“From the moment she opened her mouth I had almost constant goose bumps. Her voice moved from the absolutely sublime and sensitive to the sultry depths… The set was flawless. Listening to Adu is like being exposed to something elemental.”
— Salient Magazine

Saturday, February 8, 2020 – 7 pm
7pm: Leila Adu flowers, or die EP Release Show with Jon Toscano & Dylan Greene,
Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1
Entry: Doors + Donation
8pm: After-party, Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 0
(Adjacent bar next to Stage 1 on Allen Street with After party drinks specials)
196 Allen Street, New York 10002
Lower East Side
NEW YORK
November 24, 2019 – 8:30 pm
String Quartet +/- if the stars align
Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618, United States
Chicago
Saturday, November 9, 2019 – 7 pm
Voices Unheard: Celebrating Diverse Composers
3800 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
8270 Alumni Dr
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-1625
College Park
Sunday, October 27, 2019 – 7 pm
Duo with Jon Toscano & Leila Adu
376 9th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215
NEW YORK
Thursday, October 17, 2019 – 7:30pm
DIVE DEEPER: GLOBAL IMPACT OF HIP HOP CULTURE AND MUSIC
Maimouna Youssef aka Mumu Fresh & Jason ‘Timbuktu’ Diakité moderated by Leila Adu-Gilmore
Harlem Stage
150 Convent Avenue
NEW YORK
Friday, September 27, 2019
Childrens Music Making Workshop with Alejandro VZE
Abajo Culture & Art Cafe
ACCRA
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Lucked In
Alliance Francais
ACCRA
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Lucked In
Republic
ACCRA
Sunday, August 4, 2019
Terraza Monstruo – Impro 4
Partido Fundamentalista del Sonido (Leila Adu, Jacob Wick, Carlos Alegre, Misha Marks)
La Perrera Municipal
Revillagigedo 96, Azotea – Centro
MEXICO CITY

Friday, August 2, 2019
Partido Fundamentalista del Sonido
(Leila Adu, Jacob Wick, Carlos Alegre, Misha Marks)
Bucareli
69 Colonia Juarez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc
MEXICO CITY
Tuesday, 20 Novembre 2018
Le Grand Salon Volant Festival
HOUDINI + PAULINE DRAND + LEILA ADU + CHRISTINE ZAYED + GORDA ENSEMBLE
Petit Bain
7 Porte de la Gare
PARIS 75013

Friday, June 1, 2018
Lucked In (Kwame Write, Black Rainbow, Alejandro VZE)
Le Zorba
37 rue du Faubourg du Temple
PARIS 75010
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Leila Adu solo song set
Spinning Coin (Scotland)
Le Zorba
37 rue du Faubourg du Temple
PARIS 75010
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Makoto Sato, Richard Comte, Leila Adu – IMPROV SET
Espace Japon
PARIS 75010
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Amon Wong + Thorsten Vieth
Burkhard Beins + Sudarshan Chandra Kumar + Brian O’Reilly
Siew-Wai Kok + Timothy O’Dwyer
Burkhard Beins + Thomas Lehn + Georg Wissel
Flexible Performance Space, LASALLE
Block F Level 1 #F102
1 McNally Street
SINGAPORE
Friday, January 26, 2018 – 7.30 pm
CHOPPA FEST 2018
Peter Holzknecht + Zeekos Perakos
Joee & I + Leila Adu
Dirk Stromberg + Georg Wissel
Thomas Lehn + Bani Haykal
Sunday, January 7 2018, 3pm
BLACK RAINBOW (DJ + Live Set)
Silo Park Summer Sessions
Silo Park, Jellicoe & Beaumont St,
Wynyard Quarter
AUCKLAND
Thursday, December 7 2017, 8pm
Leila Adu, Paul Schwingenschlogel, Olivia Scemama, Makoto Sato – IMPROV SET
Bab-Ilo
PARIS 75018
Saturday, October 14 2017
O Paradiso
Leila Adu
Brooklyn
NEW YORK
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Black Rainbow and Her Big Band (music of Nina Simone, Flying Lotus, Marvin Gaye, Courtney Bryan & Sun Ra)
Feat. Black Rainbow keys, Bridget Kelly bass clarinet & Gerard Crewdson trombone, Nell Thomas theramin & Jonny Marks EMS synthi, Riki Gooch drums
Living Wage Stage
NEWTOWN FESTIVAL
WELLINGTON
New Zealand
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Forward Music Project
Amanda Gookin plays: “For Edna” by Leila Adu, for cello and voice
National Sawdust
Brooklyn
NEW YORK
Tuesday, February 14, 2o17
Valenslime
A romantic evening of noise-games, DJs, and more!
