Stay up-to-date on qawwali, ghazal, and Sufi-related events around the world through our community calendar! If you would like us to add your event to the calendar, email admin [at] khusrau [dot] com.
Upcoming Events (2026)
California
New York + New Jersey
- 02/07: Ustad Sher Miandad Khan @ Jalsa, Brooklyn, NY
- 02/09: Saami Students Showcase @ Funoon, Brooklyn, NY
- 02/13: DHAMAL @ Barzakh Cafe, Brooklyn, NY
- 02/19: Sufi & Bollywood Night @ Barzakh Cafe, Brooklyn, NY
- 02/20: Sufi + Kabbalistic Music with Yuval Ron Ensemble @ MaMA, Stone Ridge, NY
- 02/20: Saami Brothers @ Barzakh Cafe, Brooklyn, NY
- 02/21: Sukhawat Ali Khan / Yuval Ron Ensemble @ Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY
- 02/24: Saami Brothers @ Sommwhere on Ludlow, New York, NY
- 04/10: Hamza Akram & Brothers @ Roulette, Brooklyn, NY
Maryland
Past Events (2025)
New York + New Jersey
- 3/24: Saami Brothers @ Barzakh Cafe
- 3/30: Falsa @ Barzakh Cafe
- 4/4: Ustad Naseeruddin Saami, Saami Brothers, and Zeb Bangash @ Flushing Town Hall
- 4/11: Hamza Akram & Brothers @ Robert Browning Associates
- 4/11: Saami Brothers @ Barzakh
- 4/11: Falsa @ Barbes Brooklyn
- 4/12: Barzakh Majlis @ Sound Mind Center
- 4/14: Saami Brothers @ Sommwhere on Ludlow
- 4/17: Ustads Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad @ Joe’s
- 4/17: Falsa @ Symphony Space
- 4/18: Ustads Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad @ Xanadu (Tarka Project)
- 4/19: Saami Brothers @ Barzakh Cafe
- 4/21: Fattah Ali & Turab Ali @ Barzakh Cafe
- 4/28: Fattah Ali & Turab Ali @ Barzakh Cafe
- 5/1: Saami Brothers @ Iona University
- 5/3: Saami Brothers @ Asia Society
- 5/12: Fattah Ali & Turab Ali @ Barzakh Cafe
- 5/17: Fattah Ali & Turab Ali @ Auliya Council
- 5/18: Saami Brothers @ Sommwhere on Ludlow
- 5/18: Hamza Akram & Brothers @ Barzakh
- 5/22: Ustad Ghulam Abbas Khan with Roshni Samlal @ Barzakh
- 5/31: Fattah Ali & Turab Ali @ Barzakh Cafe
- 5/31: Hamza Akram & Brothers @ Hyatt Regency Princeton
- 6/13: Ustad Abdullah Niazi & Waqas Niazi @ Barzakh
- 6/13: Fattah Ali & Turab Ali @ Auliya Council
- 6/15: Saami Brothers @ Auliya Council
- 6/15: Arif Lohar @ The Space at Westbury
- 6/23: Saami Brothers @ Sommwhere on Ludlow
- 6/27: Bilal Chishty @ Barzakh
- 8/8: Ustad Ghulam Abbas Khan @ Barzakh Cafe
- 8/10: Ustad Abdullah Niazi & Waqas Niazi @ Barzakh Cafe
- 8/15: Saami Brothers @ 280 Broadway (Auliya Council)
- 8/16: Ustad Abdullah Niazi & Waqas Niazi @ Auliya Council, Mahopac
- 8/22: Falsa @ Barbes Brooklyn
- 8/24: Saami Brothers @ Sommwhere on Ludlow
- 8/30: Fattah Ali & Turab Ali @ Barzakh Cafe
- 9/8: Falsa @ Sound Mind Center, Brooklyn
- 9/10: Fattah Ali & Turab Ali @ Barbès + Barzakh Cafe, Brooklyn
- 9/12: Sanam Marvi @ The Marquee, Hicksville
- 9/13: Saami Brothers @ Barzakh Cafe, Brooklyn
- 9/14: Royal Bengal Tea House @ Barzakh Cafe, Brooklyn
- 9/14: Sanam Marvi @ JMPAC, East Brunswick
- 9/19: Ustad Naseeruddin Saami & Saami Brothers @ The Local
- 9/21: Fattah Ali & Turab Ali @ Sound Mind Center, Brooklyn
- 9/27: Sufi Poetry Reading Session @ Untermyer Gardens, Yonkers
- 9/29: Fattah Ali & Turab Ali @ Barzakh Cafe, Brooklyn
- 10/3: Imran Aziz Mian @ Metropolitan, Glen Cove
- 10/3: Falsa @ Baku Palace, Brooklyn
- 10/4: Ustad Naseeruddin Saami & Saami Brothers @ Kaufman Center
- 10/4: Zain Zohaib @ QPAC, Bayside
- 10/4: Falsa @ Brooklyn Museum
- 10/5: Barzakh Majlis @ Sound Mind Center, Brooklyn
- 10/15: Saami Brothers @ Montauk Club, Brooklyn
