Pianist John Cervantes has led his own groups at the London Jazz Festival, Vortex Jazz Club, Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho, Manchester Jazz Festival, Derry Jazz Festival, N. Ireland, and Love Supreme Jazz Festival, among many others. As a band member for other musicians he has performed with diverse projects such as Gareth Malone with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Hailey Tuck; at festivals and venues across Europe such as King's Place; Cheltenham Jazz Festival; Union Chapel; 606 Club; Glasgow Jazz Festival, SambaFest in Gdansk, Poland; and Openair St. Gallen Festival in Switzerland.