AROOJ AFTAB Concert History

Arooj Aftab (born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 11 March 1985) is a Saudi-born Pakistani vocalist, music composer, and producer based in the United States. She works in various musical styles and idioms including jazz, minimalism, and neo-Sufi. Aftab won the News & Documentary Award at the 2018 Emmy Awards. She was nominated for the Best New Artist award, and won the Best Global Music Performance award for her song "Mohabbat", at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in April 2022. She became the first-ever Pakistani artist to win a Grammy Award.

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AROOJ AFTAB Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 15)

Date Concert Venue Location
Oct 30, 2021
"Levitation" / AROOJ AFTAB

Levitation

Central Presbyterian Church Austin, Texas, United States
Oct 28, 2021 –
Oct 31, 2021
AROOJ AFTAB Levitation 2021 Austin, Texas, United States
Oct 20, 2021
AROOJ AFTAB / Emily Wells World Cafe Live Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Oct 06, 2021
AROOJ AFTAB Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus, Ohio, United States
Oct 01, 2021
AROOJ AFTAB Donaufestival Krems an der Donau, Lower Austria, Austria
Sep 27, 2021
AROOJ AFTAB
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Lodge Room Los Angeles, California, United States
Sep 26, 2021
AROOJ AFTAB / Sheers

Arooj Aftab

Holocene Portland, Oregon, United States
Sep 25, 2021
Arooj Aftab

Treefort Music Fest

Shrine Ballroom, Shrine Social Club Boise, Idaho, United States
Sep 22, 2021 –
Sep 26, 2021
Treefort Music Festival 2021
Tennis / Built to Spill / Calexico / Lake Street Dive / Japanese Breakfast / The Marías / Pell / THEM / Andy Shauf / Xiu Xiu / Prefuse 73 / The Felice Brothers / AJJ / Vundabar / Lightning Bolt / Sugar Candy Mountain / Torres / Sonny & The Sunsets / Nite Jewel / Larkin Poe / Monophonics / Algiers / William Basinski / The Kids / Esme Patterson / Charlie Parr / East Forest / Brother / Chief Adjuah (FKA: Christian Scott) / James Supercave / Shivas / Rituals of Mine / Myke Bogan / John Craigie / Ratboys / Habibi / Mdou Moctar / Spooky Mansion / IAN SWEET / The Seshen / Lung / Armand Hammer / Andrea Gibson / spaceface / Lost Lander / Sego / BLOSSOM (DJ) / Michael angelo batio / Con Brio / Wild Pink / Ariana and The Rose / Swsh / New Move / The Heligoats / Magna Carda / AROOJ AFTAB / Cheekface / Kainalu / Chong the Nomad / The L.E.D / Rosie Tucker / The Prids / Gary V / Luna Li / Rookie / Aan / Zeta / Acid Tongue / Justus Proffit / Smokey Brights / Sunny War / Laundry / Yasmin Williams / Girl Friday / Marian Call / The Grizzled Mighty / Alien Boy / Garcia Peoples / Small Million / Guayaba / Grumpster / sofia valdes / Jango / The Ghost Ease / Oh, Rose! / Street Fever / Joe Kaplow / Raccoon Tour / The Black Tones / Ami Dang / Fast Times / the Help / Ams / Sundog / No Good / Stranger Danger / Angel Du$t / Vision Video / Nordista Freeze / NEOMA / The Still Tide / Hillfolk Noir / Jenny Don't And The Spurs / Roselit Bone / James Stevens / Julez / Mains & Monitors / Wild Powwers / Tres Leches / Weeping Icon / Prism Bitch / no aloha / Monsterwatch / Sun Blood Stories / Fretland / Jonathan Warren and The Billy Goats / Ezza Rose / Hummingbird of Death / Biddadat / CJ Boyd / Nutrients / Clinton Patterson / The Phets / Sons of Guns / Dear Rabbit / Zen Mother / Ivy Rose / Moldes / Western Daughter / Whippin Shitties / Beverly Crusher / Mo Troper / Sahab / The Groans / oYo / Pine Hearts / Howardian / Michael Manahan / Chris King & The