{"title": "Conversation and performance: Voices of democracy", "start": "2026-11-04T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T20:30:00Z", "place": "Westminster Abbey", "address": "Dean's Yard 20, SW1P 3PA London", "price": "Free (booking required)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conversation-and-performance-voices-of-democracy-tickets-1990646530359", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["music/classical/choral", "history/democracy"], "description": "An immersive evening of music, readings, and discussion about how individual voices have shaped the long story of democracy in the UK. It is hosted by Westminster Abbey Institute as part of its programme The Long Story of Democracy. Chaired by Josie Rourke, it features a panel including Professor Janina Ramirez, music from St Margaret's Choristers and Consort, and performances by Paul Chahidi and Miranda Raison. 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The orchestra was founded in 1971 by Richard Hickox, and the evening features Alexandra Wood, CLS Creative Director and Leader, with projection design by visual artist Majid Adin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/city-of-london-sinfonia-these-memories-may-be-true-40343/", "official_url": "https://wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/city-of-london-sinfonia-these-memories-may-be-true/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3c928c52d2c79db515bf1118b6cba39d2f5366d85b79017f2b3e131976c57fcd-1200.webp"}, {"title": "St Martin-in-the-Fields 300th Anniversary Concert", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Martin-in-the-Fields", "address": "St Martin's Place 5, WC2N 4JH London", "price": "£10, £25, £35, £45, £65, £75", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "75.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/booking?event-id=52386&instances-id=484203", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/choral", "occasion/anniversary"], "description": "A concert celebrating the 300th anniversary of the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, described as the nation's parish church, completed in 1726. It is compered by Clive Myrie and features the church's own choir St Martin's Voices together with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, soprano Danielle de Niese and trumpeter Aaron Azunda Akugbo, plus musicians from the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain. The programme mixes Handel, Vaughan Williams, Holst, Rutter, Britten and Parry, including a world premiere of Philip Wilby's 'The Ever-Open Door – Fanfare for St Martins'. 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The six singers perform vocal classics old and new, tracing how singing together has inspired unity across the globe, including songs reflecting the civil rights movement.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-kings-singers-finding-harmony-the-voice-of-humanity-47691/", "official_url": "https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whats-on/the-kings-singers-finding-harmony-the-voice-of-humanity/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d63a80d8106b751875543ff0d3eb7fe43e0ae0959d3abdca9a68b4ad3a4327b3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "African Roots, Shared Rhythms: Exploring African Arts and Culture in…", "start": "2026-10-30T17:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Goldsmiths, University of London Campus", "address": "SE14 6NW London", "price": "£15 (first 10 Goldsmiths students free)", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/african-roots-shared-rhythms-exploring-african-arts-and-culture-in-the-uk-tickets-2003545385181", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/colonialism", "music/percussion"], "description": "A Black History Month cultural exchange event celebrating African arts, music and heritage and their contributions to Britain's creative and cultural landscape. It is run by Tayese Academy of Arts & Culture London CIC and takes place at Goldsmiths, University of London. The 90-minute programme brings together a screening of the documentary 'ÀYÀN: The Drum That Speaks' on the Yoruba talking drum, a guest lecture by Professor Lucy Durán of SOAS titled 'The Musical Legacy of Pre-Colonial Mali: Impacts and Invisibilities', a cultural conversation and live Q&A with her and host Olanrewaju Sharafa, and an interactive talking drum workshop. It closes with networking and cultural exchange, and advance booking is required as tickets will not be sold at the event.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/african-roots-shared-rhythms-exploring-african-arts-and-cult-36268/", "official_url": "https://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=16261", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6274508242392c3532789415ba955863864cf64befb00b48f47a3f86c076366d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Premiere: Festival of Britain in Poplar Podcast", "start": "2026-10-30T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T18:00:00Z", "place": "The People Speak", "address": "Aberfeldy Street 27, London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["history/postwar", "society/housing"], "description": "The Festival of Britain Podcast premiere is a free celebration marking the 75th anniversary of the Festival of Britain and the end of a project in Poplar. The art collective The People Speak will present the podcast they made over the summer, five episodes of interviews with local residents, historians, writers, social housing providers, architects, curators and artists. Each episode traces the social and historical context of post-war Britain, from the Festival and the rise of social housing to work, culture and life in the East End today. The event also offers interactive exhibitions, a youth-created virtual reality game, poems, 50's inspired jewellery, live music and stories from 1951.