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.
Monday
28 December-
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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Gigs From £20 plus booking fee
The 100 Club: The Rage + Mojo Blues
The Rage mark what they bill as their 40th plus one anniversary, with Mojo Blues and a guest DJ.
Tuesday
29 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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Clubs £18 in advance plus booking fee
The 100 Club: TJ Johnson’s Pre-NYE Bash
TJ Johnson and his band play the annual pre-New Year swing dance, with DJ Baroness Jo Jo between sets.
Wednesday
30 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.
Thursday
31 December-
Pick Seasonal £20 to £55
London New Year’s Eve fireworks
Midnight from the London Eye, twelve to fifteen minutes of it. Tickets from £20 go on sale at noon on Friday 23 October.
Friday
1 January-
Seasonal Free
New Year’s Day Parade
Ten thousand performers from Piccadilly down to Parliament Square, free to watch from the pavement. Grandstand seats are ticketed; standing anywhere along the route is not.
Thursday
7 January-
Comedy £6 advance, £8 on the door
Downstairs at the King’s Head: Comedy Try Out Night
Up to 16 acts, newcomers and working comics alike, each testing new material in a five-minute slot; bill to be announced.
Saturday
9 January-
Comedy £16 advance, £19 on the door
Downstairs at the King’s Head: Comedy Cabaret
Gordon Southern and Eugene Dusauzay are the first names on a mixed circuit bill; the compere is still to be announced.
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Clubs £25
Electric Ballroom: Inbetween Days
A new all-day indie festival of tributes to The Cure, Echo & The Bunnymen, James and Pet Shop Boys, with DJs all day.
Monday
11 January-
Comedy £11.25 to £16.25
Old Rope at the Comedy Store: new material night
The new material night, on the second Monday of the month, hosted by Tiff Stevenson. Comics try things that have never been said out loud, holding a piece of rope. Over 18s.