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What's On in London

Live music in London over the next four weeks — 5 Aug – 2 Sept. 316 gigs listed in London over the next 28 days across 110 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 97. 1 is free entry. In total we track 380 grassroots venues and 69 regular open mics here.

Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get London gigs in your inbox — and go to one.

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A UK venue stops hosting live music every 5 days — and turning up is what keeps a room open. Get a free weekly email of gigs in London. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.

Updated daily · 316 gigs in London over the next four weeks

Last updated: 5 August 2026

Support grassroots music in London

Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. London still has 380 of them.

From Camden to Brixton, Shoreditch to Soho. London is the UK's live music capital.

Two pubs a day closed across the UK in the first quarter of 2026, and over the year to July 2025 78 grassroots music venues stopped putting on live music — 30 of them shut for good. Those are the rooms where new acts learn to hold an audience, where a first support slot happens, and where a Tuesday night can still turn into something.

This page exists to make them easy to find. It lists 316 gigs across London over the next four weeks, pulled from the venues themselves and updated daily — alongside the 380 grassroots venues and 69 regular open mic nights we track in the city. No algorithm decides what you see: it is simply everything we know is on.

The single most useful thing anyone can do is turn up. Buy a ticket, buy a drink at the bar, and go to a night you have not been to before. If you would rather be told than remember, the sign-up above sends London listings straight to your inbox. If you run a venue here, claim your page so people can find you.

Venues in London

Where live music actually happens in London.

