Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival 2023: All you need to know

KC & The Sunshine Band, Ezra Collective, and KOKOROKO are all set to perform at Mostly Jazz, Funk & Soul Festival 2023

Author: Alastair SteelPublished 16th Feb 2023
Last updated 16th Feb 2023

US funk-disco legends KC and The Sunshine Band are the latest big name for Birmingham's Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul Festival 2023.

The band, who are headlining the Sunday night of the festival, join the beloved New Zealand outfit Fat Freddy's Drop (who are headlining Friday evening), and the explosive Jazz FM Award-winning Ezra Collective (who are the Saturday headliners).

The festival has also added the London Afrobeat and highlife-influenced eight-piece Kokoroko (Friday), whose debut album for Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label, Could We Be More, was greeted with universal acclaim; long-standing Mostly favourites Smoove and Turrell (Saturday), who are making their fourth appearance at the festival; and musician, DJ, and BBC 6Music broadcaster Huey Morgan (Sunday).

You can see the full lineup below.

Mostly Jazz, Funk and Soul Festival 2023 - Day-by-day Lineup

Friday (7 JULY 2023):

Fat Freddy's Drop

Kokoroko

Goldie (Live)

Eva Lazarus

Jasmine Myra

Jungle DJ Set

Lynks

Truemendous

Nikhil Beats

Crazy P Sound System

Emma Jean Thackery (DJ Set)

Leftfoot DJs

Reli:ah

Saturday (8 JULY 2023):

Ezra Collective

Smoove & Turrell

Heavy Beat Brass Band

Alogte Oho & his Sounds of Joy

The Notebenders

Boca 45

Young Gun Silver Fox

Lara Jones

Gabriella Liandu

Lucas D & The Ghetto Grove

B Music Ensemble

Mr Scruff

Mafalda

Leftfoot DJs

Toni

Sunday (9 JULY 2023):

KC and The Sunshine Band

Incognito

Mica Millar

VC Pines

Freekind.

Mychelle

Huey Morgan

The Coalminers

Soul Grenades

O.

Ella More

Norman Jay

Jamz Supernova

Leftfoot DJs

Island T

About Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul Festival

Debuting in 2010, Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul Festival is a diverse, vibrant festival, celebrating ground-breaking, innovative UK music alongside international trailblazers. Each year Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul brings incredible artists, workshops, arts, crafts, and a selection of Birmingham’s most loved street food and drinks vendors to Moseley, for one epic party weekend.

Held in Moseley Park, a stunning 11-acre woodland glade in the heart of Moseley Village, the festival is just two miles from the centre of Birmingham, yet is a world away from city life. With sloping grounds, creating a natural amphitheatre in front of the beautiful lake, it’s the perfect setting for a festival.

Previous headliners include Chic feat. Nile Rodgers, Public Enemy, Gregory Porter, Chaka Khan, De La Soul, Bonobo, The Specials and The Wailers.

Tickets are available here.

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