Kaoru Watanabe Concert & Tour History (Updated for 2026)

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Date	Concert	Venue	Location
Mar 27, 2026	Kaoru Watanabe Big Ears Festival	The Greyhound	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Mar 26, 2026	Kaoru Watanabe Big Ears Festival	The Point Church	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Mar 26, 2026 – Mar 29, 2026	Big Ears Festival 2026 David Byrne / Robert Plant With Saving Grace And Suzi Dian / Laurie Anderson / John Zorn / Flying Lotus / Pat Metheny Side-Eye / Hania Rani / Richard Thompson / John Scofield Trio / Marc Ribot / Cécile McLorin Salvant / Don Was & The Pan-Detroit Ensemble / Dirty Three / Terry Allen / Nels Cline / Shabaka / Mary Halvorson / Julian Lage / Pino Palladino & Blake Mills feat. Sam Gendel & Chris Dave / Patrick Watson / Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles / MJ Lenderman & The Wind / Perfume Genius / Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion / Tunde Adebimpe / Reggie Watts / Miles Electric Band / Cymande / Chris Thile / Tim Heidecker & The Very Good Band / Neil Hamburger / Medeski, Martin, Metzger & Cline / Masada / Barbara Hannigan / Junction Trio / Brian Marsella Trio / Awakening Ground / Incerto / Laurie Anderson & John Zorn / Petra Haden / L. Shankar / Kunal Gunjal & Praveen Narayan / Saraswathi Ranganathan, Swaminathan Selvaganesh, and Praveen Narayan / Selvaganesh Vinayakram / Purbayan Chatterjee & Nitin Mitta / Chicago Underground Duo / Cleo Reed / Deantoni Parks / Marquis Hill Blacktet / Qur'an Shaheed / Twin Talk / Will Graefe / Adam Tendler / Anna Tivel / Annahstasia / Annie & The Caldwells / Basic / Bill Orcutt / The Blind Boys of Alabama / Bloodshot Bill / Brandon Seabrook / Brandon Woody's Upendo / Brian Marsella and Sae Hashimoto / Brian Marsella’s iMAGiNARiUM / Briggan Krauss Solo / Brittany Davis / Carlos Niño, Surya Botofasina, Aaron Shaw (Trio) / Carlos Niño & Sam Gendel / Chad Taylor Quintet / Charlemagne Palestine / Chávez / Ismaily / Saunier / Ches Smith Clone Row / Chucho Valdes / Chuck Johnson / Colle / Darius Jones Trio / Darrell Scott’s Electrifying Trio / Dave Douglas Gifts Quintet / Dave Harrington & Mary Lattimore / Dave Harrington’s Pranksters South / Dave McMurray & Grateful Deadication / Deerhoof / digi-squires / Dither / Dom Flemons / DoYeon Kim / Either/Orchestra / Eliana Glass / Florist / Fred Frith’s Fremakajo / Fred Frith, Simon Hanes, Max Jaffe, Jordan Glenn Quartet / Gary Lucas & Gods And Monsters / Ghost Train Orchestra / Go Kurosawa / Gregory Uhlmann / GRRL x Made of Oak / Gwenifer Raymond / Haley Heynderickx / Hand Habits / Hania Rani presents Chilling Bambino / Hannah Cohen / Harriet Tubman & Georgia Anne Muldrow: Electrical Field of Love / Hayden Pedigo / His Name Is Alive / Isaiah Collier / Jack Quartet / Jack Wyllie / Jamie Lidell & Luke Schneider / Janel & Anthony / Janel Leppin / Jeff Parker / Jeff Parker Expansion Trio / Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage / Jesse Harris Cosmo / Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock / Joe Westerlund / John Mailander’s Forecast / Julia Úlehla & Dálava / Julianna Barwick / Kaoru Watanabe / Karen Mantler Trio / Ken Pomeroy / Kishi Bashi / Kramer / Laraaji / Lazyhorse / Lisel / Lou Reed Drones / Lucrecia Dalt / Madison Cunningham / Mali Obomsawin / Maria