London’s Ultimate Music Calendar

“I don’t write sad songs, I write lonely songs,” declares Slow Leaves in the liner notes to his 2025 album In Solitude, For Company. His assertion could serve as a thesis statement for a body of work with recurrent themes of love, loss, loneliness, memory, and time.

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In the summer of 2025, Lindisfarne gave us a truly magical night at the Sound Lounge, performing their evocative catalogue and raising the roof in the process.

This November, we celebrate 50 years of the Eagles’ legendary album: Hotel California.

Released in 1976, the album became a defining record of its era, blending rock, country and folk with themes of isolation, temptation and the darker side of the American dream.

Traditional Scottish fiddle music with melody and expression at its centre.

“An Authentic Soul-Rattling Folk Musical”

Franz & Marie is a unique and visceral musical that breathes new life into Georg Büchner’s classic German tragedy, Woyzeck, with soul-rattling Indie Raw Folk.

Rising violinist Casey Whyte and her quartet present original compositions and arrangements, blending contemporary jazz with folk influences drawn from her Irish roots.

Floating Poets:

Floating Poets takes you on a journey of psychedelic wanderings and environmental consciousness.

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

Richard Shindell lives as both an immigrant and emigrant, crossing thresholds, that informs his illumination of the human experience through narrative song.

Bastion of the left and a fine writer of songs both political and personal. Robb is a witty, angry and passionate performer with one foot in 70's punk and the other in the chansonnier tradition of Jacques Brel. Ever popular - especially in Belgium.

Janileigh Cohen’s music began quietly. Songs written in a shed at the bottom of her grandmother’s garden in rural Lancashire, inspired by Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell.

Those early, solitary beginnings have since rippled outward in unexpected ways.

Ranagri’s Say Hello Tour heralds a bold new era for this award-winning indie folk band, bringing their signature cinematic, prog-infused folk music to venues up and down the UK this Autumn, landing at Kings Place in November.

DG Solaris returns to Green Note for his fifth annual end-of-year show, a chance to share new songs and catch up with old friends and supporters, this time joined by the brilliant Hattie Whitehead.

Noah Kahan will be returning to The O2 with The Great Divide Tour on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 November 2026.

2026 sees the return of twin brothers, Amistat, with a fresh collection of songs showcasing their evolution and artistry.

*The Latin Grammy-winning artist and Chihuahua native struck gold with his diamond-certified hit ‘Fuentes de Ortiz’.

One of the most exciting saxophonists to emerge from NYC’s avant-garde scene

Born in 1974, near Bolgatanga, northeast Ghana, King Ayisoba plays Kologo (small guitar with two strings attached to a calabash) from a young age. He took care of livestock & carries his instrument in the bush & villages, where he discovered traditional harmonic ceremonies & ancestral rites!

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Not many bands carry the living DNA of their influences like Held By Trees. Their debut album, Solace (April 2022), featured eight Talk Talk/Mark Hollis alumni plus veterans of Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Blur, and Eric Bibb.

The very welcome return of Luke White... Get ready for an unforgettable night with Luke performing live! It’s gonna be a chill evening filled with great tunes and good company.

Celebrating their masterful debut album, Yolk released via Trapped Animal.

Born and raised in the Netherlands, Catch The Sparrow (singer-songwriter Suze Terwisscha van Scheltinga) initially studied to be a jazz vocalist before her love for folk music brought her to the North East of England.

“An Authentic Soul-Rattling Folk Musical”

Franz & Marie is a unique and visceral musical that breathes new life into Georg Büchner’s classic German tragedy, Woyzeck, with soul-rattling Indie Raw Folk.