{"title": "London Ambient Orchestra Presents: An Evening of Improvised Music and Sonic Exploration", "start": "2026-11-03T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-03T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "General Admission £17.50", "price_from": "17.50", "price_to": "17.50", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-london-ambient-orchestra-tickets-2002421727290?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/contemporary-classical"], "description": "London Ambient Orchestra Presents: An Evening of Improvised Music and Sonic Exploration is a large-ensemble concert of orchestral improvisation rooted in stillness and sound exploration. The London Ambient Orchestra brings together conservatoire-trained contemporary classical players and avant-garde improvisers from diverse backgrounds, creating an improvisational language that defies traditional thinking of what an orchestra can be. The fourteen musicians perform dreamy sound worlds reminiscent of ambient pioneers like Brian Eno, alongside Pauline Oliveros-like sound meditations, minimalism and raucous free improvisation. The lineup spans flutes, harp, clarinets, saxophone, trombone, strings, live effects processing, piano, double bass and percussion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/london-ambient-orchestra-presents-an-evening-of-improvised-m-40188/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/london-ambient-orchestra-presents-an-evening-of-improvised-music-and-sonic-exploration/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8ff7dd774fd07f9a912ce91247bf9524b4484602c6148fafde9574c4ea80816a-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-03T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-03T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "ONe_Orchestra New", "start": "2026-11-10T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-10T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £15 / Vortex Members £7.5 / Students & UC beneficiaries £6.25", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/one_orchestra-new-tickets-402TFV?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-improvisation"], "description": "ONe_Orchestra New is an improvising large-group orchestra performing two sets of improvised music at the Vortex Jazz Club. The ensemble brings together seventeen musicians on saxophones, oboes, flutes, voice, sitar, piano, keyboards, turntables, electric guitar, double bass and electronics. Their work in large-group improvisation seeks to free themselves and their listeners from default assumptions built up through the centuries-long predominance of cis men in music. The shared experiences and sense of safety among the members allow them to explore boldly, uncovering new ways of hearing and new things to hear.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/one_orchestra-new-40198/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/one_orchestra-new-3/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/49a8501487574f9aabaac254fef30705494efa9f794a2cdfd32c4113324453d4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Colin Webster / Matthew Grigg / Caius Williams / Fabian Neubauer", "start": "2026-11-06T18:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T20:15:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £12.50 / Vortex Members £6.25 / Students & UC beneficiaries £5", "price_from": "12.50", "price_to": "12.50", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/colin-webster-matthew-grigg-caius-williams-fabian-neubauer-downstairs-tickets-N3TZM8?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/improvisation"], "description": "An improvised music concert at the Vortex Jazz Club, a mixed seated and standing venue on Gillett Square, with one set of music. The line-up is a brand new quartet of highly regarded British and European improvisors: Colin Webster on alto saxophone, Matthew Grigg on guitar, Caius Williams on double bass and Fabian Neubauer on drum kit. Webster and Williams are two of London's most prolific improvisors, working with many key figures in experimental music, while Grigg is an exciting guitarist from Bristol creating his own language and style, and Neubauer, a Wuppertal-based multi-instrumentalist, combines electronics and acoustic drums.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/colin-webster-matthew-grigg-caius-williams-fabian-neubauer-40194/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/colin-webster-matthew-grigg-caius-williams-fabian-neubauer/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6981c06e2c5e869ac1cae7886b55daf889765921362ceb6171a92df1b13f1d65-1200.webp"}, {"title": "London Jazz Orchestra Vortex Sessions: The Pianists of the LJO", "start": "2026-11-01T15:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T18:00:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £15 / Vortex Members £10 / Students & UC beneficiaries £8", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/london-jazz-orchestra-vortex-sessions-the-pianists-of-the-ljo-tickets-MYR2L9?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/big-band"], "description": "London Jazz Orchestra Vortex Sessions: The Pianists of the LJO is a jazz concert at the Vortex Club's monthly session. The London Jazz Orchestra, a unique big band of top soloists and writers directed by Scott Stroman, performs new music up-close-and-personal. This session features John Taylor, Pete Saberton, Nikki Iles and Alcyona Mick, the four pianists who have held the keyboard chair in the band, all original voices as players and writers. Their compositions and arrangements of their music by other band members are showcased.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/london-jazz-orchestra-vortex-sessions-the-pianists-of-the-lj-40186/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/london-jazz-orchestra-vortex-sessions-the-pianists-of-the-ljo/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c551b6677145fef5543d99646d56709841854f3f287624bc92210304919f3f49-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Un/stable: Seijiro Murayama / Ross Lambert | Rosa Theodora", "start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Horse Hospital", "address": "Colonnade, WC1N 1JD London", "price": "£8-12", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "https://gel.now/events/1231", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/experimental/improvisation"], "description": "An evening of improvised music in the Un/stable series. Rosa Theodora, a London-based musician and composer, performs solo, playing piano, synth and voice across experimental improvisation, spiritual jazz and electronic music. She is followed by a duet from percussionist Seijiro Murayama, who has performed improvised music since 1972 and works with silence, space and the energy of the audience, and London-based guitarist and 'magnetic and vibrating sources' player Ross Lambert.