{"title": "Faris Ishaq", "start": "2026-11-14T15:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Stone Nest", "address": "Shaftesbury Avenue 136, London", "price": "Free admission", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/world/arabic"], "description": "Faris Ishaq performs JASAD, a solo project built around the Nay, a Middle Eastern flute, played together with a leg-mounted frame drum. Ishaq is a Palestinian Nay player and percussionist who reimagines the instrument through breath-led techniques and rhythms. He blends Palestinian Dabke dance and the Nay tradition of Tashbib with Arabic Maqam modes and jazz-inspired arrangements. For this performance he premieres a new duo format of JASAD with Belfast-based drummer and percussionist Conor McAuley.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/faris-ishaq-61858/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/024fb73aefd3f3fa51aa577bfbab08154d749470bf7d7c858885a67f937eb02c-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-14T15:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Stone Nest", "address": "Shaftesbury Avenue 136, London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Hear it Live!", "start": "2026-11-12T15:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Horniman Museum", "address": "London Road 100, SE23 3PQ London", "price": "Free, drop in", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/world"], "description": "Hear it Live! is a free, drop-in series of performances and talks at the Horniman Museum, drawing on its musical instrument collection and often featuring its historical keyboard instruments. 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The series is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, which helped restore instruments including a 1668 Neapolitan virginals, an 1777 square piano, and an 1772 Kirckman harpsichord.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hear-it-live-78806/", "official_url": "https://www.horniman.ac.uk/event/hear-it-live/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5657e667c7a15323ec6cc843eab15a2a63605425f0ca42a4ee5f54b8967946b4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "New Wave Arab: Celebrating the Next Generation of Arab Artists", "start": "2026-11-04T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Grand Junction", "address": "St Mary Magdalene Church, Rowington Cl, W2 5TF London", "price": "£18 (£12 Conc) + bf", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/world/arabic"], "description": "An evening of live music celebrating a new generation of Arab artists blending contemporary genres with live Arabic instrumentation. It is presented by SWANA Records and Marsm UK in collaboration with Grand Junction, as part of the Right Here, Right Now programme. Performing artists include Isadora, Vincent J, Layal, Awadh and Rhea Kattan. The event is supported by the DCMS and Arts Council England.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/new-wave-arab-celebrating-the-next-generation-of-arab-artist-36293/", "official_url": "https://grandjunction.org.uk/events/new-wave-arab/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7d8f2f2bd1948cf2fa879cc32afdddcbda4df1fbb5d9a715c51823dba8ca8499-600.webp"}, {"title": "JAS Musicals Ltd presents Sarang Fest", "start": "2026-11-13T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Bhavan", "address": "4A Castletown Road, London, W14 9HE, United Kingdom", "price": "£30/£25/£20", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "30.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/world/indian/indian-classical", "dance/kathak"], "description": "An evening of Hindustani classical music and Kathak dance, pairing the sarangi with dance. JAS Musicals Ltd presents sarangi player Harsh Narayan, a leading young master of Hindustani classical music, with Sujata Banerjee MBE, one of the UK's most respected Kathak artists and founder of Sujata Banerjee Dance Company.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jas-musicals-ltd-presents-sarang-fest-34980/", "official_url": "https://www.bhavan.net/events/jas-musical-presents-sarang-fest/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3ab8bda7aa9d9e65548ca87259502e0fd1818e0c8beeeaf9df1f771ac710348f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Balladeste", "start": "2026-11-05T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Stone Nest", "address": "Shaftesbury Avenue 136, London", "price": "Free admission", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/contemporary-classical"], "description": "Balladeste is a live concert in which the duo launch their new album Imprints with an immersive in-the-round performance. Balladeste is a long-term collaboration between Preetha Narayanan (violin) and Tara Franks (cello), whose richly textured instrumental music is shaped by contemporary classical, Indian classical, baroque and folk. For this performance they are joined by guest artists Fred Thomas, Tullis Rennie, Debasmita Bhattacharya and Lucine Musaelian, and the night opens with a set from composer, producer and DJ Gabriel Prokofiev, founder of Nonclassical.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/balladeste-65385/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d169a8e5e725ec388ce5286b5dc6e1b72c939cfcfbda27ddcaa3ba22dddd1e9c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Zelt + Tashkezar", "start": "2026-11-06T21:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Jamboree", "address": "St Chad's Place 6, London", "price": "£12 / £8 / £15", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk"], "description": "A Friday night of live music at Jamboree, with London bands Zelt and Tashkezar playing Egyptian and Turkish sounds. Zelt, an Anglo-Turkish trio, blend SWANA folk tradition with modern electronic grooves and angular guitars, while Tashkezar mix vintage Egyptian pop, Anatolian rock, Balkan folk and Afrobeat into their danceable 'Baladi Funk'. Tashkezar open at 9pm, with Zelt following at 10.30pm.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/zelt-tashkezar-60803/", "official_url": "https://www.jamboreevenue.co.uk/events/live-egyptian-and-turkish-music-in-london/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fd414c41cc9b11a5a30563e6f209ed877b64f3d404ec6130d8b536c229291782-600.webp"}]}