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The astounding sold-out shows of Mayra Andrade's intimate acoustic collaboration 'reEncanto' at EFG London Jazz Festival 2023 have been captured in her live album. Stream and buy at bfan.link/reencanto

#WeAreJazz #LiveInLondon #UnionChapel #NowPlaying #UCMemories
March 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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We're proud to be a London home for the legendary soul pioneer Mavis Staples. Here's some clips from her sold out June 2024 residency, continuing her reign with even more well-deserved standing ovations.

▶️ 'Live In London' 2018 album recorded at Union Chapel: ffm.to/mavisstaples...

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March 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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#UCMemories Escaping with lush indie-folk celebrating love of all kinds with @annabsavage.bsky.social ending her tour with us last month.

Beautifully captured in photos by Hannah Murrell plus @loudwomen.org review at loudwomen.org/2025/02/25/e...
Ghostly multi-layered edited photo in purple colours of Anna B Savage singing and playing guitar Union Chapel's interior with stone arches and pulpit, stained glass windows, wooden carved ceiling, and full audience watching Anna B Savage show on the stage. Black and white photo of Anna B Savage looking up playing guitar on Union Chapel stage with iconic stained wheel window in the background Anna B Savage and band hugging and looking out to standing ovation in Union Chapel
March 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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#UCMemories The Big Moon's sold out #UnionChapel December 2023 show "accompanied by strings, which suited the resplendent, cosy surroundings – with the venue holding 900 people, you could hear a pin drop" (★★★★★ The Upcoming)
Read more at www.theupcoming.co.uk/2023/12/19/t...
March 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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#UCMemories Magical evenings in July 2024 as we set the stage for two sold out shows with the incredible @msezrafurman.bsky.social

Beautiful photos by Luciana Cacciatore.

Want to experience a live show at Union Chapel? Take your pick at unionchapel.org.uk/whats-on
Ezra singing and playing electric guitar whilst smiling under stained glass wheel window, all lit in purple and blue stage lighting Ezra and pianist performing on Union Chapel's decorative stage under stained glass wheel window, all lit in purple stage lighting Ezra playing guitar on Union Chapel stage with pianist performing in the foreground and full audience in background Ezra holding her heart and smiling on Union Chapel's decorative stage with applauding audience in foreground
March 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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#UCMemories The stunning night we witnessed the 'How Were We To Know' album launch from the incomparable @emelisande.bsky.social in November 2023 with @roughtrade1976.bsky.social and Zawe Ashton with a full audience.

📸 Photos beautifully captured by Katie Malcolmson.
Emeli smiling at the crowd from Union Chapel's stage next to a black upright piano with a smiling guitarist and stained glass wheel window in the background Emeli wearing a white and gold dress playing a black upright piano and singing, lit in blue stage lighting Emeli wearing a white and gold dress and singing on Union Chapel's stage next to a black upright piano with a guitarist and stained glass wheel window in the background Emeli wearing a white and gold dress and smiling on Union Chapel's stage next to a black upright piano with a smiling guitarist and stained glass wheel window in the background
March 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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#UCMemories Barbara Thompson Memorial Concert Jun 2023 filled w/ special guests celebrating the iconic jazz saxophonist.
📸 Paul Waller

Enjoy 'The Unseen Way' commemorating 1st anniversary of her passing by Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia feat. daughter Ana Gracey at youtu.be/PuVsDgKW8L4?...
Violinist, guitarist, saxophone, bassist, drummer, and keyboard performing on Union Chapel's stage in purple stage lighting 360 shot showing the Victorian Gothic chapel in high contrast and colour with the wooden elaborately carved ceiling. Choir performing in Union Chapel's wooden gallery pews under stained glass gothic windows.
March 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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#UCMemories @glenhansard.bsky.social sold out April 2024 shows.
📸 Photos by www.morrisshamah.com

"The grandiosity of the church, wind howling as Glen plays, all came together perfectly. An evening impossible to define, imprinted on our consciousness" northernexposuremagazine.co.uk/glen-hansard...
Black and white photo of Union Chapel's stage filled with instruments next to the stone pulpit. The full audience awaits facing the stage from wooden pews Glen smiling and talking into a mic sitting on a stool on Union Chapel stage next to multiple instruments Glen playing an upright black piano on Union Chapel stage next to the decorative walls and stone pulpit, all lit in red stage lighting. Glen playing electric guitar next to musician playing a hand drum behind microphones sitting on wooden stools
March 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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#TBT The Breath's Oct 2023 performance that pierced the stillness of #UnionChapel with folk lilts, dancing guitar & bawdy wit.

