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Chris Ellis & Celeste Lovick

Guitar and piano accompaniment from the singer-song writers performing original and well-known songs

Sat 25th Oct

Yellowjackets, Carl Orr Quartet

The Grammy-winning fusion quartet headline a bill with guitarist Orr and co.

Thu 23rd Oct-Sat 25th Oct

Claudio Roditi, Klaus Ignatzek, Jean-Louis Rassinf

A double bill headed by the Brazilian trumpeter with a drummerless trio and the UK pianist son of Ri

Mon 20th Oct-Wed 22nd Oct

Jon Faddis Quintet

The major trumpeter and protege of both Dizzy Gillespie and Lionel Hampton.

Thu 16th Oct-Sat 18th Oct

Eclectic Voices: Songs Of Life & Liberty

A concert of jazz and gospel from the Highbury Young Singers under the direction of Scott Stroman wi

Fri 24th Oct

Tony Heiberg Quartet With Guest Martin Shaw

The jazz guitarist and band are joined by the guest trumpeter.

Sun 26th Oct

Tony Heiberg Quartet With Guest Tom Law

Jazz guitarist and composer with friends and guest altoist.

Sun 12th Oct

Rhythms Of The City: CD Launch

The F-ire collective samba orchestra launch their eponymous Latin, groove, funk and hip hop melting

Tue 21st Oct

Karen Sharp

The tenor and baritone saxophonist and composer championed by the late great Humphrey Lyttelton.

Thu 23rd Oct-Fri 24th Oct

Willie Garnett & Don Weller Quintet

Jazz and swing led by the veteran saxophonists.

Sat 18th Oct

Gareth Lockrane's Grooveyard

The award-winning multi-flute player presents his organ-fuelled quintet.

Tue 21st Oct

Vanessa Haynes

Vocal-led soul and R&B band.

Fri 24th Oct

Christian Garrick Quartet

Violin-led modern jazz featuring pianist Dave Gordon.

Tue 21st Oct

Priest Feast: Judas Priest With Megadeath, Testame

Sat 21st Feb

Jodeci

The US-based outfit play R'n'B and hip hop.

Sat 14th Feb

Amir Aslam Presents Chand Raat Damakra 2008

Performances from a host of celebrities from the Pakistani pop and film world including Sajaad Ali a

Sun 16th Nov

Robert Mitchell 3io: Album Launch

The vibrant and dynamic F-ire Collective pianist kicks off his tour by launching The Greater Good al

Wed 15th Oct

Ingrid Laubrock's Sleepthief

German-born saxophonist Laubrock, UK pianist Liam Noble and American drummer Tom Rainey perform impr

Fri 17th Oct

Arun Ghosh Indo-Jazz Sextet

Manchester clarinettist of South Asian origin with his high-energy contemporary Indo-jazz sound.

Mon 19th Oct

David Cronenberg's Wife, The Sticks

The offbeat twisted folk band play tracks from their latest album, Bluebeards Room.

Fri 10th Oct

Eid In The Square 2008: Aa'shiq al-Rasul, Abdullah

A celebration of the Muslim Festival of Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan. Acts include Aa'shi

Sat 11th Oct

Thievery Corporation

The Washington-based duo and their 15-piece live band play a mix of dub, Brazilian, acid jazz and mo

Thu 16th Oct

S.C.U.M., Lord Auch

The dark new-wave rockers play a BE show.

Sat 25th Oct

Pnau

The Australian rave-rockers play a This Is Not London show.

Fri 17th Oct-Mon 3rd Nov

Jazz Orient

Keys-led Indo-jazz power trio.

Sat 11th Oct

Ronin, Oldseed

The Italian band with some instrumental Americana.

Tue 14th Oct

The Hard Fox, Kadejci, The Light, Tall Stories

The bluesy fuzzed up rockers play a Peace In The City show.

Sat 11th Oct

U2 UK: U2 Tribute

Bono's Irish stadium rockers get the tribute treatment.

Fri 5th Dec

Jared Osmond, Nathan Osmond, Blackheart

Singer-songwriter member of the famous US family performs his own Christian-based material.

Wed 12th Nov

The Musical Box Performs Genesis: A Trick Tail Tou

Musical Box perform a tribute to Phil Collins fronted band Genesis.

Thu 23rd Oct-Fri 24th Oct

Ralph McTell

A performance by the prolific singer-songwriter still best known for penning Streets Of London.

Wed 29th Oct

Jane McDonald In Concert

Sat 15th Nov

The Mick Fleetwood Blues Featuring Rick Vito

The co-founder of Fleetwood Mac performs with his new band, playing classic songs such as Oh Well, R

Sun 2nd Nov

The Commitments

Dick Massey and Kenneth McCluskey perform songs and music from the 1991 BAFTA-winning film, The Comm

Thu 6th Nov

Andy Abraham

The soul singer and X Factor contestant performs tracks from his Soul Man album and more.

Fri 14th Nov

The Geometrics, The Cavaliers, The Standards, The

The 40 Watt Club with indie-rock, bluesy pop and country-tinged tunes.

Wed 15th Oct

Princeton, Settesion, Aidan Smith, Seth Kallen

The Californian chamber-pop trio play with south London gentle pop support.

Sun 12th Oct

Planet Earth, Jacques Labouchere

A Windie Miller Music Club show of gentle alt-popsters with Swedish support.

Wed 15th Oct

Ladycop, Black Mountain College, GME

The Brooklyn quartet alt-punk and twisted beats.

Thu 16th Oct

Git Some, Attack Vipers, The Quarry, Mondo Cada

The Denver punk-rockers featuring former members of Planes Mistaken For Stars.

Tue 14th Oct

Gaoler's Daughter, Elfred And The Uber Peas, Dalla

The Camberwell band blend psych-rock and surf-twang.

Sat 11th Oct

Tom Stone, 5 Working Days

A Ban*Jam night with singer-songwriters, bands and DJs.

Sat 18th Oct

VV Brown, Ellie Goulding

The soulful pop singer with folk-pop support.

Sat 25th Oct

VV Brown, Rum Shebeen

The soulful pop singer with quirky pop support.

