Counterpoints Arts: Our HeartBeats
Feel the community beat at a free outdoor event bringing together emerging and established DJs with young refugee DJs, in collaboration with DJ Kensaye.
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Our HeartBeats is a community club night produced in collaboration with DJ Kensaye, with a focus on art, heart and community – and dancing!
Emerging and established DJs and performers take to the stage alongside a group of young refugees perfecting their DJing skills.
Kensaye is a Paris-born, London-based music producer, percussionist and DJ, with Haitian and American roots. He has a broad musical style, ranging from Afrobeats, pop, dancehall, reggaeton, global bass, hip-hop and neo soul, and blends those influences to create unique pieces that are both progressive and radio-friendly.
Kensaye produces for major and independent artists around the world, creating originals and remixes for acclaimed musicians such as Falz, M.anifest, Speech Debelle and Homeboy Sandman.
He also composes music for cinema and TV, with placements in a BAFTA-winning feature film, documentaries, adverts and a Netflix series.
This summer, we’re collaborating with a range of London-based collectives and organisations to curate the Riverside Stage in response to the theme of our season, You Belong Here, enabling these collaborators to welcome different audiences and recognise how they want and choose to belong here at the Southbank Centre.
Need to know
Times & tickets
Dates, times and prices
Dates & times
09 Aug 2024, 5.30pm
Standard entry
Free – ticket required
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Access performances
There are no upcoming access performances for this event.
For your visit
This event is held at the Royal Festival Hall Southbank Centre
The Royal Festival Hall is open daily.
Monday & Tuesday, 10am – 6pm*
Wednesday – Sunday, 10am – 11pm
*If we’re hosting a performance, the building will stay open until the event ends.
Plan your visit
The Royal Festival Hall is home to our largest auditorium as well as The Clore Ballroom, National Poetry Library, Members’ Lounge, Festival Bar & Kitchen, Ballroom Cafe and Skylon restaurant.
Getting here
Our address is Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.
The nearest tube stations to us are Waterloo and Embankment; Waterloo is also the nearest train station. And more than 20 different London bus routes pass within 500 metres of our venues. More information on getting here by rail, road or river is available on our Getting here page.
We’re cash-free
Please note that we’re unable to accept cash payments across our site.
Access
We’re working hard to remove barriers, so that our facilities and events can be accessible to as many people as possible.
All help points, toilets, performance and exhibition spaces at the Southbank Centre are accessible to all, as are the cafes, bars and restaurants. We also have excellent public transport links with step-free access.
All information about booking wheelchair spaces, step-free access, blue badge parking, access maps and guides and other help available whilst you’re here, including details about our Access Scheme, can be found on our Access page.
Food & drink
On Level 2 of our Royal Festival Hall you can grab a slice of life by the Thames with drinks and freshly made pizza at our Festival Bar & Kitchen which opens out onto our Riverside Terrace. You can grab a coffee and a slice of freshly made cake from our Ballroom Cafe. Or alternatively enjoy destination dining in the restaurant at Skylon.
From coffee to cocktails, filling favourites to fine dining, plus some of London’s best street food – it’s all here at the Southbank Centre.