ListingsUpdated Sat 24 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.
Wednesday
23 December-
Comedy £10
JK Comedy Club Covent Garden: Wednesday 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 £13.75
Museum of Comedy: Not Just a Game Show
An 80s TV game show parody from the makers of Sh!t-faced Shakespeare, with the audience as the contestants. Age 16+.
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Gigs £35 in advance plus booking fee
The 100 Club: The Blockheads
The Blockheads, the band behind Ian Dury's hits, throw a Christmas knees-up.
Thursday
24 December-
Comedy £12
JK Comedy Club Leicester Square: Thursday night comedy
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.
Friday
25 December-
Comedy £15
JK Comedy Club Covent Garden: Friday 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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Seasonal Free
Christmas Day walk in St James’s Park
There are no trains and no buses on Christmas Day, so the centre belongs to whoever walked. The park is open, the pelicans are in, and Horse Guards is empty enough to photograph.
Saturday
26 December-
Comedy £15
JK Comedy Club Soho: Saturday afternoon 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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Comedy £15
JK Comedy Club Covent Garden: Saturday 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 £15
JK Comedy Club Piccadilly Circus: Saturday 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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Seasonal Free
Boxing Day on Oxford Street
The sales open early and the crowd is at its worst between eleven and three. Go at nine or leave it to the 27th, when the same prices are still there and the street is walkable.
Sunday
27 December-
Comedy £12
JK Comedy Club Covent Garden: Sunday 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 £12
JK Comedy Club Piccadilly Circus: Sunday 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.