Sat 11th Oct

Ruarri Joseph, Semaphore, Stars Of Sunday League

The acoustic singer-songwriter and his band headline.

Thu 16th Oct

Stephen Stills

The singer-songwriter formerly in Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young.

Sat 11th Oct-Mon 20th Oct

Cyndi Lauper

Classic hits from the 1980s American pop singer.

Tue 14th Oct

Dr John

Wed 22nd Oct

Julian Cope, Pete Burns

The post-punk singer-songwriter plays an acoustic solo show.

Tue 18th Nov

Celebration Of Life: Alison Hinds, Peter Hunnigale

The Metropolitan Black Police Association with a night featuring Caribbean soca singer Alison Hinds,

Fri 17th Oct

Ether 09: David Byrne

The innovative pop songwriter, formerly of Talking Heads plays tracks from his new album, Everything

Sun 12th Apr-Mon 13th Apr

Chris Biscoe's Miles v Monk

The acclaimed sax man and composer leads a quintet in tribute to the jazz heavyweights.

Wed 29th Oct

Maximum Rhythm And Blues

The Manfreds, ex-Animals organist, Alan Price and Stone The Crows vocalist, Maggie Bell perform.

Fri 10th Oct-Thu 13th Nov

The New York Fund, Smoke Fairies, Loyal Trooper

The north London foursome play rocked up country.

Tue 14th Oct

Frankie Armstrong, Emily Barker And The Red Clay H

The veteran traditional folk singer headlines.

Wed 15th Oct

The Duloks, Invasion, A Grave With No Name, Death

The all-girl electro-comedy pop band play a Dance Magic Dance show with soulful grunge-rock support.

Thu 16th Oct

Stunsets, Le Volume Coubre, The Hunt, Sourya

The moody pop electronica band play a Deathdisco show.

Wed 15th Oct

Rotary Ten

Bouncy indie-pop from this Sheffield four-piece.

Thu 16th Oct

Etran Finatawa

The North African desert nomads play their own version of the blues.

Tue 14th Oct

xXx The Creative Experiment: Mark Ronson, Pete Doh

An experimental music night with collaborations from artistes including CocknBull Kid, Disco Bloodba

Sat 11th Oct

Mor Karbasi

The Israeli singer-songwriter performs original alt folk material from her album, The Beauty And The

Wed 22nd Oct

Slim Reaper, Weird Love, LT Hunn

A Little Feet show with the rockers playing acoustically.

Thu 16th Oct

The Kemistry

A Pamflet launch night with an acousto-rockers and DJs.

Wed 15th Oct

Nat Jenkins And The Sweet Regrets, Chapter 24, The

A Sensible Sundays show with lo-fi indie-rock.

Sun 12th Oct

BBC Electric Proms: Africa Express

The multi-artiste collaboration between Western and African musicans plays as part of the Proms.

Wed 22nd Oct

F-IRE Collective Large Ensemble & Keith Nichols Qu

Sixteen members of the London based nu-jazz collective meet the veteran pianist to play classics new

Sat 18th Oct

Viking Moses

The Missouri quintet with soulful country-rock.

Mon 13th Oct

Jon Hopkins, Milosh

The electronica composer and pianist plays with electro-folk support.

Tue 14th Oct

Cindytalk, John & Jehn, Tenebrous Liar

Gordon Sharp and his experimental pop band.

Sun 12th Oct

Mike Aremu

The Saxaphonist plays with his Nigerian 10-piece band.

Thu 16th Oct

Short Skirtz

The funk-rock band headlines.

Tue 14th Oct

Spizzenergi, The Priscillas

The veteran punks play with support from the all-girl glam-rockers.

Thu 16th Oct

Sabrina Malheiros

The Rio de Janeiro singer performs tracks from their album, New Morning at a Batmacumba 11th Birthda

Sat 11th Oct

Brain Failure, Stanley Kubrick Goes Shopping

The Beijing band mix punk, ska and rock at their headline show.

Fri 17th Oct

Charlie Savigar, Chalou Saint Jude, Hollie Martore

The country-rock singer-songwriter headlines.

Wed 15th Oct

The Quirky, Dice.Jar, Stuart Revnell

The retro alt-rockers headline.

Wed 22nd Oct

The Jamie West Band, Lucy Rose, Zac Tullett

The downbeat rock-noirist trio play with alt-country styled support.

Sun 12th Oct

Tinderbox

The acoustic band play a Gloss Club show.

Fri 17th Oct

Tim Dowd And Matt Griffin, Jennifer Curran

The Uilleann Pipe player pairs with the guitar and banjo player.

Sat 11th Oct

Sharleen Spiteri

The Glaswegian singer-songwriter, as heard fronting Texas, tours tracks from her debut solo album, M

Sun 15th Feb

Robbie Vee

The second generation rocker headlines.

Sun 12th Oct

Klezma Villanova, Harry Lee Boazman, Dirty Gospel,

The Twickenham upbeat folk band play a night of new bands.

Thu 16th Oct

Chris Chameleon, Dorp

The two South African favourites with a night of alt-rock.

Fri 17th Oct

Clive Carroll

The Chelmsford-born guitarist plays blues, rock, jazz, bluesgrass and traditional Irish music.

Sun 19th Oct

The High Wire, Mr Duke And The Hoodlum Circus, Tre

The dreamy psych-pop band play with anti-folk and country-rock support.

Wed 15th Oct

Pollyester

The German experimental screamo band.

Wed 15th Oct

And So I Watch You From Afar, Maybeshewill, Mounta

The Belfast instrumental rockers play with alt-rock support.

Tue 14th Oct

Rotorsand, Reaper, Revolution By Night

A bill of industrial, EBM, darkwave and more.

Sun 12th Oct

Moussu T e lei Jovents

The Marseilles trio featuring two of the Massilia Sound System plus a percussionist with a mix of ja

Thu 16th Oct

The Kid Jones, Fault Line Effect, Edge U Caution,

The indie-acoustica band play with blues tinged rockers in support.

Fri 17th Oct

The Dead Roads, Day And Buffalo, Jon Hart, James C

The indie-rock quartet play with Japanese psych-pop support.

