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Live Music in London

73 gigs · 17 venues · 9 tonight · 2 this weekend · 3 free

Live music in London at a glance

FolkAir is listing 73 live music gigs in London over the next three months, across 16 venues including The Fox and Firkin, Dalston Superstore and Jazz Cafe. Next up is Breaka, Kassian, Jay Carder, Everson x DR3SSA at The Fox and Firkin on Sat 3 Oct at 10:00pm, tickets from £5. 9 gigs are on tonight. 2 more fall this weekend. 3 of them are free to get into. Every date, venue and price comes straight from venue and promoter listings and is refreshed daily, so this is what is genuinely on sale right now rather than a fixed editorial round-up. Below the gig list are the 17 venues those gigs are at, busiest first, with a link to the venue's own page wherever it has one. Every row links through to that gig's own page for the full details and, where the promoter published one, a ticket link.

Gigs in London

Tonight

NAIRAA & Chill — Sun 4 Oct at Jazz Cafe
Djavan — Sun 4 Oct at Jazz Cafe
The Big Market — Sun 4 Oct at 12:00pm at The Fox and Firkin · Free
Gig at the Greenhouses: iyatraQuartet — Sun 4 Oct at 2:00pm at Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses · £8
The Big Firkin Band — Sun 4 Oct at 3:00pm at The Fox and Firkin · Free
Ellie Hope — Sun 4 Oct at 5:00pm at New Eltham Social Club
AGROTÓXICO — Our Black Heart — Sun 4 Oct at 6:00pm at The Black Heart
Djavan — Sun 4 Oct at 7:00pm at Roundhouse · £88.65
JJJJJerome Ellis + Willow Swan w/ Bttmfeeder — Sun 4 Oct at 7:30pm at Cafe OTO · £17

This weekend

Breaka, Kassian, Jay Carder, Everson x DR3SSA — Sat 3 Oct at 10:00pm at The Fox and Firkin · £5
AQUA! PURE POP PARTY — Sat 3 Oct at 10:00pm at Dalston Superstore

Next 7 days

VINYL BITCH: OPEN DECKS — Mon 5 Oct at 6:30pm at Dalston Superstore
Bill Dixon 101 — Mon 5 Oct at 7:00pm at Cafe OTO · £17
Bill Callahan — Mon 5 Oct at 7:00pm at Roundhouse · £48.40
Webmoms — Mon 5 Oct at 7:00pm at The Fox and Firkin · £8
DJ Krush — Tue 6 Oct at Jazz Cafe
FutureFORM — Tue 6 Oct at 6:00pm at The Social
KATHRYN MOHR — Our Black Heart — Tue 6 Oct at 7:00pm at The Black Heart
Firkin Hilarious Comedy — Tue 6 Oct at 7:00pm at The Fox and Firkin · £5
Chewy, Crunchy - Finnissy / Aries — Tue 6 Oct at 7:30pm at Cafe OTO · £12
Oxygène (50th Anniversary) — Wed 7 Oct at Jazz Cafe
TRANSMISSIONS PRESENTS: GINGER SNAPS (2000) ***VHS*** — Wed 7 Oct at 7:00pm at Dalston Superstore
The Sorcerers — Wed 7 Oct at 7:00pm at The Fox and Firkin · £12
1000 Rabbits present RABBITFÊTE — Wed 7 Oct at 7:00pm at Chats Palace Arts Centre
MARK WASTELL // THE SEEN — Wed 7 Oct at 7:30pm at Cafe OTO · £13
M.A.D WEDNESDAYS!!! Ft. FAFF! — Wed 7 Oct at 10:00pm at Dalston Superstore
Liv East (Full Live Band) — Thu 8 Oct at Jazz Cafe
Febueder | London, The Victoria — Thu 8 Oct at 6:30pm at The Victoria Dalston · £15
NIA SMITH — Thu 8 Oct at 7:00pm at Hoxton Hall
Jam for Palestine — Thu 8 Oct at 7:00pm at The Fox and Firkin · £5
Field Crafting — Thu 8 Oct at 7:30pm at Cafe OTO · £12
Open Mic – The Old Pack Horse — Thu 8 Oct at 8:00pm at The Old Pack Horse
Mica Millar — Fri 9 Oct at Jazz Cafe
Songs in the Key of Life – 50th Anniversary — Fri 9 Oct at Jazz Cafe
KIZZI & Friends — Fri 9 Oct at Jazz Cafe
HIV & STI TESTING w/ POSITIVE EAST (FREE & CONFIDENTIAL) — Fri 9 Oct at 4:00pm at Dalston Superstore
Pleasure Unit: Brokenchord (Live) + Rosie Ama + The Butcher Bird + Nick Stephens + Harry James — Fri 9 Oct at 6:00pm at The Social
Gene — Fri 9 Oct at 7:00pm (2 dates) at Roundhouse · £42.65
Faze Action — Fri 9 Oct at 7:30pm at The Fox and Firkin · £12
Bruce Gilbert + Rocheman + Finn Kennedy — Fri 9 Oct at 7:30pm at Cafe OTO · £17
Rough Justice — Fri 9 Oct at 8:30pm at New Eltham Social Club
Live music Friday’s – The Raven W6 — Fri 9 Oct at 8:30pm at The Raven
Fèmmme Fraîche — Fri 9 Oct at 9:00pm at Dalston Superstore
LOCALISM — Fri 9 Oct at 10:00pm at The Social · Free
Charlie Bones + Sarahtonin — Fri 9 Oct at 10:30pm at The Fox and Firkin · £5
An Evening with: Touch Of Funk — Sat 10 Oct at Jazz Cafe
Myles Sanko — Sat 10 Oct at Jazz Cafe
soulcity — Sat 10 Oct at Jazz Cafe
Gary Crowley’s Lost 80s Birthday Bash — Sat 10 Oct at 1:00pm at The Social
Songhaven – Dementia-friendly concert series — Sat 10 Oct at 4:00pm at St Paul's Knightsbridge
Queens of Lovers Rock: Janet Kay & Carroll Thompson — Sat 10 Oct at 7:00pm at The Fox and Firkin · £18
WITCHSORROW (20 Years Of Sorrow) — Our Black Heart — Sat 10 Oct at 7:00pm at The Black Heart
Leila Bordreuil / Chris Corsano / Michael Foster (trio) — Sat 10 Oct at 7:30pm at Cafe OTO · £17
Jazz Sabbath — Sat 10 Oct at 8:00pm at Hoxton Hall
Live Music with Hannah Morris – The Lamb — Sat 10 Oct at 8:00pm at The Lamb
Live Music Saturdays – The Old Pack Horse — Sat 10 Oct at 8:00pm at The Old Pack Horse
Re:Flex: Minimal Motion — Sat 10 Oct at 8:00pm at The Social
Retro Rock Icons — Sat 10 Oct at 8:45pm at New Eltham Social Club
DALSTON SUPERSTORE PRESENTS: THE GOOD LAW PROJECT — Sat 10 Oct at 10:00pm at Dalston Superstore
Manuva w/ Blissy E, Donsurf b2b Last Nubian — Sat 10 Oct at 10:30pm at The Fox and Firkin · £5

