Jon Batiste World Festival - Batiste Symphonic

On June 24, 2026 at KOKO in London, Jon Batiste brings Batiste Symphonic, a concert that places his piano, voice and songwriting inside the sound of a full orchestra. Drawing from his symphonic catalogue, including American Symphony, he reshapes themes rooted in New Orleans traditions, jazz harmony, gospel-inflected vocals and pop melody into expansive orchestral arrangements. At the piano and on the mic, Batiste guides the ensemble with his trademark sense of groove and interplay, letting strings, brass and percussion broaden the emotional range while keeping the immediacy of a live band.

A Juilliard-trained pianist, singer and composer from a Louisiana musical family, Batiste has built a language that moves freely between club stages, late-night TV and the screen, including work on the film Soul. In this symphonic setting, that borderless approach becomes a fluid narrative: quiet motifs bloom into full-orchestra swells, rhythmic figures open into layered textures, and familiar songs take on new contours. Batiste Symphonic is a focused look at his writing and performance across genres, heard at orchestral scale in the distinctive setting of KOKO.