Caribbean Jazz All-Stars

Join the party at the Southbank Centre as a collection of veteran Jazz performers get together to celebrate the birthday of tap-dancing veteran Will Gaines.

With over 350 years of performance under their collective belt, the group, which features amongst others Frank Holder (left), Harry Beckett and Russ Henderson are bound to know a thing or two about swing. During the second half of the performance the line-up are to be joined by the freshest young jazz tap improvisers for what promises to be an evening to remember.

The performance will take place in the Front Room at 5.30pm on Friday 4th of April.

Find out more about free events at the Southbank Centre.

How to get there

Rail - Waterloo, Waterloo East or walk over the Hungerford Bridge from Charing Cross.

Underground - The closest tube stations are Waterloo (on the Northern, Bakerloo & Jubilee lines), Southwark (on the Jubilee line) or walk over the Hungerford Bridge from Embankment (on the Northern, Bakerloo, District and Circle lines).

Buses - All the following buses stop on Waterloo Bridge and you can take the steps down to Southbank on either side of the bridge or use the pavements that slope down away from the river and then double back to take you to Upper Ground, which runs behind the Southbank Centre: 1, 4, 26, 59, 68, 76, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 243, 341, 521, X68, Riverside Bus (RV1 - which also stops on Upper Ground which runs by the back of the Southbank Centre). 77 (Upper Ground near the Festival Hall), 211 & 507 (Waterloo Road near the main station), 381 (Stamford Street). 45, 63 & 100 all stop at the southern end of Blackfriars Bridge, and there is a 10 minute walk along the riverside to the Southbank Centre.