Apollo’s Cabinet: Jukebox

Tues 3 Feb 2026 View Venues, Dates & Times

Good music, great stories - and the audience calls the shots

In 1672, violinist John Banister kicked off a real revolution by inviting paying guests into his own home, offering a simple but radical deal: you choose the music, we play it. For a shilling, the audience picked the programme.

This was the birth of a new, democratic way of experiencing music - direct, personal, and connected. The idea caught on fast, shifting music from palace halls to pubs and city streets.

This programme picks up that spirit today: with a musical menu in one hand and a shilling in the other, expect rowdy street songs, lively dances, moving arias, and gossip fresh from Georgian London’s tabloids.

It’s about good music, great stories, and the audience calls the shots

‘Behind the Music’ FREE pre-concert talk: 6.45pm

Interval: 20 mins, Estimated finish: 9.30pm

Tickets
Front Nave: £28 full price | £3 child/student
Middle Nave: £18 full price | £9 under-35s | £3 child/student
Sides: £13 full price | £3 child/student

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