The monthly spectacle at the stunning gothic Union Chapel returns with another extraordinary line up;

The Mash Report star and viral sensation RACHEL PARRIS headlines the Union Chapel. Joining Rachel is an all-star line-up featuring cult comic/poet TIM KEY, Edin­burgh Com­e­dy Award win­ner and star and cre­ator of the acclaimed‘Starstruck’ ROSE MATAFEO, the king of heavy entertainment NICK HELM and Chapel favourite JOHN ROBINS as host.

"This monthly Islington comedy club undoubtedly provides the finest, most interesting line-ups in the capital. Taking over the gorgeous Union Chapel, the shows here are all killer, no filler, featuring the biggest names in comedy"

\- Time Out

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Live At The Chapel with Rachel Parris & Tim Key

Tim Key - Ant

John Robins

Rachel Parris

Rose Matafeo

Tim Key

comedy

Comedy

London

Union Chapel

Bassekou Kouyate is one of the true masters of the ngoni, an ancient traditional lute found throughout West Africa, and is respected as one of Africa’s premier global artists.

He returns to London with his band, Ngoni Ba, which includes ngoni players (featuring ngonis with differing tonal sizes), percussionists (talking drum, Yabara, Calebasse) and the fantastic singer Amy Sacko. Together they have revolutionised the sound of the ngoni, and radically fired centuries of griot tradition into the future.

Bassekou is recognised as both an innovator and a stronghold of traditional Malian music, and has collaborated with the likes of Ali Farka Toure, Toumani Diabate, Taj Mahal, and The Kronos Quartet, and has toured with Damon Albarn and Paul Weller. Bassekou's recent album Miri ('dream' in Bamana) topped the World Music Charts Europe and was voted Best Album of the Year by Songlines magazine.

'Defiant, angry new music from Mali, by the world’s greatest exponent of the ngoni, the ancient West African lute' (The Guardian)

Under 14s to be accompanied by an adult

Bassekou Kouyate

Miri

Bassekou Kouyaté

Gigs

Kishi Bashi is the pseudonym of singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Kaoru Ishibashi. Born in Seattle, Washington, Ishibashi grew up in Norfolk, Virginia where both of his parents were professors at Old Dominion University. As a 1994 graduate of Matthew Fontaine Maury High School, he went on to study film scoring at Berklee College of Music before becoming a renowned violinist. Ishibashi has recorded and toured internationally as a violinist with diverse artists such as Regina Spektor, Sondre Lerche, and most recently, the Athens, Georgia-based indie rock band, of Montreal.

Shortly after Ishibashi debuted his full-length solo album "151a" on Indianapolis label Joyful Noise Recordings, NPR All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen listed Kishi Bashi as his favorite new artist of 2012. Omoiyari is Kishi Bashi’s fourth album, and his most important yet. Many of the songs were initially inspired by history and oppression, and he deftly weaves tales of love, loss, and wanting to connect listeners to the past. Channeling the hard-learned lessons of history, Omoiyari is an uncompromising musical statement on the turbulent sociopolitical atmosphere of present-day America.

This is an all ages event (Under 16s accompanied by an adult).

FORM Presents

Kishi Bashi - Live With Strings 

I Am the Antichrist to You

Kishi Bashi - I Am the Antichrist to You

Kishi Bashi

“I finally realized that what mattered to me more than a career in music, is a life in music. All the disparate things I do have added up to a rich life in music that I’m very grateful for.”

Country singer Laura Cantrell has balanced different aspects of her music life over the course of a 20-plus years career, whether as a recording artist, radio host, writer, or working parent of a high-school aged musician. Well-known as a recording artist with a devoted following in the US and UK, and as the host of "Dark Horse Radio," a program devoted to George Harrison on SiriusXM's The Beatles Channel, or as a performer curating "States of Country," her monthly live series exploring regional diversity in country music, Cantrell has expressed her passion for country music through various platforms. This June she returns with "Just Like A Rose: The Anniversary Sessions," an album of original music celebrating her first 20 years of striking this balance. "Just Like A Rose" is a buoyant collection showcasing Cantrell's songcraft, sense of history, and conviction as a modern woman singing country music.

This is an 16+ event.

Laura Cantrell

Two Seconds

The monthly spectacle at the stunning gothic Union Chapel returns with another extraordinary line up;

Acclaimed Rose d’Or award-winning stand-up, host of The Mash Report and star of the Last Leg, Qi and many more – **NISH KUMAR** returns to headline. Joining Nish is an sublime bill with Taskmaster champ **LOU SANDERS**, fast-rising newcomer **ANIA MAGLIANO** and more to be announced.

*"This monthly Islington comedy club undoubtedly provides the finest, most interesting line-ups in the capital. Taking over the gorgeous Union Chapel, the shows here are all killer, no filler, featuring the biggest names in comedy"*

*\- Time Out*

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Live At The Chapel with Nish Kumar

Nish Kumar

Lou Sanders

Ania Magliano

The monthly spectacle at the stunning gothic Union Chapel returns with another extraordinary line up;

Much loved Father Ted, Death In Paradise and Taskmaster star **ARDAL O’HANLON** returns to headline at London’s most spectacular venue. Join Ardal is a sensational bill with the spellbinding Have I Got News For You star **REGINALD D HUNTER**, Live At The Apollo’s **HELEN BAUER** and the phenomenal **CHLOE PETTS** as host.

*"This monthly Islington comedy club undoubtedly provides the finest, most interesting line-ups in the capital. Taking over the gorgeous Union Chapel, the shows here are all killer, no filler, featuring the biggest names in comedy"*

*\- Time Out*

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Live At The Chapel with Ardal O'Hanlon

Ardal O’Hanlon

Reginald D Hunter

Helen Bauer

Chloe Petts

Rough Trade is very excited to present An Evening with Gabriels at Union Chapel. This unique event celebrates the release of their fantastic new studio album 'Angels and Queens', released July 7th via Parlophone.

