{"title": "Vortex Jam Session", "start": "2026-11-01T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £6 / Free entry for Vortex members & participating musicians", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "6.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/vortex-jam-session-september-october-tickets-R2WYBF?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Vortex Jam Session is a weekly Sunday-evening jam session at Vortex Jazz Club, where the house band is joined by visiting instrumentalists. It is hosted in rotation by four of London's finest musicians: guitarist Nick Costley-White, trumpeter Sean Gibbs, pianist Rick Simpson and tenor saxophonist Riley Stone-Lonergan. Instrumentalists who plan to play with the house band can attend for free, with no need to book in advance, and Vortex members also enter free of charge. The house band for this session is yet to be confirmed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/vortex-jam-session-40176/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/vortex-jam-session-10-2026-09-06-2026-09-13/2026-10-25/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/33c3df52a2b153c5d511b2c9bb01a19d91f0cdb2b52abc2ae3641302b7f8ff00-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-01T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-22T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-22T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-29T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-29T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-12-06T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-12-06T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Whirlpool Sessions (Downstairs)", "start": "2026-10-30T18:45:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T20:15:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £10 / Vortex Members £5 / Students & UC beneficiaries £5", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/whirlpool-sessions-downstairs-tickets-B4H2GD?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Whirlpool Sessions (Downstairs) is a jazz concert of one set at Vortex Jazz Club. It opens the fourth series of the Whirlpool series, presenting six recently graduated musicians selected by the heads of courses at London's main conservatoires, with Sam Eastmond on trumpet as mentor. The musicians are Sylvie Noble on voice, Joe Bazalgette on saxophone, Val Cheesborough on guitar, James Leaver-Whitfield on bass, Chris Outhwaite on piano and Noah Ojumu on drums. The Whirlpool sessions aim to give young musicians a platform.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/whirlpool-sessions-downstairs-40182/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/whirlpool-sessions-downstairs/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4694a02a7dbdbb1e173bbb6eeda8af82ef372f353ab0b70822a48443d4fae5b0-2000.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": "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": "Vortex Lates: Jochen Rueckert Quartet plays Jazz Classics", "start": "2026-11-05T22:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T00:15:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £12 / Vortex Members £10 / Students & UC beneficiaries £10", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/vortex-lates-jochen-rueckert-quartet-plays-jazz-classics-tickets-L402PY?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A late-night jazz concert at the Vortex Jazz Club, with drummer Jochen Rueckert leading his new New York City Quartet through one set of music. The band brings together standout young musicians – Kevin Sun on tenor saxophone, Alexandra Ridout on trumpet and Hamish Smith on double bass – decades Rueckert's junior, championing the next generation. Rueckert, known from the Kurt Rosenwinkel Quartet and Sam Yahel Trio and whose earlier quartet toured internationally for over 15 years, sees the group release its debut album \"How to Survive a Beheading\", his seventh as a bandleader.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/vortex-lates-jochen-rueckert-quartet-plays-jazz-classics-40193/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/vortex-lates-jochen-rueckert-quartet-plays-jazz-classics/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a4b05ff867af07000d23456439f73ac5959fb0412c04b18de259f875e1d03297-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Bonney / Brice / Crowley / Giles", "start": "2026-11-11T18:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T20:15:00Z", "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/bonney-brice-crowley-giles-downstairs-tickets-28WBPD?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "A jazz concert at Vortex Jazz Club in Dalston's Gillett Square, featuring one set of free jazz music. The performers are a British quartet: Alex Bonney on trumpet, Olie Brice on double bass, George Crowley on tenor saxophone and Tim Giles on drum kit. They play legendary free jazz repertoire by figures such as Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Albert Ayler and Paul Motian. Doors open before the music begins.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bonney-brice-crowley-giles-40199/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/bonney-brice-crowley-giles/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4bdf63bec336549199e2fa15aeeec4b79bd00d23df71c105084847cd74cefe58-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Family Band", "start": "2026-11-11T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T22:30:00Z", "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/family-band-tickets-CTJH53?