Fri 24th Oct-Wed 29th Oct

Swing Out Sister

The 1980s jazzy pop band return with tracks from their new album, Beautiful Mess.

Sat 13th Dec

Widows, Bob Constant And The Goodbye Horses

The dark-tinged noisy alt-rockers play a Goonite Club show.

Sun 12th Oct

The Kabeedies, The Ape Drape Escape, Minnaars

The bouncy indie-poppers from Norwich play a Big City Redneck show with Sheffield electro-glam suppo

Thu 16th Oct

Nickel Eye

The Strokes bassist, Nikolai Fraiture with a more folky offshoot band.

Wed 15th Oct

Tom McKean And The Emperors, Liam Gerner, Nat Jenk

The downbeat London acousto-rockers headline.

Tue 14th Oct

Devil Sold His Soul, Fei Comodo, Rinoa

The ambient progressive metal six-piece.

Fri 17th Oct

All American Girl, Craig Sanderson, Sean Bennett

The acoustic rockers headline.

Fri 10th Oct

Zebrahead

The Californian punk-pop and rap band.

Fri 17th Oct

The Jimmy Mizen Memorial Concert: Kids Love Lies,

An evening of indie-rock bands in memory of Mizen, raising money for the Jimmy Bus Charity.

Sat 11th Oct

Plume

The pianist, guitarist and vocalist with tracks from her album, Meme Pas Peur.

Sun 12th Oct

China Soul

The singer-songwriter with intense tunes.

Wed 15th Oct

Le Volume Courbe, Steeple Remove, Vanessa And The

The softly sung female-fronted band with gentle bluesy pop.

Fri 10th Oct

Yashin, Dissolvedin, Members Of Me, When All Else

The screamo-metal four-piece from Glasgow headline.

Fri 17th Oct

This Will Destroy You, Mom

The Texan thrash-rockers headline.

Wed 15th Oct

Stuck Mojo, Vendetta, Death Valley Pileddriver

The metal rap rockers from Atlanta, Georgia.

Mon 6th Oct

Plastic Tree

The J-Rock and visual kei band headline.

Fri 10th Oct

Nocturnus, Violated, Punish, Memorial, Slither

The extreme metallers headline.

Sat 18th Oct

Nebula, The Pilgrim Fathers, Obiat

The psychedelic blues-rock quartet headline.

Thu 9th Oct

Fell Silent, Our Man In The Bronze Age, The Arusha

The Milton Keynes experimental prog-metallers headline.

Tue 7th Oct

The Casting Out, Tribute To Nothing, King Of Consp

The alt-punk rockers headline.

Sun 12th Oct

Bonded By Blood, Gamma Bomb, Discard, Savage Messi

The LA thrash metallers headline.

Tue 14th Oct

Nik Turner Band

Innovative psychedelia from the former Hawkwind man.

Thu 16th Oct

Willie And The Bandits, Tony Black, Claire Helen

The bluesy band with slide-guitar augmented tunes.

Fri 17th Oct

Virtual Takeover, Blair Jollands

The indie-pop band headline.

Sat 18th Oct

BBC Electric Proms: Oasis

The Gallagher brothers and their anthemic rock band promote their new album, Dig Out Your Soul with

Sun 26th Oct

Adrian Crowley

The singer-songwriter performs songs from his current album, Long Distance Swimmer.

Sat 11th Oct

BBC Electric Proms: Coldcut Via Radiophonic Orches

The UK dance duo pair up with the Radiophonic Workshop for a show only available via a ballot.

Sat 25th Oct

Damon And Naomi

The dreamy phase-guitar popsters play a free show.

Sun 12th Oct

Anita Wardell

The award-winning Australian scat and bebop vocalist sings from her latest album, Kinda Bluem, accom

Sat 29th Nov

OKeh Classic Jazz All Stars

The former 'pick-up' group play their brand of jazz.

Sun 26th Oct

George Huxley's Jazz Band

The soprano and clarinetist leads his band in a tribute to Sidney Bechet.

Sun 30th Nov

The Black Bottom Stompers

Trombonist John Goddard leads the band with some classic jazz.

Sun 14th Dec

The Dears

The Canadian orchestral pop band play tracks from their latest album, Missiles.

Thu 16th Oct

Stephen Dale Petit Band

The Californian blues guitarist and his band headline.

Sat 11th Oct

Wonk Unit

The London quirky alt-punk noise band play a Document VS Slam City show.

Wed 15th Oct

Goldensilvers

The funky and harmonious indie-rockers headline at their own club.

Fri 17th Oct

Filthy Dukes, Drums Of Death

The London electro-prog popsters play a Pure Groove show.

Thu 16th Oct

Fox Cubs

The indie-rockers play a Mixtape Affair show.

Fri 17th Oct

Emmy The Great

The liltingly voxed singer-songwriter and her band on a short tour to promote single, We Almost Had

Mon 10th Nov

White Room, Noise Control, The Kokos, Evil I

The Milton Keynes band play psych-tinged mod-rock.

Mon 20th Oct

Towers Open Fire, I Am Immune, Forget The Down, Ra

The indie-prog experimentalists headline with electro-rock support.

Sat 18th Oct

Supersmiler, Cat Skills, Worst Off, His Lost Boys

The London punky pop band headline with grunge styled support.

Thu 16th Oct

Sunlight Service Group, Ghost Fire, Buick McCain

The retro-tinged psych-pop band play with vaudeville-punk styled support.

Fri 24th Oct

Noko, FGC, Imajim, Bohemia

The grunge-rockers play with jazz-punk tinged support.

Tue 21st Oct

The Little Villeins, Kid Champion, The Suburbs, Ja

The reggae-tinged popsters play with indie-rock support.

Fri 17th Oct

August Way, The Black Tricks, Pause.Break.Riot., T

The acoustic-rockers augemented by cello play with indie-pop support.

Thu 23rd Oct

The Purple Gang

The harp player Stevie Smith and the Hershey And The 12 Bars guitarist front the driving rhythm'n'bl

Sat 11th Oct

John O'Leary Band, David Sinclair Band

The former Savoy Brown harmonica player and his band headline.