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/unstable-seijiro-murayama-ross-lambert-rosa-theodora-39368/", "official_url": "https://www.thehorsehospital.com/events/un/stable-9", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f38c08a2f3edc9e4fa7bcc8229ed8d23ba34f08c37b64a0d07a3416ff0e41333-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Rachel Musson, Magda Drozd, Iris Casling & Douglas Benford", "start": "2026-11-08T15:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Hundred Years Gallery", "address": "Pearson Street 13, E2 8JD London", "price": "£10 cash entry", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-improvisation"], "description": "An afternoon of live quartet improvisation at Hundred Years Gallery. Saxophonist Rachel Musson, violinist Magda Drozd, double bassist Iris Casling and Douglas Benford on recorders and objects each bring their own backgrounds in improvised and experimental music to the session. Doors open at 15:30, with the music starting at 16:00. 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London-based accordionist and composer Mark Lasis leads the quintet, with solly chappell on guitar, Artis Aleksejevs on drum kit, Alex Sibley on alto saxophone and Will Ewins on bass guitar. They perform original compositions inspired by the sounds of 70s fusion paired with Lasis's roots as a classical musician. 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It is performed by lovemusic, a Strasbourg-based ensemble, and continues the WACK x lovemusic project supported by the Diaphonique fund. The programme includes a bass flute in dialogue with sign language, violin and cello as extensions of the performers' bodies, an abstract city portrait, a piece for flute, screens and ASMR, an audience participation work using the public's own phones, and an excerpt from Neil Luck's Respect for Reality. No expertise is needed to enjoy it, just curiosity.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lovemusic-74175/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agenda/lovemusic/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4d30ac15be2f90ed2c6b770c5e497857ba9b6104dc185e27a68ba1b92e9b4209-2000.webp"}, {"title": "ALBA ENSEMBLE PRESENTS: LES FLEURS", "start": "2026-11-07T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Big Penny Social", "address": "Priestley Way 1, E17 6AL London", "price": "from £20 per person", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://ra.co/events/2498463", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/orchestral"], "description": "An evening of live orchestral music, where a thirty-piece string orchestra with a rhythm section and vocalists performs new arrangements of songs by artists such as Minnie Riperton, D'Angelo, Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, Lianne La Havas and RAYE, followed by DJs until 1am. Alba Ensemble, a London-based collective of musicians who play contemporary classical, baroque, folk, jazz and beyond, presents Les Fleurs as its biggest show to date, built around collaboration between old friends.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/alba-ensemble-presents-les-fleurs-42959/", "official_url": "https://bigpennysocial.co.uk/whats-on/alba-ensemble-les-fleurs", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e222578e4a589c933d3e5a2be17b2bae0a76761ea207109cc77f49daa9e78cad-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Julian Faultless / Martin Hackett / Julian Woods", "start": "2026-10-31T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Hundred Years Gallery", "address": "Pearson Street 13, E2 8JD London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/experimental/improvisation"], "description": "A music event at Hundred Years Gallery bringing together three performers: Julian Faultless, Martin Hackett and Julian Woods. Martin Hackett, a member of Oxford Improvisers and the Muzzix collective in Lille, has spent the past thirty years exploring the Korg MS10 synthesiser. Julian Woods is a guitarist, bassist, arranger and composer whose recent work includes microtonality, free improvisation and polystylism. Julian Faultless, a horn player trained at the Royal Academy of Music who has played with London orchestras, is also active in Oxford Improvisers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/julian-faultless-martin-hackett-julian-woods-36568/", "official_url": "http://hundredyearsgallery.co.uk/music-martin-hackett-julian-faultless-julian-woods/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/47fefa1a10eb11a63df94fde8dc34e3ba3bb01fac4bdf123457daae325b7c982-2000.webp"}, {"title": "City of London Sinfonia – These Memories May Be True", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wilton's Music Hall", "address": "Graces Alley 1, E1 8JB London", "price": "£13.50 – £28.00 full price | £11.00 – £25.50 concession", "price_from": "9.50", "price_to": "28.00", "tickets_url": "https://wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/flat-and-the-curves-rose-tinted/#Tickets_in", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/orchestral", "society/migration"], "description": "City of London Sinfonia – These Memories May Be True is a 75-minute evening of orchestral music, words and stories at Wilton's Music Hall, with no interval. The concert was born from a year of conversations in a community kitchen between musicians and people seeking asylum in the UK, and explores what home means, how we hold onto it and how we carry it with us when we have to leave. The programme moves across continents and centuries with music by Reena Esmail, Bushra el-Turk, Lembit Beecher, Piazzolla, Vaughan Williams and Copland, and forms part of City of London Sinfonia's wider season exploring asylum and migration in the UK. The orchestra was founded in 1971 by Richard Hickox, and the evening features Alexandra Wood, CLS Creative Director and Leader, with projection design by visual artist Majid Adin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/city-of-london-sinfonia-these-memories-may-be-true-40343/", "official_url": "https://wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/city-of-london-sinfonia-these-memories-may-be-true/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3c928c52d2c79db515bf1118b6cba39d2f5366d85b79017f2b3e131976c57fcd-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Imagine