Ches Smith Concert & Tour History (Updated for 2024)

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Date	Concert	Venue	Location
Mar 24, 2024	Big Ears Festival Jon Batiste / Silkroad Ensemble / Rhiannon Giddens / John Medeski / Joe Russo / Julian Lage / Marc Ribot / Edgar Meyer / Aoife O'Donovan / Fatoumata Diawara / Billy Woods / Samora Pinderhughes / Cyro Baptista / Davóne Tines / Ches Smith / Elliot Lurie / Nadah El Shazly / Void Patrol / Finom / Min Xiao-Fen / Sofía Rei / Ahleuchatistas / Jake Blount / Air / Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Show all bands	Downtown Knoxville	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Jan 12, 2024	NYC Winter Jazzfest Craig Taborn / Ches Smith / Tomeka Reid / Josh Abrams / Tisziji Muñoz / James Brandon Lewis / Chad Taylor / Karl Denson / Tyshawn Sorey / Samora Pinderhughes / Brandee Younger	Le Poisson Rouge	New York, New York, United States
Dec 17, 2023	Ikue Mori's 70th Birthday Ikue Mori / Ned Rothenberg / Sylvie Courvoisier / Ches Smith / Sae Hashimoto / Satoko Fujii / Erik Friedlander / Zeena Parkins	Stiefel Hall	New York, New York, United States
Mar 31, 2022	Ches Smith	The Stone	New York, New York, United States
Mar 30, 2022	Ches Smith	The Stone	New York, New York, United States
Mar 26, 2020 – Mar 29, 2020	Big Ears Festival 2020 Devendra Banhart / Thundercat / Patti Smith / Efterklang / Tindersticks / Saul Williams / A Winged Victory for the Sullen / Fennesz / Sudan Archives / Joe Henry / Tamino / Terry Riley / Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah / Josephine Foster / Meredith Monk / Jason Moran / so percussion / Valgeir Sigurðsson / The Necks / John Paul Jones / Xylouris White / Caroline Shaw / Bang On A Can All-Stars / Annette Peacock / Shabaka and the Ancestors / Sarah Davachi / Caterina Barbieri / Anthony Braxton / Sam Gendel / Peter Brötzmann / The Haden Triplets / Anja Lechner / Steve Coleman And Five Elements / NIVHEK / 75 Dollar Bill / Jaimie Branch / Dos Santos / Maurice Louca / Ken Vandermark / Sxip Shirey / Andrew Cyrille / Ches Smith / Zeena Parkins / AROOJ AFTAB / Ensemble Dal Niente / Jacob Kirkegaard / Daniel Pioro / John Hollenbeck / Nadah El Shazly / Sokratis Sinopoulos / Chris Abrahams / The Claudia Quintet / Moonlight Benjamin / Che Apalache / Gyða Valtýsdóttir / Areni Agbabian / Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses / Harriet Tubman / Spektral Quartet / Gyan Riley / Astrid Sonne / Kim Myhr / Damo Suzuki's Network / Anssi Karttunen / Joshua Abrams Natural Information Society / Ben Lamar-Gay / Myra Melford's Snowy Egret / Jeff Parker & The New Breed / Nief-Norf / Nathalie Joachim / Ingar Zach / Sonja Labianca / Sons of Chipotle / Valgard / Dan Weiss Starebaby Show all bands	Big Ears Festival	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Dec 23, 2017	Ches Smith	The Stone	New York, New York, United States
Dec 22, 2017	Ches Smith	The Stone	New York, New York, United States
Dec 21, 2017	Ches Smith	The Stone	New York, New York, United States
Dec 20, 2017	Ches Smith	The Stone	New York, New York, United States

Dec 19, 2017	Ches Smith	The Stone	New York, New York, United States
Oct 10, 2017	Ben Goldberg's Orphic Machine / Ches Smith Ben Goldberg's Orphic Machine / Ches Smith at The Stone	The Stone	New York, New York, United States
Feb 15, 2016	Ches Smith / Blue Cranes	Mississippi Studios	Portland, Oregon, United States
Jan 15, 2016	NYC Winter Jazzfest Vijay Iyer / Ches Smith / Craig Taborn / Mat Maneri / Avishai Cohen / Mark Turner / David Torn	Tishman Auditorium	New York, New York, United States
Jan 13, 2016 – Jan 17, 2016	Winter Jazzfest NYC 2016 Kamasi Washington / José James / Kaki King / GoGo Penguin / Colin Stetson / Takuya Kuroda / Christian McBride / Cory Henry / Mark de Clive-Lowe / Bill Laswell / Nels Cline / Dawn of Midi / The Ex / Kris Bowers / Vijay Iyer Trio / Keyon Harrold / Sarah Neufeld / Dave King / Shai Maestro / Matana Roberts / Omer Avital / Chargaux / Craig Taborn / Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet / Sex Mob / Ethan Iverson / Bumper Jacksons / Chris Potter Underground / Ches Smith / Sam Yahel / Oliver Lake / James Brandon Lewis / Avalon Jazz Band / Reid Anderson / Graham Haynes / Lakecia Benjamin / Joey Arias / Bill McHenry / Brandon Ross / Mat Maneri / Avishai Cohen Quartet / Julian Lage Trio / Mark Turner Quartet / Andrew Dangelo / Jim Black Trio / Barry Altschul / Ben Williams & Sound Effect / Hilary Gardner / Amir Elsaffar's Two Rivers Ensemble / Evan Christopher's Clarinet Road / Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus / Joe Fonda / Dr. Lonnie Smith's Evolution / Tatiana Eva-Marie / Cyrus Chestnut's African Reflections / Alicia Hall Moran / Theo Bleckmann Elegy / Mark Turner Duo / David Virelles' Mboko / Marc Cary's Indigenous People / James Francies' Kinetic Band / Dayna Stephens 3WI / Charenee Wade Group / Burnt Sugar Quarktet / Soul Squad / Brandon Seabrook Power Plant / Tim Berne's Sideshow / Ralph Alessi Quartet / Slingbaum's Ravel Reimagined / OBJB Quartet / Rova's Electric Ascension Show all bands		New York, New York, United States
May 21, 2015 – May 23, 2015	Jazz Cerkno 2015 Marc Ribot / The Ex / Ken Vandermark / John Edwards / Marcin Wasilewski / Ches Smith / Paal Nilssen-Love / Aki Takase / Nate Wooley / Akira Sakata / Steve Noble / Shahzad Ismaily / Johan Berthling / Michel Lambert / Igor Matkovic		Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Jun 26, 2010	Leonid Fedorov / John Medeski / Marc Ribot / Ches Smith	Le Poisson Rouge	New York, New York, United States
Mar 26, 2010 – Mar 28, 2010	Big Ears Festival 2010 The xx / Vampire Weekend / The National / St. Vincent / Dirty Projectors / Joanna Newsom / Andrew W.K. / JJ / Nosaj Thing / The Books / My Brightest Diamond / Abe Vigoda / Clogs / Calder Quartet / Tracy Silverman / Ches Smith / Gyan Riley / Terry Riley Quartet Show all bands Setlists	Unknown venue	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Dec 28, 2009	Ches Smith / Race!!!	Luna's Cafe	Sacramento, California, United States
May 10, 2005	Will Bernard / Ches Smith / Devin Hoff	Yoshi's Oakland	Oakland, California, United States