Sat 18th Oct

Yokoko, Their Strange Gathering

The Brighton synth-pop band are supported by soulful guitar popsters.

Thu 16th Oct

O.M.E., Clay Pigeon, Hooray For The Good Guys

The reggae rockers play with ska hop support.

Sat 11th Oct

Dune Lake, Matt Daley

The soulful blues band play with reggae support.

Sun 19th Oct

Nelson Riddle Orchestra

The music of the iconic Sinatra arranger with his son Christopher leading the band.

Sat 29th Nov-Sat 24th Jan

Smerins Anti-Social Club, Yes Sir Boss!!!

The 10-piece band mix ska, funk, drum'n'bass, swing and more with a brass section plus support from

Fri 17th Oct

Wake The President, The Bobby McGees, The Noughts

The Electric Honey signed indie-rockers headline a Twee As F**k show.

Fri 10th Oct

Timothy Victor's Folk Orchestra, Brigid Power-Ryce

A mix of country and Eastern sounds from the singer-songwriter and his band promoting new album, Blo

Mon 13th Oct

Freeze: The Automatic, The Enemy, Reverend And The

The winter sports and music festival featuring top ranking sports men and women and bands. Thursday

Thu 23rd Oct-Sun 26th Oct

New Adventures

The alt rock five-piece promote their debut album, In Our Hands.

Thu 23rd Oct

A.Human, O Children, Sue And The Unicorn, Fables

The electro-rockers play a Club M**********r show with post-punk support.

Sat 11th Oct

Blood Red Shoes, Rolo Tomassi

The Brighton indie-pop duo with songs from their debut album, Box Of Secrets.

Fri 24th Oct

Speaker Shoe

The funky guitar and beatboxing band play a Roasts & Records show.

Sun 19th Oct

Navi

The Michael Jackson impersonator plays a Whip It! show.

Fri 10th Oct

The Bug feat. Flowdan

A No Pain In Pop show featuring the Ninja Tune artiste playing live as well as DJing from Tomb Crew.

Sat 18th Oct

Oldseed, My First Tooth, Pat Rowles

The Canadian duo perform their downbeat country songs with Northampton indie-folk duo in support.

Mon 6th Oct

The Left Outsides, Bob Meyer, Brigid Power-Ryce, T

The London play dreamy folk-pop at a Basket Club show.

Mon 20th Oct

Jakob Dylan

A Mojo Club night with the singer-songwriter formerly of The Wallflowers.

Fri 17th Oct

Zodiac N Black, Vacant Touch, Eider Coates

The London rockers headline.

Sat 11th Oct

The Focussed Distraction, Westcott And Rodway

The indie-electronica band.

Sun 12th Oct

Corazza, Now Then

The prog-rockers with electro-symphonic tunes.

Fri 17th Oct

Joseph Arthur And The Lonely Astronauts

The American singer-songwriter, now with a band.

Wed 8th Oct

Julie Fowlis

The Gaelic singer, nominated as Singer of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, on tour to promot

Fri 24th Oct

Velocity

The anthemic mod-tinged rockers.

Fri 10th Oct

Queenmania

A tribute to Freddie Mercury and Queen.

Sat 18th Oct

Oasiz

A tribute to the anthemic indie-rockers, Oasis.

Fri 17th Oct

Songs From The Heart Of Europe

A selections of folk tunes from Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and Slovakia.

Thu 16th Oct

2Team

The Voice, Viola de Gamba duo.

Sun 12th Oct

Electric Eel Shock, The Priscillas, Zombina And Th

The Japanese rockers play the Bizarre Ball with all-girl glam-punks and Liverpudlian doo-wop garage-

Fri 10th Oct

BBC Electric Proms: Wild Beasts, XX Teens

The barber's quartet meets indie-rock guitar sound of the Kendall group.

Wed 22nd Oct

BBC Electric Proms: The Streets

Birmingham's Mike Skinner raps his tales of urban life and previews tracks from his album, Everythin

Thu 23rd Oct

BBC Electric Proms: Nitin Sawhney And The London U

The songwriter, DJ and multi-instrumentalist performs a ambient mix of electronica and drum'n'bass t

Fri 24th Oct

Lucia Pulido's Ensemble And Bomba Estereo

Colombian singer Pulido performs Latin American music alongside fellow Columbians Bomba Estereo.

Sat 18th Oct-Sun 19th Oct

Dead Pixels

The synthed-up groove-pop five-piece headline.

Mon 27th Oct

Budda Cakes, The Wild Bunch

The London alt-pop band headline a Playground afternoon event.

Sat 11th Oct

Mars Patrol, The Redwalls

Davina Divine fronts the Edinburgh power-pop trio.

Tue 21st Oct

The Lines, The Race, To The Bones

The Wolverhampton indie-rock quartet play with Reading alt-rockers in support.

Thu 16th Oct

The Known Unknowns

The spiky alt-popsters headline.

Wed 15th Oct

David Cronenberg's Wife

The offbeat twisted folk band play tracks from their latest album, Bluebeards Room.

Mon 13th Oct

The Brent Flood

Tooting-based indie-pop combo.

Thu 23rd Oct

Tomb Crew, Swell, Souvaris, Future Corpses

The Silver Rocket crew book a selection of alt-pop and noise-rock bands for a White Heat club night.

Tue 28th Oct

The Coast

The Canadian alt rock four-piece play tracks from their album, Expatriate.

Wed 15th Oct

BBC Electric Proms: Keane

The alt-rockers play tracks from their new album, Perfect Symmetry.

Thu 23rd Oct

Day 26

The vocal r'n'b group with soulful tunes.

Wed 8th Oct

Jumping Ships

The Brighton alt-pop band.

Mon 13th Oct

Hjaltalin, The Loose Salute, Kelli Ali

The Icelandic orchestral pop outfit perform with alt-country support.

Wed 8th Oct

Sarah Ellen Hughes Quartet, Cathi Cook Quintet, Ma

The vocalese-style jazz diva hosts a jazz showcase as well as an open-mic session.

Sun 19th Oct

BBC Switch: Fall Out Boy, Miley Cyrus, Ne-Yo, McFl

A show for 14 to 17 year olds only with parental permission required featuring punk, pop and dance f

Sun 12th Oct

Monte Montegomery Band

The Birmingham, Alabama acoustic power trio.