**Gabriels will perform a stripped back set and be joined by a guest host for a Q&A.**

**General Admission tickets do NOT come with an album.**

**All CD/LP purchases will be shipped at release from July 7th, 2023 via Second Class Mail.**

More product information can be found HERE >> https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/product/gabriels/angels-queens

All ages

Rough Trade

An Evening with Gabriels @ Union Chapel

Gabriels - Love and Hate in a Different Time

Gabriels



 All Ages (U16’s accompanied by an adult 18+)

Thea Gilmore

Bad Moon Rising

Frizzi 2 Fulci is Fabio Frizzi's tribute concert to director Lucio Fulci. On tour since 2013, this show takes the soundtracks of the Maestro, written for the films of his director friend, to stages around the world.

After their debut in London at Union Chapel on Halloween night 2013, Frizzi 2 Fulci has since toured Europe but also the United States for 5 tours. The music composed for the emblematic films such as ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS, THE BEYOND, CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD, MANHATTAN BABY, THE PSYCHIC have won over a large international audience passionate about horror.

This repertoire with progressive rock sounds is interpreted on stage by a supergroup that the Maestro created specifically with some of the best musicians of the Roman scene. 2 hours of sounds and images to relive some of the strongest pages of genre cinema.

This is an all ages event - Under 16s accompanied by an adult.

Frizzi 2 Fulci

Fabio Frizzi - Mystery's Apotheosis

GRAMMY® Award-winner Kurt Elling is without question today’s preeminent male jazz vocalist, renowned worldwide for his unparalleled virtuosity and flair for trailblazing artistic exploration.

From his stunning reinvention of timeless standards to his own captivating original songcraft, the Chicago-based musician has fused his dazzling talents across a panoply of musical approaches, emblazoning each with signature imagination, insight, and emotional intelligence.

He presents his stunning new LP, SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree.

The follow up to 2021’s remarkable SuperBlue, the album once again sees Elling joining forces with producer/guitarist Charlie Hunter and multi-instrumentalist duo drummer Corey Fonville and bassist-keyboardist DJ Harrison for a kaleidoscopic collection of new songs, surprising covers, and dynamic reinventions.

This is a 14+ event (with under 16s to Be Accompanied By An Adult)

The Columbo Group

Kurt Elling SuperBlue

Kurt Elling

Charlie Hunter

The monthly spectacle at the stunning gothic Union Chapel returns with another extraordinary line up;

Scotland’s Queen of stand-up and breakout Taskmaster star **Fern Brady** headlines Live At The Chapel. Star of Live At The Apollo, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order and more, don’t miss the ferociously funny stand-up alongside an all-star supporting line-up.

"This monthly Islington comedy club undoubtedly provides the finest, most interesting line-ups in the capital. Taking over the gorgeous Union Chapel, the shows here are all killer, no filler, featuring the biggest names in comedy"

\- Time Out

This is an 18+ event (Photo ID Required).

Live At The Chapel with Fern Brady

Fern Brady

By nature, Duke Special (aka Belfast’s Peter Wilson) is a curious person. He is curious about music, theatre, books, poetry, art, love, life, redemption, death and 78RPM records. All of this is evidenced by the variety of musical adventures throughout his career. He has released 14 albums and EPs, toured all over the world and has been involved in a diverse array of other projects, including writing the music for Deborah Warner’s critically acclaimed 2009 production of Mother Courage and Her Children at London’s National Theatre and being commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to write a series of original songs based on photographs for their exhibition of the photographers Stieglitz, Steichen and Strand.

\+ Special Guests

All ages (under 16s to be accompanied by an adult 18+))

Duke Special

Freewheel

Aoife Ní Bhriain & Catrin Finch + Angeline Morrison

Dublin native Aoife Ní Bhriain is one of her generation’s most versatile and gifted violinists, a dazzling musician who commands both the classical world and her Irish traditional heritage. From across the Irish Sea and the west coast of Wales, harpist Catrin Finch has also built an impressive classical career and ventured into unchartered musical territory, most notably through her award-winning collaborations with Seckou Keita and Cimarrón.

Together, Aoife and Catrin form a formidable virtuoso duo, eager to explore a musical world of creative possibility, challenge and discovery, inspired by a multitude of influences and linked by the cultures of their home countries. Their debut public performances at Other Voices Cardigan in November 2022 drew rapturous audience acclaim. Prior to recording their debut album, they now embark on a select few concerts previewing their extraordinary and original new material.

Opening the evening is folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Angeline Morrison. Her 2022 album The Sorrow Songs : Folk Songs of Black British Experience (Topic Records) was voted No. 1 Folk Album of the year in The Guardian. Angeline explores traditional song with a deep reverence, love and curiosity, a handmade sonic aesthetic and a feeling for the stories of ordinary human lives.

This is a 14+ event (Under 14s to be accompanied by an adult).

Catrin Finch & Aoife Ni Bhriain + Angeline Morrison

Angeline Morrison

Catrin Finch

Aoife Ní Bhriain

Bird On The Wire

Penguin Cafe

Ricercar

When it comes to the world of jazz-guitar, nobody does it quite like Grammy Award winning artist, Bill Frisell.

Renowned as one of the globe’s most talented players, his 40-year career has seen him revolutionise both the jazz and blues genres.

With his catalogue being described by Downbeat as “the best recorded output of the decade”, his productions span from smooth jazz riffs to moody blues solos.

A legendary performer, heading to Union Chapel for his only confirmed UK show of the year.Bill Frisell

This is a 14+ event (Under 16s accompanied by an adult)

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