Book Tour
Shain is available for curated discussions about how music can make your city better. Previous dates are below and get in touch if you're interested in organizing a talk.
Upcoming dates
Monday 20 July | London
7.00-8.30pm | Old Queen's Head, N1 8LN
‘This Must Be The Place: How Music Can Make Your City Better’,
Part of Pints of Knowledge – weekly lectures in London pubs
Previous dates
2026
March 25 Curitiba, Brazil | Smart Cities Expo
March 28 Côa, Portugal | Europe in Sync Conference
March 29 Porto, Portugal | FNAC Norte Shopping
March 30 Lisbon, Portugal | FNAC Chiado
2025
February 26-28 London, UK | ILMC
July 9 Hull, UK | Conexxion Arena, Hull | Hull Music Meet-up
September 3-4 Bergen, Norway | Bergen Entrepreneur Week
November 8 Istanbul, Turkey | Bu Festival Bizim
November 21-23 Lake Como, Italy | Festival A
July 22 Tokyo, Japan | Node Cafe at Toronomon Hills
July 23 Tokyo, Japan | Kudan House
July 24 Fukuoka, Japan | CIC, One Fukuoka Building
July 25 Kawasaki, Japan | Supernova
July 27 Kyoto, Japan | FabCafe
November 5 Braga, Portugal | Centesima Pagina
November 6 Porto, Portugal | Espazo Performing Arts Centre
November 14 Lisbon, Portugal | Digital Music Days Conference
2024
January 15 Vilnius, Lithuania | 1986 Gallery
January 17 Amsterdam, Netherlands | University of Amsterdam
January 19 Groningen, Netherlands | Eurosonic
January 25 Brussels, Belgium | The Poet
January 27 Antwerp, Belgium | Trix, Klankbad Festival
February 22 Brussels, Belgium | EU Music Conference
March 11 Dallas, Texas | New New Fest, Four Corners Brewing Company
March 13 Austin, Texas | SXSW | with Reid Wick (Recording Academy)
March 15 Austin, Texas | First Light Books
March 17 Houston, Texas | Off The Record
March 20 Los Angeles | Grammy Museum
March 22 Portland, Oregon | Double Mountain Brewery
March 24 Seattle, Washington | Seattle Town Hall
March 25 Olympia, Washington | Capitol Theater
March 28 Anchorage, Alaska | Writer's Block Cafe
April 16 Newcastle, UK | The Theatre at Dance City
April 17 Bradford, UK | The Underground
April 30 London, UK | ULI UK Annual Conference, Tobacco Dock
May 7 London, UK | Kings Place – Movers and Shakers Creative Industries Property Summit
May 1/2 New York, USA | Global Citizen NOW
May 30 Copenhagen, DK | Rhythmic Music Conservatory
June 5 Kristiansand, NO | Agder Culture Conference
June 8 Dusseldorf, DE | Dusseldorf Music Conference
June 18 Memphis, TN, USA | Memphis Blues and Soul Foundation Luncheon
June 26 London, UK | Creative Industries Property Summit, Kings Place
August 25 Auckland, NZ | Real Groovy Books
August 26 Christchurch, NZ | Scorpio Books
August 27 Wellington, NZ | Massey University College of Creative Arts
August 31 Auckland, NZ | Going Global Music Conference
September 4 Brisbane, AU | BIGSOUND Conference
September 6 Gold Coast, AU | Home of the Arts
September 9 Melbourne, AU | Readings Carlton
September 10 Melbourne, AU | University of Melbourne
September 11 Wollongong, AU | The Music Room
September 12 Sydney, AU | Better Read Than Dead
September 17 Singapore | Epigram Coffee Bookshop (inside Singapore Art Museum)
September 21 Tokyo, JP | Kudan House
October 3 Tampere, FI | Music and Media Conference
October 9 & 10 Abidjan, Ivory Coast | Economic Development Assembly
October 17 Paris, France | MaMA Festival
October 29 Bilbao, Spain | BIME
October 30 Madrid, Spain | Espacio Fundación Telefónica
November 6 & 7 Bergen, NO | Kulturrom
November 20 Milan, Italy | Milan Music Week
November 21 Milan, Italy | Linecheck Festival
December 7-9 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Music Cities Convention
December 12 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Jeddah Book Fair
December 16 Hastings, UK | Hastings Music City
Autumn/Winter 2023
September 7 The Wanstead Tap | London, UK (UK book launch)
September 11 Waterstones | Cardiff, UK
September 12 Ellen’s jazz bar @ The House of KOKO | London, UK
September 14 The Rose Hill Tavern | Brighton, UK
September 21 Reeperbahn Festival | Hamburg, Germany
September 24 Pilgrimage Festival @ Americana Music Triangle Tent | Franklin, TN, USA
September 25 Yellow Racket Records | Chattanooga, TN, USA
September 27 Grimey’s | Nashville, TN, USA
October 2 The Green Room at Crosstown Arts | Memphis, TN, USA
October 5 The Cameron House | Toronto, ON, Canada
October 6 SDG Factory | Kitchener, ON, Canada
October 10 Mills Hardware | Hamilton, ON, Canada
October 12 Housing Works | NYC, USA
October 13 Radio Kismet | Philadelphia, PA, USA
October 14 Private Event | Washington DC, USA
October 17 Jeff & Blues @ The Orion Amphitheater | Huntsville, AL, USA
October 23 Private Event | Fort Collins, CO, USA
October 24 Mutiny Information Cafe | Denver, CO, USA
October 26 NOLA Musicon Festival | New Orleans, LA, USA
November 2 Iceland Airwaves | Reykjavik, Iceland
November 3 Penninn Eymundsson Austurstræti | Reykjavik, Iceland
November 9 Berklee Valencia | Valencia, Spain
November 10 Bar La Cañada | Barcelona, Spain
November 14 The Snug @ Hyde Park Book Club | Leeds, UK
November 16 Concert Hall @ University of Glasgow | Glasgow, UK
November 17 Waterstones Liverpool ONE | Liverpool, UK
November 22 Books on the Rise | Richmond, UK
November 24 Voce Books | Birmingham, UK
November 27 The Social | London, UK (Repeater Holiday Revue)
November 28 Eleto Chocolate Cafe | Folkestone, UK
November 29 The Hastings Bookshop | Hastings, UK