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "A jazz evening with Family Band playing two sets at Vortex Jazz Club. The quartet unites four long-term collaborators and friends: Kim Macari on trumpet, Riley Stone-Lonergan on tenor saxophone, Tom Rivière on double bass and Steve Hanley on drum kit. Their starting point is the freewheeling music of the musicians at the forefront of the 1960s free jazz revolution, whose opening up of jazz's constraints is now seen as an integral part of the music's development. Rather than recreating the work of Ornette Coleman and others, the band shares its powerful momentum, combining fierce intensity, introspection and the blues into an emotionally complex and often cathartic whole.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/family-band-40200/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/family-band-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6d45dd5383dfbb452fd6a86c50b0aa328c8ccc936b1621e924c03edb01e45ff1-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Jazz Jam in Hammersmith", "start": "2026-11-10T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Distillers", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://ticketing.designmynight.com/events/6978a3dc9a590330bd361512/tickets/selection?item-ids=6978a3dc9a590330bd361512", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A monthly jazz jam session held upstairs in the function room of The Distillers pub in Hammersmith. It is hosted by the resident Distillers House Trio — pianist Marcus James, bassist James Royan and drummer Alex Ellerington. Musicians and vocalists of all levels can bring an instrument and join in, or simply sit back and listen. The page describes a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere with no cover charge, and the trio plays jazz rooted in London's scene.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jazz-jam-in-hammersmith-41354/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/29338c91332655c5e3dfb2d3e594e6ed6503ddd2fb55876446c44e33c7ca360e-600.webp"}, {"title": "Leo Richardson Quartet", "start": "2026-11-07T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £17.50 / Vortex Members £15 / Students & UC beneficiaries £12.5", "price_from": "17.50", "price_to": "17.50", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/leo-richardson-quartet-tickets-RKHS1W?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/hard-bop"], "description": "The Leo Richardson Quartet plays a night of jazz at Vortex Jazz Club, a gig venue in Dalston's Gillett Square. The London-based saxophonist Leo Richardson leads a quartet with Rick Simpson on piano, Dave Whitford on double bass and Joel Waters on drums, performing two sets of entirely original music. Their sound is grounded in contemporary hard bop, inspired by the hard bop and post-bop era with strong melodies, exciting interplay and a modern edge. The band plays material gearing up to their next album recording, following acclaimed releases 'The Chase' and 'Move'.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/leo-richardson-quartet-40196/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/leo-richardson-quartet-6/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a92aa88858a2c6b0503f1c55b0fdd49c9430854f1a4146459b0df0aa4866b90d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Mark Lasis Quintet", "start": "2026-11-04T18:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T20:15:00Z", "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/mark-lasis-quintet-downstairs-tickets-D3R4CQ", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Mark Lasis Quintet play one set of music at the Vortex Jazz Club. 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. Lasis, who studies at the Royal Academy of Music, aims to show the accordion's versatility in contemporary music.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mark-lasis-quintet-40189/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/mark-lasis-quintet/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3e18562adc7d4c381c08f0eb66a1066a9b83261e1bc82e2fdba58dfe8bb153ed-2000.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": ""}, {"title": "Stratos", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Grow, Hackney", "address": "Wallis Road 98, E9 5LN London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://growhackney.squarespace.com/faqs", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Stratos is the resident jazz band of Grow's weekly Thursday Jazz Jam, a long-standing night held at a canalside venue in Hackney Wick. The band is led by Mercury Prize-nominated bassist Rio Kai, with Dom Pusey on saxophone, Mike De Souza on guitar and Zoe Pascal on drums. Each set explores both the classic roots and boundary-pushing edges of jazz, with improvisation and connection at its centre. After the first set, the jam opens up to jazz musicians who want to join in, and entry is free for jammers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/stratos-61041/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8ab92d4ea34f2314ff21ec8fb489ed74f6b7751f43a641f05222815f38f44293-600.webp"}, {"title": "Rob Luft Quartet", "start": "2026-10-30T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £20 / Vortex Members £18 / Students & UC beneficiaries £16", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/rob-luft-quartet-tickets-8KQM3Z?