All London's live music


645 Folk events in London

NEW! - QUICK LINKS to your favourite music
NEW! - QUICK LINKS to your favourite music - CLICK HERE
45 events 
 - 
 / 
NEW! - QUICK LINKS to your favourite music
45 events for folktoday| Mon. 05 Jan
James Findlay
Folk

James Findlay

The Alpaca, N1 8LU [Venue Details]

Dorset born James Findlay comes from a family background of traditional singers.

Monday,
5 Jan 2026
Doors open
@ 7.00pm

More Details

Damon & Naomi – Three-Day Residency
Folk Psychedelic

Damon & Naomi – Three-Day Residency

Cafè Oto, E8 3DL [Venue Details]

Damon & Naomi (of Galaxie 500) return to Cafe OTO in the New Year for a three-day residency of music, friends, surprise guests, and a celebration for the UK publication of Damon’s book Why Sound Matters (Yale University Press)

Monday,
5 Jan 2026
@7.30pm

More Details

Irish/ENGLISH trad session
Folk

Irish/ENGLISH trad session

Skehan's, SE14 5SN [Venue Details]

Music, when swift voices die, vibrates in the memory. Alternates every Tuesday.

Tuesday,
6 Jan 2026
@7.00pm

More Details

FREE
Sharp’s Folk Club
Folk

Sharp’s Folk Club

Cecil Sharp House, NW1 7AY [Venue Details]

The world-famous traditional singing night.

The best-known floor singers’ night in London – trad songs & tunes, ballads, shanties, rousing choruses, and more, with the best folk harmonies in the Capital. Perform up front, or join the chorus from the audience and help us blow the roof off.

Tuesday,
6 Jan 2026
@7.30pm

More Details

Mark Newlove + Curtis Savage & Gel Ford
Folk Pop Rock

Mark Newlove + Curtis Savage & Gel Ford

Orpington Liberal Club, BR6 0RZ [Venue Details]

The 2026 January First Tues Night at OLC will culminate in a full set from MARK NEWLOVE.

Tuesday,
6 Jan 2026
@7.30pm

More Details

BITTERPEARL + SPECIAL GUESTS
Folk Pop Punk

BITTERPEARL + SPECIAL GUESTS

The Troubadour, SW5 9JA [Venue Details]

Bitterpearl return to The Troubadour to mark the wrap of their first album.

Tuesday,
6 Jan 2026
@8.00pm

More Details

Kadialy Kouyate + Gao Hong
African Folk World

Kadialy Kouyate + Gao Hong

Green Note Ltd, Green Note, NW1 7AN [Venue Details]

Experience a rare and captivating musical dialogue as Kadialy Kouyate, master kora player and griot from Senegal, joins forces with Gao Hong, internationally acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso.

Tuesday,
6 Jan 2026
@8.30pm

More Details

Celtic Session
Folk

Celtic Session

Jamboree, WC1X 9HH [Venue Details]

Our weekly traditional Jamboree Celtic session! Come and enjoy listening in to the warmth and beauty of this special music with us.

Tuesday,
6 Jan 2026
@8.30pm

More Details

FREE
CECI DAY + SPECIAL GUESTS
Country Folk Rock

CECI DAY + SPECIAL GUESTS

The Troubadour, SW5 9JA [Venue Details]

Ceci Day is an English-American singer-songwriter known for her soulful, lyric-driven compositions and distinctive blend of acoustic folk with elements of rock and country—a sound that lives between city streets and country skies.

Wednesday,
7 Jan 2026
@8.00pm

More Details

Noum
Folk

Noum

Green Note Ltd, Green Note, NW1 7AN [Venue Details]

The London-based French-Swiss composer, singer and producer Noémie Ducimetière has worked across many corners of the music industry.

Wednesday,
7 Jan 2026
@8.30pm

More Details

Cancelled
Whiskey Moon Face
Alt / Indie Folk

Whiskey Moon Face

Jamboree, WC1X 9HH [Venue Details]

For our first Wednesday night of the new year we welcome the truly magical Whiskey Moon Face! “The result of a thousand drunken nights, countless dreamy days, and years of musical adventuring, taking you on a voyage into a bohemian underworld which you never knew existed” – Theo Bard

Wednesday,
7 Jan 2026
@8.30pm

More Details

Max Runham
Blues Folk Soul

Max Runham

The Fox and Firkin, SE13 6JZ [Venue Details]

Max Runham returns to the Fox and Firkin in January, a year after his first release, with some brand new music. A knees up, a heart-wrench, a warm hug of a gig. Come and get rocked senseless by Max’s vibrant 6-piece band, drawing influences from indie-folk, soul, and blues.

Thursday,
8 Jan 2026
@7.00pm

More Details

Bookshop Sessions: Folk Night
Folk

Bookshop Sessions: Folk Night

Morocco Bound, SE1 3HB [Venue Details]

Join us every month for a traditional folk session at Morocco Bound!

