Name: Joel Sarakula at The Grove, Nottingham
Start: 2026-04-17T19:30:00+01:00
Location: The Grove Notts

Globetrotting, Australian-born soft-rock artist Joel Sarakula returns to his second (or third) home of Nottingham to present a show at hip new Sneinton Markets venue The Grove. Having previously performed at international festivals SXSW, Primavera and Glasto and having headlined local iconic venues Peggy's Skylight and Rough Trade Upstairs, this event will sell out. Expect 70s-tinged soft-rock, disco and funk.
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Imagine if Ray Manzarek was the frontman for the Bee Gees... It’s a neat visual introduction to Joel Sarakula, a UK-based Australian artist who writes, produces and sings Soulful Pop, gazing out at a contemporary world through vintage glasses, vintage threads and long blond hair. His music is informed by a rich, 1970s-inspired palette, drawing on soft-rock, funk and disco influences: sunny, uptempo jams for darker times. Self-aware that he looks and occasionally sounds like the love child of Ray Manzarek and the Gibb brothers, his self-deprecating sense of humour is always there just below the fringe.
Born in Sydney, based in UK and international in outlook Sarakula is a songwriter who has travelled the world in search of his muse, experiencing everything from being a victim of Caribbean carjackings to performing in the remote fishing villages of Norway before finally establishing his career in the UK and Europe. Since then he has released albums such as Island Time (2023), Companionship (2020), Love Club (2018) and The Imposter (2015) that have racked up plays on BBC 6 Music and Radio 2 and European radio and got him noticed in The New York Times, The Independent (UK), The Irish Times, Rolling Stone Germany, El Pais (Spain) and Sydney Morning Herald. He has been favourably compared to his peers and fellow Aussies Parcels and Donny Benet as well as Prep, Benny Sings and Young Gun Silver Fox.