Series: Arowah", "start": "2026-10-31T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£5", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/improvised"], "description": "A low stimulus concert by Arowah, part of Wigmore Hall's Imagine Series, with improvisations and original compositions lasting about an hour without an interval. Arowah sees the artist as philosopher, community builder and collective healer, trusting in music's power to connect people and heal hearts. Their improvised music for guitar, electronics and voice draws on jazz, classical and ambient music, and on their research into music as a therapeutic medium and sound healing traditions from around the world. The performance keeps lighting low and announcements minimal, with a quiet space available and free re-entry for audiences who need it.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/imagine-series-arowah-49732/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202610311300", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ba3eedf07c109ccf19e040e15608180d7b73ff7a0706856f0d666dda68e7a4d4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Speyer's Space Trio", "start": "2026-11-05T18:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T20:15:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £12.50 / Vortex Members £6.25 / Students & UC beneficiaries £5", "price_from": "12.50", "price_to": "12.50", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/loz-speyers-space-trio-downstairs-tickets-YF6WZK?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "SPACE TRIO is a jazz trio playing one set of live music at the Vortex, working in the open territory between jazz and free improvisation. Trumpeter Loz Speyer leads the group with Josh Vadiveloo on double bass and Andrew Lisle on drum kit, all three Hackney-based musicians. The trio performs Speyer's own compositions alongside pieces by free jazz masters such as Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry and Johnny Dyani, and by Speyer's former colleague Tony Bianco. SPACE TRIO grew out of Speyer and Lisle's work together in improvisational projects and continues his many years of exploring the trumpet-bass-drums format.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/speyers-space-trio-40191/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/loz-speyers-space-trio/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6d923e82ed9f5a689826db334c23a3a17ea0a669f58a014a85e3cf8ec2c96ae4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Random Trip x Kele Le Roc x Titii Orinoko x László Dés x Bence Vavra", "start": "2026-11-08T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T23:00:00Z", "place": "The Fox & Firkin", "address": "Lewisham High Street 316, SE13 6JZ London", "price": "GBP 8–15", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/soul-funk/funk"], "description": "An improvised concert night presented by Rubix Group, bringing the Hungarian collective Random Trip to The Fox and Firkin with no setlist and no script, as singers, MCs and horn players are warmly welcome to join the international jam. The lineup features Kele Le Roc and Bence Vavra on vocals, László Dés on saxophone, Titii Orinoko on trumpet and flute, kristof7s on live looping and beatbox, DJ Q-Cee on turntables and Javor Delov on drums. Random Trip has spent 17 years as an ever-evolving collective where legends and rising stars jam side by side, weaving funk, jazz, hip-hop, soul and electronic into real-time improvisation, with past lineups including names like Vanessa Haynes, Derrick McKenzie and DubFX. The show takes place with the kind support of the Hungarian Culture Center – Liszt Institute London.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/random-trip-x-kele-le-roc-x-titii-orinoko-x-laszlo-des-x-ben-43997/", "official_url": "https://foxfirkin.com/event/random-trip-x-kele-le-roc-x-titii-orinoko-x-laszlo-des-x-bence-vavra-8th-november-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7aa149b8af1bf233e4d3f9aca2e0821e63a49a92bc458484862a4cf1e7065d91-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Steve Noble with Alex Bonney", "start": "2026-11-01T15:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Hundred Years Gallery", "address": "Pearson Street 13, E2 8JD London", "price": "£10 cash", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/experimental/improvisation"], "description": "An afternoon of improvised music at Hundred Years Gallery, given in two sets. The first features Steve Noble on percussion alone; in the second he is joined by Alex Bonney on electronics. Noble is described as London's leading drummer, a fearless and inventive improviser who has played with musicians including Derek Bailey, Matthew Shipp and Joe McPhee. Bonney is a London-based trumpeter, electronic musician and producer who performs solo with electronics and in groups such as Splice and Leverton Fox.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/steve-noble-with-alex-bonney-36569/", "official_url": "http://hundredyearsgallery.co.uk/music-steve-noble-with-alex-bonney/", "image": ""}, {"title": "usof, JQ, anrimeal", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T23:00:00Z", "place": "Spanners", "address": "Ridgway Road, SW9 7EX London", "price": "£10 / £13", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "13.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/electronic/ambient"], "description": "An evening of experimental and ambient music at the venue Spanners, featuring three live artists. It is presented by JQ, a south London multi-instrumentalist who has released albums on several labels and is a member of Forgiveness. Headlining is usof, a Lisbon-based artist who pushes the definition of ambient music, performing across Europe and the UK; he is joined by anrimeal, the recording project of Porto-born, London-based artist Ana Rita de Melo Alves, whose new album and book are released together as an immersive experience. JQ has held residencies on NTS and Noods, while usof hosts a radio show and promotes events with the Living Room and Tundra collectives.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/usof-jq-anrimeal-38750/", "official_url": "https://gel.now/events/1158", "image": "https://noky.io/images/789277dce9f5836869da9a46839b3c35e10588ae2c6bc185f81122253ee7cb8b-1200.webp"}]}