Baby Zionov, Contact Mike, Axes to Grind
Presented by The Doll & DJ Black Rainbow
The Audio Foundation
AUCKLAND
Saturday, February 4 2017 (Love Cells Tour)
LEILA ADU
Peach Milk
Golden Dawn
134 Ponsonby Rd
AUCKLAND
Thursday, February 2, 2017 (Love Cells Tour)
LEILA ADU @ Cindy Sherman Exhibition
City Gallery Wellington
101 Wakefield St
WELLINGTON
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Party Of Special Things To Do
Rhrr France
improv with guests incl. Leila Adu
Free Theatre
CHRISTCHURCH
NZ
Friday, January 27, 2017
Rhrr France
improv with guests incl. Leila Adu
Free Theatre
CHRISTCHURCH
NZ
Saturday, January 14, 2017 (Love Cells Tour)
LEILA ADU
Snails Artist Run Space
101 Taonui Street
Palmerston North
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Audio Foundation Xmas Party
Xmas DJ’s Ducklingmonster…
visiting performers Steve Beresford, Jonny Marks, Mark Hewins and Leila Adu…
local heroes Kraus and Louise Mahoney, Hermione Johnson and more!
Audio Foundation
AUCKLAND
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Steve Beresford
+ Leila Adu improv and Vitamin S krew
Audio Foundation
AUCKLAND
Saturday, December 10, 2016, 9.30pm
LEILA ADU Love Cells Tour with
STEF T
Darkroom
336 St Asaph St.
Christchurch
New Zealand
Sunday, November 2, 2016 12 noon (THE MIZ’RIES COMPLETE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE EP RELEASE SHOW)
UNRULY SOUNDS FESTIVAL
Leila Adu
The Miz’Ries
+ Many more…
Hinds Plaza, Princeton Public Library
Princeton, NJ
Sunday, September 25, 2016 8pm
The Miz’Ries Complete Control Of Your Vehicle EP New York Release Show
with
Crosslegged &
Leila Adu
C’Mon Everybody
New York
325 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11238 Subway: Bedford Nostrand G train
Tickets: $8 Advance; $10 Door
Saturday, September 17, 2016 9pm
The Miz’Ries Live Show and WPRB Radio Broadcast
with
Dälek
/// LOVE CELLS EP RELEASE TOUR ///
Jeuves, 8 Septiembre, 2016 9:00
LEILA ADÚ con PARTIDO FUNDAMENTALISTA DEL SONIDO (Misha Marks, Carlos Alegre, y hospite Alfonso Muñoz) y TAYHANA (NAAFI, HEIDRAH)
Cine Tonalá
Tonalá #261, Col. Roma Sur
Mexico City
Viernes, 26 Agosto, 20169:30
Concierto De LEILA ADU
PEZ Oaxaca
Pino Suarez
Oaxaca City
Mexico
Viernes, 12 Agosto, 2016 7:00
Garcia Vigil 613
El FOCO ROJO
Oaxaca City
Mexico
Jueves, 4 Agosto, 2016 8:00
CONCIERTO TRIPLE
-HUM de Taku Sugimoto
-PARTIDO FUNDAMENTALISTA DEL SONIDO
Leila Adu, Jacob Wick, Misha Marks, Carlos Alegre
-Gudinni Cortina
Espectro Electromagnético
Garcia Icazbalceta 31
Col San Rafael
Ciudad de Mexico
Viernes, 22 Julio, 2016 9.30pm
Leila Adu — songs & improvisations
Misha Marks
@ Bucareli 69
Bucareli 69
Colonia Juarez
Ciudad de Mexico
Saturday, July 16, 2016 8:30pm (time tbc)
Leila Adu — songs
Ivan Bringas
@ Jazzorca
Av. Municipio Libre 35
Ciudad de Mexico
