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What's On in London

Q: What's on in London this weekend?

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), Shaé Universe at Soul Mama Islington (Friday). The full Friday-to-Sunday list is in This Weekend above, and every gig over the next 28 days is below it.

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

We currently list 527 gigs in London between 5 Nov and 3 Dec, across 98 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.

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

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.

Q: Which London venues have the most on?

Right now: New Cross Inn, Blue Note London, St Mary Le Strand. In total we track 318 grassroots venues in London, of which 98 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.

5 Nov – 3 Dec

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All London gigs This month

Updated 5 November 2026

At a glance

527

Gigs in
4 weeks

in London, 5 Nov – 3 Dec

In detail

Venues with something on	98
Venues tracked	318
Open mics	70
Busiest night	Friday · 123 gigs

527 gigs listed in London over the next 28 days across 98 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.

Fri6Nov 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

Shaé UniverseSoul Mama Islington · St Mary's & St James' · London 18:30Fri 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

The Leo Green Experience21 Soho · West End · London 19:00Fri 6 Nov

Joan As Police WomanUnion Chapel · Laycock · London 19:00Fri 6 Nov

Pure Reason Revolution229 London · West End · London£25 19:00Fri 6 Nov

Da LataFox and Firkin · Ladywell · London 19:00Fri 6 Nov

SkeptaThe Cause · Royal Victoria · 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 1,475 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.

#	Place	Gigs
01	London area This page 318 venues · 70 open mics	1475
02	Sutton area 15 venues · 12 open mics	58
03	Watford area 24 venues · 12 open mics	50
04	Broxbourne area 12 venues · 8 open mics	31
05	Epsom area 18 venues · 10 open mics	14

03 — Gigs

527 gigs

Gigs in London

The whole four weeks, 5 Nov to 3 Dec: 527 gigs across 98 venues, busiest on Fridays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.

Thu5Nov Starts18:00 Tina SandwichNew Cross Inn · Deptford · London

Smiling Politely, Atlas TheoryBlondies · Hackney Downs · London 18:00Tonight

Beethoven Piano Trios by CandlelightSt Mary Le Strand · St James's · London 18:00Tonight

Tommy Sandhu, Chirag Rao, Mehfil MastiTop Secret Comedy Club · Holborn & Covent Garden · London 18:00Tonight

UndeathDownstairs at The Dome · Junction · London 19:00Tonight

Evangelia, StolarXOYO · Bunhill · London 19:00Tonight

Joan As Police WomanUnion Chapel · Laycock · London 19:00Tonight

Yazmin LaceyBlue Note London · St James's · London 19:00Tonight

The HardkissElectric Ballroom · Camden Town · London 19:00Tonight

Matt Lang, Georgia NevadaLondon Barfly · Haverstock · 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.

#	Venue	Gigs
01	Blue Note London	7
02	New Cross Inn	7
03	St Mary Le Strand	6
04	Vortex Jazz Club	6
05	Electric Ballroom	5
06	The Troubadour	5
07	Electric Brixton	4
08	Fox And Firkin	3
09	London Barfly	3
10	Piano 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.

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.

VariesThu Kick-off19:00 Babel Open MicLondonNo feeHouse PADates vary

The OthersStoke Newington · LondonPaidHouse PAMonthly 19:00Thu

Craft Beer Co.Limehouse · LondonNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tonight

The BoogalooHighgate · LondonNo feeFull kit 20:00Tonight

The Bugle HornCharlton · LondonNo feeMonthly 20:00Thu

The Cavendish ArmsStockwell · LondonNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tonight

The Effra SocialBrixton · LondonNo feeFull kit1st Thu of the month 20:00Thu

The FoxShoreditch · LondonNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tonight

The Greenwich TavernGreenwich · LondonNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tonight

The Old Pack HorseChiswick · LondonNo feeHouse PAMonthly 20:00Thu

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 527 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

527 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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What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of London gigs for the week ahead - out of roughly 132 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. Blue Note London has the most coming up here, with 28 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

What's on in London this weekend?

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), Shaé Universe at Soul Mama Islington (Friday). The full Friday-to-Sunday list is in This Weekend above, and every gig over the next 28 days is below it.

How does live music in London compare to nearby cities?

Counting every upcoming date, there are 1,475 gigs listed in and around London - first of 5 against its nearest places with live music.

