EFG London Jazz Festival 2021

12-21 November 2021

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Following an exceptional digital edition last year, we return with a programme of live performances by an electrifying line up of global stars, special collaborations, and the finest and freshest music

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Setting the Scene

EFG ELEMENTS SERIES

Jazz Voice 2021

Fri 12 Nov 2021

Specials EFG Elements Series The Power of The Voice

Dave Holland and John Scofield

Sun 14 Nov 2021

Icons EFG Elements Series

What’s Going On: Nu Civilisation Orchestra

Thu 18 Nov 2021

Specials EFG Elements Series The Big Mix

Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita

Fri 19 Nov 2021

EFG Elements Series All around the world

BEYOND MARGINS

Gwenifer Raymond

Fri 12 Nov 2021

Beyond Margins Strike A Chord

Black Midi + Moor Mother

Fri 12 Nov 2021

Robocobra Quartet & Archipelago

Sat 13 Nov 2021

Specials Beyond Margins The Big Mix

Tony Allen: A Retrospective

Sat 13 Nov 2021

Specials Beyond Margins The Big Mix

Irreversible Entanglements

Sat 13 Nov 2021

Visionaries Beyond Margins

Greg Foat + Kassa Overall

Sun 14 Nov 2021

New Horizons Beyond Margins Home/grown

Amadou & Mariam + Yugen Blakrok

Sun 14 Nov 2021

All around the world Beyond Margins

L.U.M.E. (Lisbon Underground Music Ensemble)

Sun 14 Nov 2021

All around the world Beyond Margins

Damon Locks - Black Monument Ensemble + Angel Bat Dawid

Mon 15 Nov 2021

Jgrrey, Kay Young + DJs Izzy Bossy & Rosie Lowe

Wed 17 Nov 2021

Woodkid + Alban Claudin

Wed 17 Nov 2021

Visionaries Beyond Margins

GLOR1A and friends

Wed 17 Nov 2021

ICONS

Archie Shepp & Jason Moran: 'Let My People Go' + Shirley Tetteh

Fri 12 Nov 2021

Specials Icons Home/grown Strike A Chord

Dave Holland and John Scofield

Sun 14 Nov 2021

Icons Strike A Chord

Cleveland Watkiss and Django Bates - Arts and Crafts

Sun 14 Nov 2021

Shai Maestro + Ranjana Ghatak

Mon 15 Nov 2021

Avishai Cohen Trio + Nikki Yeoh’s Café Oran

Tue 16 Nov 2021

Jeanie Barton with Tony Kofi

Thu 18 Nov 2021

Charles Lloyd + Nérija

Sat 20 Nov 2021

Icons Home/grown

Zakir Hussain

Sun 21 Nov 2021

Brad Mehldau Trio

Sun 21 Nov 2021

HOME/GROWN

Archie Shepp & Jason Moran: 'Let My People Go' + Shirley Tetteh

Fri 12 Nov 2021

Specials Icons Home/grown Strike A Chord

Daniel Casimir

Fri 12 Nov 2021

Quinn Oulton

Sun 14 Nov 2021

Greg Foat + Kassa Overall

Sun 14 Nov 2021

New Horizons Beyond Margins Home/grown

David Mrakpor & Nick Costley White + Glasshopper

Sun 14 Nov 2021

Akin Soul & The Soul Tribe

Tue 16 Nov 2021

Raquel Martins, Plumm and Sarah Tandy

Tue 16 Nov 2021

Cécile McLorin Salvant + Xhosa Cole

Tue 16 Nov 2021

The Power of The Voice Home/grown

Gilles Peterson Selected: Jelly Cleaver + Charlie Stacey

Tue 16 Nov 2021

James Beckwith

Tue 16 Nov 2021

Rosie Frater-Taylor,, and Ms Maurice

Wed 17 Nov 2021

London Third Stream: London Sinfonietta + Laura Jurd, Elliot Galvin, Cassie Kinoshi

Wed 17 Nov 2021

Specials Home/grown The Big Mix

All around the world

Aynur

Sun 14 Nov 2021

All around the world

SooJin Suh Coloris Trio & Camilla George | K-Music & EFG London Jazz Festival

Wed 17 Nov 2021

All around the world

Marcel Khalifé and Bachar Mar-Khalifé - Mahmoud, Marcel and I

Mon 15 Nov 2021

All around the world

Stefano Bollani

Sat 20 Nov 2021

All around the world

Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita

Fri 19 Nov 2021

All around the world

L.U.M.E. (Lisbon Underground Music Ensemble)

