{"title": "Louis Dowdeswell – 'Out of Print' Album Launch", "start": "2026-11-02T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Cadogan Hall", "address": "Sloane Terrace 5, SW1X 9DQ London", "price": "£59.50, £47, £34.50", "price_from": "34.50", "price_to": "59.50", "tickets_url": "https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/out-of-print-louis-dowdeswell-album-launch/book/1339434", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/big-band"], "description": "A concert launching trumpeter, producer and bandleader Louis Dowdeswell's new album 'Out of Print', classical music reimagined for big band and symphonic brass by arranger Callum Au. Thirty musicians perform the album in full, with pieces like Danse Macabre, Clair de Lune and Nessun Dorma scored where strings become screaming trumpets and the line between classical and jazz blurs. It also marks Louis' last UK solo appearance for the foreseeable future, promising a once-in-a-lifetime concert from one of the world's most original brass voices.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/louis-dowdeswell-out-of-print-album-launch-35202/", "official_url": "https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/out-of-print-louis-dowdeswell/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d7fc034899e9beaa959c306f7c887b9c1b068b358d1fe6bc7c57b6ba40e3fe25-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-02T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Cadogan Hall", "address": "Sloane Terrace 5, SW1X 9DQ London", "tickets": "few"}], "similar": [{"title": "Classical Kate Bush (2026) – Cloudbusting", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Cadogan Hall", "address": "Sloane Terrace 5, SW1X 9DQ London", "price": "£55.50, £47.50, £40.50", "price_from": "40.50", "price_to": "55.50", "tickets_url": "http://cadoganhall.com/your-visit/booking-information/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/crossover"], "description": "Classical Kate Bush is an orchestral concert celebrating the music of Kate Bush, billed as a symphony of This Woman's Work. It brings together the ensemble Cloudbusting – The Music of Kate Bush with more than 40 musicians from the West London Sinfonia. The programme spans Kate Bush's career with original arrangements by Michael Kamen, Michael Nyman and Andrew Powell, plus orchestral reimaginings of other songs. The artist herself will not be performing; the show runs about two hours including an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/classical-kate-bush-2026-cloudbusting-35205/", "official_url": "https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/classical-kate-bush-with-cloudbusting-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/53aec8d82332f187c25d026fbfa5dbe83b48ef8d2db63398a5e69d3ae670a54f-1200.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": "Flanders Symphony Orchestra with Alexandra Soumm, violin", "start": "2026-11-03T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Cadogan Hall", "address": "Sloane Terrace 5, SW1X 9DQ London", "price": "From £22.50 (including a £4.50 transaction fee per booking)", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/zios-flanders-symphony-orchestra/book/1316434", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/orchestral"], "description": "An evening of orchestral music built around nature, played by the Flanders Symphony Orchestra under conductor Duncan Ward, with violinist Alexandra Soumm as soloist. The programme pairs George Butterworth's 'A Shropshire Lad' rhapsody and Vaughan Williams' 'The Lark Ascending', both inspired by English poetry, with Mozart's Fifth Violin Concerto and Dvořák's genial Eighth Symphony. The concert runs for about two hours including an interval and forms part of the Zurich International Orchestra Series 2026-27 at the hall.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/flanders-symphony-orchestra-with-alexandra-soumm-violin-35203/", "official_url": "https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/zios-2026-27-flanders-symphony-orchestra-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3c0a270e867c454dea27365b6233b53216ad39c10775df76a357fbf331b1d385-1200.webp"}, {"title": "06.11| The Mark Buckingham Big Band: “Love You Madly” – The Unforgettable Music of Duke Ellington!", "start": "2026-11-06T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Polish Social and Cultural Association", "address": "King Street 238-246, W6 0RF London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mark-buckingham-big-band-the-unforgettable-music-of-duke-ellington-tickets-2001778213523?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/big-band"], "description": "The Mark Buckingham Big Band: “Love You Madly” – The Unforgettable Music of Duke Ellington! is a big band concert. The MB Big Band brings the unforgettable music of Duke Ellington, with selectively chosen professional musicians emulating stars that performed with Ellington, such as Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, Cootie Williams, Ray Nance and Russel Procope. Their programme includes original arrangements of Concerto for Cootie, Agra, Blue Goose and Caravan, mixed with connoisseur material. The band was created during lockdown, streamed many events on YouTube, and has since performed evenings with the works of great big band leaders like Woody Herman and Thad Jones; it now presents the works of The Duke.