Demola came to Houston from Lagos with a violin — self-taught, no conservatory behind him — and turned the instrument into something that refuses a single category: Afrobeats, reggae, hip-hop, R&B, and jazz moving through a single performance without a seam. The DEMOLA LIVE! 2026 tour brings that to 713 Music Hall on Saturday, October 24.
About the Show
The 2026 tour spans 11 dates, routing through Tucson, Tempe, Fontana, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Kansas City before the October 24 Houston stop. Demola plays with his live band, The Sunrise.
The show is built to go long. A UnRated Magazine review of a prior concert described a set that stretched nearly three hours, remarkable not for its length but for its “lack of drag,” with no filler and no extended breaks, by a performer who “understands how to hold a room.” Demola moved from violin to guitar to saxophone across the night and left the main stage to work the sides and back of the venue; the reviewer noted everyone got close. UnRated called it “a three-hour night of virtuosity, storytelling, and full-room connection.”
What he brings live traces to the recordings. Feel1ngs (2022), his original violin album with millions of streams, sits alongside the Classics with Demola cover volumes; the 2023 single “One In A Million” introduced a vocal direction running parallel to the instrumental work. He serves as official violinist for TonyToniTonè and Dwayne Wiggins, which is where the R&B lineage in his playing shows clearest.
The Houston résumé tells the rest. Demola performed the national anthem at Astros games before 35,000-plus at Minute Maid, for the Rockets at Toyota Center, for the Texans, and for the Dynamo. A self-produced Hobby Center concert in 2022 sold out. His 2023 24-city world tour sold out. Houston’s mayor issued a proclamation in his name that year, and multiple awards for music and philanthropy followed. He shared the Houston Rodeo stage with Jelly Roll in 2024. Media appearances on GMA Online, FOX-26, and WGN-9 Chicago have put his playing in front of national audiences. He has 3.5 million followers across social media platforms.
Venue & Logistics
713 Music Hall is on Franklin St in downtown Houston, an amphitheater that routes the city’s major touring bookings. The show starts at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets
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