Closure of St John’s Smith Square due to Coronavirus Pandemic
 
 

The health and safety of our audiences, artists and staff is of prime importance. We regret to announce that, due to the continuing spread of the novel coronavirus, and following the advice of HM Government, St John’s Smith Square is now closed until at least Monday 31st August 2020. This closure includes the Concert Hall, the Box Office, the Footstool Restaurant and the administration office. As part of this closure we regret that neither the Holy Week Festival, in conjunction with Tenebrae, nor the London Festival of Baroque Music will proceed as planned this year.

 

We are working with all those who have been scheduled to perform at St John’s Smith Square over the coming weeks to try and arrange rescheduling of performances at a later date and we will publish details of these shortly.

 

All those who have purchased tickets for events at St John’s Smith Square and which are now cancelled are entitled to refunds. Where alternative dates have been, or are being arranged we would request that patrons consider moving their booking to the new date.

 

As an independent registered charity, with no regular public subsidy, the loss of revenue through closure will prove very challenging. The artists and ensembles who appear at St John’s Smith Square are almost all freelance musicians or registered charitable organisations and they will find the situation we now face equally difficult. If you have tickets for an event which has now been cancelled we request that you consider offering the refund you would be due to receive as a charitable donation. Any such donations will be shared equally between St John’s Smith Square and the artists who have been scheduled to perform and your generosity will help to ensure that concerts are able to resume once it is safe for these to take place.

 

We will continue to release further information over the coming days. Clearly the challenges we all now face are quite unprecedented. It will take us a little while to contact all ticket holders and we are grateful for the patience and understanding of all our patrons through these difficult times.

 

Thank you for all your support and we look forward to welcoming you back to St John’s Smith Square as soon as possible.

 

21st April 2020

For further information, please see our Closure due to Coronavirus FAQs