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LIVE
March 2020
2nd – CUBAFROBEAT
Jazz Cafe, London
8th – SOHO RADIO INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY SPECIAL
4-6pm, London
8th – JOHN BENNETT BAND
Eleanor Arms, London
14th – BBC RADIO 3 J TO Z INTERVIEW BROADCAST
21st – TAMAR COLLOCUTOR RADIO SHOW
Soho Radio, 4-6pm
CANCELLED 21st – CUBAFROBEAT
Jazz Cafe, London
CANCELLED 26th – PRIVATE EVENT
CANCELLED 28th – PRIVATE EVENT
CANCELLED 29th – JOHN BENNETT BAND
Afternoon, Fox & Firkin, London
CANCELLED 29th – CALUM GOURLAY BIG BAND
7.30pm Vortex Jazz Club, London
February 2020
8th – SARATHY KORWAR
Les Hallucinations Collectives, Arlon, Belgium
13th – COLLOCUTOR ‘CONTINUATION’ ALBUM LAUNCH
Church of Sound, London
15th – PARASANG
Space 289, London
21st – 1201_alarm ALBUM LAUNCH
Icetank, London
22nd – TAMAR COLLOCUTOR RADIO SHOW
Soho Radio, 4-6pm
29th – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Assembly Nights @ The Old Market Assembly, Bristol
January 2020
12th – CUBAFROBEAT
Ronnie Scott’s, London
15th – RADIO SHOW CO-HOST
Worldwide FM (sitting in for Pete On The Corner)
24th – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Jazz Cafe, London
25th – TAMAR COLLOCUTOR RADIO SHOW
Soho Radio, 4-6pm, special guest Bex Burch (Vula Viel)
December 2019
5th – COLLOCUTOR
Late Night Jazz @ Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall, London
tickets and info here
6th – BRIAN AND ROBIN’S CHRISTMAS COMPENDIUM OF REASON
Hammersmith Apollo, London
12th-22nd – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Paris, France
28th – TAMAR COLLOCUTOR RADIO SHOW
Soho Radio, 4-6pm
November 2019
1st-3rd – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Taichung, Taiwan
2nd – TAMAR COLLOCUTOR RADIO SHOW
Soho Radio, 4-6pm
9th – JESSICA LAUREN’S NAGA 5
Sarajevo
15th & 16th – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Hong Kong
24th – COLLOCUTOR
London Jazz Festival, 91 Living Room, London
30th – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Lisbon, Portugal
30th – TAMAR COLLOCUTOR RADIO SHOW
Soho Radio, 4-6pm, special guest Yazz Ahmed
October 2019
1st – PRIVATE EVENT
London
4th – DELE SOSIMI x YAABA FUNK
Leytonstone Ballroom, London
5th – JESSICA LAUREN’S NAGA 5
Teater Momentum, Odense, Denmark
5th – TAMAR COLLOCUTOR RADIO SHOW
Soho Radio, 4-6pm
9th – KEFAYA ALBUM LAUNCH (guest)
London
11th – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Fiddlers, Bristol
12th – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Mount Pleasant Eco Park (evening)
13th – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA FAMILY GIG
Mount Pleasant Eco Park (lunchtime)
17th & 18th – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Luxembourg
19th – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Felabration feat. Pat Thomas; Onipa; Paradiso Amsterdam
26th & 27th – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Taichung, Taiwan
September 2019
18th-20th – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Rome
25th & 26th – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Turin
26th – TAMAR COLLOCUTOR RADIO SHOW
Soho Radio
August 2019
1st – SARATHY KORWAR
Live in store, Rough Trade East, London
9th – DELE SOSIMI QUARTET
91 Living Room, London
10th – KHALAB TRIO
Jaiyede Jazz Festival, Odense, Denmark
15th – KHALAB TRIO
Pina Festival, Sanremo, Italy
17th – PRIVATE EVENT
London
18th – COLLOCUTOR
We Out Here Festival
22nd – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Jazz Cafe, London
23rd – COLLOCUTOR
91 Living Room ,Brick Lane, London
29th – TAMAR COLLOCUTOR RADIO SHOW
Soho Radio
30th – KHALAB TRIO
Les Rendez-vous des L’Erdre, Nantes, France
July 2019
4th – KHALAB TRIO
Worldwide Festival, Sete, France
5th – SARATHY KORWAR & UPAJ COLLETIVE
Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands
11th – Ill Considered
Copenhagen Jazz festival
12th – SARATHY KORWAR & UPAJ COLLETIVE
Copenhagen Jazz festival
15th – CALUM GOURLAY BIG BAND
Vortex Jazz Club, London
19th – MAISHA
Italy
25th & 26th – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Moscow
28th – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Kendal Calling
30th – SARATHY KORWAR
Rough Trade, Bristol
31st – SARATHY KORWAR
Rough Trade, Nottingham
June 2019
1st – KHALAB TRIO
Serralves em Festa, Porto, Portugal
2nd – 6th – MAISHA tour
Clitheroe (The Grand)
Glasgow (Broadcast)
Manchester (Yes)
Kendal (Brewery Arts Centre)
Newcastle (The Cluny)
9th – PRIVATE EVENT
Poland
15th – CUBAFROBEAT
Belgium
28th – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Gaeta Jazz Festival, Italy
29th – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Mondo Sounds Festival, Sicily
May 2019
3rd – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Gorilla, Manchester
6th – CALUM GOURLAY BIG BAND
The Vortex, London
18 & 19th – MAISHA
Belgium
22nd – SARATHY KORWAR & UPAJ COLLETIVE
North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford
23rd – COLLOCUTOR
London Saxophone Festival at Jazz Cafe, London
26th – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Headrow House, Leeds
31st – KHALAB TRIO
Novara Jazz Festival, Italy
April 2019
7th – PRIVATE EVENT
12th – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
XOYO, London