Domingo, 10 de Julio, 2016 7:30pm
Terrazza Mostruo : IMPRO 4
Banda de chicachilangos neozelayorkinos:
Leila Adu (improv), teclado y voz/ Jacob Wick, trompeta / Misha Marks, latarra y trombón / Carlos Alegre, violín de triplay
La Perrera Municipal:
Felipe Peralta, trombón / Fernando Herrera, bataca
@ Revilagegido 96
Colonio Centro
Ciudad de Mexico
Wednesday, June 29, 2016, 7pm
LOVE CELLS EP Release Show with Nico Turner & O PARADISO
at NATIONAL SAWDUST
New York
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Carlsbad Music Festival Village Walk
Carlsbad, California
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Air 11
Fairfax btw Oakwood & Beverly
Los Angeles
Thursday, June 9 – Sun June 12, 2016
OJAI FESTIVAL
Sunday, June 12, 2016 6-8:30pm |
Free Street Party Concert
Dina El Wedidi and Band | ICE | Aruna Sairam | Roomful of Teeth | Leila Adu
Additional artists TBA
Main Street
Santa Paula
California
Saturday, June 11, 2016 9-10:00am
Morning Ojai Extra
** Series Subscriber Event **
LEILA ADU: “if the stars align…” (string quartet)
Calder Quartet
Zalk Theater
Besant Hill School
8585 Ojai Santa Paula Rd
Ojai
3-4:15pm
The Mystic Hour II
CAROLINE SHAW: Don’t Let Me Be Lonely (Commissioned by the Ojai Music Festival) – World Premiere
Text: Claudia Rankine
ICE | Roomful of Teeth
LEILA ADU: “Alyssum” (string quartet + harp composition)
Calder Quartet | Bridget Kibbey, harp
DU YUN: An Empty Garlic for bass flute, electronics, and tam tam
Claire Chase, bass flute and tam tam
Libby Bowl
Ojai,
California
Friday, June 10, 2016 10:30-11:30pm | Libbey Bowl
Free Late Night Ojai Extra
LEILA ADU: Songs & Improvisations
Leila Adu, voice and piano
May 29, 2016
MagnaMagna
Viterbo, Italy
Sunday, May 28, 2016
Mojo Blues Station Festival
Rome, Italy
Saturday, May 27, 2016
The Scaledown
The King and Queen
Fitzrovia
London
(canceled by venue)
Thursday, May 25 2016
Live Recording at Briggs Warehouse
London
Friday, May 13, 2016 7pm
Q2 Music Presents Peter Sellars
with Ojai Festival artists:
Leila Adu
Julia Bullock and John Arida
The Greene Space
44 Charlton Street, New York, NY
(corner of Varick Street)
Wednesday, April 8, 2016
K A T E S perform “Two Voices,” music composed by Leila Adu
Switchboard Music Festival
Center for New Music
55 Taylor Street
San Francisco
Friday, March 25, 2016
Scary Love Monster EP Release Show
Leila Adu
Nico Turner
Friday, March 25, 2016 at 7pm
CAKE SHOP
152 Ludlow Street
New York
Thursday, March 24, 2016
K A T E S perform “Two Voices,” music composed by Leila Adu
Firehouse Space
246 Frost Street, Brooklyn
New York
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Fire! Festival
www.audiofoundation.org.nz
Waiatarua Community Hall
911 West Coast Rd
Auckland
Thursday, January 11, 2016
Speaker at Webstock
“A Jewelled Net”: Music, Mindfulness, People, Planet!
