Snarky Puppy

Name: Snarky Puppy
Start: 2026-08-30T20:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-30T20:30:00+02:00
Location: SPOT/De Oosterpoort

took place · 30 Aug 2026

SPOT/De Oosterpoort, Groningen

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American jazz fusion band Snarky Puppy plays SPOT De Oosterpoort in Groningen, bringing an evening of virtuosic musicianship and live improvisation.

About: Snarky Puppy

Led by bassist Michael League, this Texas-born collective has spent over two decades blurring the lines between jazz, funk, soul and world music, earning five Grammy Awards along the way. Their latest album *Somni* (2025) was recorded live in Utrecht alongside the Metropole Orkest.

Grammy Awards won

261.4K

monthly listeners on Spotify

244K

subscribers on YouTube Music

~1M

followers on Spotify

What's new

2025-11
Snarky Puppy released the album *Somni* on November 21, 2025 via GroundUP Music - a live-recorded collaboration with the Metropole Orkest and conductor Jules Buckley, recorded over three evenings in Utrecht.
2026-08
The band is currently on the Somni World Tour 2026 through Europe; the show on August 30 at De Oosterpoort in Groningen is sold out.
2024-12
In December 2024, a reissue of *We Like It Here* (2014) was released, remixed, remastered and expanded with alternative takes on the occasion of the ten-year anniversary.

Tour

ParisGroningenCopenhagenStockholmHelsinkiTallinnRigaVilniusWarsawKatowiceBrnoPragueIstanbulSeattleOaklandLas Vegas

Tracks

What About Me?Most streamed track, more than 17 million plays on YouTube Music

ShofukanMore than 16 million plays on YouTube Music, from the album *We Like It Here* (2014)

LingusLive version of *We Like It Here*, one of the band's most watched performances

Waves Upon WavesFirst single from *Somni* (2025), recorded with the Metropole Orkest and conductor Jules Buckley

SomethingCollaboration with Lalah Hathaway, won the Grammy for Best R&B Performance (2014)

Recent shows

Sep 12, 2026 Sala Narodowej Orkiestry Symfonicznej Polskiego Radia, Katowice (PL)
Sep 9, 2026 Compensa Concert Hall, Vilnius (LT)
Sep 5, 2026 Allas Pool, Helsinki (FI)

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