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London events today and this week

Every event we have checked and put in, soonest first. Tonight and this weekend have their own editions.

Tuesday

3 November
  1. Cabaret Free

    Dragaoke: Drag Hosted Karaoke!, 10pm

    22:00 to 23:45 Phoenix Arts Club, Covent Garden

    An evening in the basement under the Phoenix Theatre, 10pm. The room is low ceilinged and seats a few dozen, so nothing is far from the stage.

  2. Exhibitions Free

    Candlelit evening at Sir John Soane’s Museum

    18:00 to 21:00 Sir John Soane's Museum, Holborn

    The whole house lit by candle, which is the most atmospheric hour in London and costs nothing. Free but ticketed, and the tickets go within hours of release.

  3. Comedy £17.25

    Museum of Comedy: Fingers on Buzzers

    19:00 to 21:20 Museum of Comedy, Bloomsbury

    The Chase's Jenny Ryan and Lucy Porter record two live episodes of their quiz podcast, with guests and audience rounds. Age 14+.

  4. Theatre £15 plus booking fee

    Hen & Chickens Theatre: Scenes With Girls

    19:30 to 21:00 Hen & Chickens Theatre, Islington

    Miriam Battye's play about two inseparable friends: one sleeps with anyone who asks nicely, the other is radically celibate.

  5. Gigs £25 plus booking fee

    The 100 Club: Elijah Fox

    19:30 to 23:00 The 100 Club, Soho

    An Elijah Fox show, part of the 100 Club's End of Year Series.

Wednesday

4 November
  1. Gigs £12

    Ronnie Scott’s: Late Late Show with Mark Kavuma’s Banger Factory

    23:15 to 03:00 Ronnie Scott's, Soho

    Mark Kavuma's Banger Factory in the main room, doors 23:15 and on until three. Tickets from the club's own page.

  2. Comedy £10

    JK Comedy Club Soho: Wednesday night comedy, 7pm

    19:00 to 20:45 JK Comedy Club Soho, Soho

    A host and four professional comedians, a new bill every week. Sixty seats above the Spice of Life, two minutes from Leicester Square. Doors fifteen minutes before, over 18s, ID on the door.

  3. Comedy £10

    JK Comedy Club Covent Garden: Wednesday night comedy

    20:00 to 21:45 JK Comedy Club Covent Garden, Covent Garden

    A host and four professional comedians, a new bill every week. Two hundred seats at Arboretum, and doors open a full hour before, so there is time to eat first. Over 18s, ID on the door.

  4. Comedy £10

    JK Comedy Club Soho: Wednesday night comedy, 9pm

    21:00 to 22:45 JK Comedy Club Soho, Soho

    A host and four professional comedians, a new bill every week. Sixty seats above the Spice of Life, two minutes from Leicester Square. Doors fifteen minutes before, over 18s, ID on the door.

  5. Cabaret From £10

    Sing Out, Louise!

    21:30 to 23:15 Phoenix Arts Club, Covent Garden

    An evening in the basement under the Phoenix Theatre, 9.30pm. The room is low ceilinged and seats a few dozen, so nothing is far from the stage.

  6. Seasonal Free

    Carnaby Street Christmas lights

    16:30 Carnaby Street, Soho

    Until 6 Jan 2027

    A different theme every year and never a snowflake, which is why it earns a detour. Switch-on Wednesday 4 November. Free.

  7. Comedy £12.56 Sold out

    The Bill Murray: Pernille Haaland: Nordic AF

    18:30 The Bill Murray, Islington

    Pernille Haaland: Nordic AF at the Bill Murray, on stage 18:30. Angel Comedy's ticketed room, round the corner from the free one at the Camden Head.