Live Performances

2016

  • Farm for Africa – Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London – 21 April 2016
  • London Palladium – Opening for Melody Gardot Presented by Serious Argyll Street, London – 19 March 2016
  • Voices of Africa with Tunde Jegede – Psappha, 40 Blossom Street, Ancoat, Manchester – 16 Jan 2016

2015

  • Dance the guns to silence – Platform Arts – Richmix, Shoreditch London – 10 Nov 2015
  • Felabration, West Africa: Word, Symbol, Song – British Library, 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB – 16 October 2015
  • 9 Evenings – BODY OF SONGS – Vivid Projects 16 Minerva Works, Birmingham – 26 Sep 2015
  • Late Junction, BBC Radio 3 – Why Music? Wellcome Trust. Gibbs Building, 215 Euston Road, London – 25 Sep 2015
  • Jazzverse Jukebox- Upstairs at Ronnie Scotts – 47 Frith Street, Soho London – 13 Sep 2015
  • African Street Style Festival- St Leonards Church Shoreditch London – 25 July 2015
  • Latitude festival- Henham Park, Suffolk – 19 July 2015
  • The Cally Festival- Body of songs + CYP / Live Improv – Caledonian Road London – 14 June 2015
  • Woman Rising 2015 – Federal Palace Hotel, Amadu Bello Way,Victoria Island, Lagos – 22 March 2015
  • Red Gallery – Something About Bodies: Realise, Reclaim, Recreate-By Forward UK Rivington Street, Shoreditch London – 15 March 2015
  • Future Fest Vinopolis – No.1 Bank End, London
    – 14–15 March 2015
  • WOW 2015 (Women of the World) Festival – Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank centre Belvedere Road, London – 07 March 2014 (wow.southbankcentre.co.uk)
  • AFRO-POLIS Art & Style Weekend – Portobello Road, London – 21 February 2015

2014

  • UPSTAIRS at Ronnie Scotts – Jazzverse Jukebox with Jumoke Fashola, Frith Street, Soho London – 09 November 2014
  • TEDxSquareMile 2014 – Power of Purpose, The Museum of London, Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG – 08 November 2014
  • October Gallery – BUKKA Relaunch- Meeting Lagos through Literature, Old Gloucester Street, London – 17 October 2014
  • Union Chapel – Supporting ASA- Bed of Stone Tour, Compton Terrace, Islington, London – 02 October 2014
  • Female Voices – Urban Dialogues ‘Navigations’ – RED Gallery, Rivington Street, Shoreditch – 11 September 2014
  • TEDxEuston Salon 2014 – The British Museum, Great Russell St, London – 21 June 2014
  • ANXIETY Open Mic, Presented by Bumi Tomas, Student Union, SOAS University, Mental Health Awareness Week 2014 – 15 May 2014
  • Afro Pop Live Party- Miami to Lagos, MOMO’s Kemia Bar, London – 28 February 2014
  • Eden Lumiere Cinema, FRENCH PREMIERE BOB MARLEY: THE MAKING OF A LEGEND EDEN THEATRE by Esther Anderson La Ciotat, France – 16 February 2014
  • FORWARD _X takes the Stand- Young people speak out against FGM, Suraya, Pentovile Road, London – 21 February 2014
  • VIBES AND PRESSURE presents NATTY and THE REBELSHIP + BUMI THOMAS -7 February 2014
  • Jazzhole – Opening for NNEKA, 68 Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, – January 2014

2013

  • Nigerian Monarchs – Art Exhibition Opening, October 2013
  • Book Slam X – The London African Music Festival 2013, 19 September 2013
  • Afropop Live Presents: Bumi Thomas + Anna Phoebe Live at the Islington. 1 Tolpuddle Street, Angel, London
    – 14th August 2013 (details)
  • Strictly Entertainment Afrobeats Roadshow, Africa Centre Covent Garden – August 3rd 2013
  • Digital Summer Festival 2013, Tech City, Hackney UTC, Hoxton London – July 2013
  • Blue Lotus: Mewe360, Ingenious Media, Golden Square, Piccadilly London – July 2013
  • Vibes and Pressure, Passing Clouds Hackney – June 2013
  • Shonibare Studios, Andrews Road, Hackney – June 2013
  • Saluting the Black President FELA KUTI tribute, 229 Great Portland Street London – May 2013
  • FRIDA: Female Revolution in Dance & Art Cre8 Lifestyle Centre, The Old Baths, 80 Eastway, Hackney Wick – March 2013

