Roy Ayers Concert History

Roy Ayers (born Roy Edward Ayers Jr. in Los Angeles, CA, on 10 September 1940; died 4 March 2025) was an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player remembered as a key figure in the acid jazz movement and for his pioneering jazz-funk band Roy Ayers Ubiquity. He was a recipient of the US Congress of Racial Equality Lifetime Achievement Award.

Date Concert Venue Location
May 02, 2013
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
"New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" / Patti Smith / Widespread Panic / Kem / Roy Ayers / The Dirty Dozen Brass Band / Henry Butler / Theresa Andersson / Lil Nathan & The Zydeco Big Timers / Shamarr Allen & The Underdawgs / Glen David Andrews / Pura Fe / Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie / Hot 8 Brass Band / Rosie Ledet / Johnny Sketch & The Dirty Notes / Banu Gibson & The New Orleans Hot Jazz / The Anderson Twins / Meschiya Lake / Pokey LaFarge / Drink Small / Ingrid Lucia / Mia Borders / Dee 1 / Kirk Joseph / Balfa Toujours / Maggie Koerner / Johnny Sansone / Delfeayo Marsalis / Orange Kellin's New Orleans Blues Serenaders / Fi Yi Yi Spirit Of The Mandingo Warrior / Pinettes Brass Band / Kid Merv / Kidd Jordan / Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys / Kumbuka Drum & Dance Collective / The Last Straws / Lyle Henderson / Forgotten Souls Brass Band / The Chapman Family / Angela The Yarnspinner Show all bands
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Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Apr 27, 2013
"Las Vegas City Of Lights Jazz Festival" / The Clarke / Duke Project / rick braun / Richard Elliot / Roy Ayers

