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What's On in London

4 Nov – 2 Dec

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All London gigs This month

Updated 4 November 2026

At a glance

535
Gigs in
4 weeks
in London, 4 Nov – 2 Dec
In detail
Venues with something on100
Venues tracked318
Open mics70
Busiest nightFriday · 123 gigs

535 gigs listed in London over the next 28 days across 100 venues. Friday is the busiest night with 123. In total we track 318 grassroots venues and 70 regular open mics here.

01 — This weekend

68 gigs

This weekend in London

Only Friday to Sunday: the 68 gigs on in London this weekend. Highlights include Reanimation - A Tribute to Linkin Park at New Cross Inn (Friday), The Sound of Musicals at St John's Church, West Ealing (Saturday) and House Gospel Choir at Soul Mama Islington (Sunday). Every card links the full listing - times, entry and tickets; for the weeks after, scroll to the four-week list.

Starts18:00 Reanimation - A Tribute to Linkin ParkNew Cross Inn · Deptford · LondonTickets Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight (6pm)St Mary Le Strand · St James's · London 18:00Fri 6 Nov GidikiBrixton Jamm · Myatt's Fields · London 18:30Fri 6 Nov Walk Off the Earth, Luminati Suns, Crash AdamsElectric Ballroom · Camden Town · London 18:30Fri 6 Nov Shaé UniverseSoul Mama Islington · St Mary's & St James' · London 18:30Fri 6 Nov Joan As Police WomanUnion Chapel · Laycock · London 19:00Fri 6 Nov Da LataFox and Firkin · Ladywell · London 19:00Fri 6 Nov SkeptaThe Cause · Royal Victoria · London 19:00Fri 6 Nov The Stacey BrothersBlue Note London · St James's · London 19:00Fri 6 Nov Party No. 3 - DOLOURSMascara Bar · Cazenove · London 19:00Fri 6 Nov

02 — Compared

#1 of 5

How London compares

Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 1,493 gigs listed in and around London - first of 5 against its nearest places with live music. Each row counts the gigs, venues and open mics our directories hold in and around that place, refreshed nightly; tap a town for its live music scene.

#PlaceGigs
01London area This page 318 venues · 70 open mics1493
02Sutton area 15 venues · 12 open mics58
03Watford area 24 venues · 12 open mics50
04Broxbourne area 12 venues · 8 open mics31
05Epsom area 18 venues · 10 open mics14

03 — Gigs

535 gigs

Gigs in London

The whole four weeks, 4 Nov to 2 Dec: 535 gigs across 100 venues, busiest on Fridays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.

Starts16:30 The SlatesThe Elephants Head · London FrozemodeNew Cross Inn · Deptford · London 18:00Tonight Son YambuSoul Mama Islington · St Mary's & St James' · London 18:30Tonight T.A.W Visionz Presents...The Camden 65 Crowndale Rd, London NW1 1TN · Regent's Park · London 18:30Tonight Mark LasisVortex Jazz Club · Dalston · London 18:45Tonight Amy WadgeThe London Palladium · West End · London 18:45Tonight Chasing AbbeyScala · King's Cross · London 19:00Tonight Sampa the GreatBlue Note London · St James's · London 19:00Tonight PIXYFour Quarters · Rye Lane · London 19:00Tonight BRAT / Smouldering Tomb / Pretty AddictedThe Black Heart · Camden Town · London 19:00Tonight
Search every London gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks

04 — This week

10 rooms

Where it's on this week

Not the gigs - the rooms. These are the London venues with the most on in the next seven nights, counted from the listings above, so you can see where the city is busiest this week before you pick a night.

#VenueGigs
01Blue Note London 7
02New Cross Inn 7
03St Mary Le Strand 6
04Vortex Jazz Club 6
05The Troubadour 5
06Electric Ballroom 4
07Electric Brixton 4
08The Lower Third (UP) 4
09Fox And Firkin 3
10London Barfly 3

05 — Venues

318 rooms

Venues in London

London's grassroots venues, all 318 of them, listed whether or not they have something on right now - capacity, backline and hours for each, and a link to its own listings.

