EAR Present
Have a listen to Ear Present at the Southbank Centre's Clore Ballroom this July
There's more fresh and exciting music and performance going down at the Southbank Centre courtesy of their Emerging Artists in Residence. This is the fourth club event put on by the multi-talented young things and promises to the most exciting yet.
The eclectic hub for free new music and performance presented by Southbank Centre's multi-talented group of Emerging Artists in Residence (EAR) returns for the fourth time on Friday July 18th.
The line-up for this event includes the 'gorgeous sick beautiful voice' (Courtney Love) of Catherine A.D. A few weeks in advance of her headline show at Bush Hall, Catherine will be performing a specially created literature-inspired set.
Further acts include a new set from Nathan Flutebox Lee; Emunah, a seven-piece crossover hip-hop and d'n'b crew, mixing Eastern European folk influences with contemporary dance beats and featuring EAR Meg Hamilton; a soul and reggae infused acoustic set from Aruba Red, aka Natascha Eleonore; as well as performances from Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Nila Raja, Renell Shaw, Max Hallett and Mieko Shimizu.
With a variety of hosts, and special guests to be announced from the world of spoken word performance, this fourth EAR Present will be the most collaborative event yet, and -in part - a celebration of the London Literature Festival also happening on site. A collective of postgraduate students from Central Saint Martins will be working on visuals for the event.
This event takes place in the Clore Ballroom from 8pm.
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.
