For the concert weekend running Thursday 24 September through Sunday 27 September, KOKO provides a particularly legible three-stop route: Ezra Collective & Friends on Thursday, Pale Waves on Friday and Vula’s Soul Sounds of The 70’s on Sunday. The bills share a room and little else on the surface. That is the point. They frame KOKO as a place where a current London jazz group, a Manchester alternative-pop band and a vocalist revisiting soul repertoire can each occupy the main calendar with their own scale and audience. The strongest way to approach the run is as three separate evenings with a common setting, each revealing a different strand in the venue’s programming. KOKO’s official listings place all three within this four-day stretch, following a Wednesday appearance by WILLOW and ahead of a Saturday programme devoted to electronic events.[1][2][3][4]

Thursday: Ezra Collective’s current chapter

Ezra Collective & Friends opens the run on Thursday 24 September at 7:00pm. The event follows the 11 September release of Here Because Of Hope, the album currently foregrounded on Ezra Collective’s official site. KOKO describes the record as a work tracing Black music’s movement from Africa through the Caribbean to London, and presents the concert as a collaboration-led date shaped by the group’s jazz, hip-hop and global influences. That gives the evening a useful sense of occasion without requiring any guesswork about a guest list: the friends remain unspecified, while the focus stays firmly on the five musicians’ collective language. Ezra Collective came together through London youth clubs, a local origin that makes this Camden date feel connected to the city’s own network of rehearsal rooms, venues and audiences.[2][5]

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Friday: Pale Waves at full room scale

On Friday 25 September, Pale Waves brings a sharply different texture to KOKO, with doors at 6:00pm. KOKO lists the Manchester group across indie-pop, alternative/indie and rock, and identifies Heather Baron-Gracie, Ciara Doran and Charlie Wood in its introduction to the band. Its description centres shimmering pop hooks, gothic romanticism and emotionally direct songwriting: an accurate invitation to hear a group whose visual and musical identity have long travelled together. The date is currently marked sold out on the official page, with a wait-list option shown there. For readers weighing the weekend, this is the fixed point: check availability through KOKO before making plans, then build an evening around the early door time. It is a headline show with a clean focus, contrasting the shared-bill openness of Thursday.[3]

Sunday: Vula treats the soul archive as live material

Sunday 27 September returns the room to jazz and soul territory, though Vula’s 6:00pm KOKO Jazz Club set has a distinct frame. Soul Sounds of The 70’s is built around repertoire associated with Marvin Gaye, Dionne Warwick and Donny Hathaway, with KOKO explicitly drawing attention to the relationship between jazz and soul. Vula brings experience across gospel, dance music and vocal collaboration: the venue cites her work with the London Community Gospel Choir, her vocal on Basement Jaxx’s “Oh My Gosh”, and appearances alongside Quincy Jones, Jules Buckley and Kurt Elling. Those references make the programme feel less like a period-costume exercise and more like a singer’s route through songs that have continued to circulate across styles. The earlier Sunday finish listed by KOKO, 10:00pm, also makes this the most measured option of the three.[4]

Plan the KOKO weekend

Start with Ezra Collective & Friends at KOKO on Thursday 24 September, 7:00pm; the official event page lists the night as 18+ and says valid photo ID may be required. Pale Waves follows on Friday 25 September at 6:00pm, with a 14+ policy and adult accompaniment required for ages 14 and 15. Vula’s Soul Sounds of The 70’s closes the route on Sunday 27 September at 6:00pm and carries the same 14+ policy. Recheck KOKO’s official event pages for ticket availability, door times, age requirements and any changeable event information before travelling.[2][3][4]

These concerts happened on 24–27 September 2026

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Sources

  1. KOKO — official website — KOKO
  2. British Airways American Express presents Ezra Collective & Friends — KOKO
  3. Pale Waves — KOKO
  4. KOKO Jazz Club: Soul Sounds of The 70’s with VULA — KOKO
  5. Ezra Collective Official Site — Ezra Collective