Swaying with the Verses

Hi! I’m rushing off to a music festival… so this is going to be part 1 of July. All the listings you need to plan a your month ahead! And I’ll tell you all about June in part 2, as well as links to all my radio shows!

Raga Music Listings— July 2025

Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty is the artist you need to see this month! Check his insta for all the dates he’s doing, as there aren’t a huge amount of details, but he will be performing all over the UK!

20 July 2025 / 17:00
Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty
Ajoy Chakrabarty - vocal
Soumen Sarkar - tabla
Gourab Chatterjee - harmonium
Meher Paralikar - tanpura
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds
Book Now: £30

5 Jul 2025 / 13:00
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Jasdeep Singh Degun - sitar
Kirpal Panesar - dilruba
Kaviraj Singh - santoor, vocals
Gurdain Rayatt - tabla
Upneet Singh - tabla
Ellie Slorach - conductor
BBC Concert Orchestra
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Book Now: £Free

11 July 2025 / 19:30
Carnatic Nomad
Jyotsna Srikanth - violin
Abhiram Sahathevan - mridangam
Ram Sivasubramaniam - khanjira
Arnolfini Arts, Bristol
Book Now: £12

18 July 2025 / 20:00
Masala Festival: Blossoming:
Eeshar Singh - santoor
Jeevan Singh - tabla
Royal Northern Sinfonia
The Glasshouse, Gateshead
Book Now: £22.50-11.30

19 July 2025 / 13:00
Midday Mantra: Summer Serenade
TBC
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Book Now: £5

20 July 2025 / 17:00
Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty
Ajoy Chakrabarty - vocal
Soumen Sarkar - tabla
Gourab Chatterjee - harmonium
Meher Paralikar - tanpura
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds
Book Now: £30

20 July 2025 / 18:00
Khayal & Thumri of the Benaras Gharana
Sunanda Sharma - vocal
The Bhavan, London
Book Now: £7.50

25 July 2025 / 13:00
Grewal Twins and Junaid Ali
Grewal Twins - vocal
Junaid Ali - tabla
St Martin in the Fields, London
Book Now: £10

25 July 2025 / 17:00
Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty
Ajoy Chakrabarty - vocal
Soumen Sarkar - tabla
Gourab Chatterjee - harmonium
Meher Paralikar - tanpura
The Studio, Birmingham
Book Now: £30-£20

*note… I don’t make any money or anything from these listings, I don’t even get guestlist (although I wouldn’t say no to guestlist… gigging is expensive!), I’m just doing it, because people need to know where to see live music.

My Gigs

I’ve got to run off to Dancing Family Festival for a brother2brother set with the amazing Zar tomorrow. And then I’ll be at We Out Here Festival in August!

Part 2 is coming! :)

Sway of the Verses