With two busy days of events, you can immerse yourself in the changing world of the early 1900s as a huge range of talks, debates, discussions and films reveal how old certainties were shattered by a new generation.
IN-DEPTH
Join top speakers for in-depth discussions of the fundamental questions of early twentieth century:
* Here Comes the Twentieth Century: Baroness Shirley Williams presents a lecture on the tumultuous events of the twentieth century (QEH, 10.30am)
* Alex Ross, the author of 'The Rest Is Noise', charts the emergence of radical new musical languages in the early twentieth century, taking Strauss's 'Salome' as a point of departure. (QEH, 12 noon)
* The Birth of the Modern: Discover how the art and design world of Vienna before 1914 ushered in a new era. (Level 5 Function Room at RFH, 1.30pm & 4.30pm)
* Breaking the Tyranny: Helen Carr and Sam Riviere explore Ezra Pound's experimental poetry. (Level 4 Blue Bar at RFH, 1.30pm and 4.30pm)
* Listen to This: Don't know where to start? Gillian Moore (Southbank Centre's Head of Classical Music) explains and plays recorded extracts of music from the festival. (The Front Room at QEH, 1.30pm & 4.30pm)
* Freud and the Modern Age: Lisa Appignanesi discusses the huge impact of Freud on the art and thinking of the next century.
(The Front Room of QEH, 3pm)
* Ida Barr's Music Hall Club Night. Christopher Green, in his guise as pensioner rapper Ida Barr, celebrates the glory of early twentieth-century music hall. (Clore Ballroom at RFH; free to all)
NOISE BITES
An intense, whistle-stop tour through the need-to-know topics from this weekend. These could include:
How did the invention of radio both bring the world closer together and give us the tools to break it apart?
What gave women the idea that they should have rights?
Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald - what made Art Nouveau so nouveau?
Why was Scott prepared to die in the name of British glory? (Level 4 Blue Bar and Level 5 Function Room at RFH, 3pm & 4.30pm)