Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Concert History

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou is arguably West Africa’s best-kept secret. Their output, both in quantity and quality, was astonishing. During several trips to Benin, Samy Ben Redjeb managed to collect roughly 500 songs which Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou had recorded between 1970 and 1983.

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Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026 - 2027) (Page 2)

Date Concert Venue Location
Nov 03, 2016
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou BIRD Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Oct 29, 2016
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Tout La Carène Brest, Brittany, France
Oct 28, 2016
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Pan Piper Paris, Île-de-France, France
Nov 28, 2015
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou 4AD Muziekclub Diksmuide, Flanders, Belgium
Nov 21, 2015
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou

Le Guess Who?

Grote Zaal, TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Nov 20, 2015
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Paradiso Noord, Tolhuistuin Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Nov 18, 2015
Songhoy Blues / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou La Sirène La Rochelle, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Nov 14, 2015
Les Z'Eclectiques Festival
"Les Z'Eclectiques Festival" / Gramatik / Birdy Nam Nam / Deluxe / Naâman / Clap! Clap! / Alo Wala / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Babel
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Theatre Foirail Camifolia Chemille, France
Nov 13, 2015
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou LA VAPEUR Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Nov 12, 2015
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Paul B Massy, France
Sep 28, 2014
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou

MCI

Vale do Anhangabaú São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Aug 01, 2014
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou

Off Festival

Dolina Trzech Stawów Katowice, Silesia, Poland
Jul 30, 2014
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Cabaret Sauvage Paris, Île-de-France, France
May 25, 2013
Primavera Sound
"Primavera Sound" / Wu-Tang Clan / Meat Puppets / Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds / Apparat / Dead Can Dance / Camera Obscura / Osees / The Suicide of Western Culture / The Sea And Cake / The Magician / The Babies / Tarantula / Roll The Dice / Pantha du Prince / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Omar Souleyman / Nurse With Wound / Nils Frahm / My Bloody Valentine / Mount Eerie / Melody's Echo Chamber / Mac DeMarco / Los Planetas / Liars / Jessie Ware / Hot Chip / Guadalupe Plata / Dj Coco / Dexys / Dan Deacon / Crystal Castles / Cayucas / Adam Green & Binki Shapiro / Hal Flavin / Band of Horses Show all bands
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Parc del Fòrum Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
May 22, 2013 –
May 26, 2013
Primavera Sound Festival 2013
Tame Impala / Disclosure / Mac DeMarco / Phoenix / Blur / James Blake / Band of Horses / Wu-Tang Clan / Crystal Castles / Daughter / Grizzly Bear / Local Natives / Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds / Hot Chip / The Vaccines / Solange / Jessie Ware / Animal Collective / Four Tet / Kurt Vile / My Bloody Valentine / Deerhunter / She & Him / The Jesus and Mary Chain / The Postal Service / Dinosaur Jr. / Death Grips / Nils Frahm / The Breeders / The Knife / Rodriguez / DIIV / Poolside / Wild Nothing / Django Django / Phosphorescent / Killer Mike / Neko Case / Simian Mobile Disco / Apparat / Camera Obscura / Melody's Echo Chamber / Mulatu Astatke / The Magician / Swans / Daniel Johnston / Dead Can Dance / Osees / Tinariwen / How to Dress Well / Peace / Woods / Meat Puppets / Dan Deacon / Mount Eerie / Savages / Daphni / Goat / Liars / Nick Waterhouse / John Talabot / Delorean / king tuff / Menomena / Fucked Up / Titus Andronicus / Cayucas / Bob Mould / The Sea And Cake / Glass Candy / Fuck Buttons / Metz / Adam Green / White Fence / Neurosis / Shellac / La Bien Querida / Do Make Say Think / Los Planetas / OM / The Babies / Matthew E. White / Guards / Manel / Hot Snakes / Omar Souleyman / Sean Nicholas Savage / Chris Cohen / Merchandise / Christopher Owens / Antònia Font / The Bots / Jozef Van Wissem / Toundra / Dexys / Nurse With Wound / Daughn Gibson / Jackmaster / Pony Bravo / Guadalupe Plata / Hidrogenesse / Ethan Johns / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Dead Skeletons / PAUS / Dope Body / Jim Jarmusch / Adam Green and Binki Shapiro / Evans the Death / The Ringo Jets / Roll The Dice / The Suicide of Western Culture / Extraperlo / Tarantula / Ghostigital / El Inquilino Comunista / The Free Fall Band / Aliment / Betunizer / L'hereu Escampa / Moonflower / Guardian Alien / Dj Coco / Jupiter Lion / Fred I Son / Wilhelm and the Dancing Animals / Honeybird & the Birdies / La Brigada / Wild Balbina / Carles Viarnès / Bored Spies / Rodriquez / Coriolà / Blue Willa / Hal Flavin / Degreaser / Gaurds / Duot / LAS TOCAYAS / Christoper Owens / Barry Hogan / Veronica Falls Show all bands
Parc del Fòrum Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Aug 08, 2012 –
Aug 12, 2012
Flow Festival 2012
The Black Keys / Bon Iver / Lykke Li / Feist / Björk / Chromatics / Swans / kindness / Bobby Womack / St. Etienne / Tamikrest / Miau / A$AP Rocky / Actress / Africa Hitech / Ane Brun / Antero Lindgren / AraabMuzik / Asta Emilia & Omor / Atletico Kumpula / Awesome Tapes From Africa / Baba Zula / Bear Bones, Lay Low / Beverly Girls / Bicep / Black Twig / Burning Hearts / Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires / Clap Dance / Cosmo Baker / Crystal Clears / Dam Funk / Desto / Dumari & Spuget / Eevil Stöö & Dj Kridlokk & KoksuKoo / Elifantree / Four Tet & Caribou Dj Set / French Films / Gracias / Herd / Huoratron / Joose Keskitalo & Kolmas Maailmanpalo / Jukka Poika / Karri Koira / Kemmuru / Kuusumun profeetta / Lykke Li / Manna / Memmy Posse / Miike Snow / Mikko Joensuu / Monolake / Mopo / Nicolas Jaar / Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators / Nina Kraviz / Oneohtrix Point Never / Orchestra of Spheres / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Pepe Deluxe / Phantom / Richie Hawtin / Rime / Shangaan Electro / Moonface With Siinai / Sin Cos Tan / Stockers / The Splits / The War on Drugs / Tiiu Helinä / Toblerones / Verneri Pohjola Quartet / Veturimiehet heiluttaa plays Autiomaa Show all bands
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Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Jul 20, 2012
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / SMOD Brighton Music Hall Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Jul 11, 2012
Orchestre Poly-rythmo / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Mayne Stage Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jul 04, 2012 –
Jul 08, 2012
Winnipeg Folk Festival 2012
Iron & Wine / Feist / The Head and the Heart / James Vincent McMorrow / K'naan / Bahamas / Blitzen Trapper / Billy Bragg / Beth Orton / Devotchka / Tedeschi Trucks Band / The Barr Brothers / Good Old War / Charles Bradley / Ozomatli / Carolina Chocolate Drops / The SteelDrivers / Bill Frisell / Todd Snider / Sam Amidon / Kim Churchill / Pokey LaFarge / Adam Cohen / Elliott Brood / Mary Gauthier / Abigail Washburn / Steep Canyon Rangers / Junior Brown / Ruthie Foster / Emmanuel Jal / Royal Wood / Doug Paisley / Eliza Gilkyson / Matt Andersen / Ellis Paul / Jimmy Lafave / David Bromberg / Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three / Justin Rutledge / Snowblink / Willy Porter / Madison Violet / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Pharis & Jason Romero / Martyn Joseph / Chic Gamine / Besh O Drom / Sket©h / Fretless / Sidi Toure / The Beauties / Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem / Iron Age / Natalia Zukerman / DUSTIN BENTALL / De Temps Antan / Orchestre Poly-rythmo / Yves Lambert / Fish and Bird / Sarah & Christian Dugas / Belle Starr / Esl / Radoslav Lorković / Rani Arbo / Asani / The Atomic Duo / Kevin Mcdonald / Aaron Burnett / Ruthie Foster & Cyd Cassone / The Black Sea Station / Shelley Bean & the Duckety Muds Show all bands
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Bird's Hill Provincial Park Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Jun 28, 2011
T.p Orchestre Poly / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Old Fruitmarket Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  2. Tougbedjé
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  4. Héritage
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  6. Cherie Coco
  7. Belle Afrique
  8. Passi-Ahoua
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