14th – JOSEPHINE DAVIES BIG BAND
Vortex, London
21st – JOHN BENNETT BAND
Vortex, London
29th – CUBAFROBEAT
Jazz Cafe, London
March 2019
2nd & 3rd – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Berkeley, CA, USA
8th – KHALAB TRIO
Salerno, Italy
9th – KHALAB TRIO
Argo 16, Venice, Italy
15th – VINCENZO LAMAGNA
private preview
17th – PRIVATE EVENT
London
22nd – PRIVATE EVENT
London
24th – PRIVATE EVENT
27th – PRIVATE EVENT
London
29th – AFRICA EXPRESS: THE CIRCUS
London
30th – JOHN BENNETT BAND
London
February 2019
3rd – JOHN BENNETT BAND
Ivy House, London
9th – COLLOCUTOR
91 Living Room, Brick Lane, London
13-16th – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Montreal, Canada
21st – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Williamstown, MA, USA
January 2019
6th – CUBAFROBEAT: LOKKHI TERRA MEETS DELE SOSIMI
Ronnie Scott’s, London
12th – SARATHY KORWAR & UPAJ COLLECTIVE
Better Get Hit Festival, Tilburg, Netherlands
19th – TAMAR COLLOCUTOR TRIO
Giant Steps, London
25th – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA: AFROBEAT VIBRATION ALL NIGHT LONG
Gorilla, Manchester
*26th – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA: AFROBEAT VIBRATION ALL NIGHT LONG*
Headrow House, Leeds *POSTPONED*
27th – BLUE HARLEM
Sunday Jazz Lunch @ Ronnie Scott’s
28th – SARATHY KORWAR & UPAJ COLLECTIVE
Elgar Rooms, Royal Albert Hall
December 2018
1st – ROBIN INCE & BRIAN COX COMPENDIUM OF REASON
Hammersmith Apollo
2nd – JOHN BENNETT BAND
Fox & Firkin, Lewisham
7th-8th-9th – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Cologne, Germany
15th – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Barcelona
20th – HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND
Rise Festival, France
31st – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT SEXTET
NYE @ The London Jukebox
November 2018
1st – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Lincoln Center, New York
4th – JOHN BENNETT BAND
The Ivy House, London
6th – SARATHY KORWAR LISTENING PARTY
DJ set – Brilliant Corners, London
9th – CUBAFROBEAT
The London Jukebox, London
10th – HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND
16th-18th – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Shanghai
20th – HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND
La Scala, London
30th – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Afrobeat Vibration 10th Birthday Party, Jazz Cafe, London
October 2018
2nd – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Vaults, London
4th – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Holy Groove Festival, Lausanne, Switzerland
11th-13th – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Ottawa, Canada
18th-21st – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Toronto, Canada
31st – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Lincoln Center, New York
September 2018
1st – DJ KHALAB LIVE
Camberwell Fair, London
2nd – JOHN BENNETT BAND
Vortex, London
8th – HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND
17th – PRIVATE EVENT
21st & 22nd – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
The Curve, Leicester
29th – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Sheffield
August 2018
4th – JAIYEDE JAZZ FESTIVAL
Collocutor, Emanative, Sarathy Korwar
Odense, Denmark
9th – PRIVATE EVENT
16th-18th – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Edinburgh International Festival
25th – PRIVATE EVENT
31st – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Afrobeat Vibration
Jazz Cafe, London
July 2018
3rd-5th – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Grec Festival, Barcelona
7th – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Trew Fields Festival
13th-15th – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Amsterdam
18th – COLLOCUTOR QUINTET
Ghost Notes, Peckham
21st – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Day & Night Carnival, Oval Space, London
29th – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Camp Sancho festival
30th – CUBAFROBEAT
Jazz In The Round, London
June 2018
1st-9th (excluding 3rd & 7th) – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Sadler’s Wells, London
15th – ROBIN INCE AND CHRIS HADFIELD’S SPACE SHAMBLES
Royal Albert Hall, London
21st – EMANATIVE
26th & 27th – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Montpellier, France
May 2018
11th – PRIVATE EVENT
13th – JAZZANORY
Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire
17th – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
St Polten, Austria
20th – HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND
Glasgow
25th – HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND
Hay-on-Wye
29th-31st – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Sadler’s Wells, London
April 2018
1st – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Community
Albert Hall, Manchester
5th & 6th – AKRAM KHAN ‘XENOS’
Hellerau, Germany
7th – ‘XENOS’ ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Hellerau, Germany
14th – PRIVATE EVENT
20th – SONORAMA!
Latin American Composers in Hollywood
Barbican Centre, London
22nd – COLLOCUTOR QUINTET
Record Store Day, Warsaw, Poland
27th – DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Beaverworks, Leeds
