EFG London Jazz Festival, 13th - 22nd November 2026, announces further names.
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Among the most recent batch of names to be announced are Anoushka Shankar, Yazz Ahmed + Sarathy Korwar joining Asha Puthli. Press released attached.
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EFG London Jazz Festival Announce further names and special guests for 2026 including Anoushka Shankar, Yazz Ahmed + Sarathy Korwar joining Asha Puthli Le Boom + AE MAK, Córas Trio, Memotone + Shell Company and more
Turkish Airlines returns as presenting partner of the Global Connections series for 2026
13 - 22 November
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https://efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/
EFG London Jazz Festival today shares more new additions to its 2026 programme, including new shows, special guests and collaborations from across the UK and beyond. Returning from 13–22 November, the Festival continues to bring together world-renowned artists like Goldie, Melody Gardot, Fatoumata Diawara, Mariza and Brandford Marsalis & Dianne Reeves, emerging talent and ambitious new projects across venues throughout the capital.
Turkish Airlines returns as presenting partner of the Festival’s Global Connections series, celebrating the international collaborations and cross-cultural exchange at the heart of EFG London Jazz Festival. Delivered in partnership with the world’s most connected airline, this year’s series brings together an outstanding lineup of artists from across the globe, with performances by L’Antidote + Naïssam Jalal & Roberto Negro: Landscapes of Eternity (Cadogan Hall, 14 Nov), Mariza (Royal Festival Hall, 15 Nov), Roberto Fonseca & Vincent Segal (Cadogan Hall, 17 Nov), Fatoumata Diawara (Roundhouse, 18 Nov), and The Joy (Barbican, 22 Nov), reflecting the Festival’s commitment to showcasing exceptional international talent on London’s stages.
Among today’s announcements, sitarist Anoushka Shankar, trumpeter Yazz Ahmed and percussionist Sarathy Korwar are the first special guests confirmed to join pioneering vocalist, actor and producer Asha Puthli for The Cosmic Voyager at the Barbican (14 Nov). Announced last month, the concert celebrates Puthli’s extraordinary career spanning avant-garde jazz, Indian classical music, cosmic disco and electronic music, with the three acclaimed artists joining a specially curated cast of contemporary musicians for this rare UK performance.
At Village Underground, Irish electronic duo Le Boom join forces with multidisciplinary artist AE MAK (15 Nov), while Belfast’s Córas Trio perform at Vortex (19 Nov) who bring a striking contemporary approach to Irish traditional music by deconstructing traditional melodies with electronics and collective improvisation. Both shows are part of a wider strand of Irish music running through this year’s Festival including the previously announced Muireann Bradley - (Stone Nest, 13 Nov) and Robocobra Quartet (ICA, 19 Nov) with more to be revealed in September.
EFG London Jazz Festival will continue late into the night with an after party until 3am at Hackney Wick’s Colour Factory (20 Nov) with Marla Kether, Ri Mistry and powered by sound system collective Shortlist Sound. More names will be announced closer to the event.
EFG London Jazz Festival spans multiple London boroughs, and this year percussionist, composer and producer Sarathy Korwar - who has just been announced for the Asha Puthli show - is performing two sets at Barking Riverside on the opening day (13 Nov). The first set will be solo ahead of being joined by London-based saxophonist, woodwind player and composer Chris Williams for the closing set. The concert offers an early glimpse of the wider Barking Riverside programme, with further details set to be announced in September.
At Kings Place, participants of this year’s Milestones - a professional development programme run by Serious for young and emerging producers - take the lead on producing their own event. Memotone and Shell Company come together for an intimate matinee performance (21 Nov), bringing two distinctive voices from the UK’s ambient music landscape to the Festival. Moving between jazz, drone, psychedelic rock, contemporary classical music and atmospheric electronics, the concert creates a space for close listening and reflection. The event is the culmination of five months of work with Serious by the Milestones cohort, a programme supporting young people building careers across the live music industry, giving participants the opportunity to bring this one-off show to the stage.
A number of previously announced headline shows also welcome newly confirmed opening sets. South African Thanda Choir - who are also performing alongside Melody Gardot at the Royal Albert Hall - join Malian singer, songwriter and guitarist Fatoumata Diawara at the Roundhouse (18 Nov), while Argentine trio and new Verve Records signing TRÍADA support Norwegian-Brazilian singer and composer Charlotte dos Santos at Union Chapel the same evening. Scottish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alex Cornish opens for Morcheeba at Troxy on the Festival’s opening night (13 Nov); Cornish has previously toured and performed with artists including Kathryn Williams, Tom McRae, Alison Moyet and Amy Macdonald. British-Canadian vocalist Rian Peters will open for Lizz Wright with Kenny Banks Sr. at Cadogan Hall (14 Nov).
