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What's On in London

6 Nov – 4 Dec

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Updated 6 November 2026

At a glance

519
Gigs in
4 weeks
in London, 6 Nov – 4 Dec
In detail
Venues with something on96
Venues tracked318
Open mics70
Busiest nightFriday · 123 gigs

519 gigs listed in London over the next 28 days across 96 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.

02 — Compared

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How London compares

Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 1,451 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.

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01London area This page 318 venues · 70 open mics1451
02Sutton area 15 venues · 12 open mics57
03Watford area 24 venues · 12 open mics49
04Broxbourne area 12 venues · 8 open mics30
05Epsom area 18 venues · 10 open mics27

03 — Gigs

519 gigs

Gigs in London

The whole four weeks, 6 Nov to 4 Dec: 519 gigs across 96 venues, busiest on Fridays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.

Search every London gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks

04 — This week

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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.

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01Blue Note London 7
02New Cross Inn 7
03St Mary Le Strand 6
04The Troubadour 5
05Vortex Jazz Club 5
06Electric Ballroom 4
07Electric Brixton 4
08The Lower Third 4
09London Oslo 3
10Piano Bar Soho 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.

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.

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 519 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 St Mary Le Strand 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

519 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.

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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 1,451 gigs listed in and around London - first of 5 against its nearest places with live music.
We currently list 519 gigs in London between 6 Nov and 4 Dec, across 96 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: 92 gigs. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.
Right now: New Cross Inn, Blue Note London, St Mary Le Strand. In total we track 318 grassroots venues in London, of which 96 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 in London

Live music in London over the next four weeks — 6 Nov – 4 Dec. 519 gigs listed in London over the next 28 days across 96 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 · 519 gigs in London over the next four weeks

Last updated: 6 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.

All 68 this weekend are in the list below →

How London Compares

Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 1,451 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 1451
  2. #2 Sutton area 15 venues · 12 open mics 57
  3. #3 Watford area 24 venues · 12 open mics 49
  4. #4 Broxbourne area 12 venues · 8 open mics 30
  5. #5 Epsom area 18 venues · 10 open mics 27

Gigs in London

The whole four weeks, 6 Nov to 4 Dec: 519 gigs across 96 venues, busiest on Fridays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.

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Kunt and the Gang
New Cross Inn·Deptford, London
Thursday, 3 December 2026 · 18:00
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Diesel, Bamph, Prince Abdi
Top Secret Comedy Club·Holborn & Covent Garden, London
Thursday, 3 December 2026 · 18:00
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New Regency Orchestra
Blue Note London·St James's, London
Thursday, 3 December 2026 · 19:00
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the north
London Barfly·Haverstock, London
Thursday, 3 December 2026 · 19:00
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The Family Silver
229·West End, London
Thursday, 3 December 2026 · 19:00
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Golden Toad, Ram Pressure
Blondies·Hackney Downs, London
Thursday, 3 December 2026 · 19:00
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  • GenreAlternative Rock
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I Dont Know How but They Found Me
The Dome London·Junction, London
Thursday, 3 December 2026 · 19:00
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Tokyo Taboo + Electric Enemy + Ghost Arcadia + Broken Calling
Nambucca·Tollington, London
Thursday, 3 December 2026 · 19:00–00:00
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Бумбокс (Boombox)
Electric Brixton·Brixton Acre Lane, London
Thursday, 3 December 2026 · 19:00
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The Men They Couldn't Hang
Islington Assembly Hall·St Mary's & St James', London
Thursday, 3 December 2026 · 19:00
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Sandhouse
The Courtyard Theatre·Hoxton East & Shoreditch, London
Thursday, 3 December 2026 · 19:30
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Hans Williams
London Oslo·Hackney Central, London
Thursday, 3 December 2026 · 19:30
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Karim Saber
Vortex Jazz Club·Dalston, London
Thursday, 3 December 2026 · 19:45
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Christmas Carols by Candlelight (8pm)
St Mary Le Strand·St James's, London
Thursday, 3 December 2026 · 20:00–21:00
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Piano Bar Soho, Soho Live Music Club, Soho Jazz Festival
Piano Bar Soho·West End, London
Thursday, 3 December 2026 · 20:30
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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 The Troubadour 5
  5. #5 Vortex Jazz Club 5
  6. #6 Electric Ballroom 4
  7. #7 Electric Brixton 4
  8. #8 The Lower Third 4
  9. #9 London Oslo 3
  10. #10 Piano Bar Soho 3