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/premiere-festival-of-britain-in-poplar-podcast-39533/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e0477e1b85273bf876b13b64e2d17ba0ed1624b7265d53b2efb6a00a6a0263fa-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Revolutions: Marking the 250th Anniversary of 1776 with Society of Antiquaries of London", "start": "2026-11-03T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Benjamin Franklin House", "address": "Craven Street 36, WC2N 5NF London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.sal.org.uk/events/revolutions/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/modern-history", "literature/spoken-word"], "description": "An evening of performed readings tracing the struggle over sovereignty, liberty and power from 1628 to 1787, marking the 250th anniversary of 1776. 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It is held in partnership with the Society of Antiquaries of London, of which Benjamin Franklin was elected a Fellow in 1773.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/revolutions-marking-the-250th-anniversary-of-1776-with-socie-34935/", "official_url": "https://benjaminfranklinhouse.org/event/society-of-antiquaries/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1c36e7492eeecf42111599f5e925e37687dd06cc13a0067e6ee753e92b90ea91-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Christopher Kent (actor) Gamal Khamis (piano) 'Never Such Innocence'", "start": "2026-11-08T15:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ancient Church of St Mary The Virgin", "address": "Perivale Lane, UB6 8SS Perivale", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["history/world-war/world-war-i", "literature/poetry", "music/classical"], "description": "Never Such Innocence is a narrative recital of words and music from the First World War, given by actor Christopher Kent and pianist Gamal Khamis as a special 10th anniversary Remembrance Sunday performance. 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The result is a moving journey from innocence to loss, told with unflinching clarity and compassion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/christopher-kent-actor-gamal-khamis-piano-never-such-innocen-40773/", "official_url": "https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-11-08.shtml", "image": ""}, {"title": "FOTD: Witch, Hag, Crone - breakfast conversation", "start": "2026-10-31T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Woodfield Pavilion", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.southlondonstorytelling.com/coming-up/witches-hags-and-crones-whats-in-a-name", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word"], "description": "A breakfast conversation over coffee and croissants with Prof. June Boyce-Tillman, held at The Woodfield Pavilion in London. It is a spoken word event, and attendance is free. 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It is conceived by Elaine Mitchener, a contemporary vocalist, movement artist and composer, and devised with choreographer Dam Van Huynh, moving image artist Reece Ewing and her electro-acoustic group The Rolling Calf: Xhosa Cole, Jason Yarde, Mark Sanders and Neil Charles. The hour-long work unfolds as a reverberation of time and space, where presences are conjured through sound, movement and visual intensity, weaving between a shifting landscape where memory, inheritance and imagination converge. Drawing on the poetics of writers who have inspired Mitchener's practice, it invites audiences into new ways of sensing the past while reaching towards possible futures.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/elaine-mitchener-late-joys-74752/", "official_url": "https://www.rbo.org.uk/production/dark-nights", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fde093da0a62dc754b71f2b9e071746b0d5308d9603df2ca9848d83a38978a44-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Conch", "start": "2026-11-04T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T20:30:00Z", "place": "South London Gallery", "address": "Peckham Road 65-67, SE5 8UH London", "price": "£10/£5 members & concessions", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["stage/performance-art"], "description": "The Conch is an event where artists share new work that is still in development, with the audience invited to respond after each presentation by sharing thoughts, questions and reflections. This edition brings together artists who explore domestic architectures not simply as backdrops, but as sites of labour and performance that can take on a life of their own. Georgina Hill performs a work on the overlooked history of cottage industries in Britain, Alia Hamaoui reworks behind-the-scenes footage from the whodunit crime film 8 Femmes, and Beatrice Vorster presents BOO!, a performance made with Yasmin Vardi that deconstructs the ghost-movie genre. The event takes place at South London Gallery.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-conch-38708/", "official_url": "https://www.southlondongallery.org/events/the-conch-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3cf5e3fce0bb7a0ab456dc088eb17a976b430c7f2da4442b2f458c2d9e29f574-2000.webp"}]}