Leyla McCalla Concert History

Leyla McCalla (born Leyla Sarah McCalla in New York City on 3 October 1985) is an Haitian-American classical and folk musician. She was a cellist with the Grammy-winning string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, leaving to focus on her solo career.

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Leyla McCalla Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026)

Date Concert Venue Location
May 02, 2026
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Alabama Shakes / Eagles / T-Pain / Little Feat / dianne reeves / Big Freedia / Dumpstaphunk / Sierra Hull / Larry McCray / The Soul Rebels / Anders Osborne / Corey Henry's Treme Funktet / Leo Nocentelli / C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band / Leyla McCalla / Wayne Toups / Dee-1 / Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Orchestra / Eric Lindell / The Skatalites / Yaadcore / Runkus / Jemere Morgan / Nathan & The Zydeco Cha-Chas / J & The Causeways / Creole String Beans / Honey Island Swamp Band / Jeremy Davenport / Ghalia Volt / Lilli Lewis / Mia Borders Show all bands
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Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Apr 30, 2026 –
May 03, 2026
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2026 (Weekend 2 of 2)
Eagles / Lainey Wilson / Teddy Swims / The Black Keys / T-Pain / Widespread Panic / Earth, Wind & Fire / Tedeschi Trucks Band / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Alabama Shakes / Herbie Hancock / Ziggy Marley / Lake Street Dive / Mavis Staples / The Gospel Soul of Irma Thomas / dianne reeves / Big Freedia / Little Feat / Galactic featuring Jelly Joseph / Terence Blanchard + Ravi Coltrane: Miles Davis & John Coltrane Centennial / Dumpstaphunk / Tab Benoit / The Radiators / Sue Foley / Alejandro Escovedo / Steve Earle / Anders Osborne / Sierra Hull / Rickie Lee Jones / Leo Nocentelli / Zigaboo Modeliste Funk Revue / George Porter Jr & Runnin’ Pardners, / The California Honeydrops / The Soul Rebels / Dragon Smoke / Leela James / Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen / Big Sam's Funky Nation / J & The Causeways / Deacon John / Rebirth Brass Band / Wayne Toups / Lettuce / Leyla McCalla / Jackie Venson / Larry McCray / Fred Wesley and his New JBs / Jazz Fest Celebrates Jamaica with Original Koffee / Lila Iké / Jesse Royal / The Skatalites / Ruckus & Royal Blu with Dub Squad The Rising Suns, Kevin Downswell, Jemere Morgan, and Kaya Jonkunnu with Walking Tall Jamaica / Judith Owen & The Callers / Sweet Crude / Kermit Ruffins’ Tribute to Louis Armstrong / James Andrews & the Crescent City Allstars / Hot 8 Brass Band / Honey Island Swamp Band / Eric Lindell / Jekalyn Carr / New Breed Brass Band / Grace Bowers / Isaiah Collier / The Allen Toussaint Jazzity Project / Mike Zito Band / Marc Broussard / Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet / Jourdan Thibodeaux et les Rôdailleurs / Beausoleil Avec Michael Doucet / Big Chief Bo Dollis Jr. & The Wild Magnolias / Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra / Charlie Gabriel and Friends / C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band / Andrew Duhon / The Batiste Brothers Band / Cha Wa / Davell Crawford presents Fabulous Friends Forever in the Gospel Tent with special guests Cyril Neville, Charmaine Neville, Wanda Rouzan, The Davell Crawford Singers, and more / Paul Porter and The Christianaires / Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers feat. Dr. Michael White and Shaye Cohn / Jermaine Landrum & The Abundant Praise Revival Choir / Jeremy Davenport / Hans Williams / Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys / Tony Hall’s New Orleans Soul Allstars / Storyville Stompers Brass Band / Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas / the iguanas / Frank Waln / Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns / Tonya Boyd-Cannon / Mia Borders / Anna Moss / Jason Marsalis / John "Papa" Gros / John Mooney And Bluesiana / Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. And The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band / John Foster / Bonerama / Bruce Daigrepoint Cajun Band / Dustin Dale Gaspard / Big Chief Juan & Jockimo’s Groove / Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie / Savoy Family Cajun Band Show all bands
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Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Mar 01, 2026
Robert Finley / Leyla McCalla
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6MIC Aix-en-Provence, France
Feb 28, 2026
Leyla McCalla La Sirène La Rochelle, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Nov 05, 2025
Leyla McCalla Le Makeda Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Oct 31, 2025
ARKA'N ASRAFOKOR / Leyla McCalla / Ko Shin Moon / The Congos

