Fri 9 May 2025 8:00pm

Acantha Lang

at The Courtyard Theatre, London

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This is a general admission standing ticket. If capacity allows, we will switch to table seating

The Courtyard Theatre is a beautiful live music venue with a 200-capacity performance space in London, Shoreditch 300m away from Old Street station.

New Orleans-born and London-based rising soul artist Acantha Lang is a GRAMMY-nominated songwriter who?s been compared to legends like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight for her powerhouse vocals and raw authenticity.
She brings her 6-piece suoer band to The Courtyard Theatre for this anticipated show.

Her debut album, Beautiful Dreams reached #3 on the UK Jazz & Blues chart, earning 5-star reviews and landing her on the covers of Blues & Soul and Echoes magazines.

She made her US TV debut on CBS Saturday Morning, has racked up millions of streams, and continues to captivate audiences across the UK and Europe.

Acantha brings a slice of New Orleans to every show. Expect funky horns, a lot of down-home Soul, and some serious good vibes.

Acantha Lang

Acantha Lang is a Soul singer born & raised in New Orleans. Since moving to London, she’s been making big waves in the Soul/Funk scene. Acantha’s acclaimed 2021 debut ‘Sugar Woman’ EP was selected by Soul Tracks as their featured album of the month upon its August 2021 release & also earned her The New Artist of the Year Award for the 2021 Soul Tracks Readers' Choice Awards with the title track landing on Spotify’s Best Retro Soul Songs of 2021. Her debut single ‘He Said/She Said’ gained praise from Craig Charles (BBC 6Music Funk & Soul Show) who distinguished Acantha as "brilliant… an independent artist destined for world domination" in a recent interview for Blues & Soul Magazine. The single also appears on his recent compilation album, The Craig Charles Trunk Of Funk Vol. 2. She is also an accomplished songwriter penning a song (Gonna Be All Right) on Robert Randolph (and The Family Band) 2017 Grammy-nominated album ‘Got Soul’. She has already built a dedicated legion of fans online through her ‘Standing On The Shoulders Of…’Soul series, (over 5.3 million views across Instagram, YouTube, TikTok), 41,000+ TikTok followers, over combined 800,000 streams). Acantha has a sound all her own, while still giving a respectful nod to the Soul legends of the past.

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