Photo: Google 350 cap 100 ClubLondon 1901 Arts ClubLondon 80Cap 21SohoSoho · LondonHouse PA 300Cap 229London 620Cap 30's And AvenueCoatbridge · London Cap tbc 53 DegreesPreston · London 250Cap 606 ClubChelsea · London Cap tbc 64 LiveLondon Cap tbc 93 Feet EastBrick Lane · London 350Cap Aces & EightsTufnell Park · LondonFull kitEngineer 120Cap
All 318 London venuesCapacity, backline and opening times

06 — Open mics

70 nights

Open mics in London

Open mics are regular nights rather than one-off gigs: the same venue, the same night, week in, week out - 70 nights in London. Each card shows the night, the sign-up time and the fee; most are free to watch and to play.

Kick-off18:30 Amersham ArmsLondonNo feeHouse PALast Wed of the month Old Street Records356 Old St · LondonNo feeHouse PA 19:00Tonight Temple of Art & Music (TAM)42 Newington Causeway · LondonNo feeHouse PAFortnightly 19:00Wed The Gladstone ArmsBorough · LondonNo feeHouse PAMonthly 19:00Wed The Fox & FirkinLewisham · LondonNo feeFull kit 19:30Tonight The Old Queen's HeadIslington · LondonNo feeFull kit 19:30Tonight Venn Street RecordsClapham · LondonNo feeHouse PA 19:30Tonight Wooden Cross (formerly Harringay Arms)Crouch Hill · LondonNo feeHouse PA 19:30Tonight Amazing Grace London BridgeLondonNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tonight The MacbethHoxton · LondonNo feeFull kit 20:00Tonight
All 70 London open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night

07 — Support grassroots

Support grassroots music in London

Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. London still has 318 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 for bands, singers and DJs for one-off occasions. Booking for the company rather than yourself? See corporate entertainment in London for Christmas parties, awards nights and conferences.

Grassroots rooms are disappearing: 78 stopped hosting live music in the year to July 2025, 30 of them for good, and pubs closed at around two a day in the first quarter of 2026. Lose them and you lose the first rung - the support slots and midweek nights every bigger act started on.

This page exists to make them easy to find. It lists 535 gigs across London over the next four weeks, pulled from the venues themselves and updated daily - alongside the 318 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. New Cross Inn, Blue Note London and Vortex Jazz Club have the most on, and the sound leans rock and pop.

The best support is a full room. Turn up to something new, stay for the support act, and buy from the bar. For a weekly round-up of London gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it. The Sindercombe Social open mic on Sundays is an easy first night out.

Go to one this month

535 gigs listed in London over the next four weeks, with 318 grassroots venues and 70 regular open mic nights. Pick one you have not been to before - a ticket and a round at the bar is the most useful thing anyone can do for a room like these. Fridays are the busiest for gigs here.

Help keep grassroots venues open in London

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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.

What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of London gigs for the week ahead - out of roughly 134 a week here, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Friday does not crowd out the quieter evenings.

Why sign up. New Cross Inn has the most coming up here, with 29 dates - the email means you see them in time to go. Expect plenty of rock in London, with pop close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.

Planning ahead? Gigs in London come and go each week; festivals are planned months ahead. One festival timeline holds the UK music festivals we have date-checked, by month, region and genre, and flags clashing weekends.

All London gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date
London venues318 grassroots rooms
London open mics70 regular nights
The London sceneVenues, promoters, local rates and members near you
Every city we coverThe same page for every city, updated daily
UK gig directoryEvery upcoming grassroots gig
UK open mic finderStage time near you
UK venue directoryThe rooms behind the gigs

08 — Questions10 answersWhat's on in London

68 gigs in London this weekend (Fri 6 Nov – Sun 8 Nov) - including Reanimation - A Tribute to Linkin Park at New Cross Inn (Friday), Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight (6pm) at St Mary Le Strand (Friday), Gidiki at Brixton Jamm (Friday). The full Friday-to-Sunday list is in This Weekend above, and every gig over the next 28 days is below it.
Counting every upcoming date, there are 1,493 gigs listed in and around London - first of 5 against its nearest places with live music.
We currently list 535 gigs in London between 4 Nov and 2 Dec, across 100 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 every upcoming gig in London in the gig directory or every city we cover.
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.
Friday, with 123 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Friday: 123 gigs · Saturday: 114 gigs · Thursday: 100 gigs. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.
Right now: New Cross Inn, Blue Note London, Vortex Jazz Club. In total we track 318 grassroots venues in London, of which 100 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the London venue directory.
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.
Where a London venue publishes a price, the average ticket is £20.42. 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 318 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 reviewed before it goes live. 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.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages

