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Live Gigs in London
1273 upcoming grass-roots gigs at indie venues, basement bars and community stages in London. Browse, filter, submit your own.
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Grass-Roots Gigs in London
London has a busy grass-roots circuit — small-venue shows, basement bars, residencies and one-off promoter nights, and you can see what’s on in London over the next four weeks. The directory below pulls every upcoming bill published on GigXchange for London: dates, doors, ticket links and venue details, sorted by date.
Looking for related London pages? Browse the London live music hub, London open mic nights for recurring weekly nights, the how to get gigs in London guide, or find a band in London. Or jump to nearby UK cities: Manchester, Glasgow and Birmingham.
What’s on in London this week — or see what’s on across the UK.
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SEPT
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Malaika, The Onur Show, Alicia Clifford
New Cross Inn·Deptford, London
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SEPT
22
stepover, Wendigo
New Cross Inn·Deptford, London
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22
Belle Livingstone's 58th Street Country Club
Belle Livingstone's 58th Street Country Club·Rye Lane, London
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SEPT
22
LiSA
Troxy·Shadwell, London
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22
Pip Blom, Marsy
The Dome·Junction, London
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Home Free
Union Chapel·Laycock, London
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22
the olllam
Hackney Church·Homerton, London
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22
Van Morrison Alumni Band
Emerald Theatre, London
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22
Finn Carter
Vortex Jazz Club, London
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22
The Troubadour
The Troubadour·Redcliffe, London
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Underland, The Certs, Moodhangar
New Cross Inn·Deptford, London
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SEPT
23
Piano Bar Soho, Soho Live Music Club, Soho Jazz Festival
Piano Bar Soho·West End, London
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23
Van Morrison
British Airways ARC, London
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23
Noah Ojumu
Vortex Jazz Club·Dalston, London
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23
Chxrry
Scala·King's Cross, London
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23
Ruthie Foster
The Lexington·Barnsbury, London
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23
Belle Livingstone's 58th Street Country Club
Belle Livingstone's 58th Street Country Club·Rye Lane, London
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SEPT
23
Robert Glasper
Blue Note London·St James's, London
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23
Ward Thomas, The Wandering Hearts
The London Palladium, London
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23
Liam Bailey
Bush Hall, London
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23
Harry Baker Trio
Vortex Jazz Club·Dalston, London
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The Troubadour
The Troubadour·Redcliffe, London
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24
Ashley Henry - Freight Brixton Presents: Soul of the South
Freight Brixton·Brixton Windrush, London
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24
The Surfrajettes
New Cross Inn, London
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London Gig Directory FAQs
Common questions about grass-roots gigs in London, answered with live data.
The What’s On in London page narrows this directory to the next four weeks — 121 of them are in the next 7 days — with the same date, entry and ticket filters, plus the London venues and open mic nights alongside. This page stays the evergreen listing of all 1273 upcoming gigs.
1273 upcoming gigs listed for London. 121 are this week. Sorted by date — earliest first.
None of the listed London gigs have free entry. Most are pay-on-the-door or pre-sold tickets.
A UK gig at an independent venue — typically capped under 600 capacity — by an artist who isn't on a major-label arena tour. In: pubs, basement bars, indie clubs, community halls, arts centres, and small folk / jazz / punk festivals. Out: arenas, stadiums, the O2 chain, Royal Albert Hall, Symphony Hall, the Barbican, premium dining-cabaret rooms (Jazz Cafe, KOKO, Boisdale), and mega-festival sites (Reading, Leeds, Glastonbury, BST Hyde Park). Major-artist 'World Tour' / 'Arena Tour' / 'Greatest Hits' shows are also excluded — this directory is for the early-career bands, local promoter nights and Tuesday-evening residencies the bigger aggregators tend to miss.
Promoters, venues and artists can submit gigs free via the submission form. Submissions are reviewed and verified within 48 hours before going live.
For recurring weekly slots, see the London open mic directory. For the wider live-music scene, the London live music hub. For artist booking advice, how to get gigs in London. Venue looking for a band? find a band in London shows available acts. Or browse the main UK gig directory.
Listings are compiled from public ticketing-platform APIs and direct submissions by promoters, venues and artists. Each listing carries a verification badge — verified means we've confirmed it independently; unverified means we sourced it from a publicly published event. For UK grassroots-venue context see the Music Venue Trust (industry body), PRS for Music (UK licensing) and Help Musicians UK (independent musicians' charity).
Beyond city pages, browse the UK open mic directory for recurring weekly nights, the UK city hub index for every covered city, the genre directory, the booking guides, or the GX Index for live UK gig rates and percentiles.
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