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 3)

Date Concert Venue Location
Jun 22, 2011 –
Jun 26, 2011
Amsterdam Roots Festival 2011
Sergent Garcia / Inti-Illimani Nuevo / Imam Baildi / Eva Ayllón / Terakaft / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Manolito y Su Trabuco / Oquestrada / Parno Graszt / Karsu Dönmez / Tentempiés / Arifa / Narasirato / LA MAKINA DEL KARIBE / Oudaden / Rebel Up Soundclash / Tabadoul Orchestra / DJ Mauri / Bloque53 / DJ Gülbahar Kültür Show all bands
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
May 05, 2011
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Scala London, England, United Kingdom
Apr 28, 2011
Jungle By Night / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou RASA Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Apr 20, 2011
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp / Fatoumata Diawara / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou La Cigale Paris, Île-de-France, France
Oct 15, 2010
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou KOKO London, England, United Kingdom
Jul 23, 2010 –
Jul 25, 2010
Womad 2010
Nouvelle Vague / Imelda May / Salif Keita / Afro Celt Sound System / Mayra Andrade / Dan Sultan / Novalima / Calypso Rose / LaBrassBanda / Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu / Tanya Tagaq / Staff Benda Bilili / Hanggai / Ska Cubano / La-33 / Dobet Gnahoré / Little Axe / The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain / DJ Kentaro / Bibi Tanga & The Selenites / Kanda Bongo Man / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Jazzsteppa / Toumast / Don Letts / Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara / Syriana / Kâmkârs / The Drummers Of Burundi / Rango / Lepisto & Lehti / Anxo Lorenzo / Alim Qasimov Ensemble / Steven Sogo / Horace Andy & Dub Asante / The Bays & Heritage Orchestra / Rolf Harris and His Band / Poirier Feat. Face T / Sentimento Gypsy Paganini Show all bands
Malmesbury, United Kingdom
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Jul 15, 2010
Orchestre Poly / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / La-33 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jul 02, 2010
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou

Roskilde Festival

Roskilde Dyrskueplads Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
Jul 01, 2010 –
Jul 04, 2010
Roskilde Festival 2010
Muse / Gorillaz / Paramore / Jack Johnson / Vampire Weekend / Florence + The Machine / The National / Beach House / The Temper Trap / Kasabian / Alice In Chains / The Prodigy / Miike Snow / Local Natives / Robyn / LCD Soundsystem / Tech N9ne / Pendulum / Biffy Clyro / Prince / Die Antwoord / Killswitch Engage / Patti Smith / Kings of Convenience / NOFX / Pavement / Moderat / Dirty Projectors / Them Crooked Vultures / Motörhead / Wild Beasts / Porcupine Tree / Meshuggah / Japandroids / The Asteroids Galaxy Tour / Brother Ali / HEALTH / Efterklang / Teddybears / Susanne Sundfør / Tinariwen / Delphic / Céu / Converge / Iceage / Lindstrøm / Titus Andronicus / Wooden Shjips / Gallows / Hypnotic Brass Ensemble / Mexican Institute of Sound / Nile / Gonjasufi / Sick of It All / Chocquibtown / Kashmir / Shantel / Tok / Hocus Pocus / When Saints Go Machine / FM Belfast / Bonaparte / Julian Marley / Nephew / Gilles Peterson / Fallulah / Matias Aguayo / Casiokids / Sleep Party People / Sólstafir / Prins Thomas / Chico Trujillo / Turboweekend / Systema Solar / Lindstrøm & Christabelle / The Kissaway Trail / The Rumour Said Fire / Dizzy Mizz Lizzy / Ikonika / CV Jørgensen / Van Dyke Parks / Roberto Fonseca / Cooly G / Roska / Valient Thorr / Staff Benda Bilili / Rootz Underground / Rubik / Serena-Maneesh / The Floor Is Made of Lava / Schlachthofbronx / Chimes and Bells / Blackie And The Rodeo Kings / Bad Lieutenant / Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba / Circle / John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen / Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar / Canteca De Macao / Kråkesølv / Den Sorte Skole / Kellermensch / Beat Torrent / Nisennenmondai / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Tim Sweeney / Nedry / Fontän / The Bear Quartet / Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar / The Rising / Ghost Society / Florence / Thee Attacks / Speed Caravan / Daara J Family / Freja Loeb / Afenginn / Aurelio Martinez / Kasper Spez / Rebekkamaria / ElectroJuice / New Keepers Of The Water Towers / Jacob Kirkegaard / The Kandidate / Kill Screen Music / Mouritz/Hørslev projektet / Night Fever / Joensuu 1685 / My Evil Twin (DK) / IGNUG / Eim Ick / Les Espoirs de Coronthie / By The Patient / DJ Umb / Khal Allan / Havana Cultura / Mescalin, Baby / Kandy Kolored Tangerine / Dulsori / Mouritz / Baron Criminel / Russ Jones / Sensational & Spectre / Analog Africa Soundsystem / Arriba La Cumbia / Dala Dala Show all bands
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Roskilde Dyrskueplads Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
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Feb 26, 2010
Oumou Sangare / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Lesego Rampolokeng Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Feb 20, 2010
Oumou Sangare / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Kalahari Surfers Barbican Centre London, England, United Kingdom
Feb 18, 2010
Oumou Sangare / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Lesego Rampolokeng Lighthouse Poole, England, United Kingdom
Sep 27, 2009
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Barbican Centre London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 17, 2009
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Doornroosje Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Sep 13, 2009
The Damned / Caspian / The Number Twelve Looks Like You / Gravenhurst / Misery Signals / Hauschka / Mad Professor / Rhythm And Sound / Anaal Nathrakh / Tujiko Noriko / Dananananaykroyd / Shackleton / Soap&Skin / Kayo Dot / Der Blutharsch / Of the ...
The Damned / Caspian / The Number Twelve Looks Like You / Gravenhurst / Misery Signals / Hauschka / Mad Professor / Rhythm And Sound / Anaal Nathrakh / Tujiko Noriko / Dananananaykroyd / Shackleton / Soap&Skin / Kayo Dot / Der Blutharsch / Of the wand & The moon / Bonaparte / Joker / Bodi Bill / Au / James Blackshaw / Deutsch Nepal / Future of the Left / Jandek / Finn / Bass Clef / Jessica Bailiff / My Awesome Mixtape / Reso / Uri Caine / Die! Die! Die! / Fol Chen / Troum / On / Pompeii / Spectre (US) / Nox / Jonquil / Komonazmuk / Your Demise / Generators / Blues Control / Awol One / Wardruna / Tyree / Tune-Yards / V/vm / The Caretaker / Nancy Elizabeth / Blakfish / Subtitle / Filastine / Pulled Apart By Horses / Costes / The Manatees (UK) / The Terrordactyls / Broken Note / Ashtray Navigations / Altar of Plagues / The Sea / Bronnt Industries Kapital / Pintandwefall / Infinite Livez / Sensational / A1 Bassline / Bain wolfkind / Raffertie / Brethren of the Free Spirit / Cheveu / Gregg Kowalsky / Virgin Passages / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Lasse Marhaug / Big City Orchestra / Mikix the Cat / Get The Most / João Brasil / Birds Of A Feather / Masshysteri / Syrach / Aluk Todolo / Rue Royale / Pierced Arrows / Fubar / Celan / Cooly G / Mugstar / Rummelsnuff / Holy State / The Hummingbirds / Papier Tigre / Jozef Van Wissem / Aufgehoben / Schlachthofbronx / Brat Pack / Crocus / Gin Palace / The Squire of Gothos / DJ Zhao / Mark Ernestus / The Ravens / Pirate Love / Pony Pack / K-branding / Youves / Hermann Nitsch / Obstacles / Candy Snatchers / Kim Janssen / Tiki-Man / An Emerald City / Daily Bread / Sleeps in Oysters / Khuda / The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers / PNEU / DJ BEWARE / TV Buddhas / Mentol Nomad / CJ Boyd / Dem Slackers / Herpes / Antoni Maiovvi / Reactionaries / Cam Deas / Lazy Magnet / I Love Sarah / Tropa Macaca / Kid Pang / Process rebeL / Malorix / Jessica Bailiff & Annelies Monser / Justice Yeldham / The Constellations / Knalpot / Corrosive / Drums Are for Parades / Instruments (Make Music) / Oldseed / Mathew Sawyer and the Ghosts / Core of the Coalman / Amolvacy / Stranger Son Of WB / LOS SIQUICOS LITORALEÑOS / De Anale Fase / The Revellions / Alabaster Suns / The James Cleaver Quintet / Indee / Anything Maria / katadreuffe / Silver Pyre / Freeze Puppy / Doma Tornados / DJ Umb / Jesus of Spazzareth / motorpitch / The Devil's Horns Kill The Matador / Jailhouse Fuck / somtek / Atomized / Color of the Sun / Risqué / Noiz Boiz / A.J. Holmes / Sheik Anorak / Dennis Tyfus / Svartvit / Altaar / Boef en de gelogeerde aap / Human Sacrifice / Stian Westerhus / Tetsuya Hori / Suckafish P / Fritz Welch / Franko B / Last.fm DJ Team / Wilbert Bulsink / DJ Pinchado / Moustafa Moustache / Tom Bugs / Rebel Up Soundclash / DJ Distortedchaos / The Hackney Empire / $tik / T.Ike™ / Jessica Bailiff & Annelies Monseré / Instruments / Ferenc Kovács Show all bands
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