The Zawinul Syndicate will tour Europe in May, June and July, and again in the fall. The line-up will be Zawinul, Etienne M’Bappe on bass, Amit Chatterjee on guitar, Paco Sery on drums, and Manolo Badrena on percussion.
| May 1 | Melkweg | Amsterdam, Holland |
| May 2 | Quasimodo | Berlin, Germany |
| May 3 | Brotfabrik | Frankfurt, Germany |
| May 4 | Jazzfest Rottweil | Rottweil, Germany |
| May 5 | Jazzhaus | Freiburg, Germany |
| May 6 | Kutlurfabrik | Leipzig, Germany |
| May 7 | Fabrik | Hamburg, Germany |
| May 8 | Pavillon | Hannover, Germany |
| May 9 | Stadthalle | Memmingen, Germany |
| May 10 | Cedac | Nice, France |
| May 11 | Salle Marcel Helie | Coutance, France |
| May 12 | Salle du Hirschen | Bienne, Switzerland |
| May 15 | Centre I. du Commerce | Dakar, Senegal |
| May 17 | St. Louis Jazz Festival | St. Louis, Senegal |
| May 19 | Paris Jazz Festival | Paris, France |
| May 20 | Sala Palladio | Vicenza, Italy |
| May 22 | To be announced | Bergen, Norway |
| May 23 | NattJazz Jazz Festival With special guest Maria João |
Bergen, Norway |
| May 24 | Cosmopolite | Oslo, Norway |
| May 25 | To be announced | Trondheim, Norway |
| May 26 | To be announced | Bodø, Norway |
| May 28 | KulturHuset/TROMSØ JAZZKLUBB | Tromsø, Norway |
| May 31 | Wolfgang Muthspiel and special guest Joe Zawinul, Mostly Jazz Festival, Austrian Cultural Forum | New York City |
| Jun 28 | To be announced | Sesto Fiorentino, Italy |
| Jun 29 | Jazz a Vienne | Vienne, France |
| Jun 30 | Jazzfest Wien (with special guest Sabine Kabongo) | Vienna, Austria |
| Jul 2 | Turin Jazz Festival | Turin, Italy |
| Jul 3 | Rocca Sforzesca | Imola, Italy |
| Jul 4 | Open Air am Marktplatz | Rankweil, Austria |
| Jul 5 | Treibhaus | Innsbruck, Austria |
| Jul 6 | Lugano Estival Jazz | Lugano, Switzerland |
| Jul 9 | To be announced (with special guest Maria João) | Ljubljana, Slowenia |
| Jul 12 | North Sea Jazz Festival (with special guest Sabine Kabongo) | The Hague, The Netherlands |
| Jul 16-17 | Joe Zawinul workshop, Richard Strauss Conservatory | Munich, Germany |
| Jul 17 | Prinzregententheater (with special guest Maria João) | Munich, Germany |
| Jul 19 | Jazz Image a Villa Celimontana 2002 | Rome, Italy |
| Jul 20 | Pescara Jazz Festival, Teatro Monumento | Pescara, Italy |
| Jul 21 | To be announced | Avellino, Italy |
| Jul 23 | Nice Jazz Festival | Nice, France |
| Jul 25 | To be announced | Pontevedra, Spain |
| Jul 26 | New Morning | Paris, France |
| Jul 27 | Palatia Jazz | Germany |
| Jul 28 | London Hammersmith Apollo | London, UK |
| Aug 1 | Mariahilferplatz | Graz, Austria |
| Aug 2 | Mariahilferplatz | Graz, Austria |
| Aug 3 | Mariahilferplatz | Graz, Austria |
| Aug 5 | To be announced | Marciac, France |
| Aug 7 | To be announced | Sete, France |
| Oct. 7 | Teatr Rome | Warsaw, Poland |
| Oct. 8 | Lucerna Music Bar | Prag, Czech Republic |
| Oct. 9 | New Orleans Club | Budapest, Hungary |
| Oct. 11 | Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Oct. 13 | De Boerderij | Zoetemeer, The Netherlands |
| Oct. 14-19 | Ronnie Scotts | London, UK |
| Oct. 23 | Casino Velden | Velden, Austria |
| Oct. 24 | Kulturzentrum | Timelkam, Austria |
| Oct. 25 | Kulturhaus | Bozen-Steinegg, Italy |
| Oct. 26 | Everyman Palace | Cork, Ireland |
| Oct. 28 | Teatro dal Verme | Milano, Italy |
| Oct. 29 | Hunziken Mühle | Bern-Rubigen, Switzerland |
| Nov. 1 | L’Usine | Istres, France |
| Nov. 2 | Jazz Action Montpellier | Montpellier, France |
| Nov. 5 | Dom Policije | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina |
| Nov. 7 | Nice Weather, Celebrating Joe Zawinul’s 70th Birthday, Leverkusener Jazz Festival. WDR Big Band plays the music of Weather Report, conducted by Vince Mendoza, with special guests Victor Bailey, Alex Acuna, Peter Erskine, and Scott Kinsey. The Zawinul Syndicate will perform as well. | Leverkusener Jazz Festival, Germany |
| Nov. 8 | Jazzfestival | Aalen, Germany |
| Nov. 9 | Arena New Music Festival, Latvian National Opera. Performance of Zawinul’s Stories of the Danube with the Zawinul Syndicate and the Riga Festival Orchestra | Riga, Latvia |
| Nov. 10 | Modernes | Bremen, Germany |
| Nov. 11 | Moods | Zurich, Switzerland |
| Nov. 13 | Nuevo Teatro Circo | Cartagena, Spain |
| Nov. 14 | Teatro de la Casa de Campo | Madrid, Spain |
| Nov. 15 | Granada Jazz Festival | Granada, Spain |
| Nov. 16 | Zambra Club | Lesaka, Spain |
| Nov. 18 | Ronacher | Vienna, Austria |
Past Tour Dates
For an archive of tour dates, visit the Past Tour Dates page.