St James Theatre
77/87 Courtenay Place
Wellington
Monday, October 19, 2015
FILM FORUM MONDAYS at 7.30pm
The Miz’Ries play a live soundscape to Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times”
[Adu (vocal FX, drumpad), Collins (turntable FX), Snyder (analog synth)]
James M. Stewart ’32 Theater
185 Nassau St
Princeton
MUSIC MATTERS FESTIVAL, Columbo, Sri Lanka
Saturday, August 15, 2015 8 pm
Main Stage Day 2, Line up:
Line up:
– Leila Adu (+ Sum Suraweera, drums, Issac Smith, bass)
– Mix Master Blong – Amila Sandaruwan, Isuru Kumarasinghe, Sarani Perera, Uvindu Perera, Harshan Gallage
– Magic Love Mirrors – Isaac Smith, Kei Watanabe
– Isuru Kumarasinghe, Darren Moore, Miako Klein
– Xu Feng, Isaac Smith, Sumudi Suraweera
– Sarani Perera, Leila Adu, Harshan Gallage
Friday, August 14, 2015, 8 pm
Main Stage Day 1, Line up:
– Povel Widestrand
– Musicmatters Students
– Brahminy Kites
– Musicmatters Transcoastal Collective
– Shangyin Trio
– Leila Adu (+ Sum Suraweera, drums, Issac Smith, bass)
– Clayton Thomas
– Larry T-hill
– Amila Sandaruwan
– Sakvala Chakraya
Thursday, August 13, 2015 8 pm
Experimental Night
– Mix Master Blong – Amila Sandaruwan, Isuru Kumarasinghe, Sarani Perera, Uvindu Perera, Harshan Gallage
– Magic Love Mirrors – Isaac Smith, Kei Watanabe
– Isuru Kumarasinghe, Darren Moore, Miako Klein
– Xu Feng, Isaac Smith, Sumudi Suraweera
– Sarani Perera, Leila Adu,
Goehthe Institute
Columbo
Sri Lanka
Saturday, June 20, 2015 7.30pm
Leila Adu will sing her own composition as soloist with Orchestra Wellington, as part of their 2015 Season
Adu ‘Blessings as Rain Fall’
Prokofiev ‘Piano Concerto No. 3’
Tchaikovsky ‘Symphony No. 2’
–Leila Adu Vocals
–Michael Houstoun Piano
–Marc Taddei Conductor
Michael Fowler Centre
Wellington
New Zealand
/// Album Release Tour with Useful Chamber //
Leila will perform her compositions for voice and large chamber ensemble to support Useful Chamber’s CD release, ‘Dream Within A Dream:’ Friday March 13 evening concert, Hart, MI and March 15, matinee concert, Kalamazoo, MI. More details coming soon!
///
Saturday, February 21, 2015
LEILA ADU
O PARADISO + special guests
@Standard Toykraft
722 Metropolitan Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Friday, September 12, 2014 9 pm
LEILA ADU
NICO TURNER
Peace Yoga
903 South Maine Street
Downtown Los Angeles
Saturday, September 6, 2014 6 pm
Songbird Presents Early and Late Show –
***EARLY Show: 6-9:30
TELL Hour – Featuring Jen Burke Anderson, Deborah Steinberg, Lauren Wheeler, Kevin Munroe and Linda Robertson
7 pm – Leila Adu
7:30 pm – The Wyatt Act
8:30 pm – Inner Ear Brigade
Sliding Scale $8-$10
***LATE Show: 10:00 pm to Close
Banda Sin Nombre
DJ Sets throughout the night by Msk.fm
Sliding Scale $8-$10
@Amnesia
853 Valencia St
San Francisco, CA 94110
Monday, September 1, 2014 8 pm
LEILA ADU
KATE OLSON https://soundcloud.com/kateplayssax
SOMESURPRISES https://soundcloud.com/somesurprises
UNKNOWN ROCKSTAR http://postmoderncore.com/albums/another-year-older-and-deeper-in
Hollow Earth Radio
2018 E Union St # A,
Seattle 98122
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 7 pm
LEILA ADU
LA FLAMENCO NEGRA
Republic Bar and Grill
Oxford St, Osu
Accra
Ghana
Sunday, August 10, 2014 7.30 pm
LEILA ADU
1/3 AMPLIFIER MACHINE
Friends and Lovers
641 Classon Ave
Brooklyn, NY11238
Facebook Event
ADVANCE TICKETS
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 10 pm
BELTS AND WHISTLES TAPE LABEL LAUNCH PARTY: The Miz’Ries “Emotional Performance Motorcycle” album
The Miz’Ries are: Jeff Snyder, Leila Adu & Quinn Collins
with Special Guests:
BABL +
Tristan Shepherd and Michael Foster Duo
Cameo
93 N6 Street
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
New York
///Leila Adu sings backing with Luscious Jackson///
Saturday Jun 7 2014
Paradise
Boston
Saturday, May 31, 2014
The Independant
Friday, May 30, 2014
El Rey
LA
///
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Princeton Sound Kitchen
DECODA CONCERT
Princeton Composers:
Elliot Cole
Gilad Cohen
Cenk Ergun
David Molk
Leila Adu sings her composition ‘Freedom Suite’ with DeCoda: large chamber ensemble
Taplin Fine Hall