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "An evening of live jazz at the Vortex, a club in London's Gillett Square, with two sets by the Rob Luft Quartet. The quartet features Rob Luft on guitar, Joe Wright on tenor saxophone, Tom McCredie on bass and Corrie Dick on drums. Luft, a London-born guitarist named 'Instrumentalist of the Year' at the 2025 Parliamentary Jazz Awards, is counted among the most exciting jazz guitarists of his generation in Europe, with comparisons to Bill Frisell, John Abercrombie and Pat Metheny. His albums 'Riser' (2017) and 'Dahab Days' (2023) appeared on Edition Records, and he has collaborated with artists such as Elina Duni, John Surman and Anders Jormin on ECM Records.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rob-luft-quartet-40183/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/rob-luft-quartet-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dde36f17d4b78d59318afb70f71a646361e8b00cde81b4820c20fa516a8bda06-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Jochen Rueckert New Quartet", "start": "2026-11-06T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £20 / Vortex Members £18 / Students & UC beneficiaries £16", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/jochen-rueckert-new-quartet-tickets-7CQVWK?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Jochen Rueckert New Quartet is a jazz concert at Vortex Jazz Club with two sets of music. Drummer Jochen Rueckert leads his new New York City quartet, a band of standout young musicians decades his junior who champion the next generation. The line-up features Kevin Sun on tenor saxophone, Alexandra Ridout on trumpet and Hamish Smith on double bass. The band is releasing its debut album \"How to Survive a Beheading\", Rueckert's seventh jazz album as a bandleader.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jochen-rueckert-new-quartet-40195/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/jochen-rueckert-new-quartet/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4dc6b3e7c79869802253515fc0ab0a89c0dac4edcb36bee903511966424cb052-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Thurston Moore and Mark Wastell", "start": "2026-11-08T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T23:15:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £20 / Vortex Members £17 / Students & UC beneficiaries £15", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/thurston-moore-and-mark-wastell-tickets-V1CRMG", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "A night of electric guitar and drums at a London jazz club, with two sold-out sets following a return by popular demand. The collaboration pairs Thurston Moore on guitar with Mark Wastell on percussion, two vastly experienced masters of the craft. Their show last December played to a full house and was described as deeply post-psychedelic and dreamlike in atmosphere, before expanding into the charming spasms of free jazz. The club expects another sell out.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/thurston-moore-and-mark-wastell-40197/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/thurston-moore-and-mark-wastell/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bd193a6e7a6bc39ef1fea7578ecf4fcc8b9078a0d14b20cf3803aa041b754d82-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Huskies Night", "start": "2026-10-30T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T22:30:00Z", "place": "Orpington Liberal Club", "address": "Station Road 7, BR6 0RZ Orpington", "price": "Free entry to OLC/CAMRA members, £1 to non-members – pay at the bar", "price_from": "1.00", "price_to": "1.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Huskies Night is a music evening at Orpington Liberal Club, set up by founding father Dave Silk. Singers, musicians, poets and spoken word acts are encouraged to take a floorspot, solo or backed by a first-class band of accomplished jazz musicians. Regulars include singers Jacci Norris and Mieko Kanai, guitarist Simon Goodwin, pianist Richard Simmons, bass player John Pead and percussionist Bryan Britten. Highlights also include a raffle for a can of spam and other prizes, with a cash hat collection for the musicians at a suggested minimum of £5.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/huskies-night-37654/", "official_url": "https://orpingtonliberalclub.co.uk/events/huskies-night-2026-10-30/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/075786ba36d7e30d14df675099e530ed33332a8b3fa8b261269a03537726aae0-600.webp"}, {"title": "Friday Jazz (October 2026)", "start": "2026-10-30T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Oxford House", "address": "Derbyshire Street, E2 6HG London", "price": "Free, donations welcome", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friday-jazz-october-2026-tickets-2001162905119?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Friday Jazz is a monthly early evening jazz performance at Oxford House in Bethnal Green. It is curated by the OH House Band, a four-piece ensemble of brilliant young musicians on sax, double bass, keys and drums. Each show mixes well-known classics, standards and new discoveries. The event is free, with donations welcome to support free arts programmes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/friday-jazz-october-2026-41798/", "official_url": "https://www.oxfordhouse.org.uk/event/friday-jazz-october-2026-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e6060671adcb5ec56c9cd9e051f1cb0d1156e56d7c32ac6a76365aa8f324a3aa-2000.webp"}]}