Events Archive
9th June 2026 – Book Launch: Brian Cullman’s “How to Prepare for the Past”
Joe Boyd in conversation with Brian Cullman | Book Launch “How to Prepare for the Past”
15th May 2026 – CapitaLiterature Festival
And The Roots of Rhythm Remain | CapitaLiterature Festival
8th February 2026 – Serpentine Gallery
Listening Session | Peter Doig, House of Music: Sound Service | Serpentine Gallery
2nd December 2025 – Ha Concerts
Book Tour | And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Ha Concerts
16th November 2025 – Aye Write / Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Book Tour | And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Aye Write/Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
16th October 2025 – Books on the Rise
Book Tour | And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Books on the Rise
14th October 2025 – Bewdley Festival
Book Tour | And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Bewdley Festival
1st October 2025 – Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath
Book Tour | And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath
17th September 2025 – Octavia Books
Book Tour | And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Octavia Books
13th September 2025 – Ojai Playhouse / Hotel El Roblar
Book Tour | And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Ojai Playhouse / Hotel El Roblar
11th September 2025 – Roxie / Book Passage
Book Tour | And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Roxie / Book Passage
10th September 2025 – Northwest Film Forum / Elliott Bay Book Company
Book Tour | And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Northwest Film Forum / Elliott Bay Book Company
4th September 2025 – Hay Festival Querétaro
Book Tour | And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Hay Festival Querétaro – in Conversation with Mariana H
2nd September 2025 – Books and Books
Book Tour | And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Books and Books
22nd August 2025 – Edinburgh International Book Festival
Book Tour | And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Edinburgh International Book Festival
27th July 2025 – Latitude Festival
Book Tour | And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Latitude Festival
12th July 2025 – Idler Festival
Book Tour | And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Idler Festival
6th June 2025 – Festival of Writing & Ideas
Book Tour | And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Festival of Writing & Ideas – in conversations with William Dalrymple and Glen Hansard
26th April 2025 – Ealing, London, UK
Book Tour | And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Ealing Book Festival – Joe Boyd in conversation with Mark Cooper at Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
9th April 2025 – Brooklyn, NY, US
Book Tour | And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Paperback launch at The Powerhouse Arena
3rd April 2025 – Philadelphia, PA, US
Joe Boyd in conversation with Tom Moon at Barnes & Noble Philadelphia
31st March 2025 – Atlanta, GA, US
Joe Boyd in conversation with Dust-to-Digital’s Lance Ledbetter – And the Roots of Rhythm Remain at Manuel’s Tavern
24th March 2025 – Minneapolis, MN, US
An Evening with Joe Boyd – And The Roots of Rhythm Remain at The Cedar Cultural Center
20th March 2025 – Chicago, IL, US
Joe Boyd: And the Roots of Rhythm Remain at the Old Town School of Folk Music
18th March 2025 – Saugerties, NY, US
A Life in Music: Producer Joe Boyd discusses his acclaimed new book “And the Roots of Rhythm Remain” at The Local
17th March 2025 – A Film About Jimi Hendrix
Presented in person by the legendary record producer Joe Boyd who co-directed this little-seen rockumentary.
28th November 2024 – A Drink with The Idler: Joe Boyd on the Influence of Global Music
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | A Drink with The Idler
21st November 2024 – The Art Shop, Abergavenny, Wales, UK
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Conversations at the Chapel
13th November 2024 – Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Look Through Time: A Nick Drake Celebration. Settle in for an evening of conversation, literature and music in memory of the singer-songwriter, hosted by Richard Morton Jack.
14th October 2024 – Manchester Literature Festival
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Manchester Literature Festival
12th October 2024 – Llais Festival
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Llais Festival
8th October 2024 – In Conversation With Joe Nick Patoski
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | The Wittliff Collections, Alkek Library
6th October 2024 – Contemporary Arts Museum
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Contemporary Arts Museum
30th September 2024 – Book Passage
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Book Passage
30th September 2024 – Mrs. Dalloway’s
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Mrs. Dalloway's
24th September 2024 – Collected Works
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Collected Works
20th September 2024 – Americanafest – In Conversation with Buddy Miller
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Americanafest
19th September 2024 – University of Middle Tennessee
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Joe Boyd Lecture
16th September 2024 – Old Town School of Folk Music
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Old Town School of Folk Music
14th September 2024 – Politics and Prose at Union Market – In Conversation with Bob Boilen
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Union Market – In Conversation with Bob Boilen
10th September 2024 – Book Launch: In Conversation with David Byrne
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Villa Albertine
9th September 2024 – Porter Square Books – In Conversation With Yosvany Terry
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Porter Square Books – In Conversation With Yosvany Terry
8th September 2024 – Second Sundays: PW Broadcast Radio Hour – In Conversation with Joshua Jelly-Shapiro
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Pioneer Works
4th September 2024 – Book Launch: Joe Boyd in Conversation with Brian Eno
Joe Boyd in conversation with Brian Eno for his book launch at Foyles.
30th August 2024 – End of the Road
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | End of the Road
27th August 2024 – Ropetackle Arts Centre
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Ropetackle Arts Centre
17th August 2024 – Green Man Festival
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Green Man Festival
9th August 2024 – Cropredy Festival
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain | Cropredy Festival
22nd June 2024 – First Light Festival
Joe will be speaking about his new book And the Roots of Rhythm Remain in Lowestoft at First Light Festival on June 22nd.
8th June 2024 – Lyse Netter Festival
Joe will be speaking about his new book And the Roots of Rhythm Remain in Moss, Norway at Lyse Netter Festival on June 8th.
