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 8)

Date Concert Venue Location
Sep 19, 2023
Vijay Iyer / AROOJ AFTAB / Shahzad Ismaily Epstein Family Amphitheater, UCSD La Jolla, California, United States
Sep 16, 2023
Homecoming Festival 2023
The National / Patti Smith / Pavement / Weyes Blood / Snail Mail / Julia Jacklin / The Walkmen / AROOJ AFTAB / Bartees Strange / Carriers / Leo Pastel / The Drin
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ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Sep 15, 2023
Homecoming 2023 (Day 1 of 2)
The National / Patti Smith / The Walkmen / AROOJ AFTAB / Bartees Strange / Carriers / Ballard
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ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Sep 15, 2023 –
Sep 16, 2023
Homecoming 2023
The National / Patti Smith / Pavement / Weyes Blood / Snail Mail / Julia Jacklin / The Walkmen / AROOJ AFTAB / Bartees Strange / Carriers / Leo Pastel / The Drin
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ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Sep 14, 2023
AROOJ AFTAB / Shahzad Ismaily / Vijay Iyer

Arooj Aftab,Arooj Aftab at The Town Hall

The Town Hall New York, New York, United States
Sep 02, 2023
End Of The Road Festival
CVC / Future Islands / Kokoroko / Oracle Sisters / CVC / Personal Trainer / AROOJ AFTAB / Crack Cloud / Samia / Caroline / John Francis Flynn / Mabe Fratti / Overmono / Charlotte Adigéry / Bolis Pupul / The Anchoress / PVA / Moin / They Hate Change / Saint Jude / Lime Garden / Runner / Marina Allen / Mary In The Junkyard / Dungen / 7ebra Show all bands
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Larmer Tree Gardens Salisbury, United Kingdom
Sep 01, 2023
Into The Great Wide Open
Divorce / AROOJ AFTAB / Avalon Emerson & The Charm / Bolis Pupul / Charlotte Adigéry / CMAT / Ditz / Floodlights / Hamish Hawk / Igor / Indigo Sparke / La Femme / Master Peace / Naaz / Oracle Sisters / Picture Parlour / Stone
Into The Great Wide Open Festival Grounds Vlieland, Netherlands
Aug 31, 2023 –
Sep 03, 2023
End of the Road Festival 2023
Wilco / Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Future Islands / King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard / Royel Otis / Yot Club / Angel Olsen / Allah-Las / BIIG PIIG / Cass McCombs / Greentea Peng / Wunderhorse / Overmono / Lee Fields & The Expressions / Kokoroko / Charley Crockett / Deerhoof / Oracle Sisters / Ezra Furman / Fatoumata Diawara / Samia / king tuff / OKAY KAYA / Yeule / The Murlocs / Daniel Norgren / Bar Italia / Geese / Dungen / Say She She / The Murder Capital / AROOJ AFTAB / Lee Fields / Katy Kirby / Joan Shelley / Lime Garden / The Mary Wallopers / High Vis / Caitlin Rose / Fat Dog / HMLTD / Ela Minus / sessa / Crack Cloud / Kara Jackson / Ulrika Spacek / Caroline / Master Peace / Yunè Pinku / Saint Jude / Louis Culture / Friendship / Panic Shack / Nina Nastasia / Sylvie / Tapir! / Oren Ambarchi / CVC / Mabe Fratti / Moin / Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul / KOKOKO! / Heartworms / FLOHIO / Divorce (UK) / Indigo Sparke / Floodlights / Sweet Baboo / John Francis Flynn / Charlotte Cornfield / Marina Allen / Horse Lords / Mary In The Junkyard / Brigitte Calls Me Baby / H. Hawkline / Laura Jean / Jon McKiel / Simon Joyner / TEKE::TEKE / Alogte Oho and his Sounds of Joy / Beige Banquet / Macie Stewart / Sam Burton / Adwaith / Divide And Dissolve / The Courettes / Gretel Hänlyn / Jessica Winter / Blue Bendy / PVA / Laundromat / Big|Brave / They Hate Change / MADMADMAD / Scott Lavene / Angeline Morrison / Cinder Well / Gena Rose Bruce / 75 Dollar Bill / Deliluh / 7ebra / Avalanche Kaito / Panda Bear & Sonic Boom / Whitney K / Personal Trainer / MF Tomlinson / System Exclusive / Runner / Julia Reidy / JOYFULTALK / The Anchoress (UK) / Donna Thompson / MC Yallah & Debmaster / Ursa Major Moving Group / friendship philly / The Prize (AUS) / Tom Ravenscroft (DJ Set) / Meadow Meadow / The Last Dinner Party / Bodega / Runnner / Jessica's Brother / Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals / HotWax Show all bands
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Larmer Tree Gardens Salisbury, England, United Kingdom
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Aug 05, 2023
Newport Jazz Festival
"Newport Jazz Festival" / Jon Batiste / Thundercat / Big Gigantic / Christian McBride’s New Jawn / Charles Lloyd Quartet / AROOJ AFTAB / Vijay Iyer / Shahzad Ismaily / Julian Lage / Orrin Evans / The War and Treaty / Keyon Harrold / James Brandon Lewis / Kurt Elling / Charlie Hunter / Huntertones Show all bands
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Fort Adams State Park Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Jul 29, 2023
Vijay Iyer / AROOJ AFTAB / Shahzad Ismailly Caramoor Center for Music & the Arts‎ Katonah, New York, United States
Jul 27, 2023
Vijay Iyer / AROOJ AFTAB / Shahzad Ismaily Mass MoCA North Adams, Massachusetts, United States
Jul 10, 2023
Ludovico Einaudi / AROOJ AFTAB / Ansatz Der Maschine / Noah Vanden Abeele