2012

  • The Regal Rooms, Distillers Arms, 64 Fulham Palace Rd, London
    October 25th 2012
  • Stratford Circus with the Yoruba Women’s Choir
    26th September 2012
  • Special Guest at the ‘NATIVE SUN’ Album Launch, Bedroom Bar, 62 Rivington Street, Shoreditch
    20th September 2012
  • Deloitte Ignite 2012 Royal Opera House
    1st September 2012
  • London 2012 Festival, ‘Lyrix Organix: Relay’ Tour (commissioned by the Mayor of London)
    26th August 2012
  • Muzical Mindz presents: Voices in Motion
    The Servant Jazz Quaters (SJQ), Dalston
    18th August 2012
  • Chingford Day Dance Festival, Ridgeway Park, London 2012 Festival – 12th August 2012
  • UK Nigeria Creative Partnership: Hatch Events in association with the British Council – Stratford East Theatre – August 8th 2012
  • Africa Village – Kensington Gardens, London 2012 Festival – 30th July 2012
  • Upstairs at The Ritzy with MUNTU VALDO, Brixton.
    2nd June 2012
  • Muzical Mindz Empowering Church, Hackney.
    (London, May 2012)
  • Tunaweza Festival- International Women’s Day 2012 Forward UK (London, March 2012)
  • ROCG-Eirenicon Afria Black Gold in Africa 2012 (London, February 2012)
  • Hackney Attic (London, February 2012)
  • SOAS University Save the Africa Centre Campaign (London, January 2012)

2011

  • Forward UK-Mobilising Young Women
    (London, December 2011)
  • Nominated for two BEFFTA awards “Best Female Act” and “Best Female Uk Based Afro-Caribbean Act”
  • Bumi Has featured on Vox Africa’s “Shoot The Messenger” Hosted by Henry Bonsu In 2011
  • Hackney Picturehouse – Film Africa Festival
    (London, November 2011)
  • Womatt Best Of British Award 2011 (Award for Best Solo Newcomer 2011)
  • Open Art Surgery- Sadlers Wells Theatre (London, October 2011)
  • The Bloomsbury Theatre London African Music Festival (Euston, September 2011)
  • The Tabernacle, Artist for East African famine relief in association with UNICEF (London, August 2011)
  • Upstairs @ The Ritzy, Opening for Mambena (London, May 2011)
  • Juju (Chelsea, London Ausgust, 2011)
  • The Tabernacle Mama Africa Wom@tt (Notting Hill, March 2011)
  • The Hoxton Bar and Grill, Opening for Mensa (Shoreditch, London, January 2011)

2010

  • The Africa centre (Covent Garden, November 2010)
  • The Waterside (Fulham, London Nov 2010)
  • The Oxjam Music Festival Upstairs @ the Ritzy (Brixton, London September 2010)
  • CARGO ‘That I May See’ Art Exhibition (London, August 2010)
  • The Slaughtered Lamb, Opening for Muntu Valdo on the Black Routes tour (Clerkenwell London July 2010)
  • The Victoria and Albert Museum (South Kensington, June 2010)
  • Resonance FM with Raphael Mann Frizz records(London Feb 2010)

2009

  • The Barbican Open Stage (Mariam Makeba tribute concert November 2009)
  • The Millbank (Pimlico London, November 2009)
  • Momo’s Kemar Bar (Piccadilly London, September 2009)
  • Spiral Lounge (Camden, London, June 2009)
  • The Proud galleries (Camden, opening for the London Afro-beat Collective, August 2009)