EFG London Jazz Festival 2022: Full lineup announced
EFG London Jazz Festival is celebrating its 30th Birthday with over 300 shows in November 2022
EFG London Jazz Festival is celebrating its 30th birthday in 2022 and has announced its fill lineup, cherishing the freedom, innovation and dialogue jazz invigorates.
The 30th birthday programme brings leading artists from around the world and the UK to the capital in November for a series of live and digital performances, special collaborations, fresh discoveries, and exclusive new commissions across 10 days.
The prestigious festival boasts a lineup that explores every corner of the jazz world with a uniquely ambitious scope ranging from established icons of jazz like Abdullah Ibrahim to new visionaries such as Alabaster DePlume.
Earlier this year, it was announced that the festival will be spreading the joy of its 30th throughout the year, with a special summer series taking place at the Barbican featuring Herbie Hancock, Brad Mehldau, Marisa Monte and SF Jazz Collective in June, EFG London Jazz Festival promises a diverse and exciting programme in November, with more shows to be announced in June and August.
The festival is thrilled to announce a new slew of shows to add to its impressive roster: a lively festival gathering with Nubiyan Twist and Secret Night Gang at KOKO, venturing into new spaces with Moment’s Notice in the Wilds and a second show of Lady Blackbird at The Broadway both in the borough of Barking & Dagenham, and free shows presented by Total Refreshment Centre, J to Z Live and Kinetika Bloco amongst others.
The Festival's title sponsor EFG celebrates the richness and depth of the Festival line-up with highlighting four shows hand-picked by the EFG Elements Series. This year’s Elements Series shows are the Festival’s opening Gala Jazz Voice, legendary bassist Ron Carter’s 85th Birthday celebration, outstanding singer-songwriter Melody Gardot and the premiere of new special commissions of Guy Barker’s Guitar and Clarinet Concertos, through a collaboration between Barker himself, guitarist Eugene Pao, clarinettist Giacomo Smith and talented youth orchestra Southbank Sinfonia.
In its previous 29 years, EFG London Jazz Festival has established itself as the biggest pan-city Festival in Europe and the highlight of the jazz calendar in the UK, with over 300 shows, more than 70 venues drawing over 100,000 in live audiences.
EFG London Jazz Festival 2022: Lineup
You can find the extensive and full lineup here.
When is EFG London Jazz Festival 2022 taking place?
EFG London Jazz Festival 2022 is taking place between the 11th and 20th of November 2022.
The festival's special summer series took place between the 22nd and 25th of June 2022.
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