Sun 14 Nov 2021

All around the world Beyond Margins

Adnan Joubran Quartet: Borders Behind

Sun 21 Nov 2021

All around the world

Ichiko Aoba - SOLD OUT

Wed 17 Nov 2021

All around the world Beyond Margins

THE BIG MIX

Tony Allen: A Retrospective

Sat 13 Nov 2021

Specials Beyond Margins The Big Mix

Robocobra Quartet & Archipelago

Sat 13 Nov 2021

Specials Beyond Margins The Big Mix

Wild Card feat. Binker Golding, Graeme Flowers & Corina Kwami

Sat 13 Nov 2021

London Third Stream: London Sinfonietta + Laura Jurd, Elliot Galvin, Cassie Kinoshi

Wed 17 Nov 2021

Specials Home/grown The Big Mix

What’s Going On: Nu Civilisation Orchestra

Thu 18 Nov 2021

Specials The Big Mix

Soweto Kinch & London Symphony Orchestra

Fri 19 Nov 2021

Specials The Big Mix

Bill Laurance and The Untold Orchestra

Sat 20 Nov 2021

Specials Home/grown The Big Mix

Fusing Forces: Yazz Ahmed and the BBC Concert Orchestra

Sun 21 Nov 2021

Specials Home/grown The Big Mix

New Horizons

Lakecia Benjamin + Alina Bzhezhinska

Sat 13 Nov 2021

Greg Foat + Kassa Overall

Sun 14 Nov 2021

New Horizons Beyond Margins Home/grown

Sarathy Korwar & special guests

Sun 14 Nov 2021

New Horizons Beyond Margins

Anthony Joseph

Thu 18 Nov 2021

New Horizons Home/grown

Jaimie Branch

Fri 19 Nov 2021

New Horizons Beyond Margins

Take Five presents: Improvisational Soundscapes

Sat 20 Nov 2021

New Horizons Home/grown

Take Five presents: Beat Connections

Sat 20 Nov 2021

New Horizons Home/grown

Latest updates

EFG welcome you to the 2021 Festival

Wed 20 Oct 2021

Wax Poetics - exclusive EFG LJF subscriber offer

Tue 19 Oct 2021

Beyond Margins - EFG London Jazz Festival's future-facing shows of fresh, genre-defying material

Tue 19 Oct 2021

EFG London Jazz Festival x Becontree Forever

Thu 14 Oct 2021

EFG London Jazz Festival | Free, engaging, and interactive events

Mon 11 Oct 2021

EFG London Jazz Festival & Women in Jazz | Celebrating Female Talent with JGRREY, KAY YOUNG, DJS IZZY BOSSY & ROSIE LOWE

Wed 06 Oct 2021

Take Five Talent Development - New Artists Announced plus EFG London Jazz Festival showcases

Thu 23 Sep 2021

Volunteering with EFG London Jazz Festival

Tue 21 Sep 2021

New Names, Extra Shows, More Venues at EFG London Jazz Festival 2021

Wed 15 Sep 2021

EFG Elements Series Revealed for 2021

Mon 13 Sep 2021

International Youth Day 2021

Thu 12 Aug 2021

She Is Jazz is back - apply now

Tue 27 Jul 2021

2020 shows to enjoy again

Jazz Voice 2020

Fri 13 Nov 2020

Icons EFG Elements Series Watch Again from 2020

Church of Sound: Gary Crosby's Groundation Present the Charlie Parker Songbook and Originals

Fri 20 Nov 2020

Watch Again from 2020

Judi Jackson

Sat 21 Nov 2020

EFG Elements Series Watch Again from 2020

Rosie Turton

Sat 21 Nov 2020

Watch Again from 2020

New Switzerland: Julie Campiche + Ikarus + Trio Heinz Herbert

Sat 14 Nov 2020

Specials Watch Again from 2020

Produced in conjunction with the 2020 Festival, you can watch this one-off special edition of Jazz 625 for a few months more

Watch on BBC iPlayer

Festival Exhibition Space

Look back at our 2020 digital exhibition - the rich history of Esquire Records and the special relationship between art, jazz, and the people behind the curtain.

EXPLORE HERE