Somerville / Marilyn Crispell & Harvey Sorgen / Maruja Limón / Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick / Mary Lattimore & Walt McClements / Matt Mitchell’s Zealous Angles / Meara O’Reilly / Mei Semones / Miles Okazaki / Miriam Elhajli / Model/Actriz / Moin / Muireann Bradley / Natalie Bergman / Nate Mercereau / Nate Smith / Ned Rothenberg / Nik Bärtsch / Openness Trio / Orcutt Shelley Miller / Pan American / Pan American & Kramer / Patrick Shiroishi / Peni Candra Rini / Rafiq Bhatia / Respira ft. Eucademix, azumi O E & Waldo Walle / Rich(ard) Dawson / Roscoe Mitchell & Tyshawn Sorey / Rosenau & Sanborn / Ryan Clackner & Tyshawn Sorey / Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band / S.G. Goodman / The Saami Brothers / Saha Gnawa / Sam Amidon / Sam Gendel / Sami Stevens / Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends / Setting / Shane Parish: Autechre Guitar / Shirlette Ammons / Shrunken Elvis / Simon Hanes: GARGANTUA / SML / Sō Percussion / Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra / Sullivan Fortner Trio / Suss / Taper’s Choice / Tara Clerkin Trio / The Crossing / The Gladson Family Band / The Living Earth Show: Trust Me / Thurston Moore & Bonner Kramer / Thurston Moore & Shabaka Hutchings / Tim Berne / Tom Skinner / Tomas Fujiwara / Tsons of Tsunami / Tune-Yards / Turning Jewels into Water / Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes / Walt McClements / The Westerlies / wild Up / William Hooker / William Tyler & Yasmin Williams / WINGED WHEEL / Wu Fei’s Moon Hunter / Wu Fei & Shanir Blumenkranz / Yagódy / YHWH Nailgun / Zeena Parkins & William Winant / Knoxville Symphony Orchestra / Knoxville Jazz Orchestra Show all bands Setlists	Big Ears Festival 2026	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Jan 10, 2025	NYC Winter Jazzfest Janel and Anthony / Caroline Davis / Wendy Eisenberg / Josh Johnson (jazz) / Kaoru Watanabe / Michael Mayo / Yilian Cañizares	Performance Space New York - Neilma Sidney Theatre	New York, New York, United States
Dec 09, 2023	Sophia Brous / Kimbra / Zoh Amba / Trevor Dunn / Greg Fox / Will Graefe / Jason Lindner / Mauro Refosco / Lester St. Louis / Cole Kamen-Green / Kaoru Watanabe	Le Poisson Rouge	New York, New York, United States
Oct 14, 2023	Exo-Tech Sophia Brous / Kimbra / Kate NV / Trevor Dunn / Jeremy Gustin / Mauro Refosco / Aaron Roche / Kaoru Watanabe / Grey Mcmurray Photos	Le Poisson Rouge	New York, New York, United States
Apr 10, 2022	Kaoru Watanabe / Latasha N. Nevada Diggs Kaoru Watanabe / Latasha N. Nevada Diggs at Joe's Pub	Joe's Pub	New York, New York, United States

Nov 07, 2021	Kaoru Watanabe	Joe's Pub	New York, New York, United States
Apr 08, 2018	Kaoru Watanabe	Joe's Pub	New York, New York, United States
Aug 26, 2017	Kaoru Watanabe / Mark de Clive-Lowe / Shing02 / Yumi Kurosawa	Grand Performances	Los Angeles, California, United States
Feb 25, 2017	Kaoru Watanabe	Joe's Pub	New York, New York, United States
Apr 20, 2016	Kaoru Watanabe	Joe's Pub	New York, New York, United States
Dec 01, 2013	Kenny Endo / Kaoru Watanabe Kenny Endo / Kaoru Watanabe at Joe's Pub	Joe's Pub	New York, New York, United States
Mar 12, 2011	On Ensemble / Russel Baba / Jeanne Mercer / Kaoru Watanabe / Patrick Graham Taiko 2.0	Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts	Cerritos, California, United States