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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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Barbican Centre
London › Barbican★★★★★ (—)
World-class arts centre in the City of London.
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Barbican Hall
London › London EC2Y★★★★★ (—)
Concert hall within the Barbican Centre.
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Battersea Barge
London › Nine Elms★★★★★ (—)
Converted barge venue moored on the Thames at Nine Elms.
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BEAM
London★★★★★ (—)
Neighbourhood bar across four London locations.
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Belle Livingstone's 58th Street Country Club
London★★★★★ (—)
Immersive 1930s speakeasy with live jazz
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Bermondsey Social Club
London › Bermondsey★★★★★ (—)
Railway-arch live room and club in Bermondsey, licensed until 4am
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Beyond The Pale
London › Leek★★★★★ (—)
Leek craft-ale and cocktail micro-bar with occasional live music.
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Biddle Bros
London › Clapton★★★★★ (—)
Cosy Clapton bar in a former builders merchants, with live music at weekends
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Bird in Hand
London★★★★★ (—)
Antic-run Victorian corner pub in Forest Hill with live music
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Blackfriars Pier Victoria Embankment
London★★★★★ (—)
Thames pier used as the departure point for ticketed boat parties.
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Blackheath Common
London › Blackheath★★★★★ (—)
South-east London heath hosting summer festival weekends.
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Blondies
London › Lower Clapton★★★★★ (—)
Brewery bar with metal nights.
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Blondies Brewery
London › Leyton★★★★★ (—)
Brewery bar with metal and live bands.
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Blue Note London
London★★★★★ (—)
Blue Note's first UK room, Covent Garden
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Boisdale Of Canary Wharf
London › Canary Wharf★★★★★ (—)
Upscale steak restaurant with live jazz and soul.
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Bread & Roses
London › Clapham★★★★★ (—)
Union-backed Clapham pub with live music, theatre, comedy and sport
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Bread and Butter Collection
London › Shoreditch★★★★★ (—)
Shoreditch lounge that turns from workspace by day to events space by night
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Brixton Jamm
London★★★★★ (—)
Long-running multi-space club and live venue on Brixton Road.
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Brixton Storeys
London★★★★★ (—)
750-cap multi-floor venue with rooftop terraces and a 24-hour licence.
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Brockwell Park
London★★★★★ (—)
South London park hosting festivals and jazz.
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Bush Hall
London › Shepherd's Bush★★★★★ (—)
Ornate 1904 Edwardian music hall in Shepherd's Bush.
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  • Thu10:00–18:30
  • Fri10:00–18:30
  • SatClosed
  • SunClosed
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Cadogan Hall
London › Chelsea★★★★★ (—)
900-seat Sloane Square concert hall.
  • 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—
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c. 150
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Cafe Oto
London › Dalston★★★★★ (—)
150-cap experimental and avant-garde music space.
Private hire
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer
  • Mon09:00–17:00
  • Tue09:00–17:00
  • Wed09:00–17:00
  • Thu09:00–17:00
  • Fri09:00–17:00
  • Sat09:00–17:00
  • Sun10:00–17:00
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Camden People's Theatre
London★★★★★ (—)
Fringe theatre for new performance work.
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  • Drum kit (TBC)
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  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • MonClosed
  • Tue18:00–22:00
  • Wed18:00–22:00
  • Thu18:00–22:00
  • Fri18:00–22:00
  • Sat18:00–22:00
  • Sun18:00–22:00
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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.

EVERY
Wed
The Old Queen's Head
Islington, London
Next Wed 11 NovStarts 19:30
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • BacklineFull
  • Open toMusicians
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EVERY
Wed
Venn Street Records
Clapham, London
Next Wed 11 NovStarts 19:30
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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Community-owned
EVERY
Wed
The Rose & Crown
Walthamstow, London
Next Wed 11 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • BacklineFull
  • Open toMusicians
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EVERY
Wed
The Macbeth
Hoxton, London
Next Wed 11 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • BacklineFull
  • Open toMusicians, Poets
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Vice-era heritage · iconic
EVERY
Wed
The Old Blue Last
Shoreditch, London
Next Wed 11 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots10 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • BacklineFull
  • Open toMusicians
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EVERY
Wed
The Water Rats
London
Next Wed 11 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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EVERY
Wed
Amazing Grace London Bridge
London
Next Wed 11 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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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 toMusicians, Poets, Comedians
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OTHER
Thu
Babel Open Mic
London
Starts 19:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians, Poets
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20+ years music heritage
EVERY
Thu
The Boogaloo
Highgate, London
Next Thu 12 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • BacklineFull
  • Open toMusicians
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EVERY
Thu
The Cavendish Arms
Stockwell, London
Next Thu 12 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots10 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toComedians
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EVERY
Thu
The Fox
Shoreditch, London
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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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 519 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 St Mary Le Strand 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

519 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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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 1,451 gigs listed in and around London - first of 5 against its nearest places with live music.
We currently list 519 gigs in London between 6 Nov and 4 Dec, across 96 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: 92 gigs. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.
Right now: New Cross Inn, Blue Note London, St Mary Le Strand. In total we track 318 grassroots venues in London, of which 96 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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