The EFG London Jazz Festival runs from Friday 13 to Sunday 22 November, and its east London programme starts on the opening night with two shows that have already sold out. Morcheeba play Troxy on Commercial Road, and Emma-Jean Thackray brings Dear Miles – A Love Letter, her show built around Miles Davis, to EartH in Stoke Newington.
Both are listed as sold out on the festival’s website. The rest of the east London programme is mostly club nights in Dalston, Brick Lane and Hackney Wick.
Friday 13 November
Morcheeba, who formed 30 years ago, bring Escape The Chaos, their 11th studio album, released in 2025, to Troxy. The singer-songwriter Alex Cornish opens. Doors at Troxy are at 7pm and the band is due on stage at 7.30pm.
At EartH, doors are at 7.30pm and Thackray is due on at 8pm. In a note on the festival’s page, she says she found Davis by accident at 13, while learning a brass band solo, and learnt the melody and solo of his recording of Four by ear on the trumpet.
Later that night, Ninety One on Brick Lane has a Miles Davis centenary night led by the trumpeter JSPHYNX, with doors at 8pm and live music from 9.30pm, according to the venue’s listing. The festival’s club programme also puts the Vicente Magalhães Octet and the Diggory Wood Trio at Grow in Hackney, and the Dalston Song Club with Lily Lyons at the Vortex.
The Vortex, most nights
The Vortex Jazz Club in Dalston has a festival gig almost every night, mostly starting at 7.45pm. The line-up includes MOPOMOSO on Sunday 15 November, Crow Culture on Monday 16, Emilia Martensson and Matt Robinson on Tuesday 17, and Reiss Ellis Beckles playing The Blues and the Abstract Truth on Wednesday 18.
The Belfast group Córas Trio, who take apart traditional Irish melodies with electronics, play on Thursday 19 November. The Ligeti Project follows on Friday 20, and the James Allsopp Group plays music from its forthcoming album, The Forest Speaks, on Saturday 21. A Vortex jam session on Sunday 22 November is also in the festival programme.
Cafe OTO, Tuesday 17 November
Cafe OTO on Ashwin Street hosts Robyn’s Rocket with Laura Jurd, Little Kali and ATMoss, with live visuals by Rucksack Cinema and Jade. Doors open at 7.30pm, ATMoss play at 8pm, Little Kali at 9pm, and Laura Jurd and Robyn’s Rocket at 10pm. The gig is due to finish at 10.50pm. Advance tickets are £13.20, or £16.50 for a ticket that supports the promoter’s work, and £14 on the door.
An after-party in Hackney Wick
For the first time, the festival will run late into the night, with an after-party at Colour Factory in Queens Yard, Hackney Wick, on Friday 20 November. The singer-songwriter Summer Pearl performs live, with DJ sets from the bassist and producer Marla Kether and from Ri Mistry, a former Rinse FM producer who now programmes the venue. The sound system collective Shortlist Sound is running the night.
It starts at 10pm and runs until 3am, according to the festival’s programme announcement. Tickets cost £9.20 to £17.30 including fees, and more names are due to be added.
One cancellation
A show by the Irish electronic duo Le Boom with AE MAK at Village Underground in Shoreditch, set for Sunday 15 November, has been cancelled for personal reasons. The festival says ticket holders have been contacted and can get refunds from the original ticket seller.
The essentials
- What: EFG London Jazz Festival 2026, produced by Serious
- When: Friday 13 to Sunday 22 November 2026
- Sold out: Morcheeba at Troxy, 490 Commercial Road, E1 0HX, and Emma-Jean Thackray at EartH, 11-17 Stoke Newington Road, N16 8BH, both Friday 13 November
- Club nights: Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston (most nights to 22 November); Cafe OTO, 18-22 Ashwin Street, E8 3DL (17 November); Ninety One Brick Lane (13 November)
- After-party: Colour Factory, Unit 8a Queens Yard, Hackney Wick, E9 5EN, Friday 20 November, 10pm to 3am, £9.20 to £17.30
- Tickets and full listings: the festival’s website, efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk