Featuring Juana Molina, Kasai Allstars, Deerhoof, Konono No.1, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Matt Mehlan (Skeletons), Vincent Kenis and special guests Hoquets

Cult funk guitar hero Dennis Coffey appears in a very rare solo show in support of his fine new album on Strut Records

One of Africa’s finest female vocalists returns to the Barbican with songs from her Grammy-nominated album Seya. With support from Anibal Velasquez y Los Locos del Swing.

This year’s programme is packed with docs about musicians and subjects ranging from Hole drummer Patty Schemel, to A Tribe Called Quest, to Genesis P-Orridge, to a record shop in Newcastle Upon Tyne, to Roma gypsies and Slovakians, to 2 men who shout a lot at each other (not so much music as a cult phenomenon), to Queen, to Justin Bieber, to Miriam Makeba, to Michael Nyman, to Siddheswari Devi to more

On Sunday, 19 June, Celebrating Sanctuary London, the annual free festival which launches Refugee Week (20-26 June 2011), returns to the South Bank with a profusion of new talent, including the dazzling Krar Collective from Ethiopia, one-man folk orchestra Rory McLeod, young virtuoso vena player Hari Sivenesan, the glittering harp collaboration “Home is Where The Harp Is” and nu-skool Roma singer Kerieva

Seattle-based collective Sublime Frequencies bring two of their musical discoveries to the Barbican for a night of extraordinary sounds - Group Doueh from the Western Sahara and Turkish band Hayvanlar Alemi. They will also present Staring Into The Sun, a 60-minute film by Olivia Wyatt, which explores 13 different tribes throughout Ethiopia

It might have been the last night of the tour but as the Afrobeat message beats loud again, this was one not to be missed, as Gilles Peterson said earlier this year, “If you ever get the chance to see Seun Kuti live, you’ve got to go!”

Whether its the legendary UFO club nights of the 60s or the 80s Balearic scene or even the house music explosion of the 90s - otherworldly sounds have always influenced visual art and design. Nowhere is this better exemplified than in the work of artists Luke Insect, Leo Zero and David Little, who are coming together for their inaugural exhibition

This week might be all about St. Patrick’s Day and horses jumping over the sticks but for followers of Cheltenham, it’s the Jazz Festival that’s the big one and tickets are on sale now.

If you were annoyed at missing the first London International Ska Festival, don’t worry as it’s back bigger and better than ever.

Lyrical Alliance is a collaboration between leading hip hop artists from the Arab world alongside the cream of European hip hop with featured artists from the UK and US headline act Talib Kweli