Most Popular World Music in London
Sun 23 Mar - Sat 10 May 2025
Monobloco
Saturday 23 November 2024
Experience the joyous energy of the Rio de Janeiro Carnival as Brazil?s leading street band transport us to one of the world?s greatest parties. Described as ?the closest thing to being in Carnaval in Rio?, the big band pay homage to the gr...
Solstafir
Sunday 24 November 2024
Icelandic post metal legends Solstafir embrace roots in progressive, black, and Viking metal elements, thus laying the blueprint for their definitive atmosphere-driven post-metal style as fans know it today, a sound steeped in the icy depth...
KOKOROKO
Wednesday 27 November 2024
London has long been a hotbed for experimentation for music from West Africa, and it's into this global-local story that we can situate afrobeat innovators: Kokoroko. Sonically living up to their name, Kokoroko are an all star band featurin...
The Folk Implosion
Wednesday 27 November 2024
A side project that took on an unlikely life of its own, the Folk Implosion is a collaboration between 's and Boston-area songwriter . While their earliest material was decidedly rooted in the lo-fi movement of the early '90s, their contri...
Saint Levant
Thursday 28 November 2024
Marwan Abdelhamid aka Saint Levant, is a multilingual Jerusalem-born Palestinian rapper best known for his song "Very Few Friends". He is also Dior's first fragrance ambassador in the Middle East. Abdelhamid's childhood was spent primarily ...
Orphaned Land
Saturday 30 November - Monday 2 December 2024
Often criticised in their own land for being "leftist Arab lovers", Israeli metal band Orphaned Land are one of the most exclusive bands of the whole prog metal scene in the world, combining Mizrahi and Maghrebi Jewish, Arabic, Turkish, an...
Okean Elzy
Wednesday 4 December 2024
Ukrainian rock band Океан Ельзи celebrate their 30th anniversary. One of the most popular Ukrainian rock bands, known far beyond the borders of their native country, Okean Elzy's music unites, and the unique sound and strong lyri...
Asen
Sunday 8 December 2024
Chinese rapper and member of hip hop sensation Digi Ghetto, Asen has been pushing boundaries in the Chinese rap scene with his narrative melody rap and meaningful lyrics. ...
Jacob Collier
Monday 9 December 2024
The history-making multi-Grammy winning London singer and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier announces his biggest world tour to date, exploring the limitlessness of orchestral and choral music, taking the audience on a journey through ev...
Fat Freddy's Drop
Friday 13 - Sunday 15 December 2024
Fat Freddy's Drop is a New Zealand seven-piece band from Wellington, whose musical style has been characterised as any combination of dub, reggae, soul, jazz, rhythm and blues, and techno. Originally a jam band formed in the late 1990s by m...
Cirque Du Soleil - Corteo
Thursday 9 January - Sunday 2 March 2025
One of Cirque du Soleil's most enchanting arena productions, Corteo, is heading to the UK. The word "corteo" means cortege in Italian. A joyous procession, it's a festive parade imagined by a clown. The Cirque du Soleil show merges the pass...
Richard Bona
Thursday 13 February 2025
Cameroonian superstar, jazz multi-instrumentalist, Richard Bona, takes to our stage for two exclusive dates this year. Born and raised in Cameroon, Bona arrived in New York in the mid-?90s and wowed crowds with his unique sound and presence...
Laibach
Saturday 22 February 2025
Laibach is a music and cross-media group from Slovenia established in 1980 in Trbovlje. The name of the band is the historic German version of the name Slovenia's capital Ljubljana. From the start Laibach has developed a "Gesamtkunstwerk" -...
Wardruna
Wednesday 19 March 2025
The Norwegian music constellation are a group renowned for their innovative and genre-creating renditions of older Nordic traditions. Transcending music genres, cultures and languages. The group has previously charted in both Germany and th...
Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of The Dubliners
Sunday 23 March 2025
Direct from the West End, the show brings to life the music of Ireland's favourite sons 'The Dubliners'. Telling the story of a career spanning 50 years and evoking the spirit of Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna, Jim McCann, Ciaran B...
Heilung
Tuesday 15 April 2025
The enigmatic world music collective, made up of members from Denmark, Norway, and Germany, return with their signature amplified folk based on texts and runic inscriptions from Germanic peoples of the Iron Age, and Viking Age. The mysterio...
John Smith
Friday 2 May 2025
Known for his intimate songwriting, his honey-on-gravel voice and pioneering guitar playing, he has spent the last fifteen years touring internationally and has amassed over 40 million streams on Spotify. As a session musician he has played...
Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of the Dubliners
Saturday 10 May 2025
Direct from the West End, the show brings to life the music of Ireland's favourite sons 'The Dubliners'. Telling the story of a career spanning 50 years and evoking the spirit of Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna, Jim McCann, Ciaran B...
The Waterboys
Saturday 31 May 2025
Best known for songs including "How Long Will I Love You" and "The Whole of the Moon", The Waterboys have been led by Scottish singer and guitarist Mike Scott - their line-up otherwise ever-evolving - since the early 1980s, having won a ...
