Afro Celt Sound System Concert History

The Afro Celt Sound System is a musical group founded in 1995 that fuses modern dance rhythms (trip-hop, techno, etc.) with Celtic and African influences. It was formed by Grammy-nominated producer-guitarist Simon Emmerson, and is considered to be somewhat of a world music supergroup, often having a wide range of guest artists on their albums.

Afro Celt Sound System Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2024) (Page 4)

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 14, 2014 –
Aug 18, 2014
Wickham Festival 2014
James Blunt / Lightning Seeds / Dreadzone / Afro Celt Sound System / Hazel O'Connor / Thea Gilmore / luka bloom / Bellowhead / Steve Earle and the Dukes / Barbara Dickson / The Men They Couldn't Hang / Oysterband / Hugh Cornwell / The Neville Staple Band / Steve Knightley / Daughters of Davis / Eagle & Weeks / Alistair Goodwin / Sarah Savoy Show all bands
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West Wickham, England, United Kingdom
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Aug 01, 2014
Cambridge Folk Festival
"Cambridge Folk Festival" / Sinead O'Connor / Richard Thompson / Afro Celt Sound System / Fisherman's Friends / Cara Dillon / Michael McGoldrick Band / John McCusker / John Doyle / Pokey LaFarge / Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit / Molotov Jukebox / Hazmat Modine / Brian McNeill / My Darling Clementine / Whapweasel / Megson / Calan / Samantha Crain / The Mae Trio / Georgia Ruth Show all bands
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Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Jul 31, 2014 –
Aug 03, 2014
Cambridge Folk Festival
Adam Holmes & the Embers / Afro Celt Sound System / Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham / Brian McNeill / Calan / Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita / CC Smugglers / CrossHarbour / David Bromberg & Larry Campbell / Eddi Reader / Ezio / Fisherman's Friends / Habadekuk / Hat Fitz & Cara / Hazmat Modine / Hudson Taylor / Ian Siegal & The Mississippi Mudbloods / Jason Isbell / Jim Moray's Silent Ceilidh / Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit / Julie Fowlis / Keston Cobblers' Club / Lady Maisery / Ladysmith Black Mambazo / Lindi Ortega / Loudon Wainwright III / Lúnasa / Martin & Eliza Carthy / Maz O'Connor / Megson / Michael McGoldrick / John McCusker & John Doyle / Molotov Jukebox / Moulettes / My Darling Clementine / Naomi Randall & Tom Gaskell / New Rope String Band / Newton Faulkner / North Mississippi Allstars / O'Hooley & Tidow / Old Swan Band / Oysterband / Peatbog Faeries / Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin / Pokey LaFarge / Richard Thompson / Rosanne Cash / Sarah Jarosz / Seth Lakeman / Sinéad O'Connor / Skinny Lister / The Full English / The High Kings / The Mischa Macpherson Trio / The Rails / The Young'uns / Van Morrison / Whapweasel / Yves Lambert Trio / The Staycations / Annie Eve / Boat to Row / Effra / Carrie Tree / Georgia Ruth / Bridie Jackson & The Arbour / The Intermission Project / Samantha Crain / The Mae Trio / Sam Kelly Trio / Fitty Gomash / CoCo & The Butterfields / Abi Wade / The Dovetail Trio / Moore Moss Rutter / The Shires / Raevennan Husbandes / Dan Owen / The Melodic / Pip Mountjoy / Arlet / Clutching At Straws / Will Varley / Oliver Daldry / Seamus Fogarty / The Goat Roper Rodeo Band / Siobhan Wilson / Elliot Morris / Lucy Ward / Brother & Bones / Patch & The Giant / Meadowlark Show all bands
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Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Jun 18, 2011 –
Jun 19, 2011
London Feis
Bob Dylan / Christy Moore / The Cranberries / The Gaslight Anthem / The Waterboys / The Undertones / The Coronas / Richie and the Runners / The Saw Doctors / Afro Celt Sound System / Shane MacGowan / Nanci Griffith / Sharon Shannon Big Band / Frankie Gavin and De Dannan / The Fureys / Brian Kennedy / Kieran Leonard / The Riptide Movement / O Emperor / Treetop Flyers / The Mulkerrin Brothers / The Lost Brothers / Steve Smyth / Rebecca Collins / Bipolar Empire / Thin Lizzy / Van Morrison / Horslips / Clannad / Jimmy Cliff / Hothouse Flowers / Foy Vance / Cry Before Dawn / Camille O'Sullivan / Paul Brady / Eddi Reader / Mary Coughlan / Teddy Thompson / Brigid Power-Ryce / The Biblecode Sundays / Fian / Wallace Bird / Declan O'Rourke / Fionn Regan / Mick Flannery / Ham Sandwich / Aoife Scott / Lillis Show all bands
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Finsbury Park London, England, United Kingdom
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Mar 16, 2011
Afro Celt Sound System Max Watt's Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mar 15, 2011
Vusi Mahlasela / Afro Celt Sound System Max Watt's Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Mar 14, 2011
Afro Celt Sound System Sydney Opera House Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mar 12, 2011
"Womadelaide" / Afro Celt Sound System / Imelda May / "Womadelaide"

