Join us for a wonderful evening of dancing at St John's Waterloo with our Christmas Ceilidh, welcoming back the amazing band Banter. www.banter.band Banter are: Simon Care on melodeon & concertina, Nina Zella on keyboards & vocals, Tim Walker on drums, percussion, brass, guitar, bass & vocals and Mark Jolley on bass, fiddle, guitar & vocals. Four fine musicians whose roots are firmly in the traditional English genre, but who enjoy stretching the limits. Formed in 2015, they realised that a common love for the living traditions of English song and dance music was at their core and began to pursue it's evolution, bringing in flavours from a wider palette of musical influences. They have gained a reputation for being powerfully unique in the English traditional music genre. Their popularity has placed them in great demand to perform at many of the UK's largest festivals including: Glastonbury, Cambridge Folk Festival, Broadstairs Folk Week, Sidmouth Folk Festival, Whitby Folk Week, Folk East, Oxford Folk Week, Wickham Festival, Gate To Southwell Festival and Towersey Festival as well as internationally at European festivals such as Rudolstadt (Germany) and Costa festivals in Portugal and Ibiza. This is a fun and inclusive evening of music and dancing. No experience necessary - all the dances are carefully explained. Come with friends or by yourself - it's a great way to meet new people. Bar provided. Waterloo Ceilidhs is a leading ceilidh series at St John's Church, opposite Waterloo station. Featuring some of the country's top ceilidh bands and callers, we bring inclusive and high-energy ceilidhs to the London music scene. Tickets We want to keep our prices affordable, whilst showcasing the country's top ceilidh bands in this wonderful venue in Central London. There are three price options: - standard admission - you can choose to pay a bit more to help us get this ceilidh series of the ground and safeguard future events - concessions. This option is subsidised and designed for students or people without a regular, full-time, salaried income.

Join us for a special Halloween celebration ceilidh in the magnificent St John's Waterloo as part of the 'dancing boots' album launch tour of Brown Boots Boogie Band. Dressing up encouraged! http://brownbootsmusic.com/brown-boots-boogie-band/ Brown Boots Boogie Band sees the formidable melodeon and fiddle duo of Will Allen and Martin Clarke, combine with Will Chamberlain on piano and Paul Quarry on drums. They are joined by Hannah Moore, one of the country's leading ceilidh callers. This is a fun and inclusive evening of music and dancing. No experience necessary - all the dances are carefully explained. Come with friends or by yourself - it's a great way to meet new people. Bar provided. Waterloo Ceilidhs is a leading ceilidh series at St John's Church, opposite Waterloo station. Featuring some of the country's top ceilidh bands and callers, we bring inclusive and high-energy ceilidhs to the London music scene. Tickets We want to keep our prices affordable, whilst showcasing the country's top ceilidh bands in this wonderful venue in Central London. There are three price options - standard admission, supporters (pay a bit more to help us get this ceilidh series of the ground and safeguard future events), or concessions (subsidised option for students or people without a steady income).

David Wordsworth leads an evening celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Festival of Britain at the festival's church. The music this evening is from the pieces sung by the choirs that were invited to sing Evensong at St John's in 1951. This includes classics from Stanford, Bairstow, SS Wesley (organist at St Johns 1829-30), Charles Wood, Holst and others. Singers should have some choral experience for maximum benefit from these sessions. Music is provided but bring your own refreshments.

To start we shall be playing the Cockaigne Overture by Edward Elgar. Our concerto will be by W A Mozart - Piano concerto no.21, with Milda Daunoraite as our Soloist. The second half of the concert shall be The Miraculous Mandarin by Bela Bartok. Tickets are £15 online in advance or £18 on the door, (£12 for Concessions online and £15 on the door). There is 10% booking fee with online tickets.

The Project40 Ensemble returns with a characteristically iconoclastic juxtaposition of opposites from across the contemporary spectrum, contrasting Oliver Knussen's exquisite settings of Japanese with James Dillon's granitic minature, Richard Rodney Bennett's virtuosic Guitar Concerto with Constant Lambert's surprisingly restrained songs of Li Po. The concert revives Jacob Churchyard's Hoyt commissions for our first concert in 2019 Oliver Knussen O Hototogisu! James Dillon Once upon a time Richard Rodney Bennett Guitar Concerto Constant Lambert Eight Songs of Li Po Jacob Churchyard Hoyt (2019 commission)