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17/2/24

Meraki Duo

The Recital Hall, Bognor Regis (UK)
19:30

18/2/24

Meraki Duo

Frome Concert Group (UK)
Rook Lane Chapel, Frome
11:30

15/3/24

Tøyen Bossa Trio

Postkontoret, Tøyen, Oslo (NO) 
19:00

28/3/24

Meraki Duo

Andover Music Club (UK)
The Lights, Andover
19:30

6/4/24

GIA

Postkontoret, Tøyen, Oslo (NO) 
22:00

12/4/24

Tøyen Bossa Trio

Postkontoret, Tøyen, Oslo (NO) 
19:00

14/4/24

Solo acoustic Brazilian jazz

Skatten, Tøyen, Oslo (NO) 
19:00

8/5/24

Tøyen Bossa Trio

Postkontoret, Tøyen, Oslo (NO) 
19:00

1/6/24

Jazz trio w/ Dave Edge (sax), Andreas Svabø (bass)

Sukkerbiten, Oslo (NO) 
16:00

6/6/24

Featured guitar soloist with Vokalgruppen Amabile

Gassbygningen, Bærums Verk, Bærum (NO)
19:00

7/6/24

Tøyen Bossa Trio

Postkontoret, Tøyen, Oslo (NO)
20:00

8/6/24

Band with Den Norske Homofonien

Voldsløkka Kulturscene, Oslo (NO)
18:00

13/6/24

Album launch: w/ Lotte Betts-Dean & Ligeti Quartet

St George's Bristol (UK)
19:30

14-18/6/24

Meraki Duo

Rural Touring: Lancashire (UK)
14th: Community Hall, Poulton-le-Fylde - 14:20
15th: St Chad's Church, Poulton Festival - 16:00
17th: Morecambe Library - 14:00
18th: Longridge Library, Preston - 19:30

16/6/24

The Easy Rollers

Ashby Parva Vintage Revival Festival (UK)
Lutterworth
13:00

6/7/24

Agbeko

Kelburn Garden Party, Scotland (UK)
Main Stage - 16:45
Smugglers Stage - 00:00 (7/7)

10/7/24

Duo with Susanna Solsrud (voice)

Sjøboden Pub, Hvitsten, Vestby (NO)

11/7/24

Solo acoustic Brazilian jazz

Fuglen Sentrum, Oslo (NO)
19:00

14/7/24

The Easy Rollers

Marylebone Parish Church, London (UK)
19:30

25/7/24

Album tour: w/ Lotte-Betts Dean & Arthur Keegan

Quilter Hall, Wells Cathedral School (UK)
Wells, Somerset
19:30

26/7/24

Album tour: w/ Lotte-Betts Dean & Arthur Keegan

Cheap St. Church, Sherborne, Dorset (UK)
19:30

27/7/24

Album tour: w/ Lotte-Betts Dean & Arthur Keegan

Church of St. Peter & St. Paul, Cattistock, Dorset (UK)

28/7/24

Album tour: w/ Lotte-Betts Dean & Arthur Keegan

St. Michael's Church, Stinsford, Dorchester (UK)
20:00

24/8/24

BBC Proms: with Paraorchestra

Beacon Hall, Bristol (UK)
Performance 1 - 18:00
Performance 2 - 20:30
World premiere of 'The Virtuous Circle'

28/8/24

Tøyen Bossa Trio

Postkontoret, Oslo (NO)
20:00

4/9/24

Marlen Tjøsvoll Sextet

Herr Nilsen, Oslo (NO)
20:00

20/9/24

GIA

Kuro, Oslo (NO)
21:00

21/9/24

Jazz trio with Felix Peikli & Eskild Okkenhaug

Villa Stenersen Oslo (NO)
for Open House Oslo
13:00 - 15:00

25/9/24

Tøyen Bossa Trio

Postkontoret, Oslo (NO)
20:00

30/9/24

Album preview tour: The Easy Rollers

Carlton Club, Manchester (UK)

1/10/24

Album preview tour: The Easy Rollers

Leeds Jazz Club (UK)

2/10/24

Album preview tour: The Easy Rollers

Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room (UK)

3/10/24

Album preview tour: The Easy Rollers

Peggy's Skylight, Nottingham (UK)

3/10/24

Meraki Duo

Chamber Music Festival, Lichfield (UK)
15:00

4/10/24

Album preview tour: The Easy Rollers

St Columba's with Oxford Lindy Hoppers, Oxford (UK)

5/10/24

Album preview tour: The Easy Rollers

Toulouse Lautrec, London (UK)

11/10/24

Agbeko

La Bohemia, Castellón (Spain)

13/10/24

Agbeko

Club Loco, Valencia (Spain)

16/10/24

Hele Sider (Afrobeat/Ethio-jazz vinyl)

Becco, Oslo (NO)
19:00

23/10/24

Agbeko

WOMEX opening concert
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (UK)
20:00

30/10/24

Tøyen Bossa Trio

Postkontoret, Oslo (NO)
20:00

27/11/24

Tøyen Bossa Trio

Postkontoret, Oslo (NO)
20:00

30/11/24

Meraki Duo

Amersham Concert Club (UK)
Free Church, Amersham

1/12/24

Meraki Duo debut CD fundraiser / 10th anniversary!