Sun 12th Oct

BBC Electric Proms: Chaka Khan, Laura Izibor

The soul singer performs her hits Ain't Nobody and I'm Every Woman and more.

Wed 22nd Oct

Big George And The Philistines, Sound Of Guns

The Enfield garage-rockers play with Liverpudlian rock'n'rollers in support.

Sat 25th Oct

Way Tangent, Jayne Caroline Riley, Ella Grace, Sam

The indie rock quintet from Brighton play catchy pop originals.

Fri 10th Oct

Poetic Reasons, Amelia Tucker, Megan Goodwin

The harmonious Brighton duo with gentle indie-pop.

Fri 24th Oct

BBC Electric Proms: Maddy Prior

The folk songstress performs with special guests.

Thu 23rd Oct

BBC Electric Proms: Goldfrapp

The glam electro-tinged popsters play tracks from their new album, Seventh Tree.

Wed 22nd Oct

White Hinterland

The quiet singer-songwriter from Portland USA plays her delicate originals.

Fri 17th Oct

The Smyths, Re-Order

A tribute to the music of Morrissey and Marr with New Order tribute in support.

Fri 24th Oct

The Moi Non Plus, Bonne Apart, King Of Conspiracy

The Dutch duo play noisy art-rock with art-punk sextet in support.

Tue 14th Oct

Necro, Mr Hyde, Klee Magor, Skinnyman Feat Mr Bang

The rap and hip hop performer from New York.

Thu 16th Oct

Less Than Jake, Pepper, Beat Union, Imperial Leisu

The veteran ska-punk quintet from Florida play tracks to showcase their album, Gnv Fla.

Wed 12th Nov

The Quarter After, The See See, The Lorcas, Hollow

The San Francisco psych-garage rockers play with London country-pop support.

Sun 12th Oct

Sophie Hunger, HIt Me TV, Hal Flavin, Joe Sumner,

The Swiss guitar and piano player and her band headline a The Other Side Magazine event.

Sun 12th Oct

Lazy Habits, Pillers Of The Community, The Kemistr

The jazzy hip hop performers play with post-punk and soulful dub supports.

Fri 17th Oct

The Patio Set, The Le Brocks, Arthur

The alt-rockers with a touch of gipsy-jazz.

Wed 19th Nov

Dean Parrish, Karime Kendra, The Incredible Stagge

The New York northern soul veteran plays a Crossfire show.

Sat 11th Oct

O Titus!, Starling, Orphans And Vandals, Thomas Tr

A Five Families night featuring the London-based upbeat indie-rock trio.

Fri 31st Oct

Oh No! Oh My!

The indie-rock quartet from Austin play new material.

Fri 14th Nov

Nice Peter, Tim Ten Yen, The Bridport Dagger

The Chiagoan singer-songwriter with comedy-pop.

Wed 22nd Oct

Gillan Edgar, Plans And Apogies

The Mancunian acousto-rock singer-songwriter plays with alt-pop support.

Tue 14th Oct

Crane Brothers, Paul Hawkins And The Awkward Silen

The northern band play soulful indie-rock.

Wed 12th Nov

Emily Breeze, The Palpitations

The female-fronted Bristolian bluesy rockers headline a Pushing Pussy show.

Tue 21st Oct

The Vanjas, Instant Flight, Vagabonds

The female-fronted Swedish garage-pop band headline a Midnight To Six show.

Wed 15th Oct

Leila, Syboni, Shirryn

The Welsh singer-songwriter pairs up with guitarist Phil Scala to headline a Sugarshack show.

Wed 15th Oct

Rumba Orisha

The Afrocuban percussive group perform in honour of Orisha Shango.

Tue 9th Dec

Taiseer Elias

The Middle Eastern oud player performs Eastern and Western music.

Tue 25th Nov

Uday Bhawalkar

The vocalist performs North African dhrupad (classical music).

Wed 12th Nov

Ulterior, No Picasso, Master And Servant, Plastic

A Future London Underground show with dark new-wave band and indie-punks.

Thu 16th Oct

The Pipettes, Parka, Red Blooded Woman, Candy Shop

The female-fronted pop harmonists headline a Filter USA show.

Fri 17th Oct

The Playground: Folks, Terry Hall, Officer Kicks,

The six-piece play intelligent retro pop with an indie vibe at an all day event in memory of Philip

Sun 12th Oct

The Coast, Panico, Le Corps Mince De Francoise

The Canadian alt rock four-piece play tracks from their album, Expatriate.

Sat 18th Oct

The Vibrants, In Light Band

The alt-rockers headline.

Fri 10th Oct

Slashed Seat Affair

The female-fronted punky alt-rockers headline.

Tue 14th Oct

Perry Lane Sect, Cherry Brakewells, The Brenda Ban

A mix of funk, punk and prog-rock from the headliners.

Thu 16th Oct

The Filthy Souls, The Piccadillys

The country-tinged rockers headline.

Wed 15th Oct

Cult With No Name, Elena

The London synth-pop noirists headline a Feeling Gloomy show with female-fronted rockers in support.

Sat 25th Oct

Back From The Rhythm, Miranda Barber, Healer Selec

A Raison D'Etre show featuring funky groovers, soulful Australian singer-songwriter, reggae-pop band

Sat 1st Nov

Asian Dub Foundation, Flute Box Lee

A mix of dub, hip hop, banghra and rock from the upbeat collective.

Tue 28th Oct

The Trio

The three-piece play jazz standards.

Sun 12th Oct-Sun 4th Jan

The Local

Showcase for new underground bands.

Fri 17th Oct-Wed 21st Oct

A Mountain Of One, Thomas Bullock, The Time And Sp

The London psych-prog popsters headline.

Fri 24th Oct

Veryan Weston/ Hannah Marshall/Satoko Fukuda

The improvisational trio headline.

Tue 14th Oct

Alexander Tucker, Sanso-Xtro, Scupture, Arch M, 4T

The Kaleidoscope label present an evening of solo innovative musicians performing against projected

Wed 8th Oct

Gagarin, Nan, Cos Chapman, Slate Pip Banjo Dragger

A Recluse day of experimental electro-acoustica.