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Live music venues in London

Jazz Cafe — 14 upcoming gigs; next: NAIRAA & Chill (Sun 4 Oct)
The Fox and Firkin — 12 upcoming gigs; next: Breaka, Kassian, Jay Carder, Everson x DR3SSA (Sat 3 Oct at 10:00pm) — 316 Lewisham High St., London, SE13 6JZ
Cafe OTO — 11 upcoming gigs; next: JJJJJerome Ellis + Willow Swan w/ Bttmfeeder (Sun 4 Oct at 7:30pm)
Dalston Superstore — 8 upcoming gigs; next: AQUA! PURE POP PARTY (Sat 3 Oct at 10:00pm)
The Social — 5 upcoming gigs; next: FutureFORM (Tue 6 Oct at 6:00pm) — 5 Little Portland St, London W1W 7JD, UK, London
New Eltham Social Club — 4 upcoming gigs; next: Ellie Hope (Sun 4 Oct at 5:00pm) — 32 Avery Hill Road
The Black Heart — 4 upcoming gigs; next: AGROTÓXICO — Our Black Heart (Sun 4 Oct at 6:00pm) — 2 Greenland Place London, England, NW1 United Kingdom
Roundhouse — 3 upcoming gigs; next: Djavan (Sun 4 Oct at 7:00pm)
Hoxton Hall — 3 upcoming gigs; next: NIA SMITH (Thu 8 Oct at 7:00pm)
The Old Pack Horse — 2 upcoming gigs; next: Open Mic – The Old Pack Horse (Thu 8 Oct at 8:00pm) — The Old Pack Horse, 434 High Road, London, W4 5TF
Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses — 1 upcoming gig; next: Gig at the Greenhouses: iyatraQuartet (Sun 4 Oct at 2:00pm)
Chats Palace Arts Centre — 1 upcoming gig; next: 1000 Rabbits present RABBITFÊTE (Wed 7 Oct at 7:00pm) — 42-44 Brooksby's Walk, London, E9 6DF
The Victoria Dalston — 1 upcoming gig; next: Febueder | London, The Victoria (Thu 8 Oct at 6:30pm) — The Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Rd, London E8 3AS, UK, London
The Raven — 1 upcoming gig; next: Live music Friday’s – The Raven W6 (Fri 9 Oct at 8:30pm) — 375 Goldhawk Rd, London, W6 0SA
St Paul's Knightsbridge — 1 upcoming gig; next: Songhaven – Dementia-friendly concert series (Sat 10 Oct at 4:00pm)
The Lamb — 1 upcoming gig; next: Live Music with Hannah Morris – The Lamb (Sat 10 Oct at 8:00pm) — 9 Barley Mow Passage, London, W4 4PH
Tea House Theatre — 1 upcoming gig; next: The Vauxhall Jazz Jam (Tue 13 Oct at 8:00pm) — 139 Vauxhall Walk London, SE11 5HL United Kingdom

More music venues nearby

Notting Hill Arts Club — 21 Notting Hill Gate, London, W11 3
The Post Bar
606 Club
Blackheath Halls — 23 Lee Road, London, SE3 9
Jamboree — 6 St Chad's Place, London

Live music in London: the essentials

Where is live music in London tonight?

9 gigs are on in London tonight: NAIRAA & Chill at Jazz Cafe (Sun 4 Oct), Djavan at Jazz Cafe (Sun 4 Oct) and The Big Market at The Fox and Firkin (Sun 4 Oct at 12:00pm).

What live music is on in London this weekend?

2 gigs fall this weekend, including Breaka, Kassian, Jay Carder, Everson x DR3SSA at The Fox and Firkin (Sat 3 Oct at 10:00pm) and AQUA! PURE POP PARTY at Dalston Superstore (Sat 3 Oct at 10:00pm).

Which London venues have the most live music?

Jazz Cafe (14 upcoming gigs), The Fox and Firkin (12 upcoming gigs) and Cafe OTO (11 upcoming gigs) — 17 venues have live music listed in London over the next three months.

Is there free live music in London?

Yes — 3 of the 73 listed gigs are free to get into, including The Big Market at The Fox and Firkin (Sun 4 Oct at 12:00pm) and The Big Firkin Band at The Fox and Firkin (Sun 4 Oct at 3:00pm).