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/0611-the-mark-buckingham-big-band-love-you-madly-the-unforge-78960/", "official_url": "https://posk.org/event/06-11-the-mark-buckingham-big-band-love-you-madly-the-unforgettable-music-of-duke-ellington/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c765f55e7c1fe395d4e1411952da8898ac3d0ff4a4ad860f0ddad783b0bbbb7f-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Twickenham Jazz Club - Dominic Howles’ Big Birthday Septet", "start": "2026-11-04T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Cabbage Patch", "address": "London Road 67, TW1 3SZ Twickenham", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dominic-howles-big-birthday-septet-tickets-2002936244224", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Twickenham Jazz Club presents Dominic Howles’ Big Birthday Septet, a jazz concert at The Cabbage Patch. It stars Dominic Howles, a highly respected and much-loved Bristolian double bass player who has performed with many of the greats and released three critically acclaimed albums. The evening features beautiful arrangements of well-known classics and pieces from Bristolian Thoroughfare, centred on Dominic’s passion for the music of Duke Pearson and Oliver Nelson, whose compositions and arrangements will be celebrated. Among the musicians honoured, Pearson was a pianist and arranger who composed ‘Jeannine’, while Nelson was a saxophonist, arranger and composer whose album The Blues and the Abstract Truth is regarded as one of the most significant recordings of its era.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/twickenham-jazz-club-dominic-howles-big-birthday-septet-70536/", "official_url": "https://www.cabbagepatch.co.uk/whats-on/twickenham-jazz-club-dominic", "image": "https://noky.io/images/afb887be6d38de6b1a1d98e7270adf6f19cc182e5c35724d88ab856769527031-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Shane Hampsheir & His Big Band", "start": "2026-11-07T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Jazz @ Pizza Express", "address": "Dean Street 10, W1D 3RW London", "price": "£40", "price_from": "40.00", "price_to": "40.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/big-band"], "description": "Shane Hampsheir & His Big Band is a jazz show at Pizza Express Jazz Club. After a sell-out show in February, the singer returns with his 17-piece jazz orchestra celebrating swing and jazz classics. The programme features romantic standards by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Michael Bublé alongside punchy arrangements popularised by Harry Connick, Jr., Joe Williams and Sammy Davis, Jr. It also includes new arrangements by Evan Jolly and Graeme Taylor from Shane's debut big band album and his iTunes Jazz Chart Number 1 singles.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/shane-hampsheir-his-big-band-36748/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/41719a21b756f4dc0db048ce2ae5c8dd4434b8ccff473a33d6e0d922fbfe6b53-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Andreas Brantelid", "start": "2026-11-05T12:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "LSO St. Luke's", "address": "161 Old Street, EC1V 9NG London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A lunchtime concert by cellist Andreas Brantelid and pianist Julien Quentin at LSO St Luke's in London. The two musicians perform together in the hall at Old Street. It is a classical music recital given as part of the venue's programme.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/andreas-brantelid-78841/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Classical Coffee Mornings at the Royal Albert Hall: Emme Hensel", "start": "2026-11-08T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Albert", "address": "New Cross Road 460, SE14 6TJ London", "price": "£14 (including booking fee)", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/boxoffice/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A chamber music recital held in the Elgar Room of the Royal Albert Hall as part of the Classical Coffee Mornings series. It features Royal College of Music musician Emme Hensel on flute, performing a varied programme spanning Romantic, Baroque and 20th-century works by Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns, Bach and Morlacchi, ending with the showpiece The Swiss Shepherd. A hot drink and a pastry are included in the ticket price.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/classical-coffee-mornings-at-the-royal-albert-hall-emme-hens-38300/", "official_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3872277", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8f613d7fb1bdc26d42878af9450a46f118f723a31c620200304b374cbf2d56bc-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Jeff \"Tain\" Watts - 4-Tex (Two Shows) + After-party", "start": "2026-10-31T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T19:00:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Early Bird Standard £22 / Vortex Members £20 / Students & UC beneficiaries £20", "price_from": "22.00", "price_to": "22.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/jeff-tain-watts-4-tex-two-shows-after-party-tickets-9LBR4K", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A jazz concert with two shows and an after-party at a club in Dalston. Drummer and composer Jeff \"Tain\" Watts presents his group \"4-Tex\" with Jason Rebello on piano, Paul Bollenback on guitar and Orlando le Fleming on bass. The all-star group plays compositions by its members, focusing on new music from the upcoming album \"After Mask\", inspired by the results of the pandemic, from sociopolitical conditions to salutes to the fallen. The album should be released by this special Halloween date, and masks are encouraged.