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What's On · Greater London

What's On in London

Q: What live music is on in London over the next four weeks?

We currently list 419 gigs in London between 20 Sept and 18 Oct, across 71 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.

Q: What is the busiest night for live music in London?

Saturday, with 101 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Saturday: 101 gigs · Friday: 90 gigs · Thursday: 77 gigs. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.

Q: Which London venues have the most on?

Right now: 7dea4356-17c7-4088-9602-c6bb979cfc28, 1973eb7f-cb88-4f1c-835f-6e6ca45df926, a539ccb0-43e0-425f-8a41-650f6e6605fa. In total we track 274 grassroots venues in London, of which 71 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the London venue directory.

Q: Where can I find open mic nights in London?

London has 70 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.

Live music in London over the next four weeks — 20 Sept – 18 Oct. 419 gigs listed in London over the next 28 days across 71 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 101. In total we track 274 grassroots venues and 70 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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Every grassroots gig we hold for London between 20 Sept and 18 Oct.

Saturday is the busiest night — 101 gigs
Saturday: 101 gigs
Friday: 90 gigs
Most listed genres: Rock (125), Pop (108), Jazz (74), Alternative Rock (63)
Average ticket price: £20.55
Imported daily from Ticketmaster, Skiddle and direct submissions

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71 different London venues have something on in the next 28 days.

Blue Note London — 20 gigs
Belle Livingstone's 58th Street Country Club — 19 gigs
Vortex Jazz Club — 19 gigs
New Cross Inn — 19 gigs
203 more tracked venues with nothing listed yet
Capacity, backline and opening times on every card

See the listings London venues

70 regular open mic nights running in London. Turn up, put your name down, play.

Weekly and fortnightly nights across the city
Most are free to attend and free to play
Re-verified on a rolling cycle

See the listings London open mics

Everything the London scene has beyond tonight's listings.

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Updated daily · 419 gigs in London over the next four weeks

Last updated: 20 September 2026

Support grassroots music in London

Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. London still has 274 of them.

From Camden to Brixton, Shoreditch to Soho. London is the UK's live music capital. Planning a private party instead? See [booking live entertainment in London](/gigs/live-entertainment-london) for bands, singers and DJs for one-off occasions. Booking for the company rather than yourself? See [corporate entertainment in London](/gigs/corporate-entertainment-london) for Christmas parties, awards nights and conferences.

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 419 gigs across London over the next four weeks, pulled from the venues themselves and updated daily — alongside the 274 grassroots venues and 70 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.

Gigs in London

Every grassroots gig we hold for London in the next four weeks — 20 Sept – 18 Oct. Updated daily.

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OCT

Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight

Actors Church (St Paul's Covent Garden)·St James's, London

Saturday, 17 October 2026 · 18:00–19:00

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GenreClassical

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OCT

The Skints

Electric Brixton, London

Saturday, 17 October 2026 · 18:30

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GenreReggae

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OCT

Hayseed Dixie, Sweet Electric

Union Chapel, London

Saturday, 17 October 2026 · 19:00

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GenreRock, Country

Saturday, 17 October 2026 · 19:00

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OCT

Pete Bassman (Spacemen 3) + support

Paper Dress Vintage·Hackney Central, London

Saturday, 17 October 2026 · 19:00–23:00

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OCT

Limbo Days - How To Get Up and Fly Tour (London)

MAP Studio Cafe·Kentish Town South, London

Saturday, 17 October 2026 · 19:00–22:30

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GenreJazz, Soul, Funk

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OCT

Guinga - The Guitar of Brazil Feat. Raquel Vega

Bulls Head Barnes·Barnes, London

Saturday, 17 October 2026 · 19:00–20:15

Entry£25.00
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GenreJazz

Saturday, 17 October 2026 · 19:30

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Saturday, 17 October 2026 · 19:30

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OCT

Lounge Parties

Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen·Greenwich Park, London

Saturday, 17 October 2026 · 19:45–00:00

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OCT

Chopin & Champagne by Candlelight

St Clement Danes Church·St James's, London

Saturday, 17 October 2026 · 20:00–21:00

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Venues in London

Where live music actually happens in London.