What's On across the UKNearby:  Sutton, Borehamwood, Potters Bar, Epsom

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Cambridge16CannockCanterburyCardiff56Carlisle29Chelmsford3Cheltenham7CheshamCheshuntChesterColchesterCoventry28Crawley
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GatesheadGlasgow309Gloucester3Grimsby3Guildford
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LancasterLeeds91Leicester21Leigh-on-SeaLincoln8Liverpool178Luton12
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Maidstone10Manchester296Margate3MarlowMiddlesbrough14Milton Keynes12
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NewburyNewcastle113Newquay15Newry2Northampton21Norwich21Nottingham81Nuneaton
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PaisleyPerthPeterborough13Plymouth8Portsmouth14Potters BarPreston34
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Rawtenstall17Reading15RickmansworthRochdale
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Scarborough19Sheffield53ShrewsburySouthampton58SouthportSt AlbansStevenageStirlingStockportStockton-on-Tees9Stoke-on-Trent13SunderlandSutton9Swansea9Swindon4
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Telford5TorquayTringTunbridge Wells8
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WakefieldWalsallWaterlooville3Watford15Welwyn Garden CityWeymouth2WhitbyWidnesWoking14Wolverhampton37WorcesterWorthingWrexham18
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York12

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What's On in London

Live music in London over the next four weeks — 4 Nov – 2 Dec. 535 gigs listed in London over the next 28 days across 100 venues. Friday is the busiest night with 123. In total we track 318 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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Updated daily · 535 gigs in London over the next four weeks

Last updated: 4 November 2026

This Weekend in London

Only Friday to Sunday: the 68 gigs on in London this weekend. Highlights include Reanimation - A Tribute to Linkin Park at New Cross Inn (Friday), The Sound of Musicals at St John's Church, West Ealing (Saturday) and House Gospel Choir at Soul Mama Islington (Sunday). Every card links the full listing - times, entry and tickets; for the weeks after, scroll to the four-week list.

NOV
6
Reanimation - A Tribute to Linkin Park
New Cross Inn·Deptford, London
Friday, 6 November 2026 · 18:00–22:00
  • Entry—
  • TicketsAvailable
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreTribute Act
View details›
NOV
6
Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight (6pm)
St Mary Le Strand·St James's, London
Friday, 6 November 2026 · 18:00–19:00
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • Genre—
View details›
NOV
6
Gidiki
Brixton Jamm·Myatt's Fields, London
Friday, 6 November 2026 · 18:30–21:30
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreFolk
View details›
NOV
6
Walk Off the Earth, Luminati Suns, Crash Adams
Electric Ballroom·Camden Town, London
Friday, 6 November 2026 · 18:30
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreRock, Pop
View details›
NOV
6
Shaé Universe
Soul Mama Islington·St Mary's & St James', London
Friday, 6 November 2026 · 18:30
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreR&B
View details›
NOV
6
Joan As Police Woman
Union Chapel·Laycock, London
Friday, 6 November 2026 · 19:00
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreRock, Alternative Rock
View details›
NOV
6
Da Lata
Fox and Firkin·Ladywell, London
Friday, 6 November 2026 · 19:00
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreDJ / Electronic, World Music
View details›
NOV
6
Skepta
The Cause·Royal Victoria, London
Friday, 6 November 2026 · 19:00
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreHip-Hop, Rap
View details›
NOV
6
The Stacey Brothers
Blue Note London·St James's, London
Friday, 6 November 2026 · 19:00
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreRock, Pop
View details›

All 68 this weekend are in the list below →

How London Compares

Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 1,493 gigs listed in and around London - first of 5 against its nearest places with live music. Each row counts the gigs, venues and open mics our directories hold in and around that place, refreshed nightly; tap a town for its live music scene.

  1. #1 London area This page 318 venues · 70 open mics 1493
  2. #2 Sutton area 15 venues · 12 open mics 58
  3. #3 Watford area 24 venues · 12 open mics 50
  4. #4 Broxbourne area 12 venues · 8 open mics 31
  5. #5 Epsom area 18 venues · 10 open mics 14

Gigs in London

The whole four weeks, 4 Nov to 2 Dec: 535 gigs across 100 venues, busiest on Fridays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.

See every upcoming gig in London →

Where It's On This Week

Not the gigs - the rooms. These are the London venues with the most on in the next seven nights, counted from the listings above, so you can see where the city is busiest this week before you pick a night.

