Performatist
    Hip-Hop/R&B

    ADEKUNLE GOLD LIVE ORCHESTRA

    Illustration for ADEKUNLE GOLD LIVE ORCHESTRA

    Friday, July 3, 2026

    8:00 PM

    NJPAC

    1 Center Street, Newark, NJ 07102

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    Nigerian singer-songwriter Adekunle Gold brings his afropop-influenced repertoire to NJPAC accompanied by a live orchestra. Known for guitar-forward pop that draws from afrobeats, alté and Afro R&B, he will recast familiar songs in expanded orchestral arrangements. The concert emphasizes melodic clarity alongside West African rhythmic structures.

    About the Artists

    Adekunle Gold

    Adekunle Gold

    afrobeatsafrobeatafropopalté

    Adekunle Gold is a Nigerian singer-songwriter whose breakthrough came with the 2015 single “Sade,” followed by the album *Gold*, which reached the Billboard World Albums chart. His music moves between afropop and adjacent forms heard across afrobeats, alté, and Afro R&B, often balancing guitar-forward pop writing with West African rhythmic structures.

    Orchestra

    An orchestra is a large ensemble of musicians that typically includes string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments, performing a wide range of musical genres, primarily classical.