Sat 11th Oct

Henry Flynt

The North Carolina classically trained musician and composer with strong traditional American folk i

Fri 17th Oct

Tania Chen, Chris Burn, Pat Thomas

A mix of contemporary compositions, improvisational music and more.

Thu 9th Oct

Grammatics

The experimental, occasionally noisy, art-pop band from Leeds.

Sun 8th Nov

Kim Richey

The Nashville-based singer-songwriter plays tracks from her current album, Chinese Boxes.

Thu 27th Nov

Black Daniel, Vagabond, Ten Bears, Declan Hickling

The London rockers headline a Breakconvention show following their tour support of Kasabian.

Thu 16th Oct

The Virgins

The New York quartet play New-wave pop from their eponymous album.

Thu 30th Oct

Sarah Jane Morris

The rock, soul, blues and jazz vocalist, best known for her work with the Communards.

Fri 10th Oct-Sat 11th Oct

Bruno Heinen's Tierkreis

The contemporary pianist and his sextet premiere Karlheinz Stockhausen's suite representing the twel

Wed 8th Oct

Dean Friedman

The New York veteran singer-songwriter with hits and newer tracks.

Sat 18th Oct

SoulFilth

The seven-piece band play soul and funk covers.

Wed 5th Nov-Wed 3rd Dec

Pixelh8, Scrase, Robot For Brains

The electronica performer promotes his album The Boy With The Digital Heart.

Sat 11th Oct

Who's Who: The Who Tribute

Roger Daltrey's mod legends get their hits covered.

Sat 18th Oct

Spekki Chris, Jamie Abbott, Fin, Ben Howard

The North London band blend folk and pop.

Sat 11th Oct

The Duel, The Skuzzies

The old-school punk-rock band headline.

Fri 10th Oct

Robin Thicke

The soulful r'n'b performer on a short tour.

Sat 25th Oct

Riaan Vosloo's Twelves Trio

Bass-led trio featuring tenor Mark Hanslip and drummer Tim Giles.

Thu 16th Oct-Thu 6th Nov

Yo Majesty

The hip and pop-soul performers from Florida promote their Futuristically Speaking Never Be Afraid a

Wed 29th Oct

The Week That Was

Ex-Field Music member Peter Brewis plays cinematic pop.

Thu 6th Nov

Sky Larkin

The Leeds-based female-fronted band play alt-rock.

Tue 21st Oct

Screaming Tea Party

The Japanese trio play dynamic exuberant pop and punk.

Mon 6th Oct

Lords

The experimental alt rockers from Nottingham play tracks from their album, Everyone Is People.

Fri 31st Oct

Jeremy Jay

The Californian singer-songwriter plays indie-rock with a flavouring of pop.

Tue 7th Oct

Chairlift

The Brooklyn modern-pop trio promote their Does You Inspire You album.

Tue 18th Nov

Simon Bookish

The experimental pop singer-songwriter promotes his Everything/Everything album.

Tue 7th Oct

Keith Sullivan Trio

Percussion-led band with organ and horns.

Fri 17th Oct

Jo Harrop Trio

Retro jazz with the Julie London and Blue Note-influenced mellifluous-voiced vocalist.

Fri 10th Oct

Hope Augustus Trio

Featuring the West End vocalist.

Sat 11th Oct

Billy Cobham & Asere

The powerful and dynamic drum giant with his Latin, Cuban and world-jazz ensemble.

Fri 10th Oct

The Bronx

The Southern Californian punk-rockers play tracks from their self-titled album.

Mon 27th Oct

Goldsmiths Computer Music and Sonic Arts Research

A concert of interactive audiovisual performance, live algorithmic music, phonography and sound poet

Fri 21st Nov

Katy Setterfield As Dusty Springfield In Concert

The winner of the BBC's The One And Only presents her tribute to the legendary 1960s singer.

Tue 28th Oct

Chris While And Julie Matthews

The acoustic singer-songwriter duo play country and folk originals from the best Of album and more.

Tue 21st Oct

Johnny Silvo

Veteran country-folk singer-songwriter.

Tue 18th Nov

Peggy & PJ

Dave Pegg and PJ Wright join to perform traditional folk.

Tue 9th Dec

Cara Luft

The Canadian folk-rock singer and multi-instrumentalist is joined by bassist Hugh McMillan.

Tue 11th Nov

Downes & Beer

Veteran folk duo.

Tue 7th Oct

Colum Sands

Veteran Irish folk singer-songwriter.

Sun 12th Oct-Tue 14th Oct

Maggie Boyle, Duck Baker, Ben Paley

Traditional celtic folk singer.

Tue 4th Nov

Trans Am, Ulterior, Micron 63

The US-based trio play experimental electronica and promote their album Sex Change.

Wed 22nd Oct

Bush Tetras, Emperor Machine, Chik Budo, Kasms

The veteran New York sextet play angular new wave art-rock.

Fri 17th Oct

Bohren And Der Club Of Gore, Guapo

The German band play jazz-metal fusion to promote their album Dolores.

Thu 16th Oct

The Red Zoids, Jonny Abrams And The Challah Back G

The rock'n'rollers play with indie-pop support.

Wed 15th Oct

Deathcrew 92, Champagne Charlies, Joe Acres, Frank

The indie-poppers from the North East promote their as yet un-named album.

Fri 17th Oct

Miranda Barber, Tara London, Mart Glebner, Mol Hod

The Australian-born, London-based singer-songwriter with crooning ballads.

Thu 4th Dec

Thomas Gardner, Bela Emerson, Manuela Barczewski

The cellist and electronica experimentalist headlines a Sprawl show.

Thu 16th Oct

Julia Biel, Phil King

The Bristol-based soulful singer-songwriter headlines.

Wed 15th Oct

Gillian Glover, The Super Sevens, Katorzion, Mahav

The folk-rockers play with indie-pop support.

Thu 16th Oct

Vytl Syne, Thulium

The anthemic rockers play with metallic rockers.

