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Concert halls of the UK

From the Royal Albert Hall and the Barbican in London to Symphony Hall in Birmingham, the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester and the Ulster Hall in Belfast: the halls that host the UK's orchestras and the classical concerts on Evenitto.

The great halls

London

Barbican Hall

Home of London Symphony Orchestra

The Barbican Centre in the City of London opened in 1982 and is the home of the London Symphony Orchestra.

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London

Royal Festival Hall

Home of London Philharmonic Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestra

The Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank is the main hall of Southbank Centre, which names six resident orchestras: Aurora Orchestra, Chineke!, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Philharmonia Orchestra.

82 concerts coming up Website ↗

London

Wigmore Hall

Built in 1901 as the Bechstein Hall by the piano makers Bechstein, Wigmore Hall is known for chamber music and song, with Sunday morning concerts and a biennial International Song Competition.

179 concerts coming up Website ↗

Liverpool

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Home of Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Philharmonic Hall on Hope Street is the home of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.

44 concerts coming up Website ↗

London

Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington is the main home of the BBC Proms, the summer season of daily orchestral concerts, and it stages classical concerts through the rest of the year.

16 concerts coming up Website ↗

Manchester

Bridgewater Hall

Home of Hallé

The Bridgewater Hall has been the Hallé's home since 1996, after the orchestra left the Free Trade Hall, where it gave its last concert on 30 June 1996.

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Birmingham

Symphony Hall

Home of City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Symphony Hall is the main concert hall of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, which is its resident orchestra; the orchestra's rehearsal and administrative base, the CBSO Centre, is on Berkley Street.

39 concerts coming up Website ↗

Glasgow

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Home of Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Sauchiehall Street is the Glasgow home of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, which also plays at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh.

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Edinburgh

Usher Hall

The Usher Hall, in Edinburgh's West End near Haymarket station, is the city's concert hall: the Royal Scottish National Orchestra plays its Edinburgh concerts there.

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Bristol

Bristol Beacon

Home of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Bristol Beacon, which used to be called Colston Hall, reopened on 30 November 2023 after a five-year closure. Its main auditorium is Beacon Hall, and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is its orchestra in residence.

9 concerts coming up Website ↗

Gateshead

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music

Home of Royal Northern Sinfonia

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music on Gateshead Quays was called Sage Gateshead until it was renamed in 2023. It is the home of Royal Northern Sinfonia.

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Belfast

Ulster Hall

Home of Ulster Orchestra

The Ulster Hall in Belfast is the home venue of the Ulster Orchestra, Northern Ireland's only professional symphony orchestra.

8 concerts coming up Website ↗

Cardiff

BBC Hoddinott Hall

Home of BBC National Orchestra of Wales

BBC Hoddinott Hall, on the site of the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay, is the home of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Welsh National Opera has its headquarters in the Wales Millennium Centre.

4 concerts coming up Website ↗

Where the concerts are

The halls, churches and stages with the most classical concerts in the next twelve months.