R&B Orchestra Live

R&B Orchestra Live plays The Engine Shed on Saturday 13 November 2027, from 6:30pm to 10:00pm. It's a 14-piece orchestra with live singers, so the whole thing is played live on the night rather than backed by a track.

The set is built around R&B anthems reimagined with orchestral arrangements. It runs through 90s slow jams, neo-soul classics and modern R&B favourites, with the original songs rewritten for soaring strings, bold brass and cinematic arrangements. The names they draw on are the ones that raised generations of listeners: Usher, Alicia Keys, TLC, Mary J. Blige, Destiny's Child, Brandy and Ne-Yo. If you know those voices, you'll recognise the songs, but you'll hear them differently here, with a full orchestra taking the place of the studio production.

They describe it as an immersive live experience for true R&B lovers, and the 14-piece line-up means the strings and brass are right there in the room with you. It's a long set, running three and a half hours from start to finish, so there's plenty of ground covered across the different eras of the genre.

Two practical things to keep in mind before you book: the night is strictly 18+, and it's standing only, with no seating. Tickets start from £38.34, and the show runs from 6:30pm to 10:00pm at The Engine Shed, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln, LN6 7TS.