Ghent Jazz Festival

De Bijloke Muziekcentrum Ghent Ghent, Flanders, Belgium
Jul 09, 2023
Ludovico Einaudi / AROOJ AFTAB / Esinam / Noah Vanden Abeele

Ghent Jazz Festival

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De Bijloke Muziekcentrum Ghent Ghent, Flanders, Belgium
Jul 08, 2023
Arooj Aftab

Pohoda

Letisko Trenčín, Trenčiansky kraj, Slovak Republic
Jul 07, 2023 –
Jul 09, 2023
North Sea Jazz Festival 2023
Lizzo / Van Morrison / Stormzy / Laufey / Seal / Little Simz / Loyle Carner / Jill Scott / Tom Jones / Olivia Dean / Gregory Porter / The Teskey Brothers / Benny Sings / Yaya Bey / Duckwrth / Róisín Murphy / Buddy Guy / Jacob Banks / Ezra Collective / Snarky Puppy / Jalen Ngonda / Mavis Staples / Esperanza Spalding / Son Little / Laura Mvula / Cymande / Kokoroko / Yussef Dayes / Ben l'Oncle Soul / Eloise / Brad Mehldau / Wynton Marsalis / Sampa The Great / Adi Oasis / Alabaster dePlume / Typhoon / Marcus Miller / Gabriels / Samara Joy / Orchestra Baobab / Madison McFerrin / Bill Frisell / Salif Keita / Stanley Clarke / Kamaal Williams / John McLaughlin / AROOJ AFTAB / Charlie Hunter / Sona Jobarteh / Kurt Elling / Mansur Brown / Brad Mehldau trio / Tristan / Jan Garbarek / Somi / Maya Delilah / Kandace Springs / Jeff Parker / DeWolff / Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra / Kenny Garrett / Danielle Ponder / Hermeto Pascoal / MonoNeon / Dave Holland / Metropole Orkest / True Loves / Mark Lettieri / Branford Marsalis Quartet / Mark Guiliana / Fred Hersch / Terri Lyne Carrington / Eric Vloeimans / Sarathy Korwar / Artemis / Dawn Brothers / Shakti / Julius Rodriguez / Bia Ferreira / Samora Pinderhughes / Sven Hammond / Lakecia Benjamin / Latanya Alberto / Philip Lassiter / Kris Davis / Ndlovu Youth Choir / Camilla George / Trio Da Kali / Maria Schneider / Cha Wa / Izaline Calister / Joey Baron / Reinier Baas / Staples Jr. Singers / Linda May Han Oh / Andrew Cyrille / Marco Mezquida / Endea Owens / NAFT / Yuri Honing / Teus Nobel / Trondheim Jazz Orchestra / Fuensanta / Laura Jurd / Charles Tolliver / Wolfert Brederode / Joost Lijbaart / Pablo Held / Drew Gress / Sabakoe / Anton Goudsmit / Matangi Quartet / Harmen Fraanje / Eve Risser / Abdullah Ibrahim Trio / Anna Webber / Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra / Teis Semey / Jasper Blom Quartet / Minyeshu / Boi Akih / Corrie Van Binsbergen / Kenny Barron Quartet / Gino-Cochise / Tijn Wybenga / Fergus McCreadie Trio / Mette Rasmussen / Woodcraft / Paradox Jazz Orchestra / Crescent Super Band / Vernon Chatlein / Oded Tzur Quartet / Double Cream / Alessandro Fongaro / New Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra / Brandee Younger Trio / Pat Metheny Side-Eye / NOHMI / Kika Sprangers Quintet / Ronald Snijders Band / Lucas Santana 5tet / Yannick Hiwat Quintet / Oslo Jazzensemble / Gurls (NO) / FRA! (GH) Show all bands
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Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Jul 05, 2023
Arooj Aftab
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Centro Cultural Vila Flor Guimarães, Braga, Portugal
Jun 29, 2023
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Jour 1 2023
George Benson / Natalia LaFourcade / Ibrahim Maalouf / Hermanos Gutiérrez / Kokoroko / Hiromi / Oscar Jerome / Christone "Kingfish" Ingram / AROOJ AFTAB / The Franklin Electric / Danielle Ponder / James Francies / LEON PHAL / Shahzad Ismaily / Djely Tapa Show all bands
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Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Jun 28, 2023
AROOJ AFTAB / Vijay Iyer / Shahzad Ismaily Azrieli Studio Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Jun 26, 2023
Vijay Iyer / AROOJ AFTAB / Shahzad Ismaily Vancouver Playhouse Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Jun 08, 2023
Arooj Aftab

Syd For Solen

Søndermarken Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark
Jun 02, 2023
AROOJ AFTAB / Vijay Iyer / Shahzad Ismaily

Love in Exile

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Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre London, England, United Kingdom
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North Sea Jazz Festival 2023
Jul 7 - 9, 2023
 Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Live /s Live Festival 2024
Jun 28 - 30, 2024
 Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium
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Jun 28 - 30, 2024
 Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium
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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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