Tim Penn & Chris Proctor
Green Note Ltd, The Basement Bar, NW1 7AN [Venue Details]
Veteran pianist Tim Penn is one of the most popular musicians on the roots & blues scene in London.
JON ALLEN & THE LUNA KINGS
100 Club, W1D 1LL [Venue Details]
"One of the most amazing voices I've heard." - Jools Holland
London-based singer-songwriter Jon Allen brings The Luna Kings on tour this October, blending rock, blues, folk and acoustic soul into a powerful, roots-driven live show.
JAMES McMURTRY Plus Betty Soo
Union Chapel, N1 2UN [Venue Details]
James McMurtry will release The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy on June 20 via New West Records. The 10-song collection was co-produced by McMurtry & Don Dixon (R.E.M., The Smithereens) and is his first album in four years.
Cochemea
Church of Sound, E5 8EG [Venue Details]
A California native with Yaqui and Mescalero Apache Indian ancestry, Cochemea has spent much of his diverse musical career exploring and iterating on roots music.
Simply Gray
The Three Wishes, HA8 7EL [Venue Details]
Simply Gray: A six piece jump jive /rock band playing the greatest music to dance to. Highly professional, the musicians have played since the sixties guaranteed to get your venue rocking and even Lindy Hopping!
Ed Blunt - Album Launch Show
St Pancras Old Church, NW1 1UL [Venue Details]
Hailed by Rolling Stone for his “astonishing mastery of his craft,” Ed Blunt is a multi-instrumentalist storyteller whose songs can make you laugh one moment and gently break your heart the next.
Dustbowl Sinners + Supports
Bread & Roses, SW4 6DZ [Venue Details]
The Dustbowl Sinners are a high-energy Roots and Americana six-piece from the South East of England.
James Dixon – Matinée Show
Green Note Ltd, Green Note, NW1 7AN [Venue Details]
James Dixon an emerging UK folk & roots songwriter. He fuses the transatlantic folk-blues of the post-war revival with the powerful dirt of the grunge rock he was raised on. Chris Wood, John Martyn and Chris Cornell all echo in Dixon’s performance.
JO CARLEY AND THE OLD DRY SKULLS
The Grace, N5 1RA [Venue Details]
No further information available at time of listing.
Paper Fence
The Harrison, WC1H 8JF [Venue Details]
Paper Fence is the musical partnership of Hannah and Nick Harris. Hannah is a singer and songwriter with a starkly original voice, merging jazz and the darker side of roots & country into her own atmospheric, cinematic sound.
Halloween Fancy Dress PARTY w/ LIVE MUSIC
The Sound Lounge, SM1 1NU [Venue Details]
Fancy Dress
It's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPRY
Why The Opry? Well, we're a roots venue and if you don't know what The Opry is, it is one of the world's most iconic venues for Roots & Country Music in Nashville. Every famous artist has graced that stage. So this is our Sutton version!
Liz Jones & John Bruce aboard The Golden Hinde
The Golden Hinde, SE1 9DE [Venue Details]
Returning to The Golden Hinde with a winter warmer acoustic roots and blues Sunday afternoon, a sell out show in December 2025.
Guy Davis
Green Note Ltd, Green Note, NW1 7AN [Venue Details]
Multi instrumentalist Guy Davis is a two-time, back-to-back Grammy nominee for Best Traditional Blues, musician, actor, author, songwriter, so much more than ‘just a bluesman’, a troubadour of the folk tradition, and a master of his craft.
Dana Robinson
Islington Folk Club, The Brewhouse & Kitchen, N5 1JJ [Venue Details]
Americana-roots and folk all the way from Cabot, Vermont.
Dana brings us his original songwriting and traditional Appalachian music with mighty fine accompaniment from banjo, mandolin and guitar.
Culture feat. Kenyatta Hill & Cedric Myton (The Congos)
The Jazz Cafe, NW1 7PG [Venue Details]
A rare chance to experience two true roots reggae icons who have carried the culture from its rise to the present day.
Liz Jones & Broken Windows
The Half Moon, SW15 1EU [Venue Details]
Real songs, original rootsy rock music and unpolished natural energy. A six piece band from Edinburgh, fronted by an idiosyncratic driving force vocalist and songwriter. Unpinned by genre, they take each song where it needs to go, with twists of roots, blues and psychedelia.
Blues & Roots Extravaganza 2026
The Half Moon, SW15 1EU [Venue Details]
Blues & Roots Extravaganza 2026 brings together three outstanding acts from the UK's thriving roots scene.
The Wallflowers
O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, W12 8TT [Venue Details]
The Wallflowers head out on a special 2026 European tour that will see the band perform their acclaimed 1996 album, Bringing Down the Horse, in its entirety, alongside Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ Long After Dark, also played front-to-back.
The Wallflowers
Fri, 20 Nov 26 Doors open
@ 6.30pm
O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, W12 8TT [Venue Details]
RON POPE
Union Chapel, N1 2UN [Venue Details]
Fiercely independent, Nashville-based recording artist, Ron Pope, carved his niche in the digital era’s early days with his breakout hit, “A Drop in the Ocean,” which has amassed over 1 billion streams, earning platinum status in the US, alongside double platinum status in Sweden.
Roots Reggae Lives Black Roots
The Jazz Cafe, NW1 7PG [Venue Details]
A cornerstone of UK roots reggae, Black Roots bring their deep, conscious sound to the stage.
Cole & Ward
Green Note Ltd, The Basement Bar, NW1 7AN [Venue Details]
Cole & Ward deliver a show that is equal parts craft and charm.
Mark Cole’s warm vocals and down-home guitar work (with mandolin and banjo close at hand) bring sharp, characterful songwriting to life – songs that can make you laugh one moment and lean in the next.
Cole & Ward
Sat, 28 Nov 26 @8.00pm
Green Note Ltd, The Basement Bar, NW1 7AN [Venue Details]
Reynolds & Dean
Boisdale of Belgravia, SW1W 9LX [Venue Details]
Join us at Boisdale of Belgravia as Reynolds & Dean bring an evening of blues, Americana and roots music to one of London's finest live music venues.
"Authentic, soulful blues performed by musicians who have truly lived it."
Dom Martin & band
Landmark Arts Centre, TW11 9NN [Venue Details]
Hailing from Belfast, Dom Martin has established himself as one of the UK’s leading blues and roots artists.




