Esperanza Spalding Concert History

Born in 1984, bassist, singer and composer Esperanza Spalding began playing in small jazz and blues venues around her hometown of Portland, Oregon. Soon after picking up the acoustic bass at the late age of 14, she helped form Noise For Pretend, an eclectic band fusing jazz and pop for which she sang and played bass (often simultaneously). The group signed with indie rock imprint Hush Records, which released two albums of their original compositions.

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Esperanza Spalding Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026 - 2027) (Page 32)

Date Concert Venue Location
Sep 24, 2011
Esperanza Spalding

Rock in Rio

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Parque Olímpico Cidade do Rock Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sep 23, 2011 –
Oct 02, 2011
Rock In Rio 2011
Rihanna / Coldplay / Maroon 5 / Katy Perry / Red Hot Chili Peppers / Elton John / Shakira / Metallica / Guns N' Roses / Kesha / Stevie Wonder / System of a Down / Slipknot / Snow Patrol / Evanescence / Lenny Kravitz / Jamiroquai / Steve Aoki / Maná / Janelle Monáe / Stone Sour / The Growlers / Above & Beyond / Joss Stone / Coheed and Cambria / Sepultura / Boys Noize / Luciano / Ferry Corsten / Hercules & Love Affair / Jorge Drexler / Motörhead / Esperanza Spalding / Skank / The Asteroids Galaxy Tour / Bebel Gilberto / Ivete Sangalo / Milton Nascimento / Céu / Gui Boratto / Os Paralamas do Sucesso / Pitty / João Donato / Titãs / Capital Inicial / Emicida / Maria Gadú / Macaco / Jota Quest / Marcelo D2 / Martinho Da Vila / Guy Gerber / NX Zero / Zeca Baleiro / Afrika Bambaataa / Erasmo Carlos / Claudia Leitte / Tom Zé / Buraka Som Sistema / Tarja / Angra / Cidade Negra / Diogo Nogueira / Frejat / Dimitri from Paris / Ed Motta / Masters At Work / Detonautas / Tulipa Ruiz / Matanza / In-grid / Xutos & Pontapés / Curumin / Tiê / Nação Zumbi / Marcelo Jeneci / Rui Veloso / The Gift / Marcelo Camelo / Arnaldo Antunes / Danny Tenaglia / Mariana Aydar / Gloria / Monobloco / The Twelves / Cibelle / Sandra de Sá / Pepeu Gomes / David Fonseca / Boss AC / Móveis Coloniais de Acaju / Karina Buhr / Francois K. / Lokua Kanza / BNegão / Meme / Paula Lima / DJ Harvey / Taryn Szpilman / Boss In Drama / Danny Krivit / DJ Vibe / Mario Fischetti / Leo Gandelman / Andreas Kisser / Cidadão Instigado / Les Tambours du Bronx / Joe Claussell / RENATO RATIER / Mondo Cane / Korzus / Flow & Zeo / Mutantes / Baia / Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira / Júpiter Maçã / Davi Moraes / Marcelo Yuka / The Monomes / DJ ZEGON / Life is a Loop / Mark Lambert / Leo Janeiro / Letieres Leite & Orkestra Rumpilezz / Rodrigo Santos / Killer On The Dancefloor / Victor Biglione / NALAYA BROWN / Paraphernalia / Arnaldo Brandão / Mary Olivetti / Go East Orkestar / Scott Feiner / Mix Hell / The Fabulous Tab / Mary Zander / Orleans Street Jazz Band / Saxophonia / Steven Harper / Seeley & Baldori / Baile Do Simonal / Bruce Henri Quarteto / All Star Blues Band / DJ Dri.k Show all bands
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Rock In Rio 2011 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Sep 21, 2011
Esperanza Spalding Teatro Bradesco São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Sep 18, 2011
Monterey Jazz Festival
"Monterey Jazz Festival" / Sonny Rollins / India.Arie / Esperanza Spalding / Joshua Redman / Idan Raichel / Robert Glasper / Benny Green / Steve Coleman / Tia Fuller / Eldar / John Donaldson / Cow Bop / Joey DeFrancesco / Donny McCaslin / Open Door
Monterey County Fair & Event Center Monterey, California, United States
Aug 23, 2011
Esperanza Spalding Armory Portland, Oregon, United States
Aug 07, 2011
Newport Jazz Festival 2011
Esperanza Spalding / Joshua Redman / Charles Lloyd / Ravi Coltrane / Zakir Hussain / Angélique Kidjo / Hiromi / Avishai Cohen / Randy Weston / Miguel Zenón / Mingus Big Band / Eric Harland / Anat Cohen / Rudresh Mahanthappa / James Farm / Matt Penman / Bunky Green / Brubeck Brothers Quartet / John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble / Aaron Parks Quartet Show all bands
Fort Adams State Park Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Aug 06, 2011
Newport Jazz Festival
