Hadestown, the Tony-winning Orpheus musical.
Thu 29 Oct
Lyric Theatre
from £25
Folk in London coming up
Folk in London coming up, Thursday 29 October to Sunday 27 December: 118 events, among them 108 in concerts, 3 in theatre, 3 in food and drink, 3 in party and club and 1 in film.
Music October 2026: Irish seisiúns and live trad nights.
until Sat 31 Oct | 15:30
The Auld Shillelagh
Interstate Express: old American folk trio live.
Thu 29 Oct | 19:00
Chats Palace
from £10
The Wellermen: modern sea shanties and folk live.
Thu 29 Oct | 19:00
Union Chapel
£25
Elliot Porter: 30 years of songs and stories, live.
Thu 29 Oct | 19:00
Caffe Concerto
Yaelokre: indie folk with Ben Caplan and Keath Ósk.
Thu 29 Oct | 19:00
O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
Two Ways Home and Katy Hurt: country/Americana live.
Thu 29 Oct | 19:00
Oslo
Sj Mortimer: country-folk soul on her first solo UK tour.
Thu 29 Oct | 19:00
The Water Rats
Non Canon: Barry Dolan's indie folk punk, ten years on.
Thu 29 Oct | 19:00
Aces & Eights Saloon Bar
from £10
Non Canon, Sundaughter & Biting Fauna: indie folk punk.
Thu 29 Oct | 19:30
Aces and Eights Saloon Bar
from £10
Samhain Special: dark folk with Joshua Arnold & Therine.
Thu 29 Oct | 19:30
New River Studios
Tip the Waiter: Rebetiko from Greece, Turkey and beyond.
Thu 29 Oct | 19:30
The Puppet Theatre Barge
Silk Road Festival: concerts with Siqian Li and Kamal Sabri.
until Sat 12 Dec
World Heart Beat
Yaelokre: Filipino-Icelandic folk with surreal storytelling.
Thu 29 Oct
O2 Empire
Oktoberfest 2026: oompah band and Bavarian party beer hall.
Thu 29 Oct
The Bermondsey Bierkeller
£6.60–111.30
Sara Milonovich: fiddle-driven Americana with Greg Anderson.
Thu 29 Oct
Soho Folk and Blues @cuts
£15
Thursday Nights Just Got Better with live acoustic music.
Thu 29 Oct | 17:00
The Monument
Free
Yemi Bolatiwa: Tracy Chapman tribute concert at Soul Mama.
Thu 29 Oct | 18:00
Soul Mama - Islington and 1 more
Spooky Samhain Trad Session: Irish folk night to join in.
Fri 30 Oct | 17:30
Irish Cultural Centre
Free
The Mary Wallopers: Irish folk from Dundalk, live.
Fri 30 Oct | 19:00
O2 Academy Brixton
from £35.66
The Brothers Gillespie: folk with soaring sibling harmonies.
Fri 30 Oct | 19:00
The Ivy House
£14–16
Derek Ryan: acoustic songs and stories.
Fri 30 Oct
Irish Cultural Centre
£30
Mick & Eileen Trad session: live Irish folk at the pub.
Fri 30 Oct | 20:00
Hemingford Arms
Free
Declan O'Rourke: live concert at Rough Trade East.
Sat 31 Oct | 19:00
Rough Trade East
Ed Harcourt, the singer-songwriter, live in concert.
Sat 31 Oct | 19:30
The Social
Live Irish trad session in a Kilburn pub.
Sat 31 Oct | 20:00
Sir Colin Campbell
Cowgirls & Cocktails: cowboy brunch with unlimited drinks.
Sat 31 Oct | 14:00
Star in Shoreditch and 1 more
£16.50–42.90
Romanian folk concert with Nicolae Botgros.
Sun 1 Nov | 17:00
EartH
from £52.53
Liz Jones & John Bruce: acoustic roots and blues.
Sun 1 Nov | 18:30
Golden Hinde
£12
Singer-songwriter Jessie Mazin with support from Anya True.
Sun 1 Nov | 19:00
The Lower Third
£17
Louis O'Hara, Serafima & The Shakedowns: indie folk night.
Sun 1 Nov | 19:00
The Windmill
£5
Tom Rush, Folk-Legende, erstmals wieder in London seit 1960.
Sun 1 Nov | 19:00
Union Chapel
£32.50
Glenn Jones and Liam Grant: American Primitive guitar.
Sun 1 Nov | 19:30
The Horse Hospital and 1 more
£10–18
Johnny Campbell: folk songs and stories live.
Sun 1 Nov | 19:45
Cabbage Patch Pub
£12
Nicole Allan: country, Americana and folk at the Green Note.
Sun 1 Nov | 20:30
Green Note
£12
Weekly Live Bluegrass Band: bluegrass session at Cask.
Sun 1 Nov | 16:30
Cask
Stu Larsen: singer-songwriter live at The Lower Third.
Mon 2 Nov | 19:00
The Lower Third
£19.08
Willow Avalon: country and Americana from Nashville.
Mon 2 Nov | 19:00
Union Chapel
£27.50
Claire Hastings, BBC Young Folk award winner, in concert.
Mon 2 Nov | 19:30
Green Note
£16.50
Myles Smith: intimate one-off concert in London.
Mon 2 Nov
O2 Empire