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Rubens Ceiling Reopens With DJ Set at Banqueting House

8/13/2026

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A DJ set will open at the Banqueting House in London as the Rubens ceiling is reopened.
The program mixes 17th-century lute songs with modern electronic tracks, recalling historic masques.
Inigo Jones designed the Banqueting House, which originally hosted rank-seated masques.
The Banqueting House saw Charles I executed outside on 30 January 1649 and later served as Oliver Cromwell’s main audience hall in 1654 despite a theatre ban.

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A DJ set will open at the Banqueting House in London as the Rubens ceiling is reopened.
The program mixes 17th-century lute songs with modern electronic tracks, recalling historic masques.
Inigo Jones designed the Banqueting House, which originally hosted rank-seated masques.
The Banqueting House saw Charles I executed outside on 30 January 1649 and later served as Oliver Cromwell’s main audience hall in 1654 despite a theatre ban.