Gutterballs / Real Don Music / Phono Pony / Serpentfoot / Antonioni / Nick Delffs / Lounge on Fire / Khanvict / Møtrik / General Mojos / Roadie / Bread & Circus / Cartalk / Banny Grove / Moon Palace / Itchy Kitty / Dirty Moogs / Pink Fuzz / Waltzer / OLIWA / Olivia Awbrey / See Night / Black Ends / Temple Canyon / Margo Cilker / KRYSTOS / CMMNWLTH / Afrosonics / College Level / Ingrown / Windoe / Dreckig / Warren Dunes / Swim Camp / White Bike / Auragraph / Groggy Bikini / The Brankas / Sick Wish / Dedicated Servers / Up Is The Down Is The / Wet Fruit / Lo Talker / Husbands (OKC) / Fingerprince / Blood Party / Pure Ivy / Ealdor Bealu / Thomas Paul / VEMM / Blackcat / Ana Lete / The Boys Ranch / Papas / Panther Car / Jupiter Holiday / Mother Yeti / Jerkwadz / Idyltime / People with Bodies / Transistor Send / Cal in Red / Rory Van James / Knuckle Pups / Psychic Bloom / Free Creatures / Blood Lemon / Illicit Nature / Parade of Bad Guys / Bodies on the Beach / Boot Juice / Braided Waves / Corduroy Blue / Breakfast in Silence / Rare Forms / Brent Penny / Savage Daughters / The Blanket Ghost / Dustin Morris / Trouble Town / The Love Bunch / With Child / The Seatopians / Methods Body / The Weary Times / The French Tips / Jason Wool / Blaqks / Hoofless / Ivy Wild / M A N E / Rejection Pact / Tag Along Friend / Black Bolt / Bad Motivator / Storie Grubb / Creature to Creature / James Plane Wreck / A.k.a. Belle / Madisun Proof / Blackfriar / Kitten Fight / Ghorot / Lucid Aisle / Jacq Maliq / Dendrons / Palomas / winterforever / Kissay / Gregory Rawlins / Dirt Russell / Family Worship Center / Trego / Killdeer String Band / Brent Amaker DeathSquad / Buttstuff / Robert Shredford / Cam Calloway / Self Care / Wend / Shaina Shepherd / Neocentrics / Cabeza / Jesse Blake Rundle / EvoluShawn / ohbrando / Mountains Like Tidal Waves / ACUDETH / He/lium She/lium / Golder Strange / Ruff Pups / Inland Isle / Mdnite / Rocci Johnson Band / PlexusPlay / Oh, Lonesome Ana / Bone Haus / Tambalka / Jimmy Vegas and the Phobes / Forrest VanTuyl / Gipsy Moonrise / Nightmare Blue / Rachael's Children / Wet Nights / Rider and Rolling Thunder / Lobo Lara / Daniel Kerr / Joshy / Speed the Pilgrim / Captain Snafu / Chaosmonaut / Kelsie Rose / Killin Me Kid / FONSONGS / DJ Fangy / The Vang Basics / The Scrub Oaks / proud titania / AURALUX / Phunktion / Dirtyworks / J. Wayne / Nichole G / Wendy Fox / Maksym / WOH club / Annie Bartholomew / Taylor Vidic / Joannes Knill / Aterrima / Cloudest Speaker / Endless Atlas / Tim Andreae / The Simplots / Porcelain Tongue / Mariah Priddy / Katana Boy / Les Fortunate / The New Mood / Spike Coggins and the Accused / Hurdy Gurdy Girls / tuct. & ronhepipes / Boy Drama / Low Water String Band / Good Not Great / 10 Cent Stranger / Aaron Davis & the Mystery Machine / Hand Trembler / Rodeo Screams / Mr. Grant Olsen / Ponderay / sstrawberry / Chief Broom / Bright Old Giant / Ryan Peck / Mellisan / Serge du Pre / Autonomic Pilot / empty suits / Charlie & the Changelings / High Pine Whiskey Yell / RahKeem / the chuckwagons / TROYJECT / Gretch N Rodgers / Heather Meuleman / Burl Haggard / Andrew Dixon RAGE / Eleven & Jason D / Angel Abaya / Frankie Tillo / Lonesome Jetboat Ramblers / Brooke Would / Ten-Speed Music/Isaac Pierce / St. Terrible (And the Gospel of Nothingness) / Frim Fram 4 / Earthlings Crew / Armongedden / Succubass / Effy K / Lord Friday The 13th / Valley Queen (Solo) / Trash Fence / Tora'dan / Steve Fulton Music / Cienega De Zacapu / Tejano Outlaw / Grupo Adiktos / Amuma Says No / Heaven Electric / Prism B!tch / Sharlese / Tracy Morrison Show all bands
