The Dutty Moonshine Big Band perform their Second Distillation UK Tour 2026, featuring special guest Tankus, blending 1920s jazz with bass music.
Dutty Moonshine Big Band are playing Portsmouth Guildhall on Saturday 14 November, as part of their Second Distillation UK tour. They're a 14-piece outfit from Bristol, and the Portsmouth date is one stop on a run that stretches from 16 October to 4 December. They'll be joined by special guests Tankus, who open the night.
If you've never come across them, the sound is a bit of a collision: 1920s jazz fused with sounds from the bass music underground. It's a big band in the most literal sense, with fourteen musicians on stage, and it's fronted by two of the UK's best MCs, Maria Laveau and Hyperman Sage. The jazz provides the swing and the brass, and the bass music brings the weight, with the MCs holding the two together. It's a lot of people on one stage, and it's a long way from a standard jazz ensemble or a typical bass night.
This isn't their first time out. After a whirlwind UK tour in the autumn of 2018, they returned with a brand new stage show and a wealth of new, bass-driven material. That led into 2019, which became their biggest festival season, taking them to stages at Wilderness, Beleatherder, Glastonbury and Valleyfest. The Second Distillation tour is the latest chapter in that, and the Portsmouth date falls right in the middle of the run. The set is built around that same mix of jazz and bass, with the MCs leading the way.
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The gig is on Saturday 14 November at Portsmouth Guildhall, Guildhall Square, with the music starting at 7:00pm. Tickets are £37.85.