Craxton Studios, London (UK)
16:00
Attendance by RSVP only: merakiduomusic@gmail.com

2/12/24

Meraki Duo debut CD fundraiser / 10th anniversary!

The Yard, Manchester (UK)
19:00

3/12/24

The Easy Rollers

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (UK)
Manchester Mid-day Concerts
13:10

12/12/24

Marlen Tjøsvoll Trio

Lancelot Jazzklubb, Asker (NO)
19:30

19/12/24

Jazz duo with Martin Gjerde (piano)

Urmaker Bjerke, Oslo (NO)
17:00

2023

Previous dates (2023):

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19/3/23

Gypsy jazz duo with Gildas Le Pape (guitar)

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

26/3/23

Gypsy jazz trio: Gildas Le Pape (guitar) & Jens Fossum (bass)

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

30/3/23

Meraki Duo

HHH Concert Season (UK)
St Christopher's Church, Haslemere 
13:00

3/4/23

Meraki Duo

Warrington Literary & Philosophical Society (UK)
Lecture recital
19:30

9/4/23

Brazilian guitar duo with Per Olav Kobberstad

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

16/4/23

Bossa nova trio: Andreas Svabø, Kristoffer Lippestad Dokka

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

23/4/23

Gypsy jazz trio: Gildas Le Pape (guitar) & Jens Fossum (bass)

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

30/4/23

Gypsy jazz trio: Gildas Le Pape (guitar) & Jens Fossum (bass)

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

7/5/23

Gypsy jazz trio: Lars Frank (reeds) & Gildas Le Pape (guitar)

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

14/5/23

Bossa nova trio: Andreas Svabø, Kristoffer Lippestad Dokka

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

16/5/23

Acoustic jazz duo with Aaron Wood (trumpet)

L'Aperitivo, Liverpool (UK)

20/5/23

Acoustic jazz duo with Aaron Wood (trumpet)

Manchester Jazz Festival (UK)
HOME, Manchester
12:30

21/5/23

Bossa nova trio: Andreas Svabø, Kristoffer Lippestad Dokka

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

27/5/23

Bossa nova trio: Andreas Svabø, Kristoffer Lippestad Dokka

Bakkekroen, Oslo (NO)
Bakke-Jazz konsertserie
13:00

28/5/23

Brazilian guitar duo with Per Olav Kobberstad

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

4/6/23

Brazilian guitar duo with Per Olav Kobberstad

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

9/6/23

Duo with Susanna Solsrud (soprano)

Gamle Rådhus Scene, Oslo (NO)
18:00

10/6/23

Duo with Susanna Solsrud (soprano)

Hvitsten Kirke, Hvisten, Vestby (NO)
18:00

18/6/23

Gypsy jazz trio: Lars Frank (clarinet), Gildas Le Pape (guitar)

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

13/7/23

Duo with Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)

Salon Music's Concerts In Highgate, London (UK)

18/7/23

Meraki Duo

Friends Of Leamington Music: Summer Concert (UK)
Norton Curlieu, Warwickshire
19:30

21/7/23

Meraki Duo

Buxton International Festival (UK)
St John's Church
11:15

27/7/23

Meraki Duo

Grantham: 'Music In Quiet Places' (UK)
St Andrew’s Church, Billingborough, Lincs
19:30

5/8/23

Jazz quartet

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
19:30

9/8/23

Meraki Duo

Church Stretton Arts Festival (UK)
St Laurence's Church, Church Stretton, Shropshire
19:30

12/8/23

Jazz quartet with Petter Wettre

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
19:30

20/8/23

Gypsy jazz trio: Gildas Le Pape (guitar), Jens Fossum (bass)

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

21-25/8

The Easy Rollers

Edinburgh Fringe Festival (UK)
The Jazz Bar: 4pm on 21/22/24/25
Argyle Cellar Bar: 10:30pm on 22/24

27/8/23

Gypsy jazz trio: Ola Erlien (guitar), Johannes Elnan (bass)

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

2/9/23

Solo classical guitar + duo with Susanna Solsrud (soprano)

Opera på Låven
Gimmeland Gaard, Bergen (NO)
19:00

10/9/23

Bossa nova trio: Andreas Svabø, Kristoffer Lippestad Dokka

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

13/9/23

Solo Brazilian jazz (featured artist)

Baba Bar, Oslo (NO)
20:00

17/9/23

Brazilian guitar duo with Per Olav Kobberstad

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

24/9/23

Gypsy jazz trio: Lars Frank (clarinet), Gildas Le Pape (guitar)

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

28/9/23

The Easy Rollers

Toulouse Lautrec (UK)
London
('Drop Me Off In Harlem' tour)

29/9/23

The Easy Rollers

Wells Cathedral School, Somerset (UK)
Cedar's Hall
('Drop Me Off In Harlem' tour)

1/10/23

The Easy Rollers

Prohibition Cabaret Bar, Newcastle (UK)
('Drop Me Off In Harlem' tour)

3/10/23

The Easy Rollers

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (UK)
Music Room
19:30
('Drop Me Off In Harlem' tour)

4/10/23

The Easy Rollers

Peggy's Skylight, Nottingham (UK)
('Drop Me Off In Harlem' tour)

5/10/23

The Easy Rollers

Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester (UK)
RNCM Concert Hall
19:30
('Drop Me Off In Harlem' tour)

7/10/23

The Easy Rollers

Clonter Opera Theatre, Cheshire (UK)
19:30
('Drop Me Off In Harlem' tour)

8/10/23

Meraki Duo

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (UK)
for Live Music Now's 'Be Hear Now' programme
09:30

15/10/23

Gypsy jazz trio: Gildas Le Pape (guitar), Jens Fossum (bass)

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

22/10/23

Gypsy jazz trio: Lars Frank (clarinet), Gildas Le Pape (guitar)

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

29/10/23

Brazilian guitar duo with Per Olav Kobberstad

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

5/11/23

Jazz trio: Henrik Haugen, Alf Høines

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

12/11/23

Brazilian trio: Thomas Antonio Debelian, Per Olav Kobberstad

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

18/11/23

Agbeko

The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge (UK)
'There Must Be Another Way' album tour
20:00

19/11/23

Agbeko

The Quarry, Liverpool (UK)
'There Must Be Another Way' album tour
20:00

23/11/23

Being In Backlands: multi-media project launch

Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool (UK)
Trio with Carmel Smickersgill (electronics) & Andy Scott (sax)
17:30

26/11/23

Duo with Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo)

Partickhill Community Club, Glasgow (UK)
Music On The Green series
16:00

1/12/23

Agbeko

Peckham Levels, London (UK)
'There Must Be Another Way' album tour
19:30

3/12/23

Jazz trio: Emil Norman, Andreas Svabø

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

10/12/23

Brazilian guitar duo: Per Olav Kobberstad ft. Thomas Antonio Debelian (percussion)

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

12/12/23

Meraki Duo

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (UK)
for Live Music Now's ‘Songs & Scones’ programme
14:00

13/12/23

Meraki Duo

Kendal Town Hall, Lake District (UK)
13:00

14/12/23

The Easy Rollers

Norwich Theatre Playhouse (UK)
'Drop Me Off In Harlem' show
19:30

15/12/23

Agbeko

YES (The Pink Room), Manchester (UK)
'There Must Be Another Way' album tour
19:00

17/12/23

Brazilian guitar duo: Per Olav Kobberstad ft. Thomas Antonio Debelian (percussion)

Sommerro, Oslo (NO)
13:00

28/12/23

Brazilian guitar duo: Per Olav Kobberstad ft. Thomas Antonio Debelian (percussion)

Fuglen Oslo Sentrum, Oslo (NO)

2022

Previous dates (2022):

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17/1/22

Meraki Duo

Stour Valley Arts & Music Society
Constable Hall, East Bergholt
4pm

30/1

Solo classical guitar recital

Gloucester Music Society
Ivor Gurney Hall, King's School, Gloucester
3pm

12/2

Agbeko

The Vale
Vale Mill, Mossley
7:30pm

19/2

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

Composition workshop at Cambridge University

6/3

James Girling Quartet: with Arran Kent, Tim Williams & 
Josh Savage

Define Food & Wine
Northwich, Cheshire
6:30pm

9/3

Gypsy Jazz Quartet (Darin Qualls, Tim Williams & Gavin Barras)

The Hub at St Mary's
Lichfield
7:30pm

20/3

Jazz duo with Tim Williams (guitar)