Fri 10th Oct

Sedulas, General Lee, Blood Red Dawn, Sister Ketam

The heavy rockers play with noise-rock support.

Sat 11th Oct

Samiatawil, Claudius, Mr Fynn

The singer-songwriter with oriental-styled offbeat rock.

Wed 15th Oct

Natalies Box, The Bandims, The Fix

The indie-punkers play with grooving rock support.

Thu 16th Oct

Last Rock And Roll Band

The punk-rock band featuring Casino Steel and Honest John Plain of 1970s punk band, The Boys.

Sat 18th Oct

Jam Night, Gauge Fields Incondensed Matter

The funky guitar-led groovesters headline.

Wed 22nd Oct

Is Johnny High, Jimbo Quin, Hella Cholla

The upbeat punky rockers play with harmonious acoustica in support.

Mon 20th Oct

The Hype Theory, From A Great Height, Lavondyss

The female-fronted upbeat rockers play with rock-noirists in support.

Wed 8th Oct

Deltasound

The funky alt-pop band headline.

Tue 14th Oct

Africa Now: Amadou & Mariam, Sola Akingbola, Daara

A line-up of contemporary African bands perform.

Thu 23rd Oct

Maps & Atlases, Tropics, The Town Needs Guns

The Chicago-based alternative indie-pop four-piece.

Tue 14th Oct

The Metros

A Push club night with the retro-rocking indie-punks playing live.

Sat 1st Nov

The Hanging Ropes, Illaman, David Goo

A Jamboree show of varied entertainment with bluegrass, hip hop and comedy acoustica bands live.

Sat 11th Oct

Root'n Toot'n

The trio play hillbilly country and western including tracks from their Raw and Uncut album.

Sat 1st Nov

Johnny Kidd Tribute Night

An appreciation of the British rock and roll pioneer featuring The Diamonds and DJ Big Beat Kris.

Tue 18th Nov

Billy Fury Tribute Night

An appreciation of the singer featuring Jet Scream, The Flames and DJ Big Beat Kris.

Sat 11th Oct

Tommy Brown and The Catfish Kings, TB Horns

The veteran blues singer-songwriter from Atlanta performs material from his back catalogue.

Sun 26th Oct

Mark Wright

The Brighton country and folk performer with an evening of Bruce Springsteen orientated sounds.

Thu 9th Oct

Tenebrous Liar, Cold Light Of Day, Debbie Leggo

The lo-fi dark layered rockers headline.

Mon 6th Oct

Smoke Feathers, Johnnygonehome, The Whybirds, J.D.

The gentle folk-pop performers play a How To Make It In Music show.

Tue 7th Oct

The Royals, The Dead Roads

The Enterprise Studios new bands night.

Sun 19th Oct

Kirsten Morrison, Me Sparrow, L'Etranger

The London singer-songwriter with classical and goth-tinged folk.

Wed 8th Oct

Jonah Matranga, Mike Brightley

The Massachussetts folk-core singer-songwriter headlines.

Wed 22nd Oct

Major Matt Mason, David Cronenberg's Wife, Filthy

The anti-folk favourite headlines.

Thu 23rd Oct

Curtis Eller's American Circus

The lanky, mustachioed banjoist serves-up attitude-fuelled old-time music with a psychedelic edge.

Tue 21st Oct

Bromide, Wet Dog, The Waste Of Time Lords, Zac Ste

The lo-fi folk-pop acoustica band headline a Scratchy Records show.

Mon 13th Oct

Boomhauer

The Finnish trio play a trashy blend of garage-rock, blues, country, punk and more.

Tue 14th Oct

Anais Mitchell

Folk singer-songwriter.

Wed 15th Oct

The War On Drugs, My Sad Captains, Super Nashwan

Pennsylvanian psych-rockers.

Tue 7th Oct

Plastic Heroes, Live Wires, Worst Off, Yngve Weila

Alt-popsters.

Fri 10th Oct

The Patio Set, Barrelhouse, The Krak

Alt-rockers with a touch of gypsy-jazz.

Fri 10th Oct

Ingrid Michaelson, Urusen, Fiona Bevan, Robert Sve

iTunes favourite and singer-songwriter.

Tue 7th Oct

The Departure, Will Rendle And The People, Pack Of

The Northampton-formed alt-rockers headline.

Mon 6th Oct

Collapsing Cities, The Hosts, The Ghost Notes

The New Zealand foursome play indie-pop to promote their Fear Of Opening My Mouth single.

Thu 9th Oct

The Stroman-Jonsson International Project

A new improv sextet from US trombonist Scott Troman and swedish saxophonist Cennet Jonsson.

Mon 6th Oct-Fri 10th Oct

Esther O'Connor

The country-tinged singer-songwriter plays tracks from her recent album, Right Here.

Thu 9th Oct

Emiliana Torrini

The acoustica and indie-folk singer-songwriter with songs from her new album, Me And Armini.

Thu 9th Oct

The Chinese Whispering Band, Shy Club

The London psych-country band with blissed-out harmonies.

Tue 7th Oct

Phil Campbell, William Cole

The Glaswegian singer-guitarist plays Americana with support from the folk-blues finger-picker.

Mon 6th Oct

Binary Band, Maryland

Psych-pop band.

Wed 8th Oct

Hank Wangford And Reg Meuross, Gareth Rowan

The UK country man teams up with the veteran singer-songwriter.

Wed 8th Oct

The Travelling Band, 6 Day Riot

The Mancunian country-rockers headline.

Wed 22nd Oct

Elliott Brood

The Canadian band play country-noir and bluegrass tunes.

Mon 6th Oct

The Black Diamond Heavies, The Lucky Strikes

The contemporary American garagey blues 'n' soul duo headline.

Wed 15th Oct

The Killers

The multi-million-selling Las Vegas indie rockers perform tracks from their award-winning albums, Ho

Mon 3rd Nov

Outhouse

Forward-thinking London-based quartet from the Loop Collective featuring the tenor sax of Mark Hansl

Tue 15th Sep

Bloc Party

The electro-tinged popsters play from their new album, Intimacy.

Sat 11th Apr-Sun 12th Apr

Keane

The alt-rockers play tracks from their new album, Perfect Symmetry.

