Every Wednesday in London
Kicks off at 19:00, sign-up from 19:30
Free entry for performers and audience
12-minute slots
PA provided — BYO instrument
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London · Monthly on Wednesdays · Free
The Gladstone Arms Open Mic
London open mic at The Gladstone Arms — listed on Google Places. Schedule below pending venue confirmation; check the venue's own listings before turning up.
Open mic at a glance The Gladstone Arms · London
Wednesday
Open mic night
Apr 2026
Listed since
03 Jun
Last verified
Free
Entry
12 min
Slot length
Verified
Listing status
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Last updated: 3 June 2026
The Gladstone Arms Open Mic — Quick Facts
London open mic at The Gladstone Arms — listed on Google Places. Schedule below pending venue confirmation; check the venue's own listings before turning up.
The Details
Everything you need before you turn up
DayWednesday
Start19:00
Sign-up19:30 walk-in
Slot length12 min
EntryFree · 18+
Capacity–
Performer typesMusic · Poetry
Sound engineerBYO / hire on the night
Where
The Gladstone Arms64 Lant St
London SE1 1QN
London — check venue website for parking and nearest station.
Contact
Walk-in sign-up only
No advance booking
Host: in-house team
Highlights
Free entry for all
PA system provided
Walk-in sign-up
Music, Poetry welcome
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What's on Stage
Equipment and backline available at this venue. We verify and update this section regularly.
PA + monitors
Drum kit
Guitar amp
Bass amp
Keys / keyboard
Vocal mics
In-house engineer
About This Open Mic
The Night
The Gladstone Arms ('The Glad') is an intimate, family-run live-music pub tucked away on Lant Street in Borough. Its open mic runs on the third Wednesday of each month from 7pm — a friendly, all-styles night with no backing tracks allowed and a few reserved slots set aside for poets and spoken-word artists. Alongside the open mic the pub packs in gigs, comedy and quizzes through the week, so it's a proper little music local.
About The Gladstone Arms
The Gladstone Arms - 'The Glad' - is an intimate, family-run pub at 64 Lant Street in Southwark, a stone's throw from Borough tube. Tiny but highly respected among musicians, it has been putting on great folk gigs for years and now runs live music every Tuesday and Sunday spanning folk, blues, pop and electronica, plus comedy and open-mic nights. There's an intimate beer-garden roof terrace and an upstairs lounge for private hire. Named after four-time Prime Minister William Gladstone, the pub dates to the nineteenth century and even gets a mention in Dickens's Pickwick Papers; it's one of very few London pubs to serve Indian food and features in CAMRA's book on desi pubs. Contact: 020 7407 3962 / info@thegladpub.co.uk.
Planning Your Wednesday Night
Arrive by 19:30 to sign up for a slot. Entry is free and the open mic typically runs until late. A PA is provided — bring your own instrument and amp.
Part of the London live music scene.
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64 Lant St, London SE1 1QN
Common Questions
Seven things people ask before turning up at London's The Gladstone Arms open mic.
Walk-in sign-up only, opens at 19:30. Arrive early — slots fill on the night. See other London open mic nights for alternatives.
PA + vocal mic provided. BYO instrument and amp.
12 minutes per act — typically 3 songs solo.
Yes — free entry for performers and audience. Most London mics are free; browse the list.
Solo and duo acts work best given the gear available; ask the host before bringing a full band.
64 Lant St, London SE1 1QN.
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