What’s on in London on Friday 16 October, page 2

365 listings starting this day, checked this morning, earliest first. Exhibitions and places open every day are on their venue pages.

For the Culture: The Black Defiance RAP Party 19:00 · Lyric Hammersmith · £25
FRACAS: The Boxmen + Mabel Clarke (Solo) + Jummy 19:00 · The Social (London) · Free
FRIDAY Comedy Night 19:00 · Hoxton Cabin · From £4.12
Friday Stand Up Comedy Early Show 19:00 · Top Secret Comedy Club, Drury Lane · £16
Guilt Trip 19:00 · Electric Ballroom · See listing
Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody 19:00 · Underbelly Boulevard · See listing
Jack the Ripper’s Whitechapel – the VIP Small Group Tour that's had 523 Five-Star reviews* 19:00 · Whitechapel Underground Station (Whitechapel Road exit) · £20 (students £15)
Jade and The Beanstalk 19:00 · Haringey · See listing
Jessica-beth + Alba in Blue, Sidney Busby 19:00 · Piano Smithfield · £13.50
Jon Udry's Variety Bungalow 19:00 · Jacksons Lane · From £10
Jon Udry’s Variety Bungalow 19:00 · Haringey · See listing
Launch of Somali Week Festival 2026 19:00 · British Library · See listing
Lauren Auder 19:00 · MOTH Club · £16.44
Link Up Friday 19:00 · Rollernation · £17 + fees
LMP - Tasting Notes: South Africa 19:00 · St John’s Smith Square · From £39
LowDown Brass Band 19:00 · O2 Academy Islington · See listing
Luke Combs UK Tribute in MILTON KEYNES 19:00 · MK11 LIVE MUSIC VENUE · £25 + fees
Matilda Mann 19:00 · O2 Shepherds Bush Empire · See listing
My Name is Rachel Corrie 19:00 · Greenwich Theatre · £18
Nubya Garcia 19:00 · Blue Note London · See listing
Nukies + Axe + Life Is Cheap + Crude Image 19:00 · Calamity Tank · £10
panicbaby 19:00 · Hoxton Hall · See listing
paris jackson 19:00 · The Dome London · See listing
Portrait of Mr. O 19:00 · Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square · See listing
Richard Ashcroft Revived My Libido 19:00 · Museum of Comedy · See listing
Romeo and Juliet - Oct26 19:00 · Wilton’s Music Hall · From £11
Ronnie Lane Fest II 19:00 · Cadogan Hall · From £22 incl. fees
Shedding Histories: Jawa Jones // Bror Havnes // Mimika (Funk, Psych, Jazz, Disco) 19:00 · Grow · Some free, up to £10
Sip 'n' Paint 19:00 · MK Gallery · £25
So Fresh So Clean 19:00 · Queen Of Hoxton · £8
That 70s Club | London 19:00 · Signature Brew Haggerston · Free
The Boat Show Comedy Club 19:00 · The Tattershall Castle · From £16.95
The Cheap Thrills 19:00 · London Barfly · See listing
The English Concert: Handel's Scipione 19:00 · St Martin-in-the-Fields · From £10
The Hit Orchestra: R&B 19:00 · DUO Clapham · £14.20
The Lilacs: Stripped Back + Signing 19:00 · Rough Trade East London · £10
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky 19:00 · Southwark Playhouse Borough · From £28
Tyla - the A*Pop World Tour 19:00 · O2 Academy Brixton · See listing
Angel Comedy Fridays @ 7:15pm 19:15 · The Bill Murray · See listing
Burt Williamson: 30, Burty & Thriving 19:15 · Landor_Space · £8.50
Friday Night Comedy 19:15 · Soho Comedy House · £8.50
Discourse: CERN - the past, present and future 19:20 · The Royal Institution · See listing
5 world-class stand up comedians 19:30 · The Comedy Store · See listing
A Night at the Musicals - West End Stories 19:30 · Leighton Buzzard Library Theatre · £18.75
An Evening with Ed O'Brien 19:30 · Barbican Hall · See listing
Angel Comedy Fridays @ Camden Head 19:30 · The Camden Head · Free
BBC Singers: A Whole New World – the songs of Alan Menken 19:30 · Barbican Centre · See listing
Bloody Mary(s) 19:30 · OSO Arts Centre · £21
Chewing Gum Dreams 19:30 · Theatre503 · From £24
Cowz 19:30 · Sebright Arms · Free
Disney’s The Lion King 19:30 · The Lyceum Theatre · From £42 + fees
Dog Race + BARBADOS99 19:30 · Paper Dress Vintage · From £14.54
Don't Write Me Off 19:30 · Theatre Peckham · From £10
Ed O'Brien 19:30 · Barbican Centre · See listing
Evening Concerts at the Queen's House: Vita String Quartet 19:30 · Queen's House · From £8
Friday Comedy Show - Comedy Freaks 19:30 · Comedy Freaks - Camden · From £15