Las Vegas City Of Lights Jazz Festival

Clark County Government Center Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Apr 26, 2013 –
May 05, 2013
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2013
Kenny Neal / Maggie Koerner / The Baby Boyz Brass Band / george Benson / dianne reeves / Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band / the iguanas / Campbell Brothers / Dee-1 / Maze featuring Frankie Beverly / BeauSoleil / Kevin Gordon / Laura Bell Bundy / Mia Borders / Guitar Slim Jr / Brushy One String of Jamaica / Magary Lord of Bahia-Brazil / Juan Luis Guerra Y 4.40 / Daryl Coley / The New Birth Brass Band / Pine Leaf Boys / Feufollet / Jeff Floyd / Jambalaya Cajun Band / Fredy Omar con su banda / Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders / Germaine Bazzle / David And Roselyn / Stanley Clarke / John Mooney And Bluesiana / 101 Runners / Yvette Landry / Khris Royal & Dark Matter / Kristin Diable & The City / Savoy Family Cajun Band / The Pinstripe Brass Band / Friendly Travelers / Rumba Buena / Tione Johnson / The Mighty Supremes / Michael Ward / Ernie Vincent & the Top Notes / Dog Hill Stompers / Jimmy Cliff / The Soul Rebels / The Mavericks / Better Than Ezra / Calvin Johnson / Mariachi Jalisco / Allen Toussaint / Forgotten Souls Brass Band / Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue / Calexico / Irma Thomas / Amanda Shaw & The Cute Guys / michael doucet / Tucka / Dukes Of Dixieland / Bo Dollis And The Wild Magnolias / Jason Marsalis / Hot Club Of New Orleans / Sunpie And The Louisiana Sunspots / Paul Sanchez & the Rolling Road Show / Lance Ellis / Nocca Jazz Band / Young Pinstripe Brass Band / Pocket Aces Brass Band / Bari Koral Family Rock Band / Sharon Martin / Voice of the Wetlands Allstars / Honey Island Swamp Band / Eric Lindell / Terence Blanchard / Ellis Marsalis / Davell Crawford / Glen David Andrews / Steve Riley and The Mamou Playboys / The Breton Sound / Juan Luis Guerra / Kem / Theresa Andersson / Vashawn Mitchell / Original Dixieland Jazz Band / The Jones Sisters / Nathan & The Zydeco Cha-Chas / Keith Frank And The Soileau Zydeco Band / Le Vent du Nord / Bill Miller / Wayne Toups And Zydecajun / Stanley Clarke And George Duke / Gravy / Ingrid Lucia / New Orleans Nightcrawlers / The Session / JD & The Straight Shot / Balfa Toujours / Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns / Rockin' Dopsie Jr. And The Zydeco Twisters / Walter "Wolfman" Washington & The Roadmasters / Otra / Midnite Disturbers / Johnny J And The Hitmen / T.B.C. Brass Band / Henry Gray & the Cats / Bamboula 2000 / Little Freddie King Blues Band / Bryan Lee & the Blues Power Band / Leah Chase / The Last Straws / Kora Konnection / The Branchettes / J. Monque'd Blues Band / Aaron Fletcher / Franklin Avenue Baptist Church Mass Choir / Lil Buck Sinegal's Blues Band / Storyville Stompers Brass Band / Voices of Distinction / 21st Century Brass Band / Lyle Henderson & Emmanuel / DJ Raj Smoove / The University of Miami Jazz Band / Real Untouchables Brass Band / Leroy Jones & New Orleans' Finest / MuteMath / Anders Osborne / Pokey LaFarge / Kinfolk Brass Band / Paulin Brothers Brass Band / Pete Fountain / Robert Mirabal / Stooges Brass Band / Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra / Los Poboycitos / Wendell Brunious / Roddie Romero & the Hub City Allstars / Alexis and the Samurai / Los Lobos / Lil' Nathan and the Zydeco Big Timers / C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band / Tim Laughlin / Red Stick Ramblers / Johnny Sketch And The Dirty Notes / Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses / Panorama Jazz Band / Flow Tribe / Big Sam's Funky Nation / Charmaine Neville Band / Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie / Cowboy Mouth / Maroon 5 / Marc Broussard / Wayne Shorter Quartet / Washboard Chaz Blues Trio / Sonny Landreth / Cedric Watson & Bijou Créole / The Kid Carsons / Donald Harrison / The Honeypots / Irvin Mayfield & The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra / Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers / New Orleans Klezmer Allstars / Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys / Pura Fe / Uno Jazz Allstars / New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra / Robin Barnes / Deacon John / Cha Wa / The Chapman Family / Brass-a-holics Gogo Brass Funk Band / Lost Bayou Ramblers / Galactic / Tuba Skinny / The New Orleans Spiritualettes / Kermit Ruffins / Frank Ocean / Kathy Taylor / Young Fellaz Brass Band / Grayson Capps / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Willie Nelson / Astral Project / The Original Pinettes Brass Band / Dumpstaphunk / Gary Clark Jr. / B.B. King / Band of Horses / John Mayer / Null / Widespread Panic / Fleetwood Mac / The Little Willies / Ben Harper / Dave Matthews Band / The Revivalists / Charlie Musselwhite / Bonerama / Billy Joel / Andrew Duhon / Earth, Wind & Fire / The Black Keys / Patti Smith / Phoenix / Taj Mahal / Little Big Town / Gipsy Kings / The Mercy Brothers / Doreen’s Jazz New Orleans / Naydja Cojoe / Doc McKenzie & The Hi-Lites / The Bolton Brothers / Soulfruit / Del McCoury Band / Tab Benoit / George Porter, Jr. and Runnin' Pardners / Drink Small / Hurray for the Riff Raff / Kirk Joseph's Backyard Groove / Vivaz / Hot 8 Brass Band / Sharde Thomas / Dr. John / The Nevilles / Shamarr Allen / The Meter Men / The New Orleans Bingo! Show / Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band / Shades Of Praise / Spencer Bohren / Martha Redbone / Ana Popovic / Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys / Rebirth Brass Band / Murder The Stout / Corey Ledet and His Zydeco Band / Marcia Ball / Charles Bradley / Dl Menard & the Louisiana Aces / Mississippi Rail Company / Zion Harmonizers / Papa Grows Funk / Luke Winslow-King / Brother Tyrone & the Mindbenders / John Michael Rouchell / Satan And Adam / Jumpin' Johnny Sansone / A Tribe Called Red / Ted Winn / The New Orleans Suspects / Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra / Betty Winn and One A-Chord / Treme Brass Band / Preservation Hall Jazz Band / Alex McMurray / Grayhawk Band / Jon Cleary / Jamil Sharif / Raw Oyster Cult / Aaron Neville / Daryl Hall & John Oates / Free Agents Brass Band / Roy Ayers / Little Joe Y La Familia / Jill Scott / Clarence "frogman" Henry / Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers / Henry Butler / The Creole String Beans / The Dirty Dozen Brass Band / Brass-A-Holics / Sasha Masakowski / Holly Williams Show all bands
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Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Apr 20, 2013
Roy Ayers Billboard Live Osaka Osaka, Ōsaka, Japan
Apr 18, 2013
Roy Ayers Billboard Live Tokyo Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Apr 17, 2013
Roy Ayers Billboard Live Tokyo Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Apr 11, 2013
Roy Ayers

