The EFG London Jazz Festival puts out four monthly press releases each summer, and the second one went out on Wednesday 4 June. The list below gives all the shows so far announced; they will all be on sale from the festival website and from the venues from today 6 June.
Our lead picture is of the remarkable Hermeto Pascoal, 89 years young on 22 June.. who still – happily – wants to tour! His concert has been announced in the latest batch.
It has also been announced that the Aga Khan Music Awards will be part of the 2025 Festival, taking place on the final four days but with no further detail yet.
Kings Place, which has been promoting jazz since the first week it opened in 2008, is so far absent from the EFG LJF listings.
Soweto Kinch’s concert with the LSO performing the final part of his trilogy will happen during the festival but does not appear to be part of it
Two days after the end of the festival, Alfa Mist headlines in the Royal Albert Hall.
LIST OF SHOWS ANNOUNCED TO 4 JUNE
12 – 14 Nov – aja monet (Artist in Residence) – Barbican
14 Nov – Jazz Voice – Royal Festival Hall
15 Nov – Joan As Police Woman – EartH Theatre
15 Nov – We Exist! The Dee Dee Bridgewater Quartet – Barbican
15 Nov – Tanita Tikaram – Royal Festival Hall
15 Nov – Chris Thile – Queen Elizabeth Hall
15 Nov – Kurt Elling and The Yellowjackets Celebrate Weather Report – Cadogan Hall
16 Nov – Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo – Barbican
16 Nov – Michael Wollny Trio + Emma Rawicz INKYRA – Queen Elizabeth Hall
16 Nov – Bilal – Village Underground
18 Nov – Jasmine Myra with Strings – Hackney Church
19 Nov – Makaya McCraven – KOKO
19 Nov – Rita Payés – Union Chapel
20 Nov – Ana Carla Maza – Cadogan Hall
20 Nov – Emma-Jean Thackray – KOKO
20 Nov – London Sinfonietta with Marius Neset – Queen Elizabeth Hall
20 Nov – Fergus McCreadie + Laura Jurd – Union Chapel
20 Nov – GeeJay – Islington Assembly Hall
21 Nov – The Weather Station with Strings – EartH Theatre
21 Nov – Bill Frisell Trio – Cadogan Hall
21 Nov – Hiromi’s Sonicwonder – Barbican
22 Nov – Tortoise + Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer – Barbican
22 Nov – Tune-Yards – Royal Festival Hall
23 Nov – Adekunle Gold with Guildhall Session Orchestra – Royal Festival Hall
23 Nov – Japanese Jazz – Barbican
23 Nov – Swingin’ With Strings – Cadogan Hall
23 Nov – Herbert & Momoko – Village Underground
