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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.

Thursday

5 November
  1. Comedy

    City Comedy Club: Thursday night

    19:30 to 21:00 City Comedy Club, Shoreditch

    A drink is included in the ticket, alcoholic or not. Seating is allocated, so you are shown to a seat rather than fighting for one. Doors half an hour before, over 18s, ID checked.

Friday

6 November
  1. Gigs £12

    Ronnie Scott’s: Late Late Show with Future Movers

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

    Future Movers in the main room, doors 23:15 and on until three. Tickets from the club's own page.

  2. Gigs £15

    Ronnie Scott’s Upstairs: Late Late Show with Viva Cuba

    22:45 to 03:00 Ronnie Scott's, Soho

    Viva Cuba in the upstairs room, doors 22:45 and on until three. Tickets from the club's own page.

  3. Comedy £15

    JK Comedy Club Leicester Square: Friday night comedy, 7pm

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

    A host and four professional comedians, a new bill every week. Fifty one seats in the Grosvenor Casino, a minute from Piccadilly Circus. Doors fifteen minutes before, over 18s, ID on the door.

  4. Cabaret £28 to £55.44

    Soho Electric, 7.30pm

    19:30 to 21:15 Phoenix Arts Club, Covent Garden

    An evening in the basement under the Phoenix Theatre, 7.30pm. The room is low ceilinged and seats a few dozen, so nothing is far from the stage.

  5. Comedy £15

    JK Comedy Club Covent Garden: Friday 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.

  6. Comedy £15

    JK Comedy Club Piccadilly Circus: Friday night comedy

    20:00 to 21:45 JK Comedy Club Piccadilly Circus, Soho

    A host and four professional comedians, a new bill every week. Fifty seats at BOX Piccadilly, about as central as a comedy room gets. Doors fifteen minutes before, over 18s, ID on the door.

  7. Comedy £15

    JK Comedy Club Leicester Square: Friday night comedy, 9pm

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

    A host and four professional comedians, a new bill every week. Fifty one seats in the Grosvenor Casino, a minute from Piccadilly Circus. Doors fifteen minutes before, over 18s, ID on the door.

  8. Cabaret From £10

    Sing Out, Louise!, 9.30pm

    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.

  9. Markets Free

    Leicester Square Christmas Market

    11:00 Leicester Square, Covent Garden

    Until 4 Jan 2027

    Stalls around the square with a spiegeltent in the middle, free to wander, and it runs later into January than most. 2026 dates not yet announced.

  10. Food and drink Free

    Christmas by the River, London Bridge City

    12:00 London Bridge City Pier, Borough

    Until 24 Dec

    Chalets along the Thames path between Hay's Galleria and Tower Bridge. Free, and the walk is the point: the bridge lit on one side, the City on the other. 2026 dates not yet announced.

  11. Seasonal Free

    Diwali at Neasden Temple

    09:00 BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Brent

    Until 10 Nov

    Diwali and the annakut at the Neasden temple, over the five days of the festival. Free to enter. The temple sets its own hours for these days and had not published them when we checked.

Saturday

7 November
  1. Seasonal Free

    Diwali at Neasden Temple

    09:00 BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Brent

    Until 10 Nov

    Diwali and the annakut at the Neasden temple, over the five days of the festival. Free to enter. The temple sets its own hours for these days and had not published them when we checked.

Sunday

8 November
  1. Seasonal Free

    Diwali at Neasden Temple

    09:00 BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Brent

    Until 10 Nov

    Diwali and the annakut at the Neasden temple, over the five days of the festival. Free to enter. The temple sets its own hours for these days and had not published them when we checked.

Monday

9 November
  1. Seasonal Free

    Diwali at Neasden Temple

    09:00 BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Brent

    Until 10 Nov

    Diwali and the annakut at the Neasden temple, over the five days of the festival. Free to enter. The temple sets its own hours for these days and had not published them when we checked.

Tuesday

10 November
  1. Seasonal Free

    Diwali at Neasden Temple

    09:00 BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Brent

    Diwali and the annakut at the Neasden temple, over the five days of the festival. Free to enter. The temple sets its own hours for these days and had not published them when we checked.