Womadelaide

Botanic Park Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Mar 11, 2011 –
Mar 14, 2011
WOMADelaide 2011
Angus & Julia Stone / Joanna Newsom / Amadou & Mariam / Martha Wainwright / Imelda May / Nitin Sawhney / Asa / Os Mutantes / Afro Celt Sound System / Omar Souleyman / Ash Grunwald / Ana Moura / luka bloom / Wildbirds & Peacedrums / Sidestepper / Calypso Rose / Tanya Tagaq / FEFÈ / Hanggai / 17 Hippies / Space Invadas / The Necks / Archie Roach / Shaolin Afronauts / Dakha Brakha / Bob Brozman / Norman Jay MBE / The Creole Choir of Cuba / Don Letts / Dereb the Ambassador / Dubmarine / Band of Brothers / The Woohoo Revue / Juan De Marcos' Afro Cuban All Stars / Marshall McGuire / Faiz Ali Faiz / Leah Flanagan / The Gadflys / Rango / Nathalie Natiembé / Adam Page / The Yabu Band / Scrapartsmusic / Afro Mandinko / Alan Kelly Quartet / Rajendra Prasanna / Horace Andy & Dub Asante / Wildbirds and Peacedrums With Voices / Yasar Akpence Harem'de / Tim O'brien's Two Oceans Trio / Rhombus With Michel Tuffery / Le Phun Les GÛmes Show all bands
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Nov 02, 2010
Afro Celt Sound System Barbican Centre London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 03, 2010 –
Sep 05, 2010
Electric Picnic 2010
Mumford & Sons / Two Door Cinema Club / Modest Mouse / The National / Massive Attack / Foals / Beach House / Hot Chip / Bonobo / Crystal Castles / Janelle Monáe / Robyn / Caribou / LCD Soundsystem / The Tallest Man On Earth / Neon Indian / Friendly Fires / Laura Marling / Mr. Scruff / Stars / Hurts / The New Pornographers / The Antlers / The Horrors / Fever Ray / Unkle / Steve Earle / The Bloody Beetroots / Villagers / Jónsi / Roxy Music / Fat Freddy's Drop / Wolf Parade / The Big Pink / Leftfield / Booka Shade / Freelance Whales / The Waterboys / Tiga / Public Image Ltd / Seasick Steve / The Fall / Imelda May / Here We Go Magic / The Low Anthem / Stornoway / Field Music / Memory Tapes / Laurent Garnier / Cymbals Eat Guitars / 808 state / Cymande / The Alarm / Chali 2na / These New Puritans / Chew Lips / Fang Island / Marc Almond / Steve Mason / Mountain Man (Vermont) / Gil Scott-Heron / Afro Celt Sound System / Philip Selway / Breakestra / Liquid Liquid / The Frames (IE) / Paul Brady / Duke Special / Edan / Fight Like Apes / Rubberbandits / Juan Atkins / Brendan Perry / Bad Lieutenant / Jón Þór Birgisson / The Riptide Movement / The Redneck Manifesto / Adrian Crowley / Monotonix / O Emperor / Brian Deady / Channel One / Bill Coleman / Delta Maid / Dublin Gospel Choir / BUS / Joe Echo / The Afro-celt Sound System / Messiah J & The Expert / Donal Dineen / Vengeance & the Panther Queen Show all bands
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Stradbally, Leinster, Ireland
Jul 25, 2010
"W.O.M.A.D." (UK) / Gil Scott-Heron / Rupa & The April Fishes / Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars / Afro Celt Sound System

W.O.M.A.D. (UK)