Princeton Universty
///friday april 25
The Miz’Ries Jeff Snyder/Leila Adu/Quinn Collins
Red Room
Philadelphia
friday April 18
O Paradiso
Leila Adu
Simone Kearney
Prism House
Cameo
93 N6 Street
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
New York
///Leila Adu sings with Lord Echo on Japan Tour///
Fri April 4 2014 Tokyo
Sat April 5 2014 Nigata
Sun Aprli 6 2014 Kyoto
/// Japan Tour with Lord Echo ///
4-6 March: Tokyo/Nigata/Osaka
/// Aotearoa New Zealand Shows ///
Sunday, March 30, 2014 matinee show
Leila Adu
Te Manawa Museum ofArt
346 Main Street
Palmerston North
Saturday, March 29, 2014 12 pm – 6 pm
Leila sings with Lord Echo
Silo Sessions Presents Lord Echo & Electric Wire Hustle
Silo Park
Corner of Beaumont and Jellicoe Street
Auckland
Thursday, March 27, 2014 7 pm
Leila will musically perform Alan Brunton poetry alongside a huge lineup of artists, see details
BEYOND THE OHLALA MOUNTAINS | ALAN BRUNTON | POEMS 1968-2002 | BOOK LAUNCH
Wharekai – Waipapa Marae AK University
16 Wynyard St
Auckland
Saturday, March 15, 2014 9 pm
Leila Adu
The Darkroom
336 St Asaph St
Christchurch
/// Japan Tour with Lord Echo ///
March 4 – 6 2014: Tokyo/Nigata/Osaka
///
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
The Miz’Ries
Marateck
Wilson Black Box
Princeton University
Friday, December 20, 2013
ZS + Miho Hatori
MV Carbon
The Miz’Ries
DJ Jason P. Grisell
Trans Pecos
Bushwick, New York
Friday, November 8, 2013
Leila Adu
East Bank Music Series
Church of the Ascension
127 Kent Street
Greenpoint
Brooklyn NY 11222
Tuesday, October 9, 2013
Leila sings compositions by Alex Dowling and Amanda Feery
Black Box, Wilson College
Princeton
New Jersey 08544
Sunday September 1, 2013
BALTIMORE BOREDOM #3
(A EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC NIGHT INSPIRED BY TOKYO BOREDOM)
Visuals and DJ provide by Nippon Motion
S-EXPLODE( FROM SAITAMA JAPAN)
http://s-explode.com/
TIDELAND(VA)
MONTGOMERY DRIVE(FL)
THE MIZ’RIES
ECHO HEY HELLO
JEFF CAREY
IMPATIENCE MACHINE
7$
7PM DOORS
8PM FIRST BAND
Club K
2101 Maryland Avenue
Baltimore
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
The Miz’Ries (Leila Adu-synth drum/vox, Quinn Collins-turntable & Jeff Snyder-analog synth)
Jessie Marino
Spirograph Agnew
Jack Space
Clinton Hill
New York
Monday, July 15, 2013 7.30 pm
The Miz’Ries (Leila Adu-synth drum/vox, Quinn Collins-turntable & Jeff Snyder-analog synth)
@ZirZamin
90 W. Houston Street
New York
Saturday, May 12, 2013
Bill Direen
Hamish Kilgour
Leila Adu
@ The Cakeshop
152 Ludlow Street
New York, NY 10002
Friday, May 11, 2013
Bill Direen
Hamish Kilgour
Leila Adu
@ Kung Fu Necktie
1250 N Front St
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Hamish Kilgour + Leila Adu
@Ding Dong Lounge
929 Columbus Ave
Upper West Side
New York, NY 10025
Monday, March 18, 2013
The Miz’Ries (Leila Adu/Jeff Snyder/Quinn Collins)
@ Public Assembly
70 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
/// RESIDENCY @ PIANOS NYC ///
Wednesday September 5, 2012– 8 pm
Wednesday September 12, 2012 – 9pm
Wednesday September 19, 2012 – 9 pm
Pianos
158 Ludlow Street
Lower East Side
NEW YORK
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9 pm
Day Eye
Leila Adu
Artanker Convoy
Anthony Coleman
Zebulon
258 Wythe Avenue
Brooklyn
New York 11211
Thursday, June 28, 2012 – 8 pm
Invader Music Video Special
Murkage + Leila Adu + Golden Rabbit + Mademoiselle Mademoiselle
The Book Club
100 Leonard Street, EC2A 4RH
LONDON
Thursday, May 10, 2012 – 7 pm
Pianos
158 Ludlow Street
NEW YORK
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 – 8 pm
Leila Adu sings original Song Cycle for/with So Percussion
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall
PRINCETON
LEILA ADU is M.C. BLACK RAINBOW with LORD ECHO
The Black Seeds NZ Tour
May 30, 2012
Altitude
HAMILTON
27 may, 2012
School of Music
NELSON
26 may, 2012
The Bedford
CHRISTCHURCH
25 may, 2012
Lake Wanaka Centre
WANAKA
24 may, 2012
Sammy’s
DUNEDIN
/////
Friday, April 6, 2012
8pm | ALL AGES
Hive Dwellers (unamplified acoustic band from CALVIN JOHNSON)
Leila Adu with Hamish Kilgour (of THE CLEAN)
Katie Eastburn (x Young People)
