7 | 1 minute from Royal Albert Hall
One of London's largest academic venues, the Imperial College London has a portfolio of more than 200 meeting and seminar rooms. Its largest conference room, The ...More
London > Business > Venue Hire
1 Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 | 2 minutes from Royal Albert Hall
Conference facilities can accomodate for up to 1034 people....More
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What's On Today Near Royal Albert Hall Peter Michaels Trio Concerts | On 24th May 2013 Latin and jazz by the guitarist with his accompanying musicians....More  More At The Hall Summer Series Concerts | Until 11th August 2013 From jazz in the Café Consort to comedy and classical concerts in the Elgar Room, the Royal Albert Hall's More ...More RCM Singers Concerts | On 24th May 2013 Royal College of Music 3 minutes walk from Royal Albert Hall Soprano Janis Kelly performs Poulenc's La Dame De Monte-Carlo in French....More Shackleton's Man Goes South Exhibitions | Until 25th April 2014 Science Museum 5 minutes walk from Royal Albert Hall A small, free exhibition on the second floor of the Science Museum, the year-long Shackleton's Man Goes South is named ...More  Codebreaker: Alan Turing's Life And Legacy Exhibitions | Until 30th June 2013 Science Museum 5 minutes walk from Royal Albert Hall Photographs and objects celebrating the centenary of the British computing hero Alan Turing, the Science Museum shows that there's more ...More  Science Night Kids Events | Until 7th December 2013 Science Museum 5 minutes walk from Royal Albert Hall Ideal for children aged 7-13, Science Night invites youngsters to sleep over at the Science Museum where they can experience ...More Flight Gallery Tour Tours | Until 30th May 2013 Science Museum 5 minutes walk from Royal Albert Hall The history of flight....More  Salgado's Genesis Exhibitions | Until 8th September 2013 Natural History Museum 6 minutes walk from Royal Albert Hall The culmination of eight years' work exploring 32 countries, the world premiere of Sebastiao Salgado's Genesis unveils 250 extraordinary images ...More Sensational Butterflies Exhibitions | Until 15th September 2013 Natural History Museum 6 minutes walk from Royal Albert Hall Butterflies flutter about freely in the Natural History Museum's popular Sensational Butterflies exhibition which returns to the east lawn from ...More  Extinction: not the end of the world? Exhibitions | Until 8th September 2013 Natural History Museum 6 minutes walk from Royal Albert Hall Ninety-nine per cent of all species to have graced the Earth are extinct - does that mean we are fighting ...More London 2013 The AnnualThe best London events, openings, anniversaries & experiences for 2013, from LondonTown.com Book £10 Tablet FREE 
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