The EFG London Jazz Festival returns from 13\u201322 November 2026 with ten days of performances across more than 60 venues in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And despite the name, the festival stretches much further than traditional jazz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Major names include Goldie, Melody Gardot, Morcheeba, Samara Joy, Fatoumata Diawara, Mariza, Ben Folds, Caravan Palace, GoGo Penguin and Branford Marsalis with Dianne Reeves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anoushka Shankar has also been added as a special guest during Asha Puthli’s Cosmic Voyager show alongside Yazz Ahmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Goldie will perform Dare To Dream with a live band, orchestra and special guests at the Royal Festival Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Melody Gardot’s Royal Albert Hall performance will feature the London Philharmonic Orchestra alongside Thanda Choir and Ibrahim Maalouf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is where the festival becomes interesting for Radar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Goldie comes from drum and bass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Morcheeba are associated with trip-hop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Caravan Palace mix jazz with electronic music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anoushka Shankar brings Indian classical traditions into the wider programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The definition of jazz here becomes deliberately broad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The festival runs from 13\u201322 November at venues throughout London, including the Barbican, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall, KOKO, Village Underground and numerous smaller spaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The EFG London Jazz Festival returns from 13\u201322 November 2026 with ten days of performances across more than 60 venues in London. And despite the name, the festival stretches much further than traditional jazz. Who is playing London Jazz Festival 2026? Major names include Goldie, Melody Gardot, Morcheeba, Samara Joy, Fatoumata Diawara, Mariza, Ben Folds, Caravan Palace, GoGo Penguin and Branford Marsalis with Dianne Reeves. Anoushka Shankar has also been added as a special guest during Asha Puthli’s Cosmic Voyager show alongside Yazz Ahmed. Goldie will perform Dare To Dream with a live band, orchestra and special guests at the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2429,473,2428,26,2270],"coauthors":[2],"class_list":["post-3999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-festival","tag-efg","tag-festival","tag-fg","tag-jazz","tag-london"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n