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Charlton Park Malmesbury, United Kingdom
Jul 23, 2010 –
Jul 25, 2010
Womad 2010
Nouvelle Vague / Imelda May / Salif Keita / Afro Celt Sound System / Mayra Andrade / Dan Sultan / Novalima / Calypso Rose / LaBrassBanda / Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu / Tanya Tagaq / Staff Benda Bilili / Hanggai / Ska Cubano / La-33 / Dobet Gnahoré / Little Axe / The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain / DJ Kentaro / Bibi Tanga & The Selenites / Kanda Bongo Man / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Jazzsteppa / Toumast / Don Letts / Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara / Syriana / Kâmkârs / The Drummers Of Burundi / Rango / Lepisto & Lehti / Anxo Lorenzo / Alim Qasimov Ensemble / Steven Sogo / Horace Andy & Dub Asante / The Bays & Heritage Orchestra / Rolf Harris and His Band / Poirier Feat. Face T / Sentimento Gypsy Paganini Show all bands
Malmesbury, UK
Jul 17, 2010
Colours Of Ostrava 2010
Regina Spektor / The Cranberries / The Proclaimers / The Stooges / Porcupine Tree / José James / Sophie Hunger / Jaga Jazzist / Afro Celt Sound System / El Gran Silencio / Brooklyn Funk Essentials / Erik Truffaz / Ari Hest / A Hawk and a Hacksaw / Don Blackman / Brendan Perry / New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble / Zion Train / Tomas Klus / Acoustic Ladyland / Mokoomba / Wohnout / Valravn / Skyline / Charlie Straight / MIDI Lidi / Mig 21 / Marky Ramones Blitzkrieg / WWW / Alamaailman Vasarat / Cechomor / Please The Trees / Mor Karbasi / Adam Bomb / Blue Effect / Dubmarine / Marek Ztracený / Marta Kubisova / Maria Kalaniemi / Sunflower Caravan / Huong Thanh / United Flavour / Lenka Filipova / The Chancers / Laco Deczi / The Gypsy Queens and Kings / Out To Lunch / Nive Nielsen / Oy Division / Peyoti for President / Tonya Graves / Fernando Saunders / Alejandro Toledo and the Magic Tombolinos / Sorgente / Dulsori / Ida Kelarová / Circus Ponorka / Lord Bishop / Gang Ala Basta / Open Hands / Essouna / The Wavemen Show all bands
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Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic
Jul 02, 2010 –
Jul 03, 2010
The Hop Farm Music Festival 2010
Bob Dylan / Ray Davies / Mumford & Sons / Seasick Steve / Peter Doherty / Laura Marling / Johnny Flynn / The Magic Numbers / Foy Vance / The Jive Aces / Devendra Banhart / Hypnotic Brass Ensemble / The Jim Jones Revue / Tunng / Villagers / Pete Molinari / Alan Pownall / Joe Allen / Kill it Kid / Janice Phayre / Ian Cognito / Suzy Bennett / Lee Nelson / MC Pam Ford / Empress / Synth Eastwood / Archie Wah Wahs / Pope Joan / Waler / The Minutes / East Park Reggae Collective / Joker & The Thief / Funeral Suits / Delta Maid / Aaron Wright & The Aprils / Stefan Galt / Lion O'Brien / Modeste / Jonathan Powell / The Bonfires / Carrie Haber / The Dunwell Brothers Band / Lee MacDougall / Van Morrison / Blondie / Dr. John and The Lower 911 / Los Lobos / Imelda May / Damien Dempsey / DJ Kormac / The London Cuban All-Stars / Afro Celt Sound System / Richard Thompson / Peter Green and Friends / Stornoway / Sweet Billy Pilgrim / Sparrow and the Workshop / The Paris Riots / Tony Moore / Skinny Machines / Jamie Lawson / The Travelling Band / Robinson / Marcus Bonfanti Show all bands
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The Hop Farm Paddock Wood, UK
Jun 03, 2007
Wychwood Music Festival
"Wychwood Music Festival" / Morales Watts / Oh, Atoms / Jali Fily Cissokho / Two Dollar Bash / ______ / Afro Celt Sound System / Ralfe Band / Subgiant / Forty Thieves Orkestar / Kitty, Daisy & Lewis / Country Joe McDonald / Magic Skool Bus / Ba Cissoko / Catherine Feeny / Ghettoplotz / Kate Garrett Band / Eliza Carthy / ______ / The Destroyers / The Reason / Tobias Froberg / Balkan Beat Box / Zion Train / The Quiet Men Show all bands
Cheltenham Racecourse Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Jul 18, 2003
Afro Celt Sound System Oregon Zoo Amphitheatre Portland, Oregon, United States
Jul 16, 2003
Afro Celt Sound System / DJMeta4 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Jul 15, 2003
Afro Celt Sound System / Planet Beat / Darek Mazzone The Showbox Seattle, Washington, United States
Oct 04, 2001
Afro Celt Sound System / Pina Kollars / N'Faly Kouyate Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium

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V Festival 1999
Aug 21 - 22, 1999
 Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom
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Godiva Festival 2019 on Jul 5, 2019 [827-small]

Godiva Festival 2019
Jul 5 - 7, 2019
 Coventry, England, United Kingdom
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Homelands on Sep 4, 1999 [638-small]

Homelands
Sep 4, 1999
 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Homelands on Sep 4, 1999 [639-small]

Homelands
Sep 4, 1999
 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Homelands on Sep 4, 1999 [640-small]

Homelands
Sep 4, 1999
 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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V Festival 1999 on Aug 21, 1999 [044-small]

V Festival 1999
Aug 21 - 22, 1999
 Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom
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Bob Dylan, London Feis on Jun 18, 2011 [694-small]

Bob Dylan

London Feis
Jun 18 - 19, 2011
 London, England, United Kingdom
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The Undertones, London Feis on Jun 18, 2011 [695-small]

The Undertones

London Feis
Jun 18 - 19, 2011
 London, England, United Kingdom
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Gaslight Anthem, London Feis on Jun 18, 2011 [696-small]

Gaslight Anthem

London Feis
Jun 18 - 19, 2011
 London, England, United Kingdom
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Lakefest 2022 on Aug 11, 2022 [253-small]

Lakefest 2022
Aug 11 - 14, 2022
 Eastnor, UK
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Lakefest 2022 on Aug 11, 2022 [254-small]

Lakefest 2022
Aug 11 - 14, 2022
 Eastnor, UK
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Lakefest 2022 on Aug 11, 2022 [255-small]

Lakefest 2022
Aug 11 - 14, 2022
 Eastnor, UK
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Rock Werchter 1999 on Jul 2, 1999 [504-small]

Rock Werchter 1999
Jul 2 - 4, 1999
 Werchter, Flanders, Belgium
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Genres:

Electronic
Ambient
World
Fusion
Celtic
Afrobeat
World Music
African
World Fusion
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Latest Setlist (11/16/2018):

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  1. Sanctus
  2. The Magnificent Seven (ACSS meets TDF)
  3. The Communicator
  4. Thunderhead
  5. Desert Billy (tune 'The Balcony')
  6. The Path
  7. Release
  8. Cascade
  9. Whirl-Y-Reel 1
  10. Honey Bee
  11. Fissiri Wali Polka
  12. Step Up
  13. Colossus
  14. Dark Moon, High Tide / Whirl-Y-Reel 2
  15. After the Rain

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Concerts Per Year:

2024 4 concerts
2022 1 concert
2020 1 concert
2019 6 concerts
2018 15 concerts
2017 16 concerts
2016 15 concerts
2015 1 concert
2014 3 concerts
2011 6 concerts
2010 6 concerts
2007 1 concert
2003 3 concerts
2001 9 concerts
1999 9 concerts
1997 5 concerts
1996 2 concerts
1995 1 concert

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How many concerts has Afro Celt Sound System had?

Afro Celt Sound System has had 104 concerts.

What genre is Afro Celt Sound System?

Afro Celt Sound System is most often considered to be Electronic, Ambient, World, Fusion, Celtic, Afrobeat, World Music, African, and World Fusion.

When is the next Afro Celt Sound System concert?

The next Afro Celt Sound System concert is on October 09, 2024 at Islington Assembly Hall in London, England, United Kingdom.

When was the last Afro Celt Sound System concert?

The last Afro Celt Sound System concert was on August 11, 2022 at Eastnor Castle in Eastnor, UK. The bands that performed were: UB40 / Manic Street Preachers / Leftfield / The Feeling / Supergrass / Ride / Reef / Republica / Afro Celt Sound System / Seth Lakeman / Betty Boo / The Reytons / The Shakes / The Professionals / Erica / Louise Redknapp / Town of Cats / Roving Crows / Alex Lipinski / Dead Dads Club / Dryadic / The Mighty VU.

What setlist does Afro Celt Sound System play live?

The songs that Afro Celt Sound System performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the November 16, 2018 concert at Lighthouse in Poole, United Kingdom:

  1. Sanctus
  2. The Magnificent Seven (ACSS meets TDF)
  3. The Communicator
  4. Thunderhead
  5. Desert Billy (tune 'The Balcony')
  6. The Path
  7. Release
  8. Cascade
  9. Whirl-Y-Reel 1
  10. Honey Bee
  11. Fissiri Wali Polka
  12. Step Up
  13. Colossus
  14. Dark Moon, High Tide / Whirl-Y-Reel 2
  15. After the Rain

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