"Newport Jazz Festival" / eddie palmieri / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Wynton Marsalis / Esperanza Spalding / Al Di Meola / Michel Camilo / Giovanni Hidalgo / Charles Flores / Hiromi / Regina Carter / Steve Coleman / Joey DeFrancesco / Grace Kelly / Phil Woods / Ambrose Akinmusire / Mostly Other People Do The Killing / The New Black Eagle Jazz Band Show all bands
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Fort Adams State Park Newport, Rhode Island, United States
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Jul 16, 2011
Esperanza Spalding Coliseu dos Recreios Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Jul 12, 2011
Montreux Jazz Festival
Return to Forever / Esperanza Spalding / Chick Corea / Jean-Luc Ponty / Stanley Clarke / Lenny White / Frank Gambale
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Miles Davis Hall Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland
Jul 11, 2011
Esperanza Spalding Barbican Centre London, England, United Kingdom
Jul 09, 2011
Esperanza Spalding Admiralspalast Theater Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Jul 08, 2011
North Sea Jazz Festival (Rotterdam)
Prince / Paul Simon / Natalie Cole / Ahmad Jamal / Esperanza Spalding / Joe Lovano / Return to Forever / Alain Clark / B.B. King / Andreya Triana / Brandt Brauer Frick / Chucho Valdés / Omara Portuondo / Clayton-hamilton Jazz Orchestra / Gregory Porter / Janelle Monáe / Kneebody / Jacky Terrasson / Larry Graham & Graham Central Station / Matt Schofield / Michel Portal / Mostly Other People Do The Killing / Randy Brecker / Robert Randolph & The Family Band / Rubén Blades / Rumer / Tia Fuller / Jon Cleary / John Pizzarelli Show all bands
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Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Jul 08, 2011 –
Jul 10, 2011
North Sea Jazz Festival 2011
Snoop Dogg / James Blake / Chaka Khan / Paul Simon / Janelle Monáe / Flying Lotus / Seal / Prince / Tom Jones / Gregory Porter / Raphael Saadiq / Madeleine Peyroux / Selah Sue / Gotan Project / Bootsy Collins / Mavis Staples / Sergio Mendes / B.B. King / Roy Ayers / Esperanza Spalding / Amadou & Mariam / Natalie Cole / Andreya Triana / Ben l'Oncle Soul / Rubén Blades / Charles Bradley / Robert Randolph & The Family Band / Rumer / Susan Tedeschi / Ahmad Jamal / Adriana Calcanhotto / Candy Dulfer / Bugge Wesseltoft / Nikki Yanofsky / Otis Taylor / Jonathan Jeremiah / Kurt Elling / Raul Midón / Return to Forever / Alain Clark / branford marsalis / Richard Bona / Portico / Jungle By Night / Jacky Terrasson / Chucho Valdes / Lee Konitz / Brandt Brauer Frick / Branford Marsalis Quartet / Sabrina Starke / Black Dub / Kneebody / Matt Schofield / Space Invadas / Ruben Hein / Jan Akkerman / Kris Berry / Randy Brecker / Ntjam Rosie / Tomasz Stańko / Saravah Soul / Rudresh Mahanthappa / Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band / Charles Lloyd Quartet / Michel Portal / Dr. John & The Lower 911 / John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension / Schradinova / Fay Claassen / Al Foster / Tia Fuller / Dj Maestro / Joe Lovano Us Five / Kytecrash / Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet / Mostly Other People Do The Killing / Buddy Defranco / Pharoah Sanders Quartet / Tony Malaby / Lilian Vieira / Barry Harris Trio / Mary Halvorson Quintet / Woima Collective / Mona Lisa Overdrive / Jacky Terrasson Trio / Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau Duo / Castel / Chris Lightcap / Esperanza Spalding Chamber Music Society / Tom Harrell Quintet / Gerald Clayton Trio / Ahmed Fofana / Tineke Postma Quartet / Harmen Fraanje Trio / Toots Thielemans Quartet Trombone Shorty / Tyshawn Sorey Quartet / Francesco Bearzatti Tinissima Quartet / Clemens Van Der Feen Band / New John Scofield Group / Kc the Funkaholic / Giel Jazz / Michiel Borstlap Band / Tea for 3 / Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo / Rudresh Mahanthappa's Samdhi / New Gary Burton Group / DJ Lovesupreme / Award Ceremony / Terje Isungset Icemusic / John Law Art of Sound Trio / Deelder Draait / Amparo Sánchez Tucson / Ambush Party / Corkestra / Rafael Zaldivar Trio / Clinic Rudresh Mahanthappa / Waylon / Trombone Shorty Show all bands
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Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Jul 07, 2011
Esperanza Spalding Hudební divadlo Karlín Prague, Czechia
Jul 05, 2011
Esperanza Spalding Kampnagel Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Jul 03, 2011
"Traumzeit Festival" / Esperanza Spalding / Portico Quartet / Medeski Martin & Wood / Bill Evans / Randy Brecker

