ListingsUpdated Sun 25 Oct
London events today and this week
Every event we have checked and put in, soonest first. Tonight and this weekend have their own editions.
Sunday
29 November-
Gigs Free
Downstairs at the King’s Head: Crouch End Jazz
A free jazz jam, founded in 1985 and a weekly fixture at the King's Head for more than 40 years.
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Gigs £22 in advance plus booking fee
The 100 Club: Nibworth IV: Dave McCabe (Zutons), James Jay Lewis & Pete Fowler (Live Drawing)
A Pens For Kids fundraiser with Dave McCabe of The Zutons, James Jay Lewis, and Pete Fowler drawing live.
Monday
30 November-
Comedy £7
JK Comedy Club Covent Garden: Monday night comedy
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.
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Comedy From £12
King Gong at the Comedy Store: the brutal open mic
Thirty comics try to last five minutes while the audience decides when they are done. Last Monday of the month, from £12. It is as brutal as it sounds. Over 18s.
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Comedy £5
Museum of Comedy: The Monday Club
The Museum bar's weekly night of new material from circuit comics, £5 ahead or on the door from 6pm. Age 14+.
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Gigs £22 plus booking fee
The 100 Club: Billy Nomates
Billy Nomates brings her new wave punk to the club's End of Year Series.
Tuesday
1 December-
Comedy £10
JK Comedy Club Piccadilly Circus: Tuesday night comedy
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.
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Comedy £10
JK Comedy Club Soho: Tuesday night comedy
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.
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Exhibitions Free
Candlelit evening at Sir John Soane’s Museum
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.
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Markets Free
Greenwich Market in December
Until 31 Dec
The covered one, open every day 10am to 5.30pm and shut only on Christmas Day. Craft and antiques from actual traders, and the naval college two minutes away.
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Gigs From £20
Carols by candlelight at St Martin-in-the-Fields
Until 24 Dec
Carols by candlelight in the church on the corner of Trafalgar Square, sung most evenings through December. The crypt cafe underneath stays open before and after.