17th April 2018 – Q&A at Green Note for fRoots Magazine
Joe will be doing his bit for the wonderful and long-enduring fRoots Magazine by donating an “Evening with Joe Boyd” at Green Note in Camden Town. The audience gets to ask him anything they like, be it about Nick Drake, Cuba, Taj Mahal, The Incredible String Band, R.E.M. or Saz’iso!
6th July 2017 – Walthamstow Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club, Waterstones
Joe is heading to Walthamstow, London, to join the Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club at Waterstones for conversations about White Bicycles and his current projects.
Tickets are £6.96 and are available here
3rd July 2017 – Screening of Jimi Hendrix (1973) and Q&A – SOLD OUT
1973 rocumentary Jimi Hendrix will be screened in the Elgar Room as part of the Hall’s Summer of Love: Revisited series.
Made three years after the guitarist’s untimely death, this film contains concert footage spanning his Marquee appearance in 1967 to his last UK performance at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, and also features appearances from the likes of Eric Clapton, Little Richard and Lou Reed.
This special screening will be hosted by director Joe Boyd, who will hold a post-screening Q&A about the film. Please click here for more information.
SOLD OUT
6th November 2016 – You say you want a revolution?
As part of the You say you want a revolution? exhibit at the V&A Museum
15th July 2016 – Rhythm Tree Festival, Isle of Wight
Joe will be appearing with Robyn Hitchcock at the Rhythm Tree Festival at Three Gates Farm in Calbourne, Isle of Wight
13th July 2016 – Resonance Radio Live To Air event
Joe will be joining Resonance Radio’s Live To Air event at the East Tower of the Television Centre in White City where he will be doing a “West London” edition of the Joe Boyd’s A-Z. Tickets are free and available here
11th June 2016 – Festival of Voice
Olivia Chaney joins Joe for an evening of music and stories at the Festival of Voice in Cardiff, Wales
15th May 2016 – Bayou Maharajah screening
Bayou Maharajah is a documentary about New Orleans pianist James Booker.
Joe will be at the Hampstead screening of the film which is part of the Everyman Music Film Festival. Joe produced Booker’s first solo lp in 1975 , he appears in the film and will answer questions afterwards.
12th May 2016 – Way to Blue: The Songs of Nick Drake
The Songs of Nick Drake performed by Vashti Bunyan, Green Gartside, Sam Beam, Glen Hansard, Sam Lee, Olivia Chaney and Kami Thompson and James Walbourne (The Rails).
For details and tickets visit Birmingham Symphony Hall’s website.
26th February 2016 – V&A Friday Late
This Friday evening (Feb 26) the Victoria & Albert Museum will be holding one of their Friday Late Specials – this month’s theme is Radio.
Joe will ‘perform’ a few elongated versions of the A-Z podcast. Admission is free, it starts at 6:30 and goes until 10. He’ll be in a room near the ‘ethical’ rum bar on the first floor with a good sound system. Admission is free.
2nd November 2015 – Institute of Art and Ideas – Bristol
Joe will be giving a talk and answering questions at “The Sixties” event at the Institute of Art and Ideas which starts at 6pm.
15 Berkeley Square, Bristol BS8 1HB tel: 0117 921 0455.
29th May 2015 – Chinese White Bicycles
The How The Light gets In festival will also include a performance of “Chinese White Bicycles: Live and Direct from 1967 with Joe Boyd and Robyn Hitchcock” on Friday, May 29 at 4.30pm.
28th May 2015 – How The Lights Get In
After the event at Pushkin House Joe will be reprising his talk on music and nationalism at How The Light Gets In festival on Thursday, May 28 at 3pm.
8th April 2015 – Pushkin House
Joe will be giving a talk ‘Vladimir Putin’s Rite of Spring: music and nationalism’ at Pushkin House on April 8 at 7pm
6th March 2015 – With JP Bean at Greystones Sheffield
The Greystones, Sheffield. Friday 6th March 8pm. Joe will be in conversation with JP Bean, author of the acclaimed ‘Singing from the Floor: A History of British Folk Clubs’, and will answer questions from the audience. Click here for tickets.
14th October 2014 – John Peel archive
Joe has had the honour of being the first guest given the ‘freedom of the collection’ at the John Peel Archive. Have a look at a video of Joe’s visit and the records he selected for his Record Box
14th October 2014 – Robyn Hitchcock’s “The Man Upstairs”
Joe’s first studio production of the New Millenium, Robyn Hitchcock’s “The Man Upstairs” has been released. And there’s a short film of Joe and Robyn discussing it….
27th June 2014 – Dal Mississippi al Po Festival
Joe will be making two appearances at this month’s Dal Mississippi al Po Music and Literature Festival in Piacenza, northern Italy.
On Friday 27th at 12pm he will take part in the ‘Literary Aperitif’ and on Saturday 28th at 8.30pm he will be joining William Ferris in ‘A Twist of Literature’.
23rd May 2014 – Norwich Festival meets Chinese Bicycles
Robyn Hitchcock and Joe will be performing their renowned show ‘Chinese Bicycles’ at the Norwich Book Festival in May. For tickets go to www.norwichfestival.co.uk
27th October 2013 – The Rest is Noise Festival
As part of The Rest is Noise Festival Joe was in conversation about the 1960s and the artists that made this decade’s appeal everlasting.
13th October 2013 – Classic Album Sundays
Classic Album Sundays hosted an event in aid of The House of Barnabas charity where Joe presented Nick Drake’s album ‘Bryter Layter’ and answered questions from the audience.
20th September 2013 – Batumi International Art-House Film Festival
Joe did a Masterclass in London’s Underground Music of the 60’s at the Batumi International Art-House Film Festival, Georgia