- 10/18: Ragas Live Festival @ Pioneer Works, Brooklyn
- 10/25: Sufi Ghazal Night with Saima Kashif @ Green Lounge, Paramus
- 10/26: Faces of Art @ Ornate Studio, Brooklyn
- 10/30: Ustads Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad @ The Town Hall, New York
- 11/7: Falsa @ Barbes, Brooklyn
- 11/9: Saami Brothers @ Barzakh, Brooklyn
- 11/11: Saami Brothers @ Sommwhere, Manhattan
- 11/15: Jashn-e Urdu @ Ruhani Cafe, Brooklyn
- 11/15: Zafar Brothers @ Jalsa, Brooklyn
- 11/16: Ali Zaman Taji Qawwal @ Auliya Council, Mahopac
- 11/16: Rizia Parveen & Badshah Bulbul @ Gulshan Terrace, Woodside
- 12/3: Zafar Brothers @ Rutgers Trayes Hall, New Brunswick, NJ
- 12/6: Falsa @ Barzakh Cafe, Brooklyn
- 12/13: Zafar Brothers @ Drip Cafe, Brooklyn
- 12/13: Sufi Chanting & Poems @ 15 Rutherford Place, Manhattan
- 12/13: Sher Miandad @ Sapphire Banquet Hall, Hicksville
- 12/20: Zafar Brothers @ Shalimar, Iselin, NJ
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
- 4/25: Ustads Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad @ Rose Lehrman Arts Center, Harrisburg
- 10/16: Saami Brothers @ NMAJH, Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Virginia + DC
- 4/5: Ustad Naseeruddin Saami, Saami Brothers, and Zeb Bangash @ Wolf Trap (District of Raga)
- 4/25: “Ghazal Night- Dil Se Sur Tak” @ The Waterford, Springfield
- 9/13: Ahmad Wali Jan @ Cascades Overlook Town Center, Sterling
- 10/4: Imran Aziz Mian @ NVCC, Annandale
- 11/1: Ustads Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad @ GWU, DC
Illinois
- 4/6: Ustad Naseeruddin Saami, Saami Brothers, and Zeb Bangash @ South Asia Institute
- 4/20: Ustads Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad @ South Asia Institute
- 5/17: Zahir Abbas & Israr Hussain @ NIU Naperville
- 5/23: Fattah Ali & Turab Ali @ South Asia Institute
- 7/19: Khumariyaan @ South Asia Institute
- 7/25: Saami Brothers @ South Asia Institute
- 9/27: Zain Zohaib @ Yellow Box Theater, Naperville
- 10/25: Ustads Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad @ South Asia Institute, Chicago
- 10/26: Ustads Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad @ South Asia Institute, Chicago
Michigan
Texas
- 5/17: Ustad Ghulam Farid Nizami @ Texas King, Irving
- 7/11: Riyaaz Qawwali @ Cavalli, Dallas
- 9/27: Hamza Akram & Brothers @ Exchange ATX, Austin
- 10/5: Zain Zohaib @ Irvings Arts Center, Irving
- 10/26: Sheheryar Raza Sherry & Babar Khanna @ UT Dallas, Richardson
- 10/31: Hariharan @ Stafford Civic Center, Houston
- 11/8: Ustads Fareed Ayaz @ Abu Muhammad @ Embassy Suites, Houston
- 11/13: Ustads Fareed Ayaz @ Abu Muhammad @ Frisco Hall, Frisco
California
- 4/25: Bilal Chishty @ Folsom Community Center
- 5/11: Hamza Akram & Brothers @ Clovis Castle
- 6/28: Qawwali Dance Night @ Ashkenaz, Berkeley
- 7/12: Bilal Chishty @ Ehlers Event Center, Buena Park
- 7/12: Saami Brothers @ Grand Performances, LA
- 9/13: Neha Jetley @ Electric Lodge, Los Angeles
- 9/26: Zain Zohaib @ Heritage Theatre, Campbell
- 10/26: Imran Aziz Mian @ JFK High School, La Palma
Georgia
North Carolina
Florida
Toronto, Canada
- 5/9: Ustads Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad @ St. Andrew’s
- 5/10: Ustads Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad @ St. Andrew’s
London, UK
- 9/19: Zain Zohaib @ Alexandra Palace Theatre, London
- 9/25: Qalandar Qawwals @ Grand Sapphire Hotel, London
- 9/30: Rizwan-Muazzam @ Southbank Centre
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