EFG London Jazz Festival 2026: Ten Days of Jazz Across London, 13 to 22 November

For ten days every November, London turns into a jazz city. The EFG London Jazz Festival, in its 34th year, runs from Friday 13 to Sunday 22 November 2026 across venues and rooms all over town, from the big halls on the South Bank to chapels and clubs, Clash reported when the first names were confirmed.

Names confirmed so far

• GoGo Penguin: two nights at KOKO in Camden.
• Cécile McLorin Salvant with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Southbank Centre.
• Sam Gendel and Sam Wilkes together at Union Chapel.
• Lizz Wright at Cadogan Hall.
• Emma-Jean Thackray's 'Dear Miles – A Love Letter' at EartH, Hackney.
• Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves at Olympia, West London.
• Also named, venues to check: Samara Joy, Fergus McCreadie, Fatoumata Diawara, Ben Folds, and Alfredo Rodríguez with Pedrito Martínez.

Clash said tickets were on sale when it published; it gave no prices, so none are given here. Exact dates for each show are on the festival's and the venues' own pages.

Ten days, a whole city of rooms, and the best of them small enough to hear the breath before the note.

Jazz is a music of rooms: a trio sounds different in a chapel than in a club, and the players know it. If the festival sends you home wanting to capture that sound yourself, our recording studio is a treated room built for that, and you can check dates on the booking page.