Kilburn comes home

Opening night on the Music Mile – the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra plays the Gaumont State

Organiser Matilde Diaz the Gaumont State Theatre for the RPO concert held during the Kilburn Music Mile 2025 festival

The opening night of the Kilburn Music Mile Festival was more than a concert – it was a homecoming. As the doors of the Gaumont State Theatre opened, Kilburn came flooding back in. Two thousand people came through those doors on November 6th – many for the first time, some returning after decades. Some were visibly moved just by being inside. The anticipation and excitement in the room were palpable.

  • Organiser Alex in the foyer of the Gaumont State Theatre for the RPO concert held during the Kilburn Music Mile 2025 festival
  • Welcome sign in the foyer of the Gaumont State Theatre for the RPO concert held during the Kilburn Music Mile 2025 festival
  • Audience queuing outside the Gaumont State Theatre for the RPO concert held during the Kilburn Music Mile 2025 festival
  • Men chatting in the foyer of the Gaumont State Theatre for the RPO concert held during the Kilburn Music Mile 2025 festival
  • Audience entering in the foyer of the Gaumont State Theatre for the RPO concert held during the Kilburn Music Mile 2025 festival
  • Volunteer helping out in the foyer of the Gaumont State Theatre for the RPO concert held during the Kilburn Music Mile 2025 festival
  • Excited audience members in the foyer of the Gaumont State Theatre for the RPO concert held during the Kilburn Music Mile 2025 festival

Kilburn State of Mind (KSOM) charity volunteers greeted guests, scanned tickets, sold festival T-shirts and made sure every one of those 2,000 felt welcome from the moment they arrived. KSOM founder Alan Medley was there to greet people personally – as he has been at the heart of everything that made this night possible.

KSOM CEO Alan Medley chatting in the foyer of the Gaumont State Theatre for the RPO concert held during the Kilburn Music Mile 2025 festival
  • Audience on balcony of the Gaumont State Theatre for the RPO concert held during the Kilburn Music Mile 2025 festival
  • Volunteer greeting the audience members at the Gaumont State Theatre for the RPO concert held during the Kilburn Music Mile 2025 festival
  • Man photographing in the foyer of the Gaumont State Theatre for the RPO concert held during the Kilburn Music Mile 2025 festival
  • KSOM t-shirts on sale in the foyer of the Gaumont State Theatre during the Kilburn Music Mile 2025 festival
  • Audience member in the foyer of the Gaumont State Theatre for the RPO concert held during the Kilburn Music Mile 2025 festival
  • Audience members hugging in the foyer of the Gaumont State Theatre for the RPO concert held during the Kilburn Music Mile 2025 festival
  • Audience chatting in foyer of the Gaumont State Theatre for the RPO concert held during the Kilburn Music Mile 2025 festival
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