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The Barfly

London★★★★★ (—)

Camden's small-room institution

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The Barrel House Ballroom

Woodford Green › Totnes★★★★★ (—)

Pop, folk and singer-songwriter ballroom.

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The Beaverwood Chislehurst

Chislehurst★★★★★ (—)

Chislehurst live venue with party hire.

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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.

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London › Clerkenwell★★★★★ (—)

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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.

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London › Abington Square★★★★★ (—)

Kennington pub with rock and songwriters.

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London › Whitechapel★★★★★ (—)

Historic East End pub on Whitechapel Road with live music, open mic and a garden

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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.

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The Blues Kitchen Brixton

London › Brixton★★★★★ (—)

Deep South BBQ, cocktails and live blues seven nights a week in Brixton

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The Blues Kitchen Camden

London★★★★★ (—)

Camden blues bar and restaurant.

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London › Highgate★★★★★ (—)

Independent Highgate rock 'n' roll music pub with live music, comedy and DJs

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London › Inverness★★★★★ (—)

Inverness live-music and cocktail venue on Castle Street

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London › Charlton★★★★★ (—)

Second Thursday of the month, from 8pm

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London › Barnes★★★★★ (—)

Barnes pub with jazz and world music.

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London › Camden★★★★★ (—)

Multi-purpose Camden events venue.

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London › Chalk Farm★★★★★ (—)

Historic Camden pub with pop live music.

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London › Stratford★★★★★ (—)

The Birthplace of Iron Maiden — East London's rock pub with a basement live room

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London › Canning Town★★★★★ (—)

Canning Town's community-minded warehouse club — getting away with it since 2018

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London › Stockwell★★★★★ (—)

Stockwell's Thursday-night free open mic at 128 Hartington Road, SW8 2HJ — comedy + music pub, PA + guitar amp, 10-minute slots.

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London › Cranfield★★★★★ (—)

Intimate Cranfield pub hosting monthly folk, roots & acoustic gigs

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London › Soho / West End★★★★★ (—)

Soho cabaret, live music and comedy venue.

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London › Tufnell Park★★★★★ (—)

Independent North London live music venue in Tufnell Park, 600-cap upstairs room

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London › Tufnell Park★★★★★ (—)

Independent North London live music venue in Tufnell Park (The Dome / Downstairs at the Dome)

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Open mics in London

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

Starts 19:15

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The T.E Dingwall Building

11 Camden Lock Pl, London

Starts 19:30

Sign-up19:30
Slots12 min
EntryFree
PAProvided
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Open tomusic

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Slots15 min
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15-min slots · CAMRA-listed

Starts 20:00

Sign-up19:30
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Open tomusic

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Grade II listed · iconic

Starts 20:00

Sign-up19:30
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Open tomusic, poetry

Starts 20:00

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Open tomusic, spoken_word

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Real piano · Victorian ballroom

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Paradise by Way of Kensal Green

Kensal Green, London

Starts 20:00

Sign-up19:30
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Open tomusic

Starts 20:00

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Entry£10.00
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Open tomusic, poetry

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Open tomusic

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Open tomusic

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What's on in London — FAQs

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

What live music is on in London over the next four weeks?

We currently list 419 gigs in London between 20 Sept and 18 Oct, across 71 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.

Are there free gigs in London?

None of the London gigs currently listed are marked free entry, though many venues do not publish a price at all. London open mic nights are your reliable free option — most charge nothing to watch or to play.

What is the busiest night for live music in London?

Saturday, with 101 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Saturday: 101 gigs · Friday: 90 gigs · Thursday: 77 gigs. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.

Which London venues have the most on?

Right now: 7dea4356-17c7-4088-9602-c6bb979cfc28, 1973eb7f-cb88-4f1c-835f-6e6ca45df926, a539ccb0-43e0-425f-8a41-650f6e6605fa. In total we track 274 grassroots venues in London, of which 71 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the London venue directory.

Where can I find open mic nights in London?

London has 70 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.

How much does a gig cost in London, and what should an artist be paid?

Where a London venue publishes a price, the average ticket is £20.55. 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.

Why do grassroots venues in London matter?

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 274 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.

How do I get a London gig or venue listed on GIGXCHANGE?

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

419 gigs listed in London over the next four weeks, across 274 grassroots venues and 70 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.

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