Love Supreme 2023: Line-up Announced
Love Supreme Festival has begun to announce the first acts for 2023...
Last updated 30th Mar 2023
The latest acts have been announced Love Supreme Festival 2023 - Europe’s biggest outdoor jazz festival - following a record-breaking 2022 with over 60,000 attendees.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival has now revealed that Little Simz and Grace Jones will be headlining the festival. The Mercury Prize, Ivor Novello and Brit Award-winning UK rapper Simz will make her debut at the festival on Saturday, July 1st while Jones returns to close the festival on Sunday, July 2nd following a commanding headline set in 2016.
Also joining the line-up for the 10th edition of the acclaimed three-day event are multi-million-selling, four-time Brit Award winner Emeli Sandé, powerhouse British drummer and bandleader Yussef Dayes, South London-born neo-soul star Greentea Peng, incendiary US funk big band Tower of Power, three-time Grammy-nominated US vocalist Jazzmeia Horn, Armenian pianist and composer Tigran Hamasyan, French-Caribbean singer and bass player Adi Oasis, US R&B singer Yaya Bey, and one of the most celebrated British jazz musicians of all time, Courtney Pine CBE.
The newly announced acts join the line-up alongside the likes of pioneering bassist and vocalist Thundercat, soul queen Candi Staton, who will perform at the festival as part of her last ever run of UK shows, Brit Award-nominated gospel-soul trio Gabriels, multi-million-selling, Grammy-winning American soul group Shalamar (celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2023), bassist, producer, bandleader and close Miles Davis collaborator Marcus Miller, the father of Ethiopian jazz Mulatu Astatke, internationally acclaimed Blue Note alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, and UK soul singer-songwriter Pip Millett.
Elsewhere, it has recently been announced that the acid-jazz orientated, Bluey-led group Incognito and French multi-instrumentalist and global sensation FKJ (French Kiwi Juice) - collaborator of Tom Misch, Masego, and Santana - have also been added to the exciting lineup.
Also featuring a selection of this year’s breakthrough singers - including Obongjayar, Mica Millar, August Charles and Cherise - the 2023 line-up is set to be the festival’s biggest and best to date.
Love Supreme 2023: Line-up to date:
Little Simz
Grace Jones
Thundercat
Emeli Sandé
Gabriels
Candi Staton
Marcus Miller
Pip Millett
Mulatu Astatke
Tower of Power
Greentea Peng
FKJ
Shalamar
Incognito
Yussef Dayes
Tigran Hamasyan
Obongjayar
Courtney Pine
Yaya Bey
Jazzmeia Horn
Immanuel Wilkins
Shai Maestro
The Cavemen
Danny Krivit (DJ)
Adi Oasis
Mica Millar
Binker Golding Quintet
Zoe Rahman Octet
Svaneborg Kardyb
Cherise
Jasmine Myra
August Charles
Natalie Williams
Alex Hitchcock & Ant Law
Toucan
Please Note: More names will be announced in due course.
When is Love Supreme 2023?
Love Supreme Jazz Festival is returning to Glynde Place in East Sussex from the 30th of June until the 2nd of July 2023.
Tickets start at £63 (day, weekend, camping, supremium and glamping tickets are available) and are on sale now at Love Supreme.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival through the years:
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2013
Founded by record executive Ciro Romano, the inaugural Love Supreme Jazz Festival was held on the weekend of Friday 5th to Sunday 7th July 2013. The opening day featured a variety of local artists before the club night Funky Sensation brought the party into the early hours.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2013 – Bryan Ferry
Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry headlined the Saturday night in 2013 and he was flanked by his eponymous retro-jazz ensemble The Bryan Ferry Orchestra, who play his distinguished back catalogue in a 1920s jazz style. The career-spanning setlist melded solo tracks with Roxy Music classics such as 'Love Is The Drug' and 'Do The Strand', and a variety of covers including set closer, Curtis Mayfield's 'Move On Up'.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2013
Chic featuring Nile Rodgers (pictured), Charles Bradley and Michael Kiwanuka were among the plethora of artists who performed earlier on the Saturday.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2013 – Jools Holland
TV presenter and revered ivory tinkler Jools Holland together with his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra brought the first Love Supreme Festival to a joyous, rip-roaring close on the Sunday night. Jools was joined by a variety of guest singer during the set including Gregory Porter, Rico Rodriguez, Fine Young Cannibals' Roland Gift, and his own daughter Rosie Holland.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2013
The Sunday also boasted performances from Brand New Heavies, Esperanza Spalding, Soweto Kinch, Melody Gardot and the aforementioned Gregory Porter (pictured). © Getty
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2014 – Jamie Cullum
Always a great entertainer, jazz-pop singer Jamie Cullum played an enthusiastically received 15-song headline set on the Saturday. It centred on his own original material but also included covers of Cole Porter's 'Just One of Those Things' and 'Love For Sale', Roy Ayers' 'Everybody Loves the Sunshine', and Cullum's live staple, 'Don't Stop The Music' by pop megastar Rihanna.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2014
After the second Love Supreme Festival opened its doors on the Friday, the main action kicked off on the Saturday with Snarky Puppy (pictured), Incognito, Laura Mvula all performing before Jamie Cullum.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2014 – De La Soul
Hip hop trio De La Soul brought the second Love Supreme to a close with uplifting feel-good anthems like 'Me Myself and I' and 'The Magic Number'.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2014
The typically eclectic Sunday bill also featured Imelda May, Gregory Porter, Soul II Soul, Curtis Stigers (pictured), Christian McBride Trio and Polar Bear.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2015 – Chaka Khan
