Kaneko Ayano
O2 Academy Islington, N1 0PS [Venue Details]
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Kaneko Ayano
Wed, 3 Jun 26 Doors open
@ 7.00pm
O2 Academy Islington, N1 0PS [Venue Details]
Dermot Henry
The Courtyard Theatre, N1 6EU [Venue Details]
No further information available at time of listing.
INI LOWE album launch
Next Door Records, W12 7LJ [Venue Details]
Ini Lowe performs his upcoming album in full for the first time in a special, stripped-back setting at Next Door Records.
Expect an intimate show with piano, strings, and full band, blending folk and soul with a bit of rock.
David Ford, Scarlet Rivera & Rob Stoner - Desire Re-Imagined
Dingwalls, NW1 8AB [Venue Details]
When Bob Dylan released Desire in 1976, it quickly became one of the defining albums of his career
£2 WEDS: Sorrel / Funhaus / Sugar Tax
The Victoria, E8 3AS [Venue Details]
-Sorrel
Sorrel are an emerging group from London who play art-folk. The songwriting is earnest and beautiful, and the vocals are uniquely haunting.
Parts and Spares
The Half Moon, SW15 1EU [Venue Details]
An evening of intimate indie-folk and acoustic storytelling featuring the heartfelt harmonies of Parts & Spares, the delicate songwriting of Clemmie Wilson, and the award-winning vocals and Americana-folk blend of Daisy Chute.
Parts and Spares
Wed, 3 Jun 26 Doors open
@ 8.00pm
The Half Moon, SW15 1EU [Venue Details]
Folk Sessions
Hand of Glory, E8 2BS [Venue Details]
Join us for an evening of Traditional Folk Music every Wednesday. Music, songs, stories and craic from some of London's finest trad musicians.
Stanley Brinks (André Herman Düne) & Freschard (France)
Leytonstone Ex-Servicemens Club, Leytonstone Social Club, E11 3DB [Venue Details]
Clemence Freschard grew up in a farm in French Burgundy. Aged 18 she moved to Paris, where she baked pies and cakes in a cafe. There, a local musician and regular customer called Stanley Brinks wrote a few songs for her to sing. Homeless in Paris, she saved up just enough money to get herself to New York.
Midnight Train Feat. Chaplin, Searl & Nan
Old Street Records, Ground Floor, EC1V 9NQ [Venue Details]
Chaplin, Searl and Nan blend foot-stomping rhythms, dipped in moonshine and served with a side of double bass and fiddle. Midnight train reimagines your favourite songs into something refreshingly new with a folk twist, rustic charm, and a whole lot of heart!
Midnight Train Feat. Chaplin, Searl & Nan
Old Street Records, Ground Floor, EC1V 9NQ [Venue Details]
Chaplin, Searl and Nan blend foot-stomping rhythms, dipped in moonshine and served with a side of double bass and fiddle. Midnight train reimagines your favourite songs into something refreshingly new with a folk twist, rustic charm, and a whole lot of heart!
Gabriel Moreno & The Quivering Poets
Green Note Ltd, Green Note, NW1 7AN [Venue Details]
New Roots presents…GABRIEL MORENO & THE QUIVERING POETS
Gabriel Moreno and the Quivering Poets present an exclusive night of poetical alternative folk which will include the premiering of a new unheard Leonard Cohen lyric.
Small Talk, Big Silences
Bloomsbury Theatre and Studio, WC1H 0AH [Venue Details]
Shifting between folk, jazz, and neo-soul, I tell stories of love, heartbreak, and the confusing emotional turmoil that is being in your early twenties.
Pigeon Pit
New Cross Inn, SE14 6AS [Venue Details]
Real Life, Be Sharp and Firejam present Pigeon Pit
Emotional folk-punk anthems from Olympia, WA.
+ support
Cheap Dirty Horse - Rowdy queer trash-punks from Nottingham
Sweet Fish - Sparkling emo friends from London
Billie Skreamz - Anarchist folk screams from Manchester
DMP & FIRE IN THE MOUTAIN PRESENT: DREAMERS' CIRCUS
Union Chapel, N1 2UN [Venue Details]
DREAMERS’ CIRCUS World-class new Nordic music Dreamers’ Circus is one of the most acclaimed and adventurous acoustic bands in the Nordic region. Blending Nordic folk with classical lyricism, jazz improvisation, and pop energy, the trio creates a sound that is both rooted and forward-looking.
The Madalitso Experience: The Banjo Boys (doc) + Madalitso Band
The Troubadour, SW5 9JA [Venue Details]
Get ready to groove live with The Banjo Boys documentary & Madalitso Band’s epic tunes in one night!
Live Music - Siobhan O'Driscoll
The George Inn, SE1 1NH [Venue Details]
Join us for a fantastic night with Siobhan O’Driscoll, performing pop, jazz & folk with her own unique twist.
Bookshop Sessions: Folk Night
Morocco Bound Wandsworth, SW18 1UZ [Venue Details]
Join us every month for a traditional folk session at Morocco Bound!
Celebrant: Tom Irvine
World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, SW11 7BD [Venue Details]
Celebrant’s unique blend of indie-folk song-writing and classical composition builds a stark and vivid world.
TGT FREE: May Day - Sean Trelford / Comafields / Tortured Devices (duo)
George Tavern, E1 0LA [Venue Details]
TGT presents some chill folk & indie for May Day
Chris Fox
Islington Folk Club, The Brewhouse & Kitchen, N5 1JJ [Venue Details]
Chris writes across a variety of styles from traditional folk to Americana, to Country and Blues. His trademark loop-pedal technique enables him to build complex guitar and vocal accompaniments to his songs.
Chris Fox
Thu, 4 Jun 26 @8.00pm
Islington Folk Club, The Brewhouse & Kitchen, N5 1JJ [Venue Details]
Naomi Bedford & Paul Simmonds and The Ramshackle Band + Luca Gene (support)
The Sound Lounge, SM1 1NU [Venue Details]
Naomi Bedford ("An English Emmylou," Justin Currie, Del Amitri) and Paul Simmonds (founding member of The Men They Couldn’t Hang) bring their tour de force show to The Sound Lounge!
Bity Booker - Album Launch Show
Green Note Ltd, Green Note, NW1 7AN [Venue Details]
Join Bity Booker for this special gig launching her new album.
Bity Booker is an alternative folk musician and visual artist based in Thanet and London. She is a lover of nature, animals and folklore, she writes and sings gorgeous, wistful songs channelling a lyrical folk tradition.
The Rusty Rovers
Railway Guard, KT17 4DZ [Venue Details]
Traditional folk tunes and songs. The first Thursday of each month at 8.30pm
Maz O’Connor
Crazy Coqs Cabaret, W1F 7ED [Venue Details]
Described by The Observer as ‘a highly individual singer-songwriter’, Maz O’Connor is a truly unique artist.
Known for her haunting, emotive vocals and her poetic lyricism, her songs are most often short stories inspired by her love of literature, folklore and mythology.
Fink
Banquet Records, KT1 1EE [Venue Details]
To celebrate the release of the new album, FINK visits Kingston to play an in-store set.
These days – on the new, ninth Fink album – Greenall is operating within a lineage of authentic, quietly revolutionary artists from England’s verdant southwestern toe.




