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Dennis Bovell

London, ManchesterEstablished

Funk / Soul Jazz

Balearic

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Public history

RA-listed appearances.

52 listings

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Nov 13, 2026Mad Professor + Dennis BovellNew Century Locker, ManchesterRA listing

Aug 23, 2026British Reggae legend Dennis Bovell - DJ & PA SetSoul Mama Islington, LondonRA listing Aug 15, 2026Jumbi Jamboree: Free Warehouse Edition with Dennis BovellJumbi, LondonRA listing Jun 13, 2026Another Thought 2026Blackhorse Lane Multiple Venues, LondonRA listing Mar 30, 2026A Century in Sound; special talk + listening session led by Dennis Bovell MBEJumbi, LondonRA listing

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Mar 22, 2026Dennis Bovell with Gatzara Sound feat. DimasLa Nau, BarcelonaRA listing Mar 13, 2026Sound MetaphorsBerghain | Panorama Bar | Säule, BerlinRA listing Feb 8, 2026Palais: Norman Jay, Dennis Bovell & Marcia CarrPalais, LondonRA listing

Track record

Rooms played.

The Jazz Cafe

London

The Fox and Firkin

London

Jumbi

London

Press

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Dennis Bovell to release compilation of rare and lesser-known tracks, Sufferer Sounds

Oct 2024

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New venue High Note opens in Melbourne

Oct 2023

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Re-record: Celebrating 120 Black Artists In Electronic Music - Part 1

Jan 2021

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Tina Edwards

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Zakia

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Donna Leake

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2 shared soundsLondonestablished

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Madlib

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Dec 14, 2025

HOLYCu, London

RA listing

Sep 27, 2025✺ SBF' 25 ✺ at M.O.T & ORMSIDE & Avalon Cafe ✺ (Tickets OTD)Bermondsey Triangle, LondonRA listing

Jul 12, 2025Secretsundaze presents: Multi Multi 2025Hackney Wick Multiple Venues, LondonRA listing

Mar 21, 2025NT's Loft: Dennis Bovell [DJ] & John GómezNight Tales Loft, LondonRA listing

Feb 2, 2025A Brief History of King Tubby with Dennis Bovell MBEThe Jazz Cafe, LondonRA listing

Aug 15, 2024We Out Here Festival 2024Wimborne St Giles, Dorset, South + EastRA listing

Jul 27, 2024Dennis Bovell Live at the Perpetual Musket: Inaugural BallLoki, LondonRA listing

Jun 22, 2024Beavertown Collaboration Sessions: LondonHackney Bridge, LondonRA listing

May 26, 2024Cross The Tracks 2024Brockwell Park, LondonRA listing

May 3, 2024Dennis Bovell x Haseeb IqbalThe Fox and Firkin, LondonRA listing

Oct 29, 2023Dennis Bovell (live), DJ Jimmy James & moreHigh Note, MelbourneRA listing

Sep 15, 2023Woven Rhythms PanelPurcell Room, LondonRA listing

Jul 29, 2023Jumbi 1st Birthday Warehouse Bash (Jumbi and Unit 08) - SOLD OUTJumbi, LondonRA listing

Jul 6, 2023Dennis Bovell + Rezzett + Zoë Mc Pherson + redkoffeeBourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection, ParisRA listing

Jun 9, 2023Terraforma 2023Villa Arconati, MilanRA listing

Feb 12, 2023Four Years Of Us with Dennis BovellThe Marina Fountain, South + EastRA listing

Sep 10, 2022Naked CityBeckenham Place Park, LondonRA listing

Jul 22, 2022Norman Jay MBE + Dennis Bovell at Woolwich Words & SoundsWoolwich Works, LondonRA listing

Feb 6, 2022A Brief History of King Tubby with Dennis Bovell and FriendsThe Jazz Cafe, LondonRA listing

Aug 19, 2021We Out Here Festival 2021Abbots Ripton, MidlandsRA listing

Mar 20, 2020[CANCELLED] [cancelled] Brief History of King Tubby with Dennis Bovell and FriendsThe Jazz Cafe, LondonRA listing

Mar 4, 2020Cosmic Dub Odyssey w/ Carlton Club All StarsThe Carlton Club, ManchesterRA listing

Sep 14, 2019DISLO's Midnight Material with Dennis BovellSJQ, LondonRA listing

Aug 15, 2019We Out Here Festival 2019 – A Worldwide Family GatheringAbbots Ripton, MidlandsRA listing

Jun 15, 2019African Head Charge Sound System Meets The Championz League Selectors & ActivistsBloc (Autumn Street), LondonRA listing

Apr 13, 2019Record Store DaySoho Radio, LondonRA listing

Nov 3, 2018Real Roots Sound System feat. Ramon Judah Guest set Dennis BovellThe Empire Bar, LondonRA listing

Aug 10, 2018Sandii 'Hula DUB' with Dennis Bovell 2018Unit, TokyoRA listing

Apr 1, 2018Rub A Dub Sunday Alldayer Easter Sunday Bank HolidayThe Fox and Firkin, LondonRA listing

Aug 20, 2017Rub 'a' Dub Sundays all-Dayer with U ROY and Queen OmegaThe Fox and Firkin, LondonRA listing

Jun 2, 2017Focus Africa Music FestivalRich Mix, LondonRA listing

Dec 3, 2016Adrian Sherwood, Coldcut, Dennis Bovell, Crucial Tony and Perry MeliusThe Jazz Cafe, LondonRA listing

Oct 21, 2016Adrian Sherwood & Dennis BovellYAAM Berlin, BerlinRA listing

Sep 16, 2016Azores Burning SummerTBA - Portugal, LisbonRA listing

Sep 2, 2016One Love FestivalHainault Forest Country Park, LondonRA listing

Jul 1, 2016Dennis Bovell, Soothsayers, Gaudi, Hempolics, and MorePassing Clouds Works, LondonRA listing

Feb 14, 2016Jamaica Funk - The Valentines Day Massacre - Winston Francis Album LaunchThe Fox and Firkin, LondonRA listing

Jan 24, 2016Sunday Chill Out LoungeRolling Stock, LondonRA listing

Jul 10, 2015Honey Hush presents: Unity Reggae Club with Dennis Bovell, Sidewalk Doctors Live & Solid CCLF Art Cafe [Block A, Bussey Building], LondonRA listing

May 29, 2015Druga Godba FestivalKino Siska, LjubljanaRA listing

Jun 7, 2014Rootikal All-DayerThe Prince of Wales, LondonRA listing

Mar 15, 2012Campfire with Dennis BovellThe Lighthouse, LondonRA listing

Mar 12, 2010Dennis Bovell Dub Band & Late Night Dub Reggae PartyBand on the Wall, ManchesterRA listing

Jun 16, 2006Sonar 2006 by Night: FridayFira Gran Via, BarcelonaRA listing

Dennis Bovell

RA-listed appearances.

Upcoming

Previous

Rooms played.

The Jazz Cafe

The Fox and Firkin

Jumbi

Read, watch, listen.

EX.755 Dennis Bovell

Dennis Bovell to release compilation of rare and lesser-known tracks, Sufferer Sounds

New venue High Note opens in Melbourne

Re-record: Celebrating 120 Black Artists In Electronic Music - Part 1

DJs in Dennis Bovell's orbit.

BOSSdaddy

Tina Edwards

Contours

Source Direct

Perry Louis

Zakia

Donna Leake

Madlib

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