Eve's 
Winsford, Cheshire
4pm

23/3

The 7:45s

Freight Island
Manchester
7:30pm

25/3

The Easy Rollers

Calder Valley Swing
Walsden, Todmorden
8:30pm

27/3

Meraki Duo

Guitar In London: Kings Place, London
St Pancras Room
3pm

16/4

Stravinsky Quartet: soprano-flute-harp-guitar

The Space, Glasgow
7:30pm

17/4

Stravinsky Quartet: soprano-flute-harp-guitar

Partickhill Bowling & Community Club, Glasgow
6pm: quartet
& 11am: Meraki Duo (family concert)

18/4

Stravinsky Quartet: soprano-flute-harp-guitar

The Great Barn, Newby End Farm
Penrith, Cumbria

24/4

Darin Qualls' Gypsy Jazz Trio

Eve's
Winsford, Cheshire
4pm

5/5

Stravinsky Quartet: soprano-flute-harp-guitar

Newcastle University: King's Hall
Concert stream only: 'Live at HOME' series
1.15pm

22/5

Andy Scott jazz quartet

Kirkgate Arts & Heritage Centre
Cockermouth, Cumbria
7:30pm

27/5

Duo with Lotte Betts-Dean (voice)

Holy Trinity, Minchinhampton, Gloucester
Music in Country Churches
6pm: Introduction by Arthur Keegan-Bole (composer) // 6.30pm: concert

28/5

Agbeko

Cosmic Cape
Capenhurst, Chester
10pm

29/5

Solo classical guitar

Eve's,
Winsford, Cheshire
4pm

1/6

The Easy Rollers (album launch tour)

The Big Swing
Sheffield

3/6

The Easy Rollers (album launch tour)

Zeffirellis
Ambleside, Cumbria

4/6

The 7:45s (quartet)

The Not So Secret Garden
Stamford Quarter, Altrincham
6pm

5/6

The Easy Rollers (trio)

The Not So Secret Garden
Stamford Quarter, Altrincham
1pm & 3pm

6/6

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra:
Ensemble 10/10

The Tung Auditorium, Yoko Ono Lennon Centre
Liverpool
5:30pm

8/6

The Easy Rollers (album launch tour)

The Crazy Coqs @ Brasserie Zedel 
Soho, London
9.15pm

30/6

Solo classical guitar recital

Sidmouth Parish Church, Sidmouth
8pm

2/7

Concerto soloist: with Isca Ensemble

Fantasia para un gentilhombre - J. Rodrigo
Sidmouth Parish Church, Sidmouth
7:30pm

3/7

Agbeko

Timber Festival 
Swadlincote, South Derbyshire
12:30pm

8/7

The Easy Rollers

Uppermill Summer Music Festival
Uppermill Methodist Church
7:30pm

9/7

Concerto soloist: with Halesowen Orchestra

Fantasia para un gentilhombre - J. Rodrigo
Cornbow Hall, Halesowen
7:30pm

8-12/8

The Easy Rollers

The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
7pm on 8/9/10/11/12th

13/8

Jazz guitar duo with Tim Williams

Zeffirelli's, Ambleside
Lake District

14/8

Gypsy Jazz Trio

Eve's
Winsford, Cheshire
4pm

23/9

Bård Berg (album pre-release)

F5
Oslo, Norway

4/10

Meraki Duo

Portmeirion
North Wales
2pm

5/10

The Easy Rollers (quartet)

L'Aperitivo
Liverpool
7pm

8/10

The Easy Rollers

Clonter Opera
Cheshire
7:30pm

9/10

Meraki Duo

South Holland Concerts
Lincolnshire
3pm

19/10

Dark Roast (feat.)

Feber
Oslo, Norway
9:30pm

4/11

Gypsy jazz trio: Ola Erlian, Åsmund Skuterud

Dattera Til Hagen
Oslo, Norway

13/11

Jazz trio: James Keirle (trombone), Jamie Stockbridge (sax)

Eve's
Winsford, Cheshire
4pm

18/11

James Girling Quartet: Neil Yates, Liam Byrne, Tim Williams

L'Aperitivo
Liverpool
7pm

10/12

Duo with Susanna Solsrud (soprano)

Nasjonalmuseet (The National Museum of Art)
Oslo, Norway
1pm & 3pm

13/12

Duo with Susanna Solsrud (soprano)

Pressenshus
Oslo, Norway

15/12

Solo

Victoria Medical Practice
London
6pm

19/12

Emily Masser Quintet (ft. Dean Masser)

The Penryhn Arms
Llandudno, Wales
8pm

20/12

The Easy Rollers quartet

Whitworth Locke
Manchester
9pm

21/12

James Girling Trio: Aaron Wood & Gavin Barras

L'Aperitivo
Liverpool
8pm

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