Israel & New Breed - Til the Whole World Knows Tour: Dates, Tickets & Venue (Jakarta)

A gospel tour lands in a South Jakarta mall

The date is Thursday, 15 October 2026. Israel & New Breed brought their Til the Whole World Knows Tour 2026 to The Kasablanka Hall in Jakarta. It was one stop on a tour built around the worship collective led by Israel Houghton.

For many Indonesian fans, this is music they have sung in church for two decades. Translated versions of New Breed songs turn up in youth services across the country. A live show here works less like a performance and more like a very large worship night.

Who Israel & New Breed are

Israel Houghton formed New Breed in the 1990s as a multicultural worship band. It mixes gospel, funk, Latin rhythm and praise-and-worship choruses. The group’s live albums became staples of contemporary Christian music, and Houghton has won several Grammy Awards.

The songs most people come for are the ones written for congregations:

• “Friend of God”, co-written with Michael Gungor, the call-and-response chorus most fans know first
• “Again I Say Rejoice”, a fast, brass-driven opener in the gospel tradition
• “Moving Forward”, a slower anthem about leaving the past behind
• “You Are Good”, built for a crowd to sing back
• “Jesus at the Center”, from the group’s later live recordings

The exact setlist for the Jakarta night is not part of what we know. These titles describe the catalogue, not a running order.

Inside The Kasablanka Hall

The venue is an indoor events hall on the upper floors of Kota Kasablanka. Locals call the mall “Kokas”. It is a large shopping centre on Jalan Casablanca Raya in the Tebet district of South Jakarta.

Getting there means walking through the mall itself. You pass the escalators, the food court and the lit shopfronts before reaching the hall’s foyer. It feels very different from a stadium show. The room is air-conditioned and carpeted, with a single stage at one end.

That layout suits worship music. Sound stays contained, the crowd stands close together and choruses build fast. For the seating plan and categories on the night, the ticket listing for this show is the reference.

Getting to Kokas on a weekday night

The show fell on a Thursday, and Jalan Casablanca is one of South Jakarta’s busiest east-west roads at evening rush hour. Most concertgoers in Jakarta do not drive for exactly this reason.

The usual routes in:

• Ride-hailing (Gojek, Grab): the most common choice. A motorbike taxi (ojek) cuts through traffic far faster than a car.
• KRL Commuter Line to Tebet Station: the nearest commuter rail stop. Most people take a short ride-hail from there to the mall.
• Driving: the mall has its own multi-level car park. After a full-house event, the exit ramps back up badly.

People staying in central hotels around Sudirman, Kuningan or Senayan are fairly close. On a map the distance is short, but the evening traffic can make the ride long.

Singing it back: the Jakarta worship crowd

Indonesian worship crowds are loud and fully involved. Many fans grew up in charismatic and Pentecostal churches, where hands go up, people stand for the whole set, and choruses repeat until the worship leader stops them.

Expect the room to sing the English lyrics word for word. A worship band touring Asia usually leaves space for the crowd to carry a chorus alone. Some fans also sing a line in Bahasa Indonesia from local church translations.

Some people at a concert like this kneel or pray quietly between songs. Others dance through the up-tempo numbers. Both are normal, and nobody in the room treats either as strange.

Getting through Kokas on a show night

A few things Jakarta concertgoers usually do make the evening easier:

• Eat in the mall first. Kota Kasablanka has a large spread of restaurants and a food court, so dinner and doors happen under one roof.
• Pay by phone. Mall food outlets and kiosks widely accept QRIS, the national QR payment standard, plus GoPay, OVO and cards. Most visitors carry little cash.
• Dress for air-conditioning. Indoor halls in Jakarta run cold. A light layer helps once you stop moving between songs.
• Mind the dress norms. It is a Christian event in a mall, not a club. Casual clothes are fine; church-appropriate is the safe default.
• Plan the ride home inside the mall. Ride-hail pickup points crowd at the main lobbies after a show. Many people walk to a less-used entrance before ordering.

Tickets in Indonesia are tied to ID on many platforms. Fans usually carry the same identity document used at purchase, because gate staff can ask for it at entry.

Staying and eating around Tebet and Kuningan

Kota Kasablanka sits between residential Tebet and the Kuningan business district. Hotels are plentiful along Jalan HR Rasuna Said and around the Mega Kuningan towers, a short drive west.

Tebet itself has a well-known café and street-food scene around Tebet Eco Park and Jalan Tebet Raya. Locals head there for coffee and late snacks. For a longer stay, Kokas also connects to the adjoining Kasablanka office towers and apartments.

October is the start of the wet season in Jakarta. Evening downpours are common and can slow traffic further, which is one more reason the indoor walk through the mall is welcome.