Oslo World Music Festival

Various Venues Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Oct 30, 2025
Leyla McCalla Alice Nørrebro, Denmark
Sep 26, 2025
Leyla McCalla

BlackAmericanaFest

Broadside NOLA New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Jul 12, 2025
Leyla McCalla

Winnipeg Folk Festival

Birds Hill Provincial Park Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Jul 10, 2025 –
Jul 13, 2025
Winnipeg Folk Festival 2025
Fred Penner / Slow Spirit / Allison Russell / Dominique Adams / Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit / Jeffery Martin / Dougie Poole / Basia Bulat / Kevin Morby / Waxahatchee / Noeline Hofmann / The Paper Kites / Mia Kelly / Ani DiFranco / Folk Bitch Trio / Supalung / Peach Pit / Jolie Laide / Willie Carlisle / Leyla McCalla / Hurray for the Riff Raff / The Cat Empire / Viv and Riley / Gillian Welch & David Rawlings / Cristina Vane / Blackie And The Rodeo Kings / Jake Vaadeland & The Sturgeon River Boys / Begonia / Ye Vegabonds / Mavis Staples / Lake Street Dive Show all bands
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Birds Hill Provincial Park Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Jun 21, 2025
Green River Festival
Courtney Barnett / Kevin Morby / LA LOM / Danielle Ponder / Kathleen Edwards / Illuminati Hotties / Reyna Tropical / Leyla McCalla / Thee Sinseers / The Altons / Jeremie Albino / Stephen Kellogg / Thus Love / Olive Klug / Funky Dawgz Brass Band / The Grownup Noise / Mister G Show all bands
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Franklin County Fair Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States
May 03, 2025
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Day 3 of 4, Weekend 2 of 2)
Pearl Jam / Laufey / Tems / Dumpstaphunk / Ledisi Sings Nina / Rickie Lee Jones / Samantha Fish / Margo Price / Kenny Wayne Shepherd with Bobby Rush / Cowboy Mouth / Ricky Dillard & New G / Southern Avenue / Lil Nathan & The Zydeco Big Timers / Leyla McCalla / New Breed Brass Band / Joe Krown Trio / Papa Mali / Maggie Koerner / Deacon John / Eric Lindell / Jason Marsalis / Nicholas Payton / Pine Leaf Boys / Mia Borders / Joy Clark / New Orleans Klezmer Allstars / Son Rompe Pera / The Johnson Extension / Gregg Stafford & His Young Tuxedo Brass Band Show all bands
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Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Apr 26, 2025
Carolina Chocolate Drops / Dom Flemons / Leyla McCalla / Rhiannon Giddens / Demeanor

Biscuits & Banjos

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Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC) Durham, North Carolina, United States
Apr 12, 2025
Leyla McCalla / Taj Mahal

'Black Banjo'

Meany Hall for the Performing Arts Seattle, Washington, United States
Feb 21, 2025
Leyla McCalla / Sunny War Blue Room, Third Man Records Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Feb 02, 2025
Leyla McCalla Kravis Center - Rinker Playhouse West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Jan 31, 2025
Leyla McCalla
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Hancher Auditorium Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Dec 14, 2024
Leyla McCalla

DeFord Bailey Legacy Festival

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Freight & Salvage Berkeley, California, United States
Dec 12, 2024
Yasmin Williams / Leyla McCalla Pico Union Project Los Angeles, California, United States
Nov 27, 2024
A Tribute To The Queen - Irma Thomas
Irma Thomas / Galactic / Ani DiFranco / Marcia Ball / Anjelika "Jelly" Joseph / Erica Falls / Leyla McCalla / Joy Clark / Susan Cowsill / Gabrielle Cavassa / Sierra Green
Tipitina's New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Apr 30 - May 3, 2026
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Genres:

United States
Jazz
Folk
Blues
Folk Rock
Americana
Cello
Black Americana
Alternative Americana
New Orleans Americana
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Latest Setlist (01/31/2025):

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  1. One Road To Heaven
  2. Open the Road
  3. So l'll Go
  4. Take Me Away
  5. I Knew I Could Fly
  6. Scaled to Survive
  7. Tree
  8. Nan Fon Bwa
  9. Sun Without the Heat
  10. Crown
  11. You Don't Know Me
  12. Love We Had
  13. Jogue Au Plombeau
  14. Memory Song
  15. Boukman's Prayer

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 4 concerts
2025 13 concerts
2024 28 concerts
2023 21 concerts
2022 22 concerts
2021 17 concerts
2020 9 concerts
2019 34 concerts
2018 9 concerts
2017 60 concerts
2016 92 concerts
2015 54 concerts
2014 54 concerts
2013 13 concerts
2012 4 concerts
2011 16 concerts
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