The Queen of Funk herself, Chaka Khan, topped the bill on the Saturday night at Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2015. Flanked by an incredibly slick band, Chaka Khan flaunted her vocal prowess throughout a sublime set that was peppered with classics such as 'I Feel For You', 'What Can You Do For Me?' and a euphoric 'Through the Fire'.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2015
Earlier on the Saturday, the fast-rising Rag N' Bone Man opened the proceedings with Neneh Cherry (pictured) also performing. The Big Top stage saw jazz icons Terence Blanchard, Jason Moran, Joshua Redman and Hugh Masekela play across the two days.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2015 – Van Morrison
Bona fide music legend Van Morrison was the blockbuster Sunday night headliner and he never wavered in magnificence from the opening 'Baby, Please Don't Go' through to the closing 'Think Twice Before You Go'.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2015
Omar (pictured), Candi Staton and Lisa Stansfield were among the other performers on the Sunday at Love Supreme 2015. © Getty
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2016 – Grace Jones
Truly one of the most engaging, entertaining and unique performers in the live arena, Saturday night headliner Grace Jones took to the stage in tribal body paint and delivered an audio-visual masterclass. Opening with a cover of Iggy Pop's 'Nightclubbing', Grace prowled every inch of the stage as if she owned it and even treated us to versions of Edith Piaf's 'La Vie En Rose' and Roxy Music's 'Love Is The Drug' before closing with a commanding 'Slave to the Rhythm'. Wow.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2016
Lianne La Havas also played the Main Stage on the Saturday with Ibrahim Maalouf, whilst Cecile McLorin Salvant, Gilles Peterson, Patrick Forge and Scofield Mehldau Guiliana (pictured) played at the Big Top.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2016 – Burt Bacharach
The one and only Burt Bacharach brought the glorious Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2016 weekend to a close. With such a fabled musical repertoire to dip into, the then 88-year-old singer was never going to disappoint, and he duly delivered a faultless set. © Getty
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2016
The hyper-eclectic Sunday Main Stage bill featured Kelis, Caro Emerald and Average White Band, while Gogo Penguin (pictured), Kamasi Washington and Melody Gardot played the Big Top.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2017 – The Jacksons
A complete and utter sell-out weeks in advance, The Jacksons headlined the Saturday night at Love Supreme 2017. Alongside their impressive backing band, the sexagenarian siblings performed some of the finest disco songs in history, with 'Wanna Be Starting Somethin', 'Blame It On The Boogie' and 'ABC' among the many set highpoints.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2017
Other Saturday performers across the stages included NAO, Herbie Hancock (pictured), BadBadNotGood, Lee Fields & The Expressions and Michael Wollny Trio.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2017 – Gregory Porter
No stranger to Love Supreme having triumphed in 2013 and 2014, Sacramento jazz sensation Gregory Porter made the rightful leap to headliner in 2017. Wearing his trademark hat, Gregory Porter consumed the stage with his captivating aura as he dispatched instant classics like 'On My Way to Harlem' and 'Take Me to the Alley'.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2017
George Benson, Kamasi Washington, St Paul & The Broken Bones, Robert Glasper Experiment and Laura Mvula (pictured) also played on the final day of Love Supreme 2017.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2018 – Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello & The Imposters played an epic 19-song headline set on the Saturday at Love Supreme 2018 that opened with 'Pump It Up' and included 'Oliver's Army', a trademark poignant cover of Charles Aznavour's 'She' and 'Everyday I Write The Book'.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2018
The phenomenal Saturday bill also featured Level 42, Mr Jukes, Pharoah Sanders, Portico Quartet, Ezra Collective (pictured), Songhoy Blues, PP Arnold and many more.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2018 – Earth, Wind & Fire
The mighty Earth, Wind & Fire treated us to a disco and funk masterclass during their closing set at Love Supreme 2018. Feel-good and uplifting throughout, 'Boogie Wonderland' was truly transcendental and they even treated us to a cover of The Beatles' 'Got To Get You Into My Life'.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2018
Also on the Sunday bill at Love Supreme 2018 were the likes of George Clinton Parliament Funkadelic, Tom Misch, Curtis Harding, James Taylor Quartet, Mavis Staples, Moonchild and Zara McFarlane (pictured).
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2019
The latest edition of Love Supreme Jazz Festival featured a bumper Friday line-up across six stages with Gogo Penguin, Sampa The Great, Yakul and Patchwork Orchestra among the many of musical delights on offer.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2019 – Gladys Knight
The Empress of Soul wowed the Saturday night at Love Supreme 2019 and whipped the Glynde Park faithful into euphoria. Aged 75, her soulful voice was faultless on songs including 'Midnight Train to Georgia' and 'If I Were Your Woman'.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2019
Also on the Saturday bill at Love Supreme 2019 were the Orphy Robinson, Cinematic Orchestra, Jimmy Cliff, Louie Vega, Snarky Puppy, Chick Corea, Judi Jackson, Tim Garland Group and Chip Wickham (pictured).
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2019 – Ms. Lauryn Hill
Fugees icon Lauryn Hill was on truly imperious and soulful form during her Sunday night headline slot at Love Supreme 2019. From 'Doo Wop (That Thing)' to 'Everything Is Everything' and the closing 'Ready or Not', Lauryn Hill never wavered in magnificence.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2019
Other acts on the Sunday included Jamie Cullum, Jon Armon-Jones, Mahalia, The Brand New Heavies, Caravan Palace, Kamaal Williams, Alicia Olatuja (pictured), Seed Ensemble, Marquis Hill Blacktet and Greg Wilson.