James Findlay
The Alpaca, N1 8LU [Venue Details]
Dorset born James Findlay comes from a family background of traditional singers.
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)
Irish/ENGLISH trad session
Skehan's, SE14 5SN [Venue Details]
Music, when swift voices die, vibrates in the memory. Alternates every Tuesday.
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.
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.
BITTERPEARL + SPECIAL GUESTS
The Troubadour, SW5 9JA [Venue Details]
Bitterpearl return to The Troubadour to mark the wrap of their first album.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Bookshop Sessions: Folk Night
Morocco Bound, SE1 3HB [Venue Details]
Join us every month for a traditional folk session at Morocco Bound!
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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



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