PlaceFood & drink
Fitz’s
Velvet, a disco ball and a richly decorated room off Russell Square: a cocktail stop with a little theatrical flair.
The London edit
London, beyond the last train.
From Canning Town sound systems to Hackney Wick courtyards. Pick your selectors, find your room, make a night of it.
From Canning Town sound systems to Hackney Wick courtyards. Pick your selectors, find your room, make a night of it. Choose a dated event on the venue’s official programme. Admission and opening times vary.
PlaceFood & drink
Scarfes Bar
A fireside room at Rosewood London, where caricatures, books and live music give a Holborn evening a more intimate setting.
PlaceFood & drink
Lyaness
An ingredient-led cocktail bar beside the Thames, with inventive alcohol-free options and the river for company.
PlaceConcerts
fabric
A Smithfield finish for a London night built around selectors, sound and the dance floor.
PlaceConcerts
Royal Albert Hall
A monumental concert hall in South Kensington, where the programme is the starting point for choosing a memorable evening.
PlaceConcerts
Roundhouse
A former railway building in Chalk Farm becomes a distinctive setting for concerts and performance, with the circular room shaping the experience.
PlaceConcerts
Cadogan Hall
A concert hall near Sloane Square, suited to an evening built around the ensemble or artist on the bill.
PlaceConcerts
Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden
Opera and ballet in the heart of Covent Garden, with performances and visitor experiences that need their own booking arrangements.
PlaceConcerts
The Old Vic
A theatre evening near Waterloo, with enough neighbourhood restaurants and river walks nearby to shape the hours before the performance.
PlaceConcerts
Royal Court Theatre
A Sloane Square stage associated with new writing, for an evening chosen around the play and the voices behind it.
PlaceConcerts
Sadler’s Wells Theatre
A destination for dance in Islington, where the range of companies and choreographers makes the programme worth exploring.
PlaceConcerts
London Coliseum
A grand theatre near Trafalgar Square, with opera and other performances filling a building that makes arrival part of the occasion.
PlaceConcerts
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
A major West End stage in Covent Garden, with historic interiors and a programme to choose before planning the rest of the night.
PlaceConcerts
London Palladium
A West End venue with a long variety-theatre history, still a place to choose around a particular show or performer.
PlaceConcerts
The Underworld Camden
A Camden basement venue for live music, where the bill and the room make the evening rather than a grand architectural setting.
PlaceConcerts
The Troubadour
An Earl’s Court address for live music with a more intimate scale, suited to an evening of listening rather than rushing between venues.
PlaceConcerts
O2 Academy Islington
A live-music stop in Angel, with individual gigs setting the doors, age restrictions and ticket arrangements.
PlaceConcerts
XOYO London
A Shoreditch club stop to plan around the selectors and the night’s programme, with admission conditions attached to the specific event.
PlaceConcerts
Alexandra Palace
A north-London entertainment venue with broad views from the surrounding park, pairing a concert destination with a different perspective on the city.
PlaceConcerts
Hope and Anchor, Islington
A basement gig beneath an Upper Street pub gives an Islington night a smaller, louder destination.
PlaceConcerts
FOLD
An artist-led electronic music space in Canning Town, for nights organised around the sound system rather than the clock.
PlaceConcerts
Colour Factory
A Hackney Wick meeting point for club nights, live music and time in the garden between sets.
PlaceFood & drink
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
A historic Fleet Street pub rewards stepping away from the main road into its smaller rooms.
PlaceFood & drink
The Ten Bells
A Spitalfields pub makes a natural pause between the market and the streets around Brick Lane.