EFG London Jazz Festival

The annual EFG Jazz Festival takes place in November at venues across London, presenting live performances by leading jazz stars, special collaborations, fresh discoveries, and exclusive new commissions. 

One of the UK’s landmark jazz music events, the festival celebrates the rich cultural diversity and musical eclecticism of the jazz scene and brings scores of world-class music-makers to the city, with many of the festival's biggest concerts taking place here in the South Bank at Southbank Centre.

Headline acts playing at the festival at the Southbank Centre this year include: Ben Folds (Fri 20 Nov), San Francisco’s boundary-pushing strong quartet Kronos Quartet (Fri 20 Nov), sensational, six-time Grammy Award winner Samara Joy (Sun 22 Nov) and singer, composer and visual artist Cécile McLorin Salvant performing with the BBC Concert Orchestra (Sun 22 Nov).