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Boise, Idaho, United States
Sep 04, 2021
AROOJ AFTAB The Thing in the Spring Peterborough, New Hampshire, United States
Sep 03, 2021
AROOJ AFTAB / Yasmin Williams Pioneer Works New York, New York, United States
Aug 27, 2021 –
Aug 29, 2021
AROOJ AFTAB Carlsbad Music Festival 2021 Carlsbad, California, United States
Aug 21, 2021
Barbés in the Woods 2021
AROOJ AFTAB / Liraz / Mamie Minch / Son Rompe Pera / Bigyuki / Los Cumpleanos / Kaleta & Super Yamba Band
Bartlett Farm Montague, Massachusetts, United States
Jul 22, 2021
AROOJ AFTAB MoMA PS1 New York, New York, United States
Jan 14, 2021
AROOJ AFTAB / Vijay Iyer / Shahzad Ismaily Jazz Gallery New York, New York, United States
Jul 08, 2020
AROOJ AFTAB / Maeve Gilchrist / Shahzad Ismaily / Greg Fox / Gyan Riley Joe's Pub New York, New York, United States
Mar 26, 2020 –
Mar 29, 2020
Big Ears Festival 2020
Devendra Banhart / Thundercat / Patti Smith / Efterklang / Tindersticks / Saul Williams / A Winged Victory for the Sullen / Fennesz / Sudan Archives / Joe Henry / Tamino / Terry Riley / Chief Adjuah (FKA: Christian Scott) / Josephine Foster / Meredith Monk / Jason Moran / so percussion / Valgeir Sigurðsson / The Necks / John Paul Jones / Xylouris White / Caroline Shaw / Bang On A Can All-Stars / Annette Peacock / Shabaka and the Ancestors / Sarah Davachi / Caterina Barbieri / Anthony Braxton / Sam Gendel / Peter Brötzmann / The Haden Triplets / Anja Lechner / Steve Coleman And Five Elements / NIVHEK / 75 Dollar Bill / Jaimie Branch / Dos Santos / Maurice Louca / Ken Vandermark / Sxip Shirey / Andrew Cyrille / Ches Smith / Zeena Parkins / AROOJ AFTAB / Ensemble Dal Niente / Jacob Kirkegaard / Daniel Pioro / John Hollenbeck / Nadah El Shazly / Sokratis Sinopoulos / Chris Abrahams / The Claudia Quintet / Moonlight Benjamin / Che Apalache / Gyða Valtýsdóttir / Areni Agbabian / Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses / Harriet Tubman / Spektral Quartet / Gyan Riley / Astrid Sonne / Kim Myhr / Damo Suzuki's Network / Anssi Karttunen / Joshua Abrams Natural Information Society / Ben Lamar-Gay / Myra Melford's Snowy Egret / Jeff Parker & The New Breed / Nief-Norf / Nathalie Joachim / Ingar Zach / Sonja Labianca / Sons of Chipotle / Valgard / Dan Weiss Starebaby Show all bands
Big Ears Festival Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Oct 09, 2019
Grey Mcmurray / AROOJ AFTAB / Joanna Sternberg Public Records New York, New York, United States
Sep 05, 2019
AROOJ AFTAB / Vijay Iyer / Shahzad Ismaily Roulette New York, New York, United States
Aug 17, 2019
AROOJ AFTAB Le Poisson Rouge New York, New York, United States

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Genres:

Jazz
Singer-Songwriter
Female Vocalists
World
Minimal
Minimalism
Neo Classical
Chamber Folk
Sufi
Persian Pop
Neoclassicism
Pakistani Pop
Pakistani
Pakistan
Pakistani Indie
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Latest Setlist (06/08/2026):

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  1. Prelude for an Old Friend (Aftab/Wohl)
  2. Rise, Again (Aftab/Wohl)
  3. Tell Me Later (Aftab/Wohl)
  4. Suroor
  5. Diya Hai
  6. Udhero Na
  7. Raat Ki Rani
  8. Saans Lo
  9. Bolo Na
  10. Mohabbat

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 8 concerts
2025 55 concerts
2024 64 concerts
2023 49 concerts
2022 95 concerts
2021 23 concerts
2020 2 concerts
2019 11 concerts
2018 5 concerts
2017 9 concerts
2016 3 concerts
2015 3 concerts
2012 6 concerts
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