Ornette Coleman’s Meltdown Festival takes shape – features music wonders!

For nine days in June, free jazz legend and icon of the avant-garde Ornette Coleman will take over Southbank Centre’s riverside venues and spaces as the 16th director of Meltdown.

Artists confirmed so far to appear in Ornette Coleman’s Meltdown are: Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band, Sean Lennon, Cornelius, The Master Musicians of Joujouka and Bachir Attar, Patti Smith, The Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra, David Murray, Gwo-Ka Masters, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Baaba Maal, Yo La Tengo, Moby, Bobby McFerrin, Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, Carla Bley, Robert Wyatt and The Bad Plus.

As well as having the chance to experience a wide spectrum of artists influenced by Coleman, audiences will get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness Ornette Coleman himself performing some of the music that set the world alight in the late 1950s, on the stage of the Royal Festival Hall on Friday 19 and Sunday 21 June.

THE ROOTS with guest DAVID MURRAY & more
Produced in association with Jill Newman Productions
Saturday 13 June, Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm, Tickets £35 £27.50 £22.50

DAVID MURRAY & GWO-KA MASTERS + JAMAALADEEN TACUMA
Saturday 13 June, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 8pm, Tickets £20 £18

YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONE BAND
Featuring SEAN LENNON, CORNELIUS & special guests
Sunday 14 June, Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm, Tickets £25 £20

BAABA MAAL
Monday 15 June, Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm, Tickets £25 £22.50 £20

YO LA TENGO
Monday 15 June, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 8pm, Tickets £17.50 £15
Yo La Tengo perform as part of their intimate and interactive Freewheeling Tour.

MOBY
Tuesday 16 June, Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm, Tickets £25 £22.50 £20

BOBBY MCFERRIN
Wednesday 17 June, Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm, Tickets £35 £30 £25

PATTI SMITH & THE SILVER MOUNT ZION MEMORIAL ORCHESTRA
Thursday 18 June, Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm, Tickets £25 £20

ORNETTE COLEMAN
Reflections of The Shape of Jazz To Come
Friday 19 June, Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm, Tickets £40 £30 £20

CHARLIE HADEN’S LIBERATION MUSIC ORCHESTRA With guests CARLA BLEY and ROBERT WYATT + THE BAD PLUS
Saturday 20 June, Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm, Tickets £35 £30 £25

ORNETTE COLEMAN
Reflections of This is Our Music
Sunday 21 June, Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm, Tickets £40 £30 £20

***MORE ARTISTS TO BE CONFIRMED SOON***

Programme updates will be posted on the Southbank Centre web site
Meltdown number: 0871 663 2520
Tickets on sale to Southbank Centre Members on Wednesday 29 April at 10am.

Tickets on general sale Thursday 30 April at 10am.

For more information about joining the Southbank Centre membership scheme please visit here.