Returning for its second year, Abbey Road: Studio Four is two days of live music, creative exploration and knowledge-sharing – reimagining the magic of Abbey Road for a new generation of creators in Brick Lane.

Abbey Road: Studio Four is not a programme, a conference, nor a showcase. It’s a live, creative environment. A place where the conversations, collisions and breakthroughs that are reshaping music, film, technology and art are happening live. Studio Four shines a spotlight on fearless experimentation, forward-thinking technology, and boundless artistry including film, photography, dance, visual arts, storytelling and so much more. Abbey Road: Studio Four explores how creativity moves across disciplines, how collaboration expands what’s possible, and how a changing world can both test us and reveal remarkable new opportunities.

Expect live performances from a diverse set of artists including Laurence Guy, Jasper Tygner, Jords, Meduulla, Gifthorse, Liv East, One World Orchestra and Mavica, and DJ sets from Jaguar, P-rallel and AmyElle. Alongside a line-up of talks with the likes of Rankin, Dennis Morris, Jason Williamson (Sleaford Mods), Platon, Daniel Pemberton, Michael Price and Dylan Jones, plus deep dives into 2026’s huge box office hit Project Hail Mary, and the 25th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings, Abbey Road invites guests into a space where sound and culture collide.

Among the multiple immersive experiences is an audio-visual installation by composer, producer & former scientist Max Cooper, with spatial sound experiences presented by L-Acoustics, boundary-pushing expressive dance from award-winning choreographers PCK Dance and Joseph Toonga, the Abbey Road Music Photography Studio offering free portraits to 50 bands and artists, the Abbey Road Studios Mode which is reshaping the consumer listening experience, plus Tape Machine Shootout, a live analogue tape editing competition. In addition, the newly released Abbey Road x Chandler Limited REDD Mixing System will be available to demo, complemented by an on-stage exploration with Warren Huart (Produce Like a Pro) and Abbey Road Head of Audio Products, Mirek Stiles.

Abbey Road: Studio Four will host two events showcasing innovations from Audiomovers, including the official launch of the free MINIBUS iOS app - a first of its kind that turns any iPhone into a professional-grade wireless microphone. The showcase will feature Reuben James and his band perform an acoustic set captured entirely using MINIBUS, with the audio spatialised live to create a fully immersive listening experience.

In a second performance, an artist will perform alongside the live sound of the World Wind Organ from the Faroe Islands, transmitted via Audiomovers’ award-winning remote audio technology and re-amped through the iconic spaces of Abbey Road.

REDD Labs is Studio Four’s experimental sandbox, a space to hear directly from the teams who are shaping the next frontier of music-making tools, creative and consumer technologies as well as the future of sound. Rooted in Abbey Road’s legacy of innovation, it brings artists, inventors and creative pioneers into one living, breathing environment where new tools are tested, challenged and experienced in real time.

The REDD Labs space is set up to be a hands-on creative playground presenting a range of workshops, demos, first looks and creator-led sessions across both days. This includes showcases of next-gen creative technology focusing on functionality and utility for creators from cutting-edge participants including Meta, Audiomovers, Google DeepMind, ElevenLabs, Spitfire Audio, Aiode, Moises, OwlDuet, ProStudioTime, Just4Noise, Musical Beings, Forte, Orbit, Melsonic, Music Hackspace and more TBA.

Abbey Road’s Managing Director, Sally Davies, says: “Studio Four is about opening up Abbey Road, taking what we do beyond the studio and inviting people into the full breadth of it. It’s important to us that we’re not just showcasing work, but actively hosting the conversations that matter, particularly for creators. What I’m most excited about is the opportunity to connect people, to see new collaborations form and to supercharge creativity in the room. My hope is that people leave feeling inspired, having seen something unexpected, and with a stronger sense of where music and creativity are heading, and how they can be part of that.”

Leo Ferrante, Head of Music, Creative Audio at Meta adds: "Working with Abbey Road Studio Four is an incredible opportunity to combine their pioneering audio engineering expertise with Meta's innovative approach to audio technologies. We're excited about what this partnership will unlock, and SXSW is just the start."

WEDNESDAY 3 JUNE
The Lord of the Rings 25: The Music Behind the Trilogy
Rather than a retrospective alone, this panel featuring some of the team behind the score will explore how The Lord of the Rings score set a benchmark that continues to shape modern film scoring. At the time, the project was an unprecedented creative and technical undertaking - delivered under extreme time pressure, across multiple international studios, and in support of a then high-risk franchise. This discussion will unpack not just what was achieved, but how and why its impact endures 25 years on.

Punk at 50 - in conversation with Dennis Morris
Fifty years on, punk still influences the look, sound and attitude of modern culture. Through the lens of Dennis Morris and the music, energy and cultural impact of the Sex Pistols, The Clash and more, this conversation explores why punk’s spirit never died, it evolved across music, fashion, art, photography and identity. Hosted by Dylan Jones.

Art, Culture, Authorship & Meaning
AI is already reshaping work, culture and the economy. The question is no longer whether it is coming, but how it can be adopted responsibly, fairly and in ways that create real value. This panel explores what responsible AI adoption looks like in practice for the creative industries, where questions of authorship, rights, trust and cultural value are integral. Featuring major industry leaders across platforms. Hosted by Sally Davies, Managing Director of Abbey Road Studios, and Anthony Achille, Abbey Road REDD’s Emerging Tech & Innovation Programmes Lead.