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Tabernacle, Notting Hill
London Notting Hill (Powis Square)★★★★★ (—)
Notting Hill arts venue with pop and songwriters.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • Vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
  • Mon09:00–23:30
  • Tue09:00–23:30
  • Wed09:00–23:30
  • Thu09:00–23:30
  • Fri09:00–23:30
  • Sat09:00–23:30
  • Sun09:00–22:00
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Temple of Art & Music (TAM)
London Elephant & Castle★★★★★ (—)
Arts and music community venue.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • Vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
  • MonClosed
  • Tue17:30–23:00
  • Wed17:30–23:00
  • Thu17:30–23:00
  • Fri17:30–01:00
  • Sat15:30–01:00
  • Sun16:00–23:00
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Temple Pier
London Temple★★★★★ (—)
Thames pier with DJ events.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
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  • Keys / keyboard
  • Vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
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Thames Boat Cruises At Temple Pier
London Temple★★★★★ (—)
Thames cruise with ska and live entertainment.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • Vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
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The Juggernaut Brew Co'
London Ashton-under-Lyne★★★★★ (—)
Craft brewery with DJ events.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • Vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
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The Albany
London Greenock★★★★★ (—)
Deptford community arts venue.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • Vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
  • MonClosed
  • TueClosed
  • Wed12:00–21:30
  • Thu12:00–21:30
  • Fri12:00–21:30
  • Sat11:00–22:00
  • Sun11:00–18:00
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The Archer
London Highgate★★★★★ (—)
Highgate's Monday-night free open mic at 1-3 Hampstead Lane, N6 4RT — neighbourhood pub, PA + guitar amp, 12-minute slots.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • 2 vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
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The Artisan Tap
London Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent★★★★★ (—)
Live music venue.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • Vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
  • MonClosed
  • TueClosed
  • Wed17:30–22:00
  • Thu16:30–23:00
  • Fri16:30–23:30
  • Sat14:30–23:45
  • Sun14:30–22:30
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The Assembly
London Leamington Spa★★★★★ (—)
1,000-cap central London events space.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • Vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
  • MonClosed
  • Tue09:00–04:00
  • WedClosed
  • Thu09:00–04:00
  • Fri09:00–04:00
  • Sat09:00–04:00
  • Sun09:00–04:00
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The Assembly Room
London Ruthin★★★★★ (—)
Film studios with world music events.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • Vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
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100
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The Back Room Of The Star Inn
London Guildford★★★★★ (—)
Intimate back room for live music.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • Vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
  • Mon12:00–22:00
  • Tue12:00–22:00
  • Wed12:00–22:00
  • Thu12:00–22:00
  • Fri12:00–23:00
  • Sat12:00–23:00
  • Sun12:00–18:00
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The Barrel House Ballroom
Woodford Green Totnes★★★★★ (—)
Pop, folk and singer-songwriter ballroom.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • Vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
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The Beaverwood Chislehurst
Chislehurst★★★★★ (—)
Chislehurst live venue with party hire.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • Vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
  • Mon09:00–17:30
  • Tue09:30–23:00
  • Wed09:30–23:00
  • Thu09:30–23:00
  • Fri09:00–00:00
  • Sat09:00–00:00
  • Sun09:00–23:00
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The Bedford
London Balham★★★★★ (—)
Balham's tuesday-night free open mic at The Bedford — PA + vocal mic, walk-in sign-up from 7pm, 15-minute slots, all ages.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • Vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
  • Mon11:00–23:00
  • Tue11:00–00:00
  • Wed11:00–00:00
  • Thu11:00–00:00
  • Fri11:00–02:00
  • Sat11:00–02:00
  • Sun10:00–22:30
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The Betsey Trotswood
London Clerkenwell★★★★★ (—)
Live music venue.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • Vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
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The Black Heart
London Camden Town★★★★★ (—)
Camden's iconic rock & metal pub on Greenland Place — lively bar downstairs, gig room upstairs, weekly rock, metal, ska and singer-songwriter nights.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • 3 vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
  • Mon15:00–00:00
  • Tue15:00–00:00
  • Wed15:00–00:00
  • Thu15:00–01:00
  • Fri12:00–02:00
  • Sat12:00–02:00
  • Sun12:00–00:00
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The Black Market
London Warsop★★★★★ (—)
African and Caribbean cultural market.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • Vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
  • MonClosed
  • Tue17:00–23:00
  • Wed17:00–23:00
  • Thu17:00–23:00
  • Fri15:00–00:00
  • Sat12:00–00:00
  • Sun12:00–00:00
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The Black Prince
London Abington Square★★★★★ (—)
Kennington pub with rock and songwriters.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • Vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
  • Mon16:00–00:00
  • Tue16:00–00:00
  • Wed16:00–00:00
  • Thu16:00–00:00
  • Fri12:00–01:00
  • Sat12:00–01:00
  • Sun12:00–23:00
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The Blind Beggar
London Whitechapel★★★★★ (—)
Historic East End pub on Whitechapel Road with live music, open mic and a garden
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • 3 vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
  • Mon12:00–23:00
  • Tue12:00–23:00
  • Wed12:00–23:00
  • Thu12:00–23:00
  • Fri12:00–00:00
  • Sat11:00–00:00
  • Sun12:00–23:00
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The Blind Pig
London Sowerby Bridge★★★★★ (—)
Cocktail bar with tribute entertainment.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • Vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
  • MonClosed
  • TueClosed
  • WedClosed
  • Thu18:00–00:00
  • Fri18:00–02:00
  • Sat18:00–02:00
  • Sun14:00–22:00
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The Blues Kitchen
London Shoreditch★★★★★ (—)
Shoreditch's sunday-night free open mic at The Blues Kitchen — full backline, in-house sound engineer, walk-in sign-up from 7:30pm, 15-minute slots, all ages.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • 3 vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
  • Mon16:00–00:00
  • Tue16:00–00:00
  • Wed16:00–00:00
  • Thu16:00–01:00
  • Fri16:00–02:30
  • Sat11:00–03:00
  • Sun12:00–23:30
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The Blues Kitchen Brixton
London Brixton★★★★★ (—)
Deep South BBQ, cocktails and live blues seven nights a week in Brixton
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • Vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
  • MonClosed
  • Tue17:00–23:00
  • Wed17:00–00:00
  • Thu17:00–01:00
  • Fri17:00–03:00
  • Sat12:00–03:00
  • Sun12:00–22:30
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The Blues Kitchen Camden
London★★★★★ (—)
Camden blues bar and restaurant.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • Vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
  • Mon12:00–00:00
  • Tue12:00–00:00
  • Wed12:00–01:00
  • Thu12:00–01:00
  • Fri12:00–02:30
  • Sat11:00–03:00
  • Sun11:00–02:00
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The Boogaloo
London Highgate★★★★★ (—)
Independent Highgate rock 'n' roll music pub with live music, comedy and DJs
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard
  • 3 vocal mics
  • In-house engineer
  • Mon12:00–00:00
  • Tue12:00–00:00
  • Wed12:00–00:00
  • Thu12:00–01:00
  • Fri12:00–02:00
  • Sat10:00–02:00
  • Sun10:00–00:00
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Open mics in London

Turn up, put your name down, play. Most are free.

