BBC Radio 3 Friday Night is Music Night Events
Fri 17 Apr 2026
- 19:30Royal and Derngate, Northampton
Join us for a glittering evening of timeless melodies as BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night comes to Northampton with a special concert celebrating one of the greatest composers of the 20th century – Richard Rodgers.
Also part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2025-2026
Fri 24 Apr 2026
- 19:00Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
From The King’s Speech to Amadeus; Out of Africa to 2001 A Space Odyssey, the BBC Concert Orchestra celebrates the classics from the movies – live, in Nottingham.
From The King’s Speech to Amadeus; Out of Africa to 2001 A Space Odyssey, the BBC Concert Orchestra celebrates the classics from the movies – live, in Nottingham.
Programme
- The Marriage of Figaro – overtureFeatured in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, King's Speech
- Symphony No. 7 in A majorSecond Movement (Allegretto). Featured in The Kings Speech
- Carmen Suite No 2 (Habanera)Featured in Up
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minorSecond Movement. Featured in A Brief Encounter
- ElleMain Title
- Clarinet Concerto in A majorSecond Movement. Featured in Out of Africa
- Chocolat Main Title
- Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat majorThird Movement. Featured in Amadeus
- 4 Polonaises, op. 1Featured in Anger Management
- By the Beautiful Blue Danube – waltzFeatured in Squid Game and A Space Odyssey
Performers
- Clare Hammondpiano
- Karen Ní Bhroinconductor
Also part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2025-2026
Fri 29 May 2026
- 19:30Anvil Arts, Basingstoke
There's music for everyone in BBC Radio 3's Friday Night is Music Night, and it's coming to The Anvil!
Also part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2025-2026
Thu 15 Jan 2026
- 19:30Chichester Festival Theatre
Step into a world of musical magic with BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night, live from Chichester.
Also part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2025-2026
Fri 12 Dec 2025
- 19:30Warwick Arts Centre
A feast of festive favourites as BBC Radio 3's Friday Night is Music Night settles down to enjoy the movies that make Christmas - and the music that makes the movies!
Wed 3 Dec 2025
- 19:30Watford Colosseum, Watford
Celebrate the Christmas season with soul-stirring harmonies and festive joy as BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night presents a Gospel Christmas special at Watford Colosseum.
Also part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2025-2026
Fri 21 Nov 2025
- 19:30Symphony Hall, Birmingham
BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night comes to Birmingham Symphony Hall for a special celebration marking 50 years of Queen’s legendary album, A Night at the Opera, which brought ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ into the world.
Mon 10 Nov 2025
- 19:00Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
At the heart of the programme is Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, Nottingham’s own rising star pianist, performing Ravel’s dazzling Piano Concerto in G.
At the heart of the programme is Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, Nottingham’s own rising star pianist, performing Ravel’s dazzling Piano Concerto in G.
Programme
- Piano Concerto in G major
- How to Train Your Dragonexcerpts
- My Neighbour Totoroexcerpts
- Defying Gravityfrom the musical Wicked
Performers
- Jeneba Kanneh‐Masonpiano
- Edwin Outwaterconductor
