PAWAA UP! LVL.5 Live Japanese Music Night!

"PAWAA UP!" is BACK!!! A LIVE Japanese Music Night!🤘🤘 Featuring the J-Pop piano and drum duo headliners from Tokyo AINAKANNA!!! hero Support acts will feature JERO11, HIDÈ + HIBIKI, NAOMI SUZUKI and BLACK TSUBAKI🎵🎸🎤🎤🎵

PAWAA UP! (パ和ーアップ) is an event series promoting live music inspired by Japanese culture, including J-Pop, J-Rock and J-Trad to locations across the UK! The fifth in its series (LVL. 5) features:

AINAKANNA, a 2-piece (piano & drums) Female Rock Group playing a unique style of pop rock with a Japanese touch, adding aspects of J-Pop mixed with western rock. 🎹🥁@ainakanna_official

JERO11 is heavy metal guitarist and electric shamisen player that is inspired by Anime, J-metal and traditional Japanese music! 🎸@jero11_official

HIDÈ + HIBIKI are a classical guitar and Tsugaru shamisen player that blends all forms of world music with traditional Japanese shamisen! 🪕@hide_takemoto @hibiki.ichikawa

NAOMI SUZUKI is a world famous J-Pop Singer/Songwriter/Presenter/Actress! 🎤@suzuki.naomi

BLACK TSUBAKI is a traditional Japanese Rock singer! 🌺 @black_tsubaki

Doors at 18:00 on Sun Sep 7th 2025 at the Hope and Anchor in Islington, London.

See you there🤘🤘

よろしくお願いします！

Please note: the Hope and Anchor is a strictly 18+ Venue! The live music area is downstairs in the basement and is only accessible by stairs.

Checkout more events at: facebook.com/hopeandanchorlive

Host or Publisher JERO11