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

We currently list 527 gigs in London between 5 Nov and 3 Dec, across 98 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.

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?

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.

Which London venues have the most on?

Right now: New Cross Inn, Blue Note London, St Mary Le Strand. In total we track 318 grassroots venues in London, of which 98 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 £20.42. 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.

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 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.

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 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

All 139 other cities, A–ZGigs

Aberdeen31 Accrington12 Aldershot2 Amersham Aylesbury Ayr

Barnsley Basildon15 Bath24 Bedford12 Belfast99 Berkhamsted Billericay2 Birmingham189 Blackburn5 Blackpool28 Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth22 Bracknell Bradford40 Bridgend Brighouse Brighton85 Bristol102 Broxbourne13 Bushey

Cambridge18 Cannock Canterbury Cardiff54 Carlisle29 Chelmsford3 Cheltenham7 Chesham Cheshunt Chester Colchester Coventry28 Crawley

Derby40 Derry Doncaster2 Dundee12 Dunfermline Durham5

Eastbourne Edinburgh134 Egham6 Epsom5 Exeter20

Farnborough4 Frome

Gateshead Glasgow305 Gloucester3 Grimsby3 Guildford

Halifax Harpenden Harrogate Hastings15 Hatfield Hemel Hempstead Hereford4 Hertford High Wycombe18 Hitchin Hoddesdon Huddersfield Hull29

Inverness15 Ipswich11

Lancaster Leeds95 Leicester21 Leigh-on-Sea Lincoln8 Liverpool175 Luton12

Maidstone10 Manchester295 Margate3 Marlow Middlesbrough14 Milton Keynes13

Newbury Newcastle110 Newquay14 Newry2 Northampton21 Norwich22 Nottingham84 Nuneaton

Oxford19

Paisley Perth Peterborough13 Plymouth8 Portsmouth14 Potters Bar Preston33

Rawtenstall17 Reading15 Rickmansworth Rochdale

Scarborough19 Sheffield52 Shrewsbury Southampton57 Southport St Albans Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stockton-on-Tees9 Stoke-on-Trent13 Sunderland Sutton9 Swansea9 Swindon3

Telford6 Torquay Tring Tunbridge Wells8

Wakefield Walsall Waterlooville3 Watford15 Welwyn Garden City Weymouth2 Whitby Widnes Woking14 Wolverhampton36 Worcester Worthing Wrexham18

York11

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What's On in London

Live music in London over the next four weeks — 5 Nov – 3 Dec. 527 gigs listed in London over the next 28 days across 98 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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Every grassroots gig we hold for London between 5 Nov and 3 Dec.

Friday is the busiest night — 123 gigs
Friday: 123 gigs
Saturday: 114 gigs
Most listed genres: Rock (161), Pop (126), Alternative Rock (88), Jazz (84)
Average ticket price: £20.42
Imported daily from Ticketmaster, Skiddle and direct submissions

See the listings All upcoming gigs

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

New Cross Inn — 28 gigs
Blue Note London — 28 gigs
St Mary Le Strand — 24 gigs
Vortex Jazz Club — 24 gigs
220 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.

City guide: London venues, promoters and bookers
Local rate benchmarks before you book or quote
Members near you on GigXchange

See the listings London scene

What’s on near you, wherever you are — the same page for every city we track.

Gigs, venues and open mics per city
One email a week with live music near you
Free to browse — no account needed

See the listings Browse every city

Updated daily · 527 gigs in London over the next four weeks

Last updated: 5 November 2026

This Weekend in London

NOV

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

What's On in London

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At a glance

01 — This weekend

This weekend in London

02 — Compared

How London compares

03 — Gigs

Gigs in London

04 — This week

Where it's on this week

05 — Venues

Venues in London

06 — Open mics

Open mics in London

07 — Support grassroots

Support grassroots music in London

Go to one this month

Help keep grassroots venues open in London

08 — Questions10 answersWhat's on in London

Play or put on gigs in London?

What's On in London

Help keep grassroots venues open in London

This Weekend in London

How London Compares

Gigs in London

Where It's On This Week

Venues in London

Open mics in London

Support grassroots music in London

Go to one this month

Help keep grassroots venues open in London

What's on in London — FAQs

Play or put on gigs in London?