Thursday,
8 Jan 2026
@7.00pm

More Details

Pete Cooper and Richard Bolton
Folk Roots

Pete Cooper and Richard Bolton

Islington Folk Club, The Brewhouse & Kitchen, N5 1JJ [Venue Details]

Pete (fiddle, mandolin, vocals) and Richard (cello, guitar, vocals) play contemporary roots music mixing dance tunes from English and other fiddle traditions with British and American folk songs and pieces of their own. Consummate performers both and perennial Club favourites.

Thursday,
8 Jan 2026
@8.00pm

More Details

Josh Flowers + Amelia Coburn
Alt / Indie Folk Pop

Josh Flowers + Amelia Coburn

Green Note Ltd, Green Note, NW1 7AN [Venue Details]

JOSH FLOWERS returns to Green Note for his yearly January show, having released the Diving Board EP since the last one. He’ll be joined by several guest musicians throughout the evening, sharing old and new songs.

Thursday,
8 Jan 2026
@8.30pm

More Details

Wassail! Wassail!
Folk

Wassail! Wassail!

The Brunel Museum Thames Tunnel, SE16 4LF [Venue Details]

Wassail! Wassail! All over the town, Our toast it is white and our ale it is brown.

Friday,
9 Jan 2026
@6.00pm

More Details

Lando Manning + Winnipeg, MN + Lex Vervain
Alt / Indie Folk Shoegaze

Lando Manning + Winnipeg, MN + Lex Vervain

Paper Dress Vintage, E8 1HR [Venue Details]

Paper Dress Live & Flash Delirium presents acid-folk artist Lando Manning plus special guests Winnipeg, MN + Lex Vervain

Friday,
9 Jan 2026
@7.30pm

More Details

SWEET GIANT + GUS WHITE + FRANKIE MORROW
Folk

SWEET GIANT + GUS WHITE + FRANKIE MORROW

The Troubadour, SW5 9JA [Venue Details]

“An electrifying joy to witness, Sweet Giant are effortlessly, and entirely, cool as fuck- there is simply no other way to put it.” - Folklore

Friday,
9 Jan 2026
@8.00pm

More Details

Maydan Ensemble
Folk Jazz Middle Eastern

Maydan Ensemble

Green Note Ltd, Green Note, NW1 7AN [Venue Details]

The Maydan Ensemble of the North London Jazz Collective is a special new quartet that blends modern jazz with Arabic, Anatolian and Persian folk music, and is delighted to debut at the Green Note after a series of celebrated sold-out gigs around London.

Friday,
9 Jan 2026
@8.30pm

More Details

Balamuc + Zelt Post Christmas Blow-Out!
Folk

Balamuc + Zelt Post Christmas Blow-Out!

Jamboree, WC1X 9HH [Venue Details]

A Friday night of culture-bending, high energy sounds to blow the New Year blues away, as Eastern European, Balkan, Romani sounds collide with Turkish/SWANA fusion with the brilliant Balamuc and Zelt!

Friday,
9 Jan 2026
@9.00pm

More Details

SKRONK + RAT RUN RECORDS - MPTL Microplastics
Alt / Indie Folk

SKRONK + RAT RUN RECORDS - MPTL Microplastics

The Waiting Room, N16 0LH [Venue Details]

SKRONK + RAT RUN RECORDS deliver a declaration, five lines in the sand if you will:

Five Hours Five Acts.

Real moves, keen ears, and then there was the drum… the scrapers and the shakers, banging on a beer keg making a racket.

Saturday,
10 Jan 2026
@5.00pm

More Details

Sam Grassie + Benedict Benjamin
Blues Folk Psychedelic

Sam Grassie + Benedict Benjamin

The Victoria, E8 3AS [Venue Details]

Sam Grassie is a Scottish fingerstyle guitarist and songwriter, gaining a reputation on the circuit for dynamic sets that traverse traditional folk, acoustic blues, and American primitive. Off the back of his recent debut EP, Grassie has toured with Ryley Walker, Naima Bock & Daisy Rickman.

Saturday,
10 Jan 2026
@7.30pm

More Details

Bandini
Blues Folk Jazz

Bandini

Green Note Ltd, The Basement Bar, NW1 7AN [Venue Details]

Hailing from Italy and based in London, Bandini has been described as “The bastard son of Tom Waits and Cab Calloway” and he surely can put on a show.

Saturday,
10 Jan 2026
@8.00pm

More Details

The Simon and Garfunkel Story
Folk Rock

The Simon and Garfunkel Story

Fairfield Halls, Ashcroft Theatre, CR9 1DG [Venue Details]

Few shows have experienced the phenomenal global success of The Simon & Garfunkel Story, with multiple sold-out shows in over 50-countries worldwide and over 20 headline performances in London’s West End, including multiple appearances at the world-famous London Palladium.

Saturday,
10 Jan 2026
@8.00pm

More Details

Emma Tricca + Pete Greenwood
Folk

Emma Tricca + Pete Greenwood

The Betsey Trotwood, EC1R 3BL [Venue Details]

Double bill for these two critically acclaimed songwriters. They will be playing solo sets and a few songs together. Not to be missed

Sunday,
11 Jan 2026
@2.00pm

More Details

45 Events today| Mon. 05 Jan