PCK Dance: VESSEL (both days)
Exploring human instincts, self-perception, and connection, the award-winning PCK Dance presents VESSEL - a powerful encounter of dance and live music newly created at Abbey Road Studios by composer Sean Pett. Founded by James Pett and Travis Clausen-Knight - former artists of Company Wayne McGregor and Michael Clark Company - PCK Dance has rapidly become one of the UK’s most internationally recognised independent dance companies. Their visually arresting productions have toured across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, earning Critics’ Circle recognition at the National Dance Awards and praise from Graham Watts OBE, Chair of the Awards, who described the company as “the closest that independent contemporary dance has to celebrity” and “the next big thing”. VESSEL itself has been celebrated as 'mesmerising' and 'electrifying'.

THURSDAY 4 JUNE
Project Hail Mary: Music as the Language of Survival
An immersive case study unpacking the role of music in shaping cinematic storytelling, from its relationship with picture through to what it takes to build the sonic identity of a modern blockbuster. Featuring the man behind the score, composer Daniel Pemberton, Worldwide Head of Music at Amazon MGM Studios, Bob Bowen and GRAMMY-winning engineer Sam Okell, hosted by film critic and contributing editor at Empire Magazine, Amon Warmann.

Can a Photograph Still Change Culture?: Rankin x Platon
In an age of infinite imagery, AI generation and algorithms controlling what we see, what makes an image unforgettable? Rankin and Platon - two of the defining image-makers of modern culture - explore photography as power, identity, performance and truth. From celebrity and politics to AI and visual overload, this is a live interrogation of whether iconic imagery still exists, what the human image means now, and why some faces, moments and images still cut through the noise.

Joseph Toonga Dance: Joy as Resistance
The work brings together visionary choreographer Joseph Toonga (Just Us Dance Theatre, Royal Ballet, Hofesh Shechter Company) and a group of artists from Rio, exploring joy, strength and resilience through hip hop movement and performance. It examines how joy can exist alongside struggle, and how the body carries memory, resistance and celebration through dance.

Is Ballet Back? Or Did It Never Leave?
Ballet is back in the cultural conversation, but what does the art form look and feel like now? Bringing together voices from dance, film, music and technology, this session explores how ballet is evolving through collaboration, experimentation and immersive new forms of storytelling. From AI-driven performance and vocal innovation to VR, projection and digital staging, the conversation examines how one of the world’s oldest art forms is being reshaped for a new context.

Featuring creative voices from the Royal Ballet, and film, as well as Farooq Chaudhry - whose work on Akram Khan’s Giselle helped pioneer immersive technologies in ballet - and Harry Yeff aka Reeps100, internationally acclaimed beatboxer and vocal innovator who co-created one of the world’s first AI-driven ballet productions. A conversation about whether ballet is becoming a testing ground for the future of human expression.

REDD LABS – LIVE DEMOS & CREATOR-LED SESSIONS
Both days will feature a hands-on creative playground, with demos and live showcases from cutting-edge participants including Meta, Audiomovers, Google DeepMind, ElevenLabs, Spitfire Audio, Aiode, Moises, OwlDuet, ProStudioTime, Just4Noise, Musical Beings, Forte, Orbit, Melsonic, Music Hackspace and more TBA. Explore next-gen hardware and software tools, join live creator-led demo sessions, and push your sound into new spaces.

MAX COOPER - SPATIAL INSTALLATION
Across both days, immersive electronic pioneer Max Cooper will present a specially curated audio-visual installation in the Gallery Bar, with spatial sound presented by L-Acoustics.

Cooper has become internationally renowned for pushing the boundaries between science, emotion and technology through ambitious AV performances and installations. His work has been presented at leading venues and festivals worldwide, blending club culture with contemporary art and immersive storytelling.

The installation follows Cooper’s landmark recent performance at the Royal Albert Hall, where he transformed the venue with a large-scale immersive audio-visual show using the iconic dome as a vast visual canvas.

ABBEY ROAD MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO
Ahead of this year’s Abbey Road Music Photography Awards, the Abbey Road Music Photography Accelerator presents a two-day free photo studio offering 50 bands and artists the chance to get a portrait shot by Bristol-based photographer Khali Ackford whose subjects include Wet Leg, Rag'n'Bone Man, Idles, Pink Pantheress, Idris Elba, Little Simz and some of the UK’s biggest festivals, live performances, portraiture and album artwork.

MUSIC IN THE LIVE ROOM - with spatial sound experiences presented by L-Acoustics

Wednesday 3 June –
- Laurence Guy (Headliner)
- Jasper Tygner
- Reuben James

Thursday 4 June –
- Jaguar (DJ Set - Headliner)
- P-rallel (DJ set)

POP UP PERFORMANCES
Across the two days there will be a series of pop-up performances in the Main Bar* and Courtyard Bar^ from some of the most exciting line-up of exciting new talent:

- Jords
- Meduulla
- AmyElle (DJ)
- Gifthorse
- Lucky Iris
- Liv East
- Eaves Wilder
- Leela Rosa
- Mavica
- Opal Mag
- SOMOH
- One World Orchestra

Studio Four will take place at 93 Feet East as part of the second SXSW London programme.

SXSW London is taking place from 1-6 June across over 25 venues in Shoreditch, London.

Passes and Music Festival Wristbands for SXSW London are available now from the SXSW London website: here.