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The Music is Black: A British Story
Price
£10–22.50
Adult £22.50; under-26 and student tickets £11; Art Fund £10; V&A members visit free.
Where
East Bank, 107 Carpenters Road, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London, E20 2AR
About
An immersive exhibition traces 125 years of Black music-making in Britain through objects and more than 120 tracks.
V&A East Museum presents a sound-led history of Black British music across four continents, connecting recordings, stagewear and cultural objects with stories of creativity, struggle and joy.
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