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jeff-tain-watts-4-tex-two-shows-after-party-40184/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/jeff-tain-watts-4-tex-two-shows-after-party/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/89d264410d99e30d3e4fb196e01d046672a3b20330a171e90d6704d4404c6b0d-600.webp"}, {"title": "A Lunch Gig With Ewan Bleach & The Fleeting Paradise Orchestra", "start": "2026-11-01T12:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Jamboree", "address": "St Chad's Place 6, London", "price": "£14 / £11 (earlybird) £9 advance", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "tickets_url": "https://wegottickets.com/f/27255", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/big-band"], "description": "A Sunday lunchtime concert of live jazz and swing at Jamboree, a Kings Cross venue for jazz, world music and European folk. It features clarinettist and bandleader Ewan Bleach with his big band, The Fleeting Paradise Orchestra. The ten-piece-style ensemble plays arrangements of popular songs and original blues and jazz numbers from the 'territory' bands of late 1920s and early 1930s America, such as Benny Moten, Charlie Johnson, Fess Williams and Duke Ellington. They also perform material from Canadian and British dance bands like Guy Lombardo and Bert Ambrose, alongside Ewan Bleach's own compositions and arrangements, with Middle Eastern fusion food available from the venue's 'Zer' kitchen.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-lunch-gig-with-ewan-bleach-the-fleeting-paradise-orchestra-49157/", "official_url": "https://www.jamboreevenue.co.uk/events/live-afternoon-jazz-and-swing-in-london-17/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d1a5c5d15a426b89d18cd29eb1da5fe9bc0b80df35438e91def0fb70e6f7658b-600.webp"}, {"title": "Classical Coffee Mornings at the Royal Albert Hall: Maryam Wocial and Archie Bonham", "start": "2026-11-01T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Albert", "address": "New Cross Road 460, SE14 6TJ London", "price": "£14 (including booking fee)", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/boxoffice/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical"], "description": "A Classical Coffee Morning chamber concert in the Royal Albert Hall's Elgar Room. Soprano Maryam Wocial and pianist Archie Bonham, who have performed as a duo for three years, present 'What Love Left Behind', a programme of art song and cabaret with music by Bridge, Fauré, Debussy, Wolf, Weill, Britten, Strauss, Schubert, Poulenc and Quilter. A hot drink and a pastry are included in the ticket price.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/classical-coffee-mornings-at-the-royal-albert-hall-maryam-wo-38286/", "official_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3872276", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9eaba5ab29fafc84e7d1e02645378b68d1fb1b85897beaf17595bb2069915714-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Lovemusic", "start": "2026-11-01T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "£15, conc. £13, student £5", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://cinelumiere.savoysystems.co.uk/CineLumiere.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_600.TcsWebTab_601.TcsPerformance_7109158.TcsSection_1931314", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/contemporary-classical", "art/mixed-media"], "description": "Lovemusic is a concert evening where music, theatre, dance, video, light and technology blend into one experience, with six short and very different works. 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": "Thomas Dunford artistic director, lute; Jupiter Ensemble", "start": "2026-11-04T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£50, £43, £33, £27, £18", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "50.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/renaissance"], "description": "A concert of music by the Elizabethan composer John Dowland, given as 'John Dowland: Another Retrospective' by Jupiter Ensemble. Lutenist Thomas Dunford directs an ensemble of four singers — soprano Melissa Petit, mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre, countertenor Hugh Cutting, tenor Thomas Hobbs and bass Florian Störtz — plus five viola da gamba players. The programme, lasting about two hours with an interval, draws on Dowland's songbooks and his Lachrimae pieces for viol consort, marking the 400th anniversary of the composer's death. Dunford, whose ensemble recorded Songs of Passion for Warner Classics in 2025, calls Dowland 'the John Lennon of the 16th Century.'", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/thomas-dunford-artistic-director-lute-jupiter-ensemble-65991/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611041930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/74be64c7119b1599a4b85b32fd98883babff13e92690f6cb661f63128f2e6dfb-600.webp"}, {"title": "Andy Davies", "start": "2026-11-01T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "All Saints Church", "address": "All Saints Dr, Blackheath, SE3 0TY Windsor", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://wegottickets.com/highamsparkjazzclub", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A monthly jazz jam session and evening of live music, presented by Highams Park Jazz Club. It features trumpeter Andy Davies, one of the UK's most respected and versatile trumpet players and host of the famous Wednesday night jazz jams at Ronnie Scott's, known for his expressive tone, creative improvisation and ability to inspire musical encounters between performers and audiences. He is joined by Soner Ersen, Andy Cleyndert and Eric Ford. The club welcomes him back for what promises a fantastic evening of music, improvisation and collaboration.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/andy-davies-61228/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}