959 Broadway @ Myrtle Ave | Bushwick, Brooklyn
JMZ – Myrtle Ave, G-Myrtle-Willoughby
Friday, March 30, 2012
Doors: 10:30 pm
Mercury Lounge
217 E Houston St.
New York, NY, 10002
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 – 8 pm
KIWIS IN NYC
Project Secret Robot
389 Melrose Street
BROOKLYN
NEW YORK 11237
Saturday, November 5, 2011 – 9 pm
BENEFIT PARTY
Christ Church Neighbourhood House
20 North American St
PHILADELPHIA
PA 19106
Saturday, September 17, 2011, 8 pm
NOsweetNO
Alberto Fiori + Leila Adu & guests
Arturo Vidich
Katy Gunn
Saurbah Tak
DJ set by Dak
@ The Mothership
252 Green Street, Apt 2L
11222 Greenpoint Brooklyn
NEW YORK
Saturday, August 27, 2011
‘COCTEAU TWINS TRIBUTE’
Life Group
Upsilon Acrux (featuring Barrie Rose)
Magic Johnson
Luis Naranjo and Dani Elowe project
QUeUe (feat. Leila Adu)
Abe Vigoda
Dunes
@ The Smell
247 s main street downtown
LOS ANGELES
Friday, August 26, 2011
Leila Adu
howardAmb
@Human Resources
410 Cottage Home St in Chinatown, 90012
LOS ANGELES
Friday, August 19, 2011
‘ANTARCTICA’
Alphabethead
The Labcoats
Leila Adu
Riki Gooch
MLKBDGR
@ The San Francisco Bath House
WELLINGTON
THE BIG BUSK – for Child Cancer Foundation
Friday, May 20, 2011 @midday – 3pm
Leila Adu, Barnaby Weir, Louis Baker, Lisa Tomlins, Chris Yeabsley, Eva Prouse, Ryan Prebble, Lucien Johnson, Iva Lamkum, Dan Yeabsley, Nikita Bryant, Trya Keelan, Claire Terry, Mara Simpson, King Homeboy, Toby Laing & Andy Mauafua
Plum Cafe
103 Cuba Street
Wellington
US for THEM – for CHCH Women’s Refuge
Sunday, May 15, 2011 @3pm – 7pm
Leila Adu + Trinity Roots + Paddy Bleakley + Urban Dance and Rescue + The Buttercuts
Anzac Hall
Featherston
“Ode to the Unknown Factory Worker” CD Release Tour
LEILA ADU
Friday, April 1, 2011 @ 9.00pm
Leila Adu – solo + Delete! + DJ Soubrother
Happy Bar
Cnr Tory & Vivian Sts
WELLINGTON, NZ
Friday, March 11, 2011 @ 7.30pm
Leila Adu – solo + Lime Headed Dog + Dead Days Beyond Help + Poino
The Windmill
Brixton, SW2 5BZ
LONDON
featuring DE SANTIS (drums)
‘Up Close & Intimate’ Series
saturday 5 march @ 8:00 PM
Leila Adu
Arch1 Members’ Club
Cranberry Lane
West Ham, E16 4PD
LONDON
Thursday, March 3, 2011 @ 8:00 PM
Leila Adu + Otto Fischer solo
The Vortex
11 Gillett Street, Dalston
LONDON
Friday, February 25, 2011 @ 21:00
Leila Adu + Mills Projects
Ausland
Lychener Str. 60, D-10437
BERLIN
venerdì 18 febbraio 2011 @ 22.00
Leila Adu + Accademia del Danno
Circolo Arci Lebowski
Corso Vittorio Veneto 817
RAGUSA
Italy 97100
giovedì 17 febbraio 2011 @ 21:30
Leila Adu
Fanfulla 101
via Fanfulla da Lodi, 101
ROME
mercoledì 16 febbraio 2011 @ 22.00
Leila Adu (solo)
Circolo Caracol
via Battichiodi, 8-10
PISA
Friday, January 28, 2011 @ 9:00 PM
Leila Adu with Orlando Greenhill
The Mezz Bar
501 South Spring Street
Neighborhood
LOS ANGELES
View a list of Leila Adu’s previous international performances.
