London’s Ultimate Music Calendar

Ace line-up from Feedback Moves, featuring three special duo sets from @xcrswx - the duo of Crystabel Efemena Riley and Seymour Wright, a first-time duo from Niloofer Asghary and Conal Blake, and a second-time outing from OTO favourites Billy Steiger and Rory Salter.

Critically acclaimed artist Hyd creates dynamic, seductive pop that blends experimental sound with striking visual worlds. Led by artist Hayden Dunham, whose debut album Clearing (2022) quickly gained attention for its bold mix of art, music, and performance.

Liars is the compositional project of Australian composer, producer and performer Angus Andrew. Since 1999, Liars has become one of contemporary music's most singular and continually evolving voices, with each release establishing its own distinct sonic and conceptual language.

Flashback Presents a double headline at The Shacklewell Arms, with Nico&Linus bringing melodic, heavy, heartfelt bangers, and Scared Little Toaster, an experimental rock bass-and-drums duo with improv jazz breakdowns.

CTRL-ALT FREQ presents daisy*

the new alias from electronic artist Daisy Warne, formerly known as BABii. A change ushered in by two disparate major life events that deeply changed her as a person. The loss of her father and the birth of her son.

Cabaret Voltaire bring their 50th anniversary show to the Roundhouse, marking half a century since the band’s first-ever live performance.

SPACEWRECK PRESENTS PIE IN THE SKY ICE /// UNDERGROUND REvue ///

Expect a multi act live showcase of electronic and analogue experimental music, hand-worked machinery, twisted visuals.

Pleased to welcome back Chicago-based, experimental trio, Bitchin Bajas!

live improv // VOL I

five acts come together at Vespers Club on October 22, bringing experimental sound, live performance & their own distinct practices into one space.

Atomiser presents:

• Asandia
• heavensouls (UK debut)
• Pretty V
• the sound chalk makes
• Vaseline

Raw Odoni are a London quartet creating immersive, free-flowing music that moves between hypnotic grooves, spoken word, spiritual jazz, afrobeat and avant-garde soundscapes.

BBBBBBB is a "Victory Hardcore" group from Nagoya, Japan, consisting of producer/vocalist Saionji, vocalist Sawa, and occasional dancer MRO, who performs live only once a year, adding a rare and unique element to their shows.

Featuring special guest Gaudi + DJ Jah Lingwa

African Head Charge is a pioneering dub and experimental percussion project founded in
1981 by percussionist and sonic visionary Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah.

Classically trained pianist, composer, producer and vocalist Marina Herlop has established herself as one of the most distinctive and innovative voices in contemporary music.

An evening with audio mutants from far-flung decades and lands. Four sets of anti-radical non-incoherent sounds.

Formed in London in 1981, Hastings of Malawi have spent more than four decades occupying a singular position within British experimental music...

In association with Mute we’re pleased to announce that Duet Emmo will join ICA's October In the Round series for a world premiere performance.

"Experimental music, improvisation, sound, art and performance. Live sets from Furrowed (Brighton) & Colin Webster (London), Hannah Dargavel-Leafe (Walthamstow) and Karina Townsend (London).

Weird Walk's annual Samhain Ritual returns to EartH, Hackney on 29 October 2026.

From the start, Son Lux has operated as something akin to a sonic test kitchen. The Academy Award® and BAFTA-nominated band strives to question deeply held assumptions about how music is made and reconstruct it from a molecular level.

Rough Trade's monthly new music showcase returns with some of the best up-and-coming acts in the alternative scene.

Grimm Grimm

Grimm Grimm is the musical project of London-based singer-songwriter, composer and record producer Koichi Yamanoha, originally from West Tokyo, Japan.

Collective lovemusic – acclaimed Strasbourg-based music group – join with experimental composer-performers Jennifer Walshe & Neil Luck (aka WACK) for two UK premieres exploring radical experimental performance, unpredictable choices, and one of Britain's most exalted movie directors.

Fearlessly unpredictable pianist and composer Matthew Bourne joins London noise duo Bone Folder for an evening exploring texture, drone and improvisation.

Pleased to host the Discrepant vs Keroxen London Festival 2026 across three nights at OTO!

All individual entries come with a free vinyl record.

All three day pass come with a free vinyl record + free entry to Keroxen Festival 2027 in Tenerife.

Yaz León:Yaz León mixes an assortment of genres to create emotionally dysfunctional music built from live takes, poems, layered textures, and a curiosity for unexpected sounds - songs that balance intimacy with experimentation.

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