  1. #1 Blue Note London 7
  2. #2 New Cross Inn 7
  3. #3 St Mary Le Strand 6
  4. #4 Vortex Jazz Club 6
  5. #5 The Troubadour 5
  6. #6 Electric Ballroom 4
  7. #7 Electric Brixton 4
  8. #8 The Lower Third (UP) 4
  9. #9 Fox And Firkin 3
  10. #10 London Barfly 3

All 318 London venues →   All 70 open mics →

Venues in London

London's grassroots venues, all 318 of them, listed whether or not they have something on right now - capacity, backline and hours for each, and a link to its own listings.

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Cafe Yukari
Richmond › Kew★★★★★ (—)
Kew cafe with Friday jazz sessions.
  • PA system (TBC)
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • MonClosed
  • TueClosed
  • WedClosed
  • ThuClosed
  • Fri12:00–18:00
  • Sat10:00–20:00
  • Sun10:00–18:00
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c. 70
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Prince Albert
Bexleyheath★★★★★ (—)
Country music pub venue.
  • PA system (TBC)
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon16:00–23:00
  • Tue16:00–23:00
  • Wed12:00–23:00
  • Thu12:00–23:00
  • Fri12:00–00:00
  • Sat12:00–00:00
  • Sun12:00–22:00
View venue›
c. 180
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The Barrel House Ballroom
Woodford Green › Totnes★★★★★ (—)
Totnes ballroom gig venue above a brewery.
  • PA system (TBC)
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon—
  • Tue—
  • Wed—
  • Thu—
  • Fri—
  • Sat—
  • Sun—
View venue›
c. 330
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The Beaverwood Chislehurst
Chislehurst★★★★★ (—)
Chislehurst live venue with party hire.
  • PA system (TBC)
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • 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
View venue›
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The Brewery Tap
Brentford★★★★★ (—)
Brentford pub with live bands every week - jazz, rock, folk, soul and Irish
  • PA system (TBC)
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon—
  • Tue—
  • Wed—
  • Thu16:00–23:00
  • Fri16:00–23:00
  • Sat12:00–23:00
  • Sun12:00–22:00
View venue›
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The Star Sidcup
Sidcup › Sidcup Place★★★★★ (—)
Sidcup pub with country nights.
  • PA system (TBC)
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon11:30–23:00
  • Tue11:30–23:00
  • Wed11:30–23:00
  • Thu11:30–23:00
  • Fri11:30–23:00
  • Sat11:30–23:00
  • Sun11:30–23:00
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All 318 London venues →

Open mics in London

Open mics are regular nights rather than one-off gigs: the same venue, the same night, week in, week out - 70 nights in London. Each card shows the night, the sign-up time and the fee; most are free to watch and to play.

Real piano on stage
EVERY
Mon
Spice of Life
Soho, London
Starts 19:00
  • Sign-up18:30
  • Slots10 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • BacklineFull
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
Iconic · in-house engineer
EVERY
Mon
The Dublin Castle
Camden Town, London
Next Mon 9 NovStarts 19:00
  • Sign-up19:00
  • Slots10 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • BacklineFull
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Mon
Jam in a Jar
Harringay Ladder, London
Next Mon 9 NovStarts 19:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Mon
The Two Bridges
London
Next Mon 9 NovStarts 19:30
  • Sign-up19:00
  • Slots10 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
2-WK
Mon
The Southgate Club
London
Starts 19:30
  • Sign-up—
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PA—
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
Real piano · Chaplin local
EVERY
Mon
The Three Stags
Kennington, London
Next Mon 9 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Mon
The Archer
Highgate, London
Next Mon 9 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Mon
Live Music Bar Soho - Blues and Jazz
6 Moor St, London
Next Mon 9 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • Entry£7.00
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
2-WK
Mon
Mascara Bar
London
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up20:00
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Tue
Spiritual Bar
Chalk Farm, London
Next Tue 10 NovStarts 18:00
  • Sign-up18:00
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Tue
Upstairs at Ronnie's
London
Starts 18:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • Entry£7.00
  • PAProvided
  • BacklineFull
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
1ST
Tue
The Fiddler's Elbow - Music Venue
Chalk Farm, London
Next Tue 1 DecStarts 19:00
  • Sign-up19:00
  • Slots7 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians, Poets, Comedians
View details›

All 70 London open mics →

Support grassroots music in London

Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. London still has 318 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 for bands, singers and DJs for one-off occasions. Booking for the company rather than yourself? See corporate entertainment in London for Christmas parties, awards nights and conferences.