Thu 12th Feb

Boyzone: Better

Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately, Shane Lynch, Mikey Graham and Keith Duffy take to the road again, wit

Fri 29th May-Mon 22nd Jun

Gary Grainger And The Mods

The former Rod Stewart guitarist and his band play music from the 1960s and 1970s.

Fri 10th Oct

Jon Opstad Quartet

Modern drummer-led jazz originals inspired by Jarrett, Wheeler, Shorter and Hancock.

Fri 10th Oct

Henry Lowther/Jim Mullen Quartet

The trumpeter and Morrisey/Mullen guitarist join forces.

Tue 21st Oct

Ingrid Laubrock Quartet

The award-winning German-born saxophonist and F-ire Collective founder member.

Tue 7th Oct

Pombagira, Spiral 25, Of The I

The doom metal trio from London promote their album The Crooked Path.

Tue 7th Oct

Jazz Jam

Open to all Jazz musicians and listeners, either come along and jam or perform individually.

Mon 20th Oct

Octurn

The Belgian nu-jazz septet perform 7eyes, a suite by Jozef Dumoulin and Bo Van Der Werf.

Thu 16th Oct

Ingrid Laubrock & Nein, Polar Bear

A double bill from the innovative F-IRE Collective heavyweights.

Thu 16th Oct

Jasper Hoiby's Phronesis, Fringe Magnetic

A Loop Collective double bill of bright, accessible, melodic jazz with world influences.

Wed 15th Oct

Django Bates & stoRMChaser

The composer gives a UK debut to his new 19-piece Copenhagen ensemble.

Wed 15th Oct

Alex Wilson Salsa Con Soul Orchestra

The award-winning Latin jazz pianist, composer and bandleader showcases his 12 piece orchestra with

Fri 21st Nov

Ed Benstead Trio

Trumpet and flugelhorn-led mainstream jazz standards.

Thu 9th Oct

Palinka

The all-girl band play Hungarian and Romanian gypsy music.

Fri 17th Oct

Reg Meuross, Jackie Oates

The singer-songwriter launches his new album, Dragonfly.

Wed 15th Oct

Will Killeen

The acoustic blues guitarist with Celtic roots.

Sat 18th Oct

Annie Keating, Nathan Hamilton, Briana Hardyman

The country-tinged singer-songwriter plays with Americana and folk-blues styled support.

Sun 12th Oct

Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart

The country-folk husband-and-wife duo.

Thu 16th Oct

Guy Buttery, Roland Chadwick

The South African fingerstyle guitarist with experimental acoustica and folk.

Thu 9th Oct

Smokey Angle Shades, Mayor McCA, Byzy Bizarre

The harmonious London pop rockers headline a Viva Cake 'Creatures Of The Night' Halloween special.

Fri 31st Oct

Smokey Angle Shades, Rodeo Massacre, Coyote Moon

The harmonious London pop rockers headline.

Thu 23rd Oct

Smokey Angle Shades, Rob Skipper And The Musical D

The harmonious London pop rockers headline.

Thu 16th Oct

Smokey Angle Shades, Illustrated Youth, Bunny

Harmonious London pop rockers.

Thu 9th Oct

Nigel Price, Alex Garnett, Luke Steele

Guitar, sax and double bass trio.

Wed 8th Oct

Sirius B

Modern bossa, jazz and groove from one of the UK's leading Brazilian bands.

Fri 24th Oct

Andy Smythe Band, Sean Donnelly

The London-based singer-songwriter is backed by violinist Barry Targett and bassist Les Elvin.

Mon 10th Nov

Liz Simcock

The folk acoustica singer-songwriter headlines.

Mon 8th Dec

Ken Perlman

The multi-instrumentalist plays Celtic and Southern fiddle tunes.

Mon 13th Oct

Tich Frier

The Scottish folk performer headlines.

Mon 24th Nov

Cathryn Craig And Brian Willoughby

The former Strawbs guitarist pairs with the veteran singer-songwriter.

Mon 20th Oct

Zhenya Strigalev's Cherry Grand Moth Plus Late Jam

Leftfield fusion, jazz and funk session with the Russian saxophonist plus Mike Janisch and James Mad

Thu 9th Oct

Fumi Okiji Group

The young jazz vocalist and friends including seven-string guitarist Stefano Kalonaris and cellist B

Wed 8th Oct

Kristian Borring Quartet

The Danish fusion guitarist showcases his Euro-jazz quartet.

Tue 7th Oct

Victor Bailey Group

The Weather Report fusion bass legend plays his only UK dates of a world tour.

Fri 10th Oct-Sat 11th Oct

Langhorne Slim And The War Eagles

The Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and his band play Americana, folk and power-pop.

Wed 5th Nov

Beats In The Bar

Students from the Trinity College Of Music unwind with some jazz improvisations.

Tue 7th Oct-Tue 25th Nov

By The Fireside, The Electric Tape Recorder

The London loops'n'folk singer-songwriter headlines a Local night.

Mon 6th Oct

The Illuminations, Steven Alvarado, Grace Banks

The London-based quintet play offbeat indie-pop.

Wed 15th Oct

Forty Thieves Orkestar, Love Grocer

The London band blend beats and Eastern influences at a Le Vagabond Boogaloo Club show.

Fri 10th Oct

The Futureheads

The Sunderland foursome play harmonious and angular art-pop to promote their new series of live reco

Sat 29th Nov

The Kabeedies

The exuberant indie-poppers from Norwich on tour to promote their Treasure Hunting single.

Sat 25th Oct-Sat 20th Dec

Off With Their Heads, Four Letter Word, Just Panic

The Minneapolis poppy punk-rockers play with Cardiffian hardcore punk support.

Thu 9th Oct

Gonzo On Tour: Kaiser Chiefs, Late Of The Pier

The Leeds alt-rockers play tracks from their album, Yours Truly, Angry Mob.

Sun 12th Oct

Michelle Shocked

The Texan singer-songwriter with politically-charged acoustic folk.

Fri 7th Nov

Curved Air, Claire Hamill

The iconic progressive folk-rock band originating in the 1970s now reformed with all original member