EVERY
Wed
The Old Queen's Head
Islington, London
Starts 19:30
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryFree
  • PAProvided
  • BacklineFull
  • Open tomusic
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Vice-era heritage · iconic
EVERY
Wed
The Old Blue Last
Shoreditch, London
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots10 min
  • EntryFree
  • PAProvided
  • BacklineFull
  • Open tomusic
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Community-owned
EVERY
Wed
The Rose & Crown
Walthamstow, London
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryFree
  • PAProvided
  • BacklineFull
  • Open tomusic
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EVERY
Wed
The Macbeth
Hoxton, London
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryFree
  • PAProvided
  • BacklineFull
  • Open tomusic, poetry
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EVERY
Wed
Amazing Grace London Bridge
London, London
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryFree
  • PAProvided
  • Backline
  • Open tomusic
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EVERY
Wed
The Water Rats
London, London
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryFree
  • PAProvided
  • Backline
  • Open tomusic
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OTHER
Thu
Babel Open Mic
London, London
Starts 19:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryFree
  • PAProvided
  • Backline
  • Open tomusic, poetry
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MONTH
Thu
The Others
Stoke Newington, London
Starts 19:00
  • Sign-up19:00
  • Slots10 min
  • Entry£3.00
  • PAProvided
  • Backline
  • Open tomusic, poetry, comedy
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EVERY
Thu
The Greenwich Tavern
Greenwich, London
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryFree
  • PAProvided
  • Backline
  • Open tomusic
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MONTH
Thu
The Bugle Horn
Charlton, London
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up
  • Slots
  • EntryFree
  • PA
  • Backline
  • Open tomusic
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MONTH
Thu
The Old Pack Horse
Chiswick, London
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryFree
  • PAProvided
  • Backline
  • Open tomusic
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EVERY
Thu
The Cavendish Arms
Stockwell, London
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots10 min
  • EntryFree
  • PAProvided
  • Backline
  • Open tocomedy
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What's on in London — FAQs

Common questions about live music in London, answered with this week's live data.

We currently list 316 gigs in London between 5 Aug and 2 Sept, across 110 venues. The listings above are the full set, sorted by date and refreshed daily from the venues themselves — no algorithm decides what you see. For everything beyond this window, browse the London gig directory or every city we cover.
Yes — 1 of the 316 London gigs listed right now are free entry (about 0%). Use the Free filter above to see only those. London open mic nights are almost always free too, both to watch and to play.
Saturday, with 97 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Saturday: 97 gigs · Friday: 84 gigs · Thursday: 47 gigs. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.
Right now: New Cross Inn, Piano Bar Soho, Belle Livingstone's 58th Street Country Club. In total we track 380 grassroots venues in London, of which 110 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the London venue directory.
London has 69 regular open mic nights that we verify on a rolling cycle. Each listing carries the sign-up time, slot length, entry fee and whether a PA and backline are provided — see the London open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.
Where a London venue publishes a price, the average ticket is £23.00. Grassroots entry is typically a few pounds on the door, and many nights are free. On the other side of the transaction, the Musicians' Union publishes national gig rates as the recognised floor for live engagements, and the ISM publishes guidance for self-employed musicians. Our own UK gig rate benchmarks show what artists are actually being paid by region and act type.
Grassroots rooms are where every act you have paid to see learned to hold an audience. Two pubs a day closed across the UK in the first quarter of 2026, and over the year to July 2025 78 grassroots music venues stopped putting on live music — 30 of them for good. London still has 380 on our list. Music Venue Trust campaigns for them nationally; venues themselves navigate PRS licensing and local authority licensing to keep putting music on. The single most useful thing anyone can do is turn up and buy a drink at the bar.
Listing is free and takes about two minutes — submit through the London gig directory and it is verified within 48 hours. No account is needed and there is no listing fee. If you run a venue here, claim your venue page to keep its capacity, backline and contact details current. Promoters and venues booking acts can also post paid work or find artists directly.

Go to one this month

316 gigs listed in London over the next four weeks, across 380 grassroots venues and 69 open mic nights. Buy a ticket, buy a drink at the bar, and go to a night you have not been to before — it is the single most useful thing anyone can do for a room like these.

Help keep grassroots venues open in London

A UK venue stops hosting live music every 5 days — and turning up is what keeps a room open. Get a free weekly email of gigs in London. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.

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