Centennial Olympic Park outdoor concert, Atlanta, August 2010.
• Bloombars, Washington DC, July 2010.
• URB ALT Festival 2010 at 92Y, trio with Andrew Weeks (US) and Federico Ughi (Italy), New York, June 2010.
• DARK JOAN NZ Tour, Wellington, Palmerston North, Auckland, 2010.
• The New Zealand International Jazz & Blues Festival, duet with Nick Gaffaney, Christchurch, New Zealand, April 2010.
• DARK JOAN Music Video Launch LEILA ADU & THE DON’Ts, Daniele di Santis, Steve Beresford, The Vortex, London, 2010.
• Mojo Station Shake It Blues Festival, duet with Daniele de Santis, Rome, Italy, March 2010.
• Fanfulla 101, duet with Daniele di Santis, Rome, March 2010.
• Scuola di Musica Populare di Ivan Illich, Solo concert, February 2010.
• The Vortex curated by Seb Rochford (Polar Bear), LEILA ADU & THE DON’Ts (John Edwards-bass, Steve Noble-drums) London, December 2009.
• Galapagos Artspace, URB ALT Jimi Hendrix Tribute, New York, November 2009.
• DARK JOAN ALBUM UK TOUR, Birmingham, Sheffield, London, November 2009.
• Notte Bianca, Outdoor Night Festival, duo with Daniele di Santis (drums,) Rome, Italy, 2009.
• Isole Che Parlano Festival, solo concert, Sardinia, Italy, 2009.
• Rescue Cat CD Launch Party, solo concert, London, 2009.
• URB ALT Festival 2009, performances at BAM, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Public Assembly, Brooklyn, New York, 2009.
• The Auckland Festival, International Festival, Concerts of solo piano & voice and with NZ based band Chris O’Connor (drums), Jeff Henderson (sax) & Tom Callwood (bass) Auckland, New Zealand, 2009.
• Improvised trio performances in London with Hannah Marshall (cello) and Steve Beresford (electronics, piano) London, 2008/2009.
• Radio Rai (Italian National Radio) Broadcast and recordings for album of Truth in the Abstract Blues, Rome, 2008.
• Solo performances at The Electroacoustic Club series, London, 2008.
• Performance with Truth In Abstract Blues, improvising trio, at the improvised music festival ‘Controindicazione’, Init, Rome, 2008.
• Music video launch party for ‘Cherry Pie,’ produced in London by Cut the Papaya Productions, The Old Crown, London, 2008.
• Performances in USA including, Sound Fix Lounge, New York Echo Curio, Los Angeles. Recorded new solo album at Electrical Audio in Chicago with producer Steve Albini (Joanna Newsome, Nirvana, PJ Harvey); United States, 2007.
• Leila Adu European Summer Solo Tour performances in Rome, Paris and the United Kingdom 2006/2007.
• Leila Adu Cherry Pie Tour, national tour promoting second album, 2005.
• Sell-out shows at The Wellington International Jazz Festival, Happy, 2004, 2003 & 2001.
• Live performance at Civic Square as part of improvising synthesizer trio, Delete! to accompany a retrospective of short films by artist, Joanna Margaret Paul a joint production with the City Gallery, Wellington.
• Leila Adu Dig A Hole NZ Tour, 10 city album tour with band 2004.
• Leila Adu Dig A Hole Australian tour, solo performances in Melbourne, Canberra & Albury, 2003/2004.
• Performed original songs at the Too Much Spirit Too Festival, The Dom, Moscow, 2000.
• Leila Adu solo piano residency, The Foundry, London, 2000.


