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The Jazz Cafe announces line-up for debut London festival

Earl Sweatshirt, Ojerime, Soichi Terada, Moonchild Sanelly and Roc Marciano are on the bill

London music institution The Jazz Cafe has announced it will host its debut festival on Sunday, September 15, this year.

The Camden venue is heading south to Burgess Park, Camberwell, for the one-day event. It's headlined by Nils Frahm, who will be joined by a host of globally renowned music acts, spanning the worlds of rap, R&B, soul, house, jazz, disco and more.

Among them are US hip hop greats Earl Sweatshirt, Roc Marciano, Alchemist and Rapsody, R&B artists ELIZA and Ojerime, and UK favourites such as Gilles Peterson, Crazy P Soundsystem, Jordss and dialE.

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Global stars on the line-up include Japanese house hero Soichi Terada playing live, Syrian folk-dance musician Omar Souleyman, South African ghetto funk and pop star Moonchild Sanelly and Afro-Cuban collective Buena Vista All Stars.

The festival takes place from 12:PM to 10:PM and features four stages.

Pre-sale tickets go live on Wednesday, March 13, at midday. Sign up here for access.

Check out the full line-up below.