The sharpest detour in Copenhagen’s concert week of Thursday 17 September through Sunday 20 September takes place over three consecutive evenings at Epicurus. Shelby J. appears at 18:30 on Thursday 17, Friday 18 and Saturday 19 September, anchoring a Prince Tribute Dinner & Music Celebration with Ray and Juell Roberts, Prince’s former personal chefs. The format places a live performance first, followed by a Prince-inspired multi-course dinner and the Roberts’ stories. It gives the run a clear structure: a vocalist with direct New Power Generation experience, a compact backing cast and a dining room designed around the same subject.[1][2]

That focus matters because Shelby J.’s connection to Prince is concrete musical history, rooted in her work with the New Power Generation. The official Prince discography credits her among the New Power Generation singers who contributed to 2021’s Welcome 2 America, recorded in 2010; it also lists her in the lineup captured at Prince’s 28 April 2011 Forum performance. Epicurus frames her current set as Soul Classics Reimagined alongside Prince material, making these September dates an opportunity to hear an artist who inhabited that ensemble approach bring it into an intimate Copenhagen room.[1][3]

A live room with its own programme logic

Epicurus presents the three nights as part of a broader live-jazz calendar in its Downstairs Jazz Room, where Wednesday and Thursday shows begin at 21:15 and Friday and Saturday offer early and late sets. The Shelby J. engagement sits inside that musical programme while using a different timetable: doors at 17:30, live music at 18:30, dinner at 20:30. For this particular ticket, the concert supplies the opening act of the evening’s rhythm, with the meal and conversation extending the occasion after the music.[1][2]

The band information adds a useful local and international cross-section. Ken Linh Doky is named on piano, Felix Pastorius on bass and Jacob Hatholt on drums, with Juell and Ray Roberts present as the evening’s storytellers. Epicurus describes Doky’s playing through jazz, hip-hop and R&B, a detail that fits Shelby J.’s soul-centred role and helps explain the booking’s place in a jazz programme, with a performance extending beyond a conventional standards set.[1]

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Choose the night by pace, then book carefully

Thursday’s 18:30 start offers the earliest route into the weekend; Friday and Saturday carry the same listed start time and core personnel. The event page lists the full gala price at 2,340 DKK, with drinks outside the included dinner package, while Epicurus separately lists its regular Shelby J. jazz performances across the wider 16 September–10 October period. Check which format appears on the booking page before committing: the three CrowdMate dates here refer to the gala programme, whose live set begins before dinner.[1][2]

Epicurus is at Rosenborggade 15 in Copenhagen K. Arrive with time for the 17:30 door opening if choosing the gala, and treat 18:30 as the reader-facing music start on Thursday, Friday or Saturday. Recheck Epicurus’ official event and calendar pages before leaving, since door times, menus, ticket availability and programme details can change.[1][2]

Sources

  1. Prince Tribute Dinner & Music Celebration — Epicurus
  2. Live Jazz Calendar — Epicurus
  3. Welcome 2 America — Prince Official Discography