The Shambala Stage is the beating heart of our musical adventures in utopia. Here you will find a stunning array of diverse acts from around the globe from Sowetan afrobeat to cosmic psychedelia; classic roots reggae to Hindustani blues as well as the odd forray into punk! Sit back and soak yourselves in the soundtrack to your festival.
The Shambala Stage
What's On at The Shambala Stage?
Bob Vylan
London two-piece Bob Vylan are unique. One vocalist (Bobby) and one drummer (Bobbie). One being a vital and focal mouthpiece, the other a rhythm...
Mokoomba
Get ready to be blown away by Mokoomba, Zimbabwe’s shooting stars! With electrifying beats, driving rhythms, and unmatched harmonies, their Afrofusion sound will have...
Florence Adooni
Florence is part of the extremely vital Frafra Gospel scene in Ghana. But her voice is a big exception; born and raised in the...
Hannabiell & Midnight Blue
Led by multi instrumentalist Hannabiell Sanders, this high energy ensemble is nothing less than exhilarating as it fuses together African & Latin percussion, reggae,...
HENGE
Attention Humans! This is HENGE. We are not from this world. We bring you music from distant planets. We offer this gift for the...
The Beatbox Collective
The Beatbox Collective return to their birthplace – having formed in 2012, on our very own Shambala Stage. Welcome home, lads! This superhuman group...
Symphonica Orchestra ft. Mr Switch
Expect to hear legendary tracks as you’ve never heard them before – performed live by a whole orchestra! After their pioneering debut at Boomtown...
Mohammad Reza Mortazavi
Mohammad Reza Mortazavi was born in 1979 in Isfahan, two months after the revolution in Iran. He has been living in Germany as a...
Murmuration Choir
In under a year of forming in 2018, Murmuration Choir quickly became one of Bristol’s leading contemporary vocal projects, bringing together a collective of...
The Congos
What an honour it is, to be welcoming Reggae icons, The Congos, to Shambala for the very first time. Their 1977 genre-defining debut, The...
Sarah Brown sings Mahalia Jackson
This is going to be absolute magic. Sarah Brown will be treating you all to her interpretations of classic tracks by arguably the most...
Leyla McCalla
Born in New York City to Haitian emigrants and activists, Leyla McCalla finds inspiration from her past and present– her music vibrates with three...
Ëda Diaz
Welcome to the Franco-Colombian Republic of Ëda Diaz! Here, we eat pancakes with salted butter caramel while sipping fresh coconut limonada. In the background...
Naïssam Jalal & Rhythms of Resistance
A vertiginous flautist and prolific composer, Naïssam Jalal unveils with each new creation a personal and vibrant musical universe that, in both form and...
Sampa The Great
Sampa The Great is poised to be her highest self. In just a few short years, the Zambian artist (born Sampa Tembo) has established...
Lazy Habits & Friends
Following in the path of Questlove (The Roots), Lazy Habits carries on the tradition of infusing live bands/instrumentation into hip-hop. Big productions, bold brass...
Brushy One String
Rural Jamaican bluesman Brushy One String puts the world to rights with his one-stringed guitar. His voice evokes the sweetness of soul singers like...
DAM
DAM, meaning “everlasting” in Arabic, is the first Palestinian hip hop crew and among the first to rap in Arabic. Formed in the late...
Cubafrobeat
Bringing together two Yoruba musical traditions, with different accents, from different sides of the Atlantic – Havana meets Lagos in London – with Lokki...
Nana Benz du Togo
Organic-electronic songs recorded in Togo by a feminist quintet. Voodoo tradition and soul, aimed for the dance floor. There are five of them, five,...