Together, these new additions join an already expansive 2026 programme featuring major performances from Goldie, Melody Gardot, Mariza, Fatoumata Diawara, Alfredo Rodrigues & Pedrito Martinez, Anouar Brahem, Branford Marsalis & Dianne Reeves, Samara Joy, Ben Folds, Morcheeba, GoGo Penguin and more. Across ten days and venues throughout the capital, EFG London Jazz Festival continues to bring together international icons, boundary-pushing collaborations and the next generation of artists, reflecting the breadth and ambition that has made it one of the world’s leading celebrations of jazz and creative music.
EFG London Jazz Festival 2026
Fri 13 Nov
Sarathy Korwar - Barking Riverside
Morcheeba + Alex Cornish - Troxy
Muireann Bradley - Stone Nest
Opening Gala: Jazz Voice - Royal Festival Hall
Coltrane 100: Joe Lovano, Melissa Aldana, Nduduzo Makhathini, Linda May Han Oh, Jeff “Tain” Watts - Both Directions at Once - Barbican
Emma-Jean Thackray presents Dear Miles - A Love Letter - EartH Theatre
Fergus McCreadie - Kings Place
Sat 14 Nov
Asha Puthli: The Cosmic Voyager with special guests Anoushka Shankar + Yazz Ahmed - Barbican
Faris Ishaq - Stone Nest (matinee)
L’Antidote + Naïssam Jalal & Roberto Negro: Landscapes of Eternity - Cadogan Hall
Goldie: ‘Dare to Dream’ - Royal Festival Hall (matinee and evening show)
Caravan Palace - British Airways ARC
Rita Wilson - Purcell Room
Sun 15 Nov
Le Boom + AE MAK - Village Underground
Constantinople: ESTUARY - Kiya Tabassian, Ablaye Cissoko, Patrick Graham - Kings Place Hall One
Mariza - Royal Festival Hall
Yasuaki Shimizu - Milton Court
Dave Okumu & Friends present DVTN: Music Changes the World: from Nina Simone to Sly Stone - Union Chapel
Manu Delago x Max ZT - Stone Nest (matinee and evening show)
Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet - Kings Place Hall One
Anouar Brahem - Barbican
Lizz Wright with Kenny Banks Sr. + Rian Peters - Cadogan Hall
Alfredo Rodriguez and Pedrito Martinez - KOKO
The Meltdown - Jazz Cafe
Mon 16 Nov
Tyreek McDole - Lower Third
Melody Gardot + Lubiana - Royal Albert Hall
GoGo Penguin - KOKO
Tue 17 Nov
Roberto Fonseca & Vincent Segal - Cadogan Hall
Maarja Nuut + Shards ‘Combing Hair Into Sand’ - Milton Court
Matt Carmichael - Cecil Sharp House
GoGo Penguin - KOKO
Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes - Union Chapel
Wed 18 Nov
Fatoumata Diawara + Thanda Choir - Roundhouse
Charlotte dos Santon + TRÍADA - Union Chapel
Juliette Lemoine + Emyr Penry Dance + Lucy-Anne Daniels - Elgar Room
Andy Sheppard Trio + Norma Winstone & Kit Downes - Cadogan Hall
Ayanna Witter-Johnson - 93 Feet East
PREP - KOKO
Rymden - Jazz Cafe
Thu 19 Nov
Córas Trio - Vortex
Bongeziwe Mabandla + Zola Marcelle - Union Chapel
Martin Taylor & Guy Barker: The Spirit of Django - Smith Square Hall
Robocobra Quartet - ICA
Soweto Kinch x LSO - Barbican
Isaiah Sharkey - Jazz Cafe
Fri 20 Nov
Colour Factory x EFG LJF after party with Marla Kether Ri Mistry + more
Church Of Sound 10th Birthday | British Jazz Songbook - Barbican
Tania Giannouli & Nils Peter Molvaer - Cadogan Hall
Ben Folds - Royal Festival Hall
Kronos Quartet - Queen Elizabeth Hall
Sat 21 Nov
Memotone + Shell Company - Kings Place, Hall Two
Guildhall Session Orchestra presents Vangelis; Albedo 0.39 Directed by Mike Roberts - Queen Elizabeth Hall (matinee and evening show)
David Kayode + Marlon The Pannist - The Pit (Barbican)
Haruki Murakami’s Jazz at Peter Cat: a Japanese Jazz Night - Barbican (matinee and evening show)
Gerald Clayton Trio - Cadogan Hall
Branford Marsalis + Dianne Reeves Celebrate John Coltrane - British Airways ARC
Emma Rawicz’s Cloudwalker - Kings Place
Sun 22 Nov
The Joy - Barbican
Olivia Cuttill Quintet + un.procedure - Kings Place Hall Two (matinee)
Swingin’ With Strings: Ella and Louis sing the George Gershwin Songbook - Cadogan Hall
Kyoto Jazz Massive ft. Echoes of a New Dawn Orchestra - Islington Assembly Hall
Vital Spark (Music of Kenny Wheeler) Dave Holland, Norma Winstone & London Vocal Project - Kings Place Hall One
Samara Joy - Royal Festival Hall
Cécile McLorin Salvant with BBC Concert Orchestra - Queen Elizabeth Hall
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