Closing the festival at Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, 23 November is Adekunle Gold; a Nigerian born and bred singer-songwriter.

He gained recognition from his very first single ‘Sade’, a cover of One Direction's ‘Story Of My Life’ and has now released five albums: Gold (debuting at #7 on the Billboard World Albums Chart), About 30 (shortlisted for the GRAMMY® Best World Album), Afro Pop Vol 1, Catch Me If You Can and Tequila Ever After. Adekunle Gold has amassed over 2.5 Billion career streams with hits like Party No Dey Stop’ and ‘High’. 

For this one-off appearance, Adekunle Gold will be joined by the Guildhall Session Orchestra, a dynamic ensemble of talented alumni from Guildhall School of Music & Drama which has recently been making waves in the music world, collaborating with celebrated artists and pushing creative boundaries.