"The Breath let the light shine in with their brand of timeless folk and deserve our full appreciation" (Rockshot)

📸 Camila Pastorelli

#ThrowbackThursday #UCMemories
The Breath smiling sitting on stage with their instruments and microphones The Breath laughing and looking at each other sitting on stage with their instruments and microphones The Breath playing their instruments seated on Union Chapel's stage surrounded by the decorative Victorian Gothic architecture and purple stage lighting in front of the stained glass wheel window The Breath playing their instruments seated on Union Chapel's stage surrounded by the decorative Victorian Gothic architecture and red & blue stage lighting in front of the stained glass wheel window
March 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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#UCMemories We were ecstatic to be the first London show for the epic Infinity Song last week, sure to continue to sell out venues throughout the UK for years to come.

📸 Photos by Sebastian Gardner

www.standard.co.uk/culture/musi...
Infinity Song all wearing black and performing on Union Chapel's stage, singing and playing guitars and dancing, lit in purple. They are in front of decorative chapel walls and stone pulpit. Infinity Song performing and dancing on Union Chapel's stage, lit in red. Most of the photo is the audience holding up their phones with their flashlights on, watching them in the chapels decorative surroundings or arches and stained glass windows Infinity Song wearing black and performing on Union Chapel's stage with stained glass windows in the background Infinity Song all wearing black and performing on Union Chapel's stage, singing and playing guitars and dancing, lit in purple and red. They are in front of decorative chapel walls, arches, stained glass windows and stone pulpit.
March 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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#TBT Last month's sold out success as Marika Hackman filled our space with song and strings for the 10 year anniversary of 'We Slept at Last'

📸 Photos by www.tradephotographer.com

#ThrowbackThursday #UCMemories
Marika sits and smiles playing guitar on Union Chapel stage with stage lit mist. Marika singing and playing guitar in the middle of a string orchestra crescent on Union Chapel's Victorian Gothic stage lit in purple. Full audience in Victorian Gothic Union Chapel clapping Marika and string orchestra on stage lit in purple. Marika sits and smiles holding an acoustic guitar and her fist punching the air in front of Union Chapel's stone pulpit.
April 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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#UCMemories The magical Winter night in December 2023 that saw Matilda Mann, Eloise, Hohnen Ford, Lydia Luce and Lockeland Strings fill our chapel space with voice and strings.

Photos by Mimi Matrix.
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#FlashbackFriday #FBF
Singers gather to perform around one microphone in front of a string orchestra and Union Chapel's elaborately decorated pulpit and walls. The stage lighting is gold and red. Pianist and string orchestra performing to a full audience on Union Chapel's stage with decorated pulpit and walls. The stage lighting is gold and blue. Singers and a string orchestra performing at Union Chapel to a full audience. Union Chapel's interior contains stained glass wheel window and finely decorated pulpit, walls and arches. The stage lighting is gold, purple, and blue.
April 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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#UCMemories Proud to have been lovingly chosen to stage Mitski's sold out Oct 2023 show

“The singer describes Union Chapel as “the most beautiful venue I’ve ever had the privilege to stand in” — a place she “would haunt the sh*t out of” ★★★★★ NME

📸Raphael Pour-Hashemi
#ThrowbackThursday #TBT
Mitski singing wearing all black in front of guitarist and Union Chapel's decorative pulpit Mitski singing wearing all black in front of guitarist and Union Chapel's decorative pulpit Mitski singing wearing all black in front of double bassist and Union Chapel's decorative pulpit Mitski singing wearing all black and holding an acoustic guitar whilst standing in Union Chapel's decorative pulpit
March 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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#UCMemories The mighty Passenger 'All The Little Lights - Anniversary Edition' album launch show was a huge highlight back in November 2023 (plus a surprise guest appearance from our friend Ed Sheeran too) 🤩

Miss out? Don't fret - the full show is available at www.youtube.com/live/VnP77Tr...

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Passenger | LIVE album launch show from Union Chapel London
YouTube video by Passenger
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March 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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#UCMemories A glimpse behind-the-scenes of #UnionChapel with James Skelly & Nick Power when they shared their own making-of the eponymous debut @thecoral.bsky.social album live with us back in March 2024.

📷 instagram.com/bibbib64 + #LeicaM7
Silver print of man sitting on Union Chapel's stage playing acoustic guitar Silver print of man standing in a stone doorway in front of an outside paved courtyard Silver print of Union Chapel's wooden pews shot from the chapel gallery seating area Silver print of three men on stage with Union Chapel's wooden pews in the background
March 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM