One of the most vital and joyful live acts in British music right now, returning to Dublin for what should be one of the shows of early 2027.
Ezra Collective play the 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin on Friday March 5th 2027, on the tour supporting their new album Here Because of Hope.
The Mercury Prize and BRIT Award-winning quintet – Femi Koleoso, TJ Koleoso, Joe Armon-Jones, James Mollison and Ife Ogunjobi – have spent over a decade making jazz joyful, urgent and undeniable, from the youth clubs of London to festival headlining slots and arenas. Here Because of Hope is their most ambitious record yet, conceived as three spiritual and geographical movements tracing the movement of Black people across continents and decades – from the music of Africa to the rhythms of the Caribbean and home to the streets of London. The central question the album asks is a simple but profound one: why does so much Black music born out of pain sound so joyful? Their answer is hope.
Lead single ‘Only Love’ features UK/Gambian rapper Pa Salieu.
The album also features Lila Iké and Leona Lewis, reaching across the full breadth of the global African diaspora including America, where those same African and Caribbean roots gave birth to jazz itself.
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A band at the peak of their powers, in one of Dublin’s best rooms.
Ezra Collective – 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Friday March 5th 2027. Tickets €43.20/€45.70 plus fees, on sale Friday July 10th at 10am via Ticketmaster.ie.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
