All London's live music

Let us take you on a musical journey through the Arab world. Join us and enjoy a variety of Arabic music you grew up listening to, or feel inspired by music you hear for the first time!

Bordering Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine, the Black Sea is a musical crossroads – a junction between worlds.

Life-affirming Afrobeat & Arabic funk

Listening to the life-affirming soul and vintage funk of London collective The Scorpios, you probably won’t be surprised to find that many of its members originate from Sudan. Its a truly global band however with backing members from the UK, Japan & Jamaica.

A night of trance, rhythm, and soul from Algeria’s southern frontier.

The Maydan Ensemble of the North London Jazz Collective is a quintet that blends modern jazz with Arabic, Anatolian and Persian folk music.

Get ready for a magical night with one of Turkey’s most iconic music groups: Yeni Türkü. Blending traditional instruments like the oud, baglama, kemence, and qanun with modern guitars and poetic lyrics, Yeni Türkü has enchanted generations since 1977.

Exploring time, space and unhealthy obsessions with authenticity and “untouchable sounds” in maqam-based music, Kareem Samara explores how sound, rhythm and harmony can be manipulated using amplified Oud with live and electronic percussion.

With a voice that flickers between deep, sultry tones and ethereal falsetto, Tamino crafts music that is both timeless and transportive.

Get stuck into the best of Iranian alternative music.

Revolutionary artist and creative returns to London.

Don't miss a vibrant evening celebrating Iranian culture through the lens of contemporary jazz.

"A maker of her own myths," as The New York Times describes her, Ghalia Benali is a Tunisian-Belgian artist whose music transcends genres and cultures. Emerging in 1992, she blends diverse musical traditions, creating contemporary Arabic music that is both deeply rooted and strikingly new.

A symphonic journey through the music of the father of modern Arabic music, Mohamed Abdelwahab, with the amazing Fatma Said and the brilliant Nader Abbassi.

Eat Your Own Ears and Serious present

Yasmine Hamdan

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