EFG London Jazz Festival Confirms Additional Tortoise Performance and More | The Quietus

EFG London Jazz Festival Confirms Additional Tortoise Performance and More

The band will now play a further matinee show at the Barbican after their original festival appearance sold out

EFG London Jazz Festival has added another raft of names to the lineup for its 2025 edition.

Leading the announcement is an additional matinee performance by Tortoise at the Barbican. Scheduled for the afternoon of November 22, the new show comes after the band’s evening performance at the same venue sold out.

The festival has also newly confirmed performances from British-Indian musician and composer Soumik Datta at Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room; Idrîsî Ensemble at Union Chapel; L’Antidote Trio playing their first UK show at Kings Place Hall 2; and drummer and composer Nate Smith at KOKO.

They join the previously announced likes of Nubya Garcia, Tune-Yards, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Mulatu Astatke, The Weather Station and lots more on the lineup for this year’s festival.

EFG London Jazz Festival will take place from November 14 to 23, 2025. Find more information here.

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