'Hats Off! Family/ Children's Show, Blackburn
2025-04-16 | Blackburn Market, The Mall, Church St, Blackburn, BB1 5AF
We’ll be performing our Family / Children’s Show in Blackburn Market Hall at 11.30 and 1.30.
It’s lots of fun!
‘Hats off!’ by Mambo Jambo; A playful interactive show/ concert for children aged 3-7 and their families. Songs, music, props, instruments, interaction, AND HATS! Pete and Frankie play a fascinating array of musical instruments including sax, guitar, banjo, accordion, clarinet, vocals suitcase and spoons. Please do bring or wear a hat along!
YouTube video link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZuaenv6KY4

Private Party
2025-04-26, 2025-06-07

Big Malarkey Extra Helpings, East Park & Western Library
2025-04-28
East Park Library at 10.30-11.15. Western Library 1.30-2.15

Music & Dance Workshop for Community Group with Support Needs, York
2025-05-01
We’ve really enjoyed running a series of sessions with this group! For more info aobut our workshops visit this page of our site:https://mambojambo.co.uk/workshops/

Private Birthday Party, Huddersfield
2025-05-08 19:30 - 23:00 (Europe/London)
Get in touch if you’d like to book us for a private party, wedding, event, etc!
And here’s a page with Questions & answers about booking us: https://mambojambo.co.uk/private-parties-private-bookings-weddings/

Barrow On Humber
2025-05-10
Details to follow

Riverside Gardens, Goole, Playing Swing Music
2025-05-11 12:00 - 15:00 | Riverside Gardens, Hook Rd, Goole, DN14 5JY
Between 12-3pm, we’ll be playing swing jazz and vintage music for VE Day 80th Anniversary

Primary School Spanish Day Flamenco with Mambo Jambo
2025-05-19
We’re in a primary school for their Spanish Day teaching a beginners flamenco dance routine with Pete on live flamenco guitar! Do get in touch (info@mambojambo.co.uk) to book us for a workshop.

Flamenco Dance and Live flamenco guitar for Primary School Workshop
2025-05-22

Mambo Jambo at The Globe, Hay On Wye, 'How The Light Gets In' Festival
2025-05-24 | The Globe, Hay On Wye, Newport Street, Hay on Wye, Hereford, HR3 5BG
Sat 24th: We’ve got a Family/Children’s Show in the afternoon, and then an evening concert

2pm: ‘Hats off!’ by Mambo Jambo; A playful interactive show/ concert for children aged 3-7 and their families. Songs, music, props, instruments, interaction, AND HATS! Pete and Frankie play a fascinating array of musical instruments including sax, guitar, banjo, accordion, clarinet, vocals suitcase and spoons. Please do bring or wear a hat along!
Watch a preview video of Hats Off! Here: https://youtu.be/MZuaenv6KY4
Tickets £8

8pm: Mambo Jambo In Concert with Caution Horses support act. Tickets £10 advance, £12 on the door. Get tickets here: https://www.theglobeathay.org/checkout
Caution Horses: an alternative bluegrass and jazz band playing new and old classic tunes and songs from across the Atlantic in experimental ways.
More info here: https://www.theglobeathay.org/whats-on-2/

Mambo Jambo at The Globe Hay On Wye, Storytelling & 'Happy Feet' Show
2025-05-25 | The Globe, Hay On Wye, Newport Street, Hay on Wye, Hereford, HR3 5BG
Info and tickets here: https://www.theglobeathay.org/whats-on-2/

1. Storytelling And Music With Mambo Jambo 10:30am tickets £6

Join Mambo Jambo for a delightful musical storytelling session which will take you across the ocean, in the company of “Puffin Peter” and friends. Expect to join in with singing, dancing, shakers, creating sea soundscapes, waddling like a penguin, and the Toucan Rap!
Duration: 45 Minutes
2. ‘Happy Feet!’ 11:45am tickets £6
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Mambo Jambo, Pete and Frankie, play a lively, interactive set of the songs from their album of the same name. They play a fascinating array of musical instruments including sax, guitar, banjo, accordion, clarinet, vocals suitcase and spoons. Full of rhythmic fun songs, and a chance to join in with shakers, singing, dance moves.
Duration: 45 Minutes

Mambo Jambo at Pebbles, Watchet
2025-05-30 | Pebbles Tavern, 24 Market St, Watchet, TTA23 0AN
We’re looking forward to beingback at Pebbles!

The Square And Compass, Worth Matravers, Dorset
2025-05-31

Mambo Jambo @ Cafe 9 Sheffield
2025-06-05 | Cafe #9, 9 Nether Edge Rd, Nether Edge, Sheffield, S7 1RU
We love playing this amazingly intimate venue! Get tickets early becasue they sell out! (Either from the cafe or from WeGotTickets): https://wegottickets.com/event/650880
“Mambo Jambo – a joyous whirlwind of roots music!
Musical Explorers Mambo Jambo are a truly unique duo, performing, as well as their own compositions, their upbeat mash-up of styles, with elements of roots, jazz, world and folk – on a fabulous array of instruments. Pete on guitar, banjo, vocals, accordion, Cuban tres, ukulele, and Frankie on sax, vocals, clarinet, flute, & between them all kinds of percussion including suitcase and spoons! A fabulous musical treat is in store wherever they roll up, their tour bus packed to the brim with instruments!
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Pete and Frankie have appeared on various BBC Local Radio shows, BBC Look North, the BBC Symphony for Yorkshire and MTV Asia, and have been gathering admirers at shows and festivals the length and breadth of the country on their travels. They’ve played gigs in Havana, toured France, Ireland and Sweden, and festivals in Shetland, Borneo and Portugal.
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“They are the perfect band to see in an intimate setting as they have such a connection with an audience, and it’s a real treat to experience their musicianship and the way they bounce off each other close up and real”
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‘The sheer enthusiasm & joy of their music along with their wonderful musicianship & great stage presence combine to create an act that will undoubtedly go down a storm wherever they play. ” Jim McLaughlin, Musicport Festival
“Really brilliant ! So uplifting!” – BBC Radio Derby
“Lovely Stuff!” – Durbervilles Folk & Roots Show, BBC Radio Leeds
“Rays of sunshine and infectious energy. Holmfirth Arts Festival audiences loved them!! Bev Adams, Festival Director, Holmfirth Arts Festival
“Warm entertaining delivery and exceptional talent. Once Seen, never forgotten” Will Richardson, Hunsley Acoustic Music
“Mambo Jambo…a total delight!” – Big Malarkey Festival
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Please note this ticket price DOES include a byo/corkage fee should you want to bring alcohol to the venue.
All additional purchases of drinks and snacks from the cafe counter are always very much appreciated.

The Ivy, Harrogate
2025-06-12

Schools Music Workshop
2025-06-18
We often deliver workshops in schools and other settings. See our workshops page for more info.

Bawtry Arts Festival
2025-06-19 | Phoenix Theatre, Station Rd, Bawtry, South Yorkshire, DN10 6PT

Private Birthday Party
2025-06-21

Schools Music Workshop
2025-06-27
We often deliver workshops in schools and other settings. See our workshops page for more info, and get in touch if you’d like to find out more or book us!

Mambo Jambo at The Big Malarkey Festival
2025-06-28 | East Park, East Park, Hull, United Kingdom

Schools Music Workshop
2025-07-03

Friends Of Chatsworth Garden Party - Private Event
2025-07-04 | Chatswort House, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1PP

Private Party
2025-07-05
Please get in touch to enquire about booking us for a private party, event or wedding, (info@mambojambo.co.uk)and here’s a page with Frquently Asked Questions about booking us; https://mambojambo.co.uk/private-parties-private-bookings-weddings/

Mambo Jambo at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod
2025-07-09 | International Eisteddfod, Llangollen, LL20 8SW
This is an amazing festival that we’ve been lucky enough to play a few times previously. We’ll be playing 6.15-7.15 pm on the Oakleigh Stage. (Check out also, just before us, The gathering, nvolving international and UK participants joining together in an exchange of dance and culture.
https://international-eisteddfod.co.uk/

Mambo Jambo at Dysart Arms, Cheshire, Latin Party Night
2025-07-11 | Dysart Arms, Bowes Gate Rd, Bunbury, Cheshire, CW6 9PH

Wedding, Lake District
2025-07-12

Wedding
2025-07-19

Wedding, Reykjavik
2025-07-24

Wedding, Dorset
2025-07-26
We love playing weddings, and often get asked to! There’s a page of Frequently Asked Questions here if you’d like to book us for a wedding or a private event or party: https://mambojambo.co.uk/private-parties-private-bookings-weddings/