Festival Chorus

Magic Mirror Puteaux, France
Apr 10, 2013
Roy Ayers Baird Auditorium Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Apr 06, 2013
Roy Ayers

Festival Chorus

Various Venues Paris, Île-de-France, France
Apr 06, 2013 –
Apr 20, 2013
Chorus Festival 2013
De La Soul / Sinéad O'Connor / The Pharcyde / Pink Martini / Foreign Beggars / Roy Ayers / Yuksek / Imany / WhoMadeWho / Mulatu Astatke / Balkan Beat Box / Asian Dub Foundation / Buika / Femi Kuti / Bonaparte / Naive New Beaters / Puggy / Lou Doillon / Chill Bump / Biga Ranx / Gush / Sexy Sushi / Rich Aucoin / FEFÈ / Mélissa Laveaux / Axel Bauer / Aucan / Terakaft / Emir Kusturica / Babx / Zun Zun Egui / Cheick Tidiane Seck / Le Vasco / The Burning House / the Fishes / Crâne Angels / Mrs Good / SCHLAUBERG / Den House / The Probs / THROES AND THE SHINE Show all bands
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Paris, Île-de-France, France
Mar 21, 2013
Roy Ayers

Nublu

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SESC Belenzinho São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Jan 27, 2013
Roy Ayers Blues Alley Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Jan 26, 2013
Roy Ayers Blues Alley Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Jan 25, 2013
Roy Ayers Blues Alley Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Jan 24, 2013
Roy Ayers Blues Alley Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Jan 15, 2013
Roy Ayers Blue Note Milan Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Jan 13, 2013
Roy Ayers New Morning Paris, Île-de-France, France
Jan 12, 2013
Roy Ayers Gazarte Athens, Attica, Greece
Jan 11, 2013
Roy Ayers Gazarte Athens, Attica, Greece
Jan 10, 2013
Roy Ayers The Jazz Cafe London, England, United Kingdom
Jan 09, 2013
Roy Ayers The Jazz Cafe London, England, United Kingdom

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Sep 15, 1990
 Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Chic / Roy Ayers on Jun 1, 1979 [087-small]

Chic / Roy Ayers
Jun 1, 1979
 Portland, Oregon, United States
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Grateful Dead / Patti Smith / Roy Ayers on May 12, 1979 [905-small]

Grateful Dead / Patti Smith / Roy Ayers
May 12, 1979
 Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
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Kool & The Gang / Roy Ayers on Feb 18, 2011 [163-small]

Kool & The Gang / Roy Ayers
Feb 18, 2011
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Robert Glasper Experiment / Roy Ayers / Lonnie Liston Smith on Mar 8, 2014 [738-small]

Robert Glasper Experiment / Roy Ayers / Lonnie Liston Smith
Mar 8, 2014
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Playground Weekender 2011 on Feb 17, 2011 [366-small]

Playground Weekender 2011
Feb 17 - 21, 2011
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Roy Ayers on Nov 30, 1980 [338-small]

Roy Ayers
Nov 30, 1980
 Owings Mills, Maryland, United States
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Roy Ayers
Aug 16, 2022
 Colchester, England, United Kingdom
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Glastonbury Festival 2019
Jun 26 - 30, 2019
 Pilton, England, United Kingdom
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