The Joy Formidable Concert History

The Joy Formidable is an indie rock band formed in 2007 in North Wales, United Kingdom, currently located in London, England. The group members are Ritzy Bryan (vocals, guitar), Rhydian Dafydd (bass, backing vocals), and Matt Thomas (drums). Their music has been described as "primal epic grunge rock à la The Breeders, Arcade Fire and Yeah Yeah Yeahs".

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The Joy Formidable Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 20)

Date Concert Venue Location
May 12, 2016
Focus Wales
"Focus Wales" / The Joy Formidable / Skellums / The Roseville Band / Mechanical Owl / Doppelganger / Blonde Diamond
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Various Venues Wrexham, United Kingdom
May 12, 2016 –
May 14, 2016
Focus Wales 2016
The Joy Formidable / Los Campesinos! / The Sunshine Underground / Gwenno / Kagoule / H. Hawkline / Johnny Lloyd / Meilyr Jones / Peaness / God Damn / Press To Meco / Into The Ark / Castles / Doppelganger / Golden Fable / Lizzy Farrall / Kidsmoke / Seazoo / Dan Bettridge / Swnami / We Are Animal / We're No Heroes / Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog / Plu / Mowbird / John Lawrence / Chupa Cabra / Kizzy Crawford / HMS Morris / Campfire Social / Hippies vs Ghosts / The Anchoress (UK) / Qujaku / The Roseville Band / Baby Brave / Skellums / Peter Hook DJ Set / Trecco Beis / The Echo And The Always / Darren Eedens / Lights That Change / Anna Houghton / Shimai / The Mexican Walking Fish / Wintercoat / The Gentle Good & Joy Dunlop / Carl Foulkes Jones / Farmhand / Pink Killer / Jamie Hamlington / Garry Rowley Show all bands
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Focus Wales 2016 Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom
May 10, 2016
The Joy Formidable
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The Plug Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
May 09, 2016
The Joy Formidable Liquid Room Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
May 07, 2016
The Joy Formidable
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Think Tank? Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
May 01, 2016
Beale Street Music Festival (Day 3 of 3)
Beck / Paul Simon / Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats / Zedd / Cold War Kids / The Arcs / Bastille / Courtney Barnett / Indigo Girls / Blackberry Smoke / The Joy Formidable / The Lone Bellow / Bernard Allison / Those Pretty Wrongs / John Primer / John Nemeth / Brandon Santini / The Band Camino Show all bands
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Tom Lee Park Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Apr 30, 2016
Edgefest 26
Cage The Elephant / CHVRCHES / Silversun Pickups / Foals / X Ambassadors / The Unlikely Candidates / The Joy Formidable / Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. / The 1975 / Bastille / Nothing But Thieves / The Struts / Blue October / Good Charlotte
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Toyota Stadium Frisco, Texas, United States
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Apr 29, 2016
SunFest
"SunFest" / Death Cab for Cutie / Bastille / Steve Aoki / The Joy Formidable / The Bright Light Social Hour / Watch the Duck / Casaveda / WD-HAN
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Downtown West Palm Beach West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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Apr 29, 2016 –
May 01, 2016
Beale Street Music Festival
Neil Young / Promise of the Real / Paul Simon / Train / Meghan Trainor / Grace Potter / Barenaked Ladies / Young the Giant / Cypress Hill / Cold War Kids / Bastille / Violent Femmes / Courtney Barnett / John Mayall / Gin Blossoms / Trampled by Turtles / Moon Taxi / Lucinda Williams / Houndmouth / Los Lobos / The Joy Formidable / Indigo Girls / Blackberry Smoke / The Front Bottoms / The Lone Bellow / Lunchmoney Lewis / Coleman Hell / Julien Baker / Walter Trout / Ana Popovic / Bernard Allison / Luther Dickinson / Doyle Bramhall II / Those Pretty Wrongs / Magic Dick & Shun Ng / Larry McCray / John Primer / Brandon Santini / Ghost Town Blues Band / Barbara Blue / Mavis Staples / Panic! At the Disco / Jason Derulo / Weezer / Beck / The Arcs / Modest Mouse / The Struts / Yo Gotti / Zedd / Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats / Better Than Ezra Show all bands
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Tom Lee Park Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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Apr 28, 2016
The Joy Formidable / Funny Bunny

The Hitch Tour

Floridian Social Club St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Apr 27, 2016 –
May 01, 2016
SunFest 2016
The Secret Weapons (US) / Walk the Moon / Steve Aoki / Matt Calderin Trio / Fireside Prophets / The Bright Light Social Hour / Evanescence / Coleman Hell / Andy Grammer / Ethan Parker Band / Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors / Slightly Stoopid / Watch the Duck / Tori Lynn / Professor & the Jet Sets / Half Deezy / CAde / Jesse Royal / Casaveda / Fitz and the Tantrums / The Babys / Sons of Mystro / WD Han / Rick Springfield / No Traffik / Mike Mineo / Dylan LeBlanc / Ria Mae / Devon Baldwin / Bobby Lee Rodgers / Duran Duran / Meghan Trainor / Lunchmoney Lewis / Butch Trucks / Flogging Molly / Death Cab for Cutie / Train / The Joy Formidable / The Roots / Bastille / Alabama Shakes / Goldfinger / G-Eazy / Jason Derulo / Lukas Graham / Saint Asonia / Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox / Capital Cities / Shovels & Rope / Salt-N-Pepa / Judah & the Lion Show all bands
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SunFest Festival Grounds West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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Apr 26, 2016
The Joy Formidable Terminal West Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Apr 25, 2016
The Joy Formidable
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Cat's Cradle Carrboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 23, 2016
The Joy Formidable
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Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Apr 22, 2016
The Joy Formidable
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The Social Orlando, Florida, United States
Apr 21, 2016
The Joy Formidable / Helio Sequence
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Vinyl Music Hall Pensacola, Florida, United States
Apr 20, 2016
The Joy Formidable
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One Eyed Jacks New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Apr 19, 2016
The Helio Sequence / The Joy Formidable

The Joy Formidable

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Scoot Inn Austin, Texas, United States
Apr 16, 2016
Buzzfest 35 2016
The Struts / Everclear / New Beat Fund / Andrew Watt / The Joy Formidable / Cage The Elephant / Fitz and the Tantrums / The Offspring / AWOLNATION / Blue October / Toadies / Nothing But Thieves
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The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion The Woodlands, Texas, United States
Apr 15, 2016
Everything Everything / The Joy Formidable
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Underground Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Apr 14, 2016
The Joy Formidable / Everything Everything

The Joy Formidable @ Irving Plaza

Irving Plaza New York, New York, United States
Apr 13, 2016
The Joy Formidable / Everything Everything
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9:30 Club Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Genres:

Rock
Indie
Indie Rock
British
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UK
Shoegaze
Dream Pop
Noise Pop
Metropopolis
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Welsh Rock
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  3. Sevier
  4. Whirring
  5. Wolf's Law
  6. The Greatest Light Is the Greatest Shade

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 21 concerts
2025 6 concerts
2023 27 concerts
2022 56 concerts
2021 18 concerts
2020 3 concerts
2019 82 concerts
2018 48 concerts
2017 24 concerts
2016 137 concerts
2015 23 concerts
2014 14 concerts
2013 161 concerts
2012 78 concerts
2011 173 concerts
2010 118 concerts
2009 112 concerts
2008 25 concerts
2007 1 concert
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