Grassroots rooms are disappearing: 78 stopped hosting live music in the year to July 2025, 30 of them for good, and pubs closed at around two a day in the first quarter of 2026. Lose them and you lose the first rung - the support slots and midweek nights every bigger act started on.

This page exists to make them easy to find. It lists 535 gigs across London over the next four weeks, pulled from the venues themselves and updated daily - alongside the 318 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. New Cross Inn, Blue Note London and Vortex Jazz Club have the most on, and the sound leans rock and pop.

The best support is a full room. Turn up to something new, stay for the support act, and buy from the bar. For a weekly round-up of London gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it. The Sindercombe Social open mic on Sundays is an easy first night out.

Go to one this month

535 gigs listed in London over the next four weeks, with 318 grassroots venues and 70 regular open mic nights. Pick one you have not been to before - a ticket and a round at the bar is the most useful thing anyone can do for a room like these. Fridays are the busiest for gigs here.

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.

What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of London gigs for the week ahead - out of roughly 134 a week here, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Friday does not crowd out the quieter evenings.

Why sign up. New Cross Inn has the most coming up here, with 29 dates - the email means you see them in time to go. Expect plenty of rock in London, with pop close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.

Planning ahead? Gigs in London come and go each week; festivals are planned months ahead. One festival timeline holds the UK music festivals we have date-checked, by month, region and genre, and flags clashing weekends.

What's on in London — FAQs

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

68 gigs in London this weekend (Fri 6 Nov – Sun 8 Nov) - including Reanimation - A Tribute to Linkin Park at New Cross Inn (Friday), Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight (6pm) at St Mary Le Strand (Friday), Gidiki at Brixton Jamm (Friday). The full Friday-to-Sunday list is in This Weekend above, and every gig over the next 28 days is below it.
Counting every upcoming date, there are 1,493 gigs listed in and around London - first of 5 against its nearest places with live music.
We currently list 535 gigs in London between 4 Nov and 2 Dec, across 100 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 every upcoming gig in London in the gig directory or every city we cover.
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.
Friday, with 123 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Friday: 123 gigs · Saturday: 114 gigs · Thursday: 100 gigs. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.
Right now: New Cross Inn, Blue Note London, Vortex Jazz Club. In total we track 318 grassroots venues in London, of which 100 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the London venue directory.
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.
Where a London venue publishes a price, the average ticket is £20.42. 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 318 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 reviewed before it goes live. 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.
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What's On across the UKNearby:  Sutton, Borehamwood, Potters Bar, Epsom

All 139 other cities, A–ZGigs
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Aberdeen32Accrington12Aldershot2AmershamAylesburyAyr
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BarnsleyBasildon15Bath26Bedford11Belfast99BerkhamstedBillericay2Birmingham192Blackburn5Blackpool27BoltonBorehamwoodBournemouth22BracknellBradford40BridgendBrighouseBrighton86Bristol100Broxbourne13Bushey
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Cambridge16CannockCanterburyCardiff56Carlisle29Chelmsford3Cheltenham7CheshamCheshuntChesterColchesterCoventry28Crawley
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Derby40DerryDoncaster2Dundee12DunfermlineDurham5
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EastbourneEdinburgh133Egham6Epsom5Exeter20
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Farnborough4Frome
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GatesheadGlasgow309Gloucester3Grimsby3Guildford
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HalifaxHarpendenHarrogateHastings15HatfieldHemel HempsteadHereford4HertfordHigh Wycombe18HitchinHoddesdonHuddersfieldHull29
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Inverness15Ipswich12
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LancasterLeeds91Leicester21Leigh-on-SeaLincoln8Liverpool178Luton12
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Maidstone10Manchester296Margate3MarlowMiddlesbrough14Milton Keynes12
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NewburyNewcastle113Newquay15Newry2Northampton21Norwich21Nottingham81Nuneaton
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Oxford19
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PaisleyPerthPeterborough13Plymouth8Portsmouth14Potters BarPreston34
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Rawtenstall17Reading15RickmansworthRochdale
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Scarborough19Sheffield53ShrewsburySouthampton58SouthportSt AlbansStevenageStirlingStockportStockton-on-Tees9Stoke-on-Trent13SunderlandSutton9Swansea9Swindon4
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Telford5TorquayTringTunbridge Wells8
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WakefieldWalsallWaterlooville3Watford15Welwyn Garden CityWeymouth2WhitbyWidnesWoking14Wolverhampton37WorcesterWorthingWrexham18
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York12

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