Traumzeit Festival

Landschaftspark Duisburg - Nord Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Jul 02, 2011
Esperanza Spalding Palais De La Musique Strasbourg, Grand Est, France
Jul 01, 2011
Esperanza Spalding L'Olympia Paris, Île-de-France, France
Jul 01, 2011 –
Jul 03, 2011
Traumzeit Festival 2011
Alec Empire / Amiina / Antwerp Gipsy-Ska Orkestra / Bernhoft / Bill Evans / Bohren & Der Club of Gore / Bubble Beatz / Caribou / Cyro Baptista / Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird / Devotchka / Esperanza Spalding / Hundreds / Kreidler / Medeski, Martin & Wood / Mike Stern / Mogwai / Nils Koppruch / Ólafur Arnalds / Patrick Wolf / Portico Quartet / Randy Brecker / Rusconi / The Weakerthans / Tim Neuhaus / Yaron Herman / Zu Show all bands
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Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Jun 27, 2011
"Festival International De Jazz De Montreal" / Diana Krall / Esperanza Spalding

Festival International De Jazz De Montreal

Théâtre Maisonneuve Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jun 25, 2011
Tierney Sutton / Mike Stern / Bob Malach / Terri Lyne Carrington / Lionel Cordew / Esperanza Spalding / Mike stern Band Iridium New York, New York, United States
Jun 24, 2011
Tierney Sutton / Mike Stern / Bob Malach / Terri Lyne Carrington / Lionel Cordew / Esperanza Spalding / Mike stern Band Iridium New York, New York, United States

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Genres:

Jazz
Experimental
Soul
Female Vocalists
Jazz Fusion
Vocal Jazz
Neo Soul
Contemporary Jazz
Latin Jazz
Bass
Indie Jazz
Jazz Pop
Contemporary Vocal Jazz
Electric Bass
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Latest Setlist (05/24/2026):

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  1. Formwela 1
  2. I Know You Know
  3. Dancing the Animal (mind)
  4. Lest We Forget (blood)
  5. Nothing Like You
  6. Thang (hips)
  7. Black Gold

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Concerts Per Year:

2027 1 concert
2026 31 concerts
2025 69 concerts
2024 31 concerts
2023 33 concerts
2022 13 concerts
2021 4 concerts
2019 5 concerts
2018 15 concerts
2017 27 concerts
2016 79 concerts
2015 77 concerts
2014 51 concerts
2013 76 concerts
2012 89 concerts
2011 80 concerts
2010 97 concerts
2009 116 concerts
2008 78 concerts
2007 11 concerts
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