There are few places in London that I adore as much as the Barbican. Some of the best gigs I’ve caught in London (Will Oldham, Calexico and Gilberto Gil to name but a few) have been in Barbican Hall. The Max Brooks Zombie Movie Festival back in 07 was pretty rockin’ too. Heck, I even love grabbing lunch at the Barbican’s Waterside Café.

I love the architecture and the variety of performances at the Barbican. It’s also my favourite movie theatre in London.

The Barbican centre hall provides a venue for rare, quality performers in the arts. Three seated tiers in an acoustically well-designed hall (and the decor’s not too dated) host a lot of classical music, but there’s also dance and film and all sorts of arts happenings.

I tend to go for the pop and world music events: over the years I’ve seen American alt-country rockers the Jayhawks, bluegrass singer Gillian Welch, country rocker Steve Earle, gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama, Icelandic post-rockers Sigur Ros, the reunited Aussie band the Go-Betweens, and - recently - a western African music bonanza.

Check their website for all their events.

It hosts a large arts concert hall with wonderful performances from the London Symphony Orchestra and also the BBZC Symphony ochestra. The music programme ranges from jazz, classical, rock, country and all sorts. An impressive gallery there.. if you are a big fan ..of art.