{"title": "Maggie Nicols: The Gathering XVII", "start": "2026-11-16T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Horse Hospital", "address": "30 Colonnade, WC1N 1JD London", "price": "Free entry/donations OTD", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/improvised"], "description": "The Gathering XVII is a monthly gathering hosted by vocalist, dancer and performer Maggie Nicols. It is an open space where anyone can explore creativity through sound and silence, whether by singing, playing an instrument, listening or simply being together in shared rhythms. Begun in 1989 among improvising musicians, it welcomes all levels of experience in a supportive environment. Entry is free, with donations welcome on the door.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/maggie-nicols-the-gathering-xvii-49622/", "official_url": "https://www.thehorsehospital.com/events/maggie-nicols-the-gathering-17", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f37433d81e46c43b0afa6a0be85a67ce1b3096f85a9cddc09c9e5fc52b2aa312-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-16T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Horse Hospital", "address": "30 Colonnade, WC1N 1JD London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Maggie Nicols", "start": "2026-11-20T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Horse Hospital", "address": "30 Colonnade, WC1N 1JD London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music"], "description": "A music performance at the Horse Hospital in London. Maggie Nicols plays together with Kenichi Iwasa and BLACK FONDU.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/maggie-nicols-62160/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"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", "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. Entry is £10 in cash.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rachel-musson-magda-drozd-iris-casling-douglas-benford-36573/", "official_url": "http://hundredyearsgallery.co.uk/music-musson-drozd-casling-benford/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Open Mic Night in November", "start": "2026-11-14T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Old London Road cafe", "address": "Old London Road 52, KT2 6QF Kingston upon Thames", "price": "FREE", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music"], "description": "Open Mic Night in November is an evening of live music at Old London Road Café, where anyone can take the stage to perform. It is hosted by the café itself and welcomes performers of all levels, from seasoned musicians to first-timers, with all genres from folk and indie to rock. Slots of two to three songs can be reserved by email or on social media, or claimed by signing up at the registration table on the night. The evening also offers a cosy atmosphere, a bar with drinks, and the chance to connect with other local musicians.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/open-mic-night-in-november-50326/", "official_url": "https://olrcafe.co.uk/event/open-mic-night-in-november-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4617e6dfb3f666a95d98d720ed48c715002dbfef8359438d5a9bffd7886f3a01-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Mark Browne / Paul Margree / Helena Paul / Alec McGrory", "start": "2026-11-15T15:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Hundred Years Gallery", "address": "Pearson Street 13, E2 8JD London", "price": "£10 cash on the door", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-improvisation"], "description": "An afternoon of live music at Hundred Years Gallery in East London, with doors opening half an hour before the performance. It brings together four London-based improvisers: sound artist Paul Margree, who blends everyday objects with feedback systems; Helena Paul, a poet and artist long involved in theatrical and musical improvisation; Mark Browne, a saxophonist of forty years who now adds gongs and cymbals, moving between free improvisation, free jazz and electronic textures; and Alec McGrory, known as SquidCore. Expect exploratory, experimental music at the boundary of improvisation and sound art.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mark-browne-paul-margree-helena-paul-alec-mcgrory-120018/", "official_url": "http://hundredyearsgallery.co.uk/music-everything-is-complicated/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b4d9fe39ee8c9d50c8b9cafa918dce7e1f99a50fd4ea9e4e88dc41b85e5ee505-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Improvox", "start": "2026-11-09T20:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-09T23:00:00Z", "place": "Bar Gallery", "address": "Bride Lane Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 8EQ", "price": "By donation at the interval", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/experimental/improvisation"], "description": "ImproVox is an evening dedicated to the human voice together with an array of sounds and improvised music. It grows out of the monthly Lo-fi Improvised Music Workshops at Longfield Hall in Camberwell. The night features special guest headliners with support from combinations of musicians from the Lo-fi Ensemble. It takes place in the relaxed, historic atmosphere of the Theatre Bar, and entry is by donation at the interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/improvox-65261/", "official_url": "https://sbf.org.uk/whats-on/view/improvox/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/43319e11cd9fda952bd075ba5ec4929e9b7ce8e3c5ea91266050ccc04c8ef59f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Dissidences 7. Sound, voice, word", "start": "2026-11-14T16:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Hundred Years Gallery", "address": "Pearson Street 13, E2 8JD London", "price": "Free / £5/10 donations for the artists", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/experimental/improvisation", "stage/performance-art"], "description": "Dissidences 7. Sound, voice, word is a performance gathering poets, singers and performers in a semi-circle around a music improviser, reading, reciting, singing or babbling, with spontaneity and dissidence as the rules and the basis for a collective piece. The performers are Carla Cías with sound, Ivy Tsui with dance and voice, and Montse Gallego and Charlie Folorunsho with voice and words. Ivy Tsui is a Hong Kong-born, London-based dance artist and choreographer whose practice centres on improvisation and the relationship between movement, sound, memory, language and identity. Montse Gallego, a multidisciplinary artist and founder of Hundred Years Gallery, brings her poetry to the event alongside Charlie Folorunsho, who has played on the London improv scene at venues including Boat Ting and Hundred Years Gallery.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dissidences-7-sound-voice-word-36576/", "official_url": "http://hundredyearsgallery.co.uk/dissidences-7-sound-voice-word-saturday-14th-november-4-30/", "image": ""}, {"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", "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": "Open Mic Night", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T21:30:00Z", "place": "Ringway Centre", "address": "Baring Road 268, SE12 0DS London", "price": "£3", "price_from": "3.00", "price_to": "3.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["community/open-mic"], "description": "Open Mic Night is a monthly open mic evening at the Ringway Centre where anyone can share a talent in front of a friendly and supportive crowd. It is hosted by the Grove Park Community Group and is about participation, encouragement and enjoying the creativity of the community, with no need for experience or perfection. Singers, musicians, poets, storytellers and jokers are all warmly invited, and listeners are just as welcome to sit back and enjoy. There is a short break halfway through with tea and coffee to share.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/open-mic-night-41943/", "official_url": "https://gpcg.org.uk/event/open-mic/2026-11-12/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/30474f7fc97e4776797bc18f8b9caf5563ec0e11ae04c350e6f729946813d454-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Electronic Music Open Mic", "start": "2026-11-11T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Dash the henge", "address": "348 Camberwell New Rd, SE5 0RW London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/electronic"], "description": "A monthly open mic night for electronic music, where creators play sets of fifteen minutes each. It is hosted by Dan Mcphee, and performers can book their slot from 6pm. It welcomes all aspiring electronic music creators.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/electronic-music-open-mic-129470/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Open Mic At The Three Compasses", "start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-09T23:00:00Z", "place": "The Three Compasses", "address": "Dalston Lane 99, E8 1NH London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music"], "description": "Open Mic At The Three Compasses is a monthly open mic night where anyone can perform two 'turns' — a song, poem, spoken word, or whatever they like. It is presented by The Three Compasses, whose host, Lewis, organises the sets on the night. The venue provides a piano, a mic, and an electro-acoustic and an electric guitar from Guitar Guitar, while 40FT Brewery offers pints and house spirit & mixers for £4.90. Entry is free and the event is 18+.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/open-mic-at-the-three-compasses-48214/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ea2b982b200ea8820e2aa057cb86e8ad9a2df74e08215109bc43df95f335b8f9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Loft Sessions Open Mic Night at The Wheatsheaf", "start": "2026-10-27T20:00:00Z", "end": "2027-03-04T13:30:00Z", "place": "The Wheatsheaf", "address": "", "price": "Free entry", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["community/open-mic"], "description": "The Loft Sessions Open Mic Night is an open mic evening at The Wheatsheaf, a pub in Tooting, held on the last Tuesday of every month. It is run by The Loft Sessions at the pub, part of Urban Pub & Bars. Musicians, poets and storytellers share their craft in a relaxed, welcoming space, and everyone is encouraged to take the stage or cheer from the crowd. Entry is free, and artists are advised to arrive 15 minutes early to sign up.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-loft-sessions-open-mic-night-at-the-wheatsheaf-45020/", "official_url": "https://www.urbanpubsandbars.com/whats-on/the-loft-sessions-open-mic-night", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bf02d929252d70a27184e63a52e2d9c5678993615d9e40b5e749824bcd501d65-2000.webp"}]}