£5 off tickets: Refugee Week with Counterpoints Arts at the Southbank Centre

£5 off tickets for Observer subscribers

Throughout June Counterpoints Arts presents a programme of music, spoken word, art, film and talks in partnership with the Southbank Centre - centred on this year’s Refugee Week theme of ‘courage’.

Inspired by the lives and experiences of people seeking sanctuary, for whom courage is often a daily necessity, the programme invites us to celebrate culture and community – to be joyful, imagine new possibilities, dream, heal, and connect.

It Sounds Like Courage – Music, Poetry and Solidarity

Fri 26 Jun 2026, 7.30pm. Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre. Tickets from £22

Join us for an evening with community and solidarity at its heart. Curated by musician Anoushka Shankar and Counterpoints, the lineup includes: London Contemporary Orchestra and Robert Ames, Nai Barghouti, Nadine Shah, Nikita Gill, Salena Godden, Seckou Keita, MoYah, Nectar Woode, Inua Ellams, Nish Kumar & more tbc. 

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Counterpoints Lecture with Elif Shefak

Saturday 27 June, 2pm. Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre. Tickets from £14

Global bestselling writer and renowned activist Elif Shafak explores how imagination and artistic practice shape our understanding of the world. She reflects on the link between creativity and courage, and how creativity can open paths to belonging, imagination and collaboration in times of conflict, fear and political division.

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Photograph by Ferhat Elik