Jazz & world music
Jazz clubs, world music nights and genre-crossing live sets across Athens.
15 upcoming jazz & world events in Athens — next: Sat 5 Sep at Christmas Theater.
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Miss Pooja, a popular Punjabi music icon, comes to Athens for the Punjabi Mela celebration. The live performance at Christmas Theater promises an evening filled with high energy, rhythm, and vibrant musical tradition rooted in Punjabi culture. All of her greatest hits feature prominently in this spectacular and…
Φ hill Sessions returns for its second year to Philopappos Hill at the Dora Stratos Theatre in Athens. The festival presents an eclectic concert programme featuring indie rock, jazz, and world music performances. The outdoor theatre venue hosts these diverse musical performances within the festival's curated format.…
Φ hill Sessions returns for a second year to Philopappus Hill and the Dora Stratou Theatre. The festival presents an eclectic program of concerts spanning indie-rock, jazz, and world music genres. This multicultural programming brings together diverse musical styles and artistic traditions from across the cultural…
Νεφέλη Φασούλη performs at the Άλσος of New Smyrna as part of the Ιωνικές Γιορτές, the municipal festival established over many decades as one of Greece's most respected quality cultural events. The festival has maintained rigorous artistic standards while remaining accessible to the community, making deliberate…
Dub Inc performs live in Athens at Gagarin 205. The reggae and world music artist brings a live show to the city. Gagarin 205 provides the venue for this performance in Athens, Greece. The live show offers audiences a direct experience with reggae music and the artist's established body of work. Fans of reggae and…
ΜΩΡΑ ΣΤΗ ΦΩΤΙΑ mark a landmark anniversary, celebrating forty years at Technopoli with a concert reflecting their enduring impact on Greek rock. From their early years to today, the band has remained a raw, uncompromising force channeling passion through electric guitars and songs spanning generations. Their iconic…
Greek-Canadian virtuoso Pavlo brings his 'Mediterranean Sound' to Athens for an exclusive appearance at gazarte roof stage. He uniquely blends the Greek bouzouki, flamenco, Latin rhythms, and contemporary pop influences. The two-time JUNO Award nominee has built a 20-year career with worldwide album sales exceeding…
Snarky Puppy are a Texas collective with five Grammys and more than two decades behind them. Over forty musicians have passed through the lineup, many with credits alongside names like Prince, Aretha Franklin and Kendrick Lamar. Founder and bassist Michael League runs the live show like a traffic controller, giving…
Tomorrow Comes The Harvest began as a meeting between Detroit techno figure Jeff Mills and Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, a founder of Afrobeat, alongside producer Jean-Phi Dary. The trio toured until Allen's death in 2020, and Mills has kept it going, now with flutist Rasheeda Ali. The sets are improvised rather than…
Jamie Woon is one of contemporary British soul and electronica's most distinctive voices, renowned for bridging soulful songwriting with modern electronic music. His breakthrough came with the emblematic "Night Air", produced by Burial, establishing him as a characteristic voice of the contemporary British sound.…
IMARHAN stands as one of the most significant and pioneering ensembles in contemporary Tuareg music. They deliver hypnotic desert blues rhythms, African grooves and contemporary psychedelic bursts. Since their founding in 2006 in Tamanrasset, southern Algeria, they have continuously expanded the boundaries of…
Spike Fuck spent a decade as more urban legend than working musician: a Melbourne artist whose 2015 Smackwave EP on Partisan Records dealt bluntly with substance use, gender, religion and existence, then vanished at the moment he looked ready to break through. He resurfaced in 2024, sober and reshaped, no longer a…
Vapors of Morphine keeps alive the distinctive sound of Morphine, the influential 1990s band. Led by saxophonist Dana Colley, this power trio features electric baritone sax, drums, and 2-string slide bass. Their setlists combine Morphine classics with new material and creative interpretations, all filtered through…
Altin Gün returns to Athens with their latest album 'Garip', a tribute to legendary Turkish folk musician Neşet Ertaş. The Amsterdam-based ensemble has earned recognition on the global world-psych scene by reimagining Eastern sounds through a distinctive blend of psychedelic rock, funk, folk, and contemporary…
Saint Levant, born Marwan Abdelhamid, makes his first Athens appearance on the AFANDI World Tour. He was born in Jerusalem and grew up in Gaza, and that background runs through the music: Arabic traditions folded into R&B, hip hop and pop, with lyrics moving across Arabic, English and French. Expect material from the…