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Royal Festival Hall
The Royal Festival Hall is a world-famous concert hall and arts venue. Its foyers are open all day, every day, which makes its cafes and bars a popular meeting place.
The RFH is part of the Southbank Centre which includes the Hayward Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room.
The concert hall is the permanent legacy of the post-war Festival of Britain held on the South Bank in 1951
The Festival Hall reopened in the summer of 2007 after an extensive refurbishment and work to improve the difficult acoustics of the main concert hall.
Web: www.southbankcentre.co.uk
Twitter: @southbankcentre
Open: Foyers daily 10am-11pm
Twitter: @southbankcentre
Open: Foyers daily 10am-11pm
News & features about Royal Festival Hall
- Mark Ball named as Southbank Centre artistic director 25 Aug 2021
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- Obituary: Graham Gibberd, Waterloo & South Bank historian 24 Dec 2020
- Eshalomi speaks up for South Bank culture venues and workers 9 Oct 2020
- Festival of Britain sculpture finds new home at Waterloo Station 31 Aug 2020
- Southbank Centre warns of redundancies and potential £5m loss 25 May 2020
- Man shot dead by police was 'acting suspiciously' on South Bank 10 Mar 2020
- Culture sec grants QEH and Hayward Gallery immunity from listing 10 Feb 2020
- Southbank Centre creative boss Madani Younis leaves after a year 23 Oct 2019
- St John's Waterloo: green light for 'beacon church' plans 16 Jul 2019
- Culture Declares Emergency: climate change procession 4 Apr 2019
- St John's Waterloo launches 'Reignite 2021' campaign 17 Nov 2018
- Madani Younis appointed as Southbank Centre creative director 5 Sep 2018
- Jude Kelly to leave Southbank Centre 18 Jan 2018
- South Bank Sculpture Walk: new guide to public art by the river 10 Dec 2017
- Deputy mayor on South Bank for business rates report launch 28 Sep 2017
- Hillary Clinton to visit South Bank 11 Sep 2017
- Waterloo City Hub: Elephant-style peninsula for IMAX junction? 26 Jun 2017
- The Sunbathers: Festival of Britain sculpture to return to South Bank 25 Apr 2017
- £20m plan to light up Thames bridges: shortlisted ideas on show 7 Nov 2016
- South Bank's bust of Nelson Mandela given grade II listed status 3 Nov 2016
- Garden Bridge bogged down in toilet row 10 Feb 2016
- Susan Gilchrist appointed as Southbank Centre chairman 15 Jan 2016
- Painting stolen from Royal Festival Hall: police appeal 17 Oct 2014
- Plans for Christmas market outside Tate Modern 11 Oct 2014
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Restaurants, pubs & bars near Royal Festival Hall
- Riverside Terrace Cafe 42 yards
- Honest Burgers 44 yards
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