Getting Triggy With It 19:30 · The Bloomsbury Theatre · From £23
Getting Triggy With It: Matt Parker Does The Maths 19:30 · Bloomsbury Theatre · See listing
Gluck: Orpheus and Eurydice 19:30 · Hackney Empire · From £10
Goblyns + Oral Habit 19:30 · The Shacklewell Arms · £17
Hasan Hates Ronny - Ronny Hates Hasan 19:30 · Royal Albert Hall · See listing
High School Musical 19:30 · Troubadour Wembley Park · From £32.40 + fees
In My Head 19:30 · Canada Water LIbrary · From £10
In My Head 19:30 · Theatre Peckham · From £10
In the Round: Alabaster DePlume – Both Sides 19:30 · ICA · See listing
Jack the Ripper Walking Tour 19:30 · Tower Hill underground station, London (meet by the Tower Hill Tram coffee stand) · £20 (students £15)
Krapp's Last Tape 19:30 · Norden Farm Centre for the Arts · £18.50
Luther The Candlelight Concert 19:30 · Watford Palace Theatre · From £30
Margaret Glaspy 19:30 · St Matthias Church · See listing
Movana Chen: Questioning the Line 19:30 · The Coronet Theatre · £15
Music is the Weapon: From Fela to Fuse 19:30 · V&A South Kensington · From £15
Night Terrors 19:30 · Upstairs at the Gatehouse · £19.50
Richard Jones Presents – The Sound Of Magic 19:30 · Brentwood Theatre · £22
Salsa Tropicalista w/ Tryb 19:30 · Doña · Free
The Best in Stand Up 19:30 · The Comedy Store · See listing
The Front 19:30 · Unit 1 · See listing
The Mousetrap: 2026 tour 19:30 · Theatre Royal Windsor · From £19.50
The Phantom Of The Opera 19:30 · His Majestys Theatre · From £30 + fees
The Rum Monkey: Dark Comedy in Soho, Covent Garden 19:30 · Jamon Jamon Soho · £14.20
The Umbilical Brothers: The Distraction 19:30 · Soho Theatre Walthamstow · From £32.50
Trinity Laban Evening Concert 19:30 · Queen's House · See listing
Upset the Rhythm: WOLF EYES + CUNTROACHES – Day Two 19:30 · Cafe OTO · From £20
You Wanted a Party? 19:30 · The George Tavern · £7.50
Yunchan Lim piano 19:30 · Wigmore Hall · From £18
Abba Voyage - VIP Premium Package 19:45 · ABBA Arena · See listing
Shirley Smart Sextet 19:45 · Vortex Jazz Club · See listing
Vauxhall Comedy 19:45 · The Garden Vauxhall · From £10 + fees
Vauxhall Comedy 19:45 · Vauxhall Food & Beer Garden · £13.75
160 Unity presents: DJ Slugo [UK DEBUT] 20:00 · Number 90 · From £18.74
AfroBeats is Soho 20:00 · Enish Soho Edition · £5 + fees
Ask Me Anything with Greg Malins 20:00 · South Street Arts Centre · £15
Ben and Tixi present open mic and more... 20:00 · The Castlebar · Free
Blousey with Highstone , Freddie Perfect , and Tom Sheldon 20:00 · The Troubadour · See listing
Cally Beaton: Namaste Motherf*ckers 20:00 · The Old Town Hall · From £20
club night - Anything Goes [free entry] 20:00 · The Elephants Head · Free
Dying for a leek 20:00 · Havering Road Methodist Church Hall · From £8
Euphoria Ft. DJ Gilbert 20:00 · Old Street Records · Free
Free Dolce Night Party (Free cocktail for first 500 guests) 20:00 · Big Penny Social · Free
Friday Night Comedy, 8PM, Covent Garden 20:00 · JK Comedy Club Covent Garden · £16.69
Friday Stand Up Comedy 8pm Show 20:00 · Top Secret Comedy Club, Kingsway · £16
Kane Brown - Crowd Work King 20:00 · High Wycombe Town Hall. · See listing
Kevin Bridges: Here If You Need Me 20:00 · Eventim Apollo · See listing
Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidh! 20:00 · Cecil Sharp House · £15
Left of the Dial Warm-up: Omertà,Rampressure,Nudey 20:00 · Windmill Brixton · £6
My Beautiful Laundrette + Q&A 20:00 · Kiln Theatre · £10
Nerina Pallot 20:00 · The Stables · £22.50
Red Hot Chili Peppers UK 20:00 · Berkhamsted Civic Centre · From £15
Soho Comedy Factory: 8pm Show 20:00 · The Coach House · £12.47
The Rat Pack Stand-up Comedy 20:00 · Camden Comedy Club · £12.50
Goodbye, Dragon Inn presented by Ben Whishaw 20:15 · Rio Cinema · See listing
A Celebration of Black Composers ft. Houston Patton Quartet 20:30 · Toulouse Lautrec · £21.50
Adam Larter: Who Remembers The 90S? 20:30 · Museum of Comedy · See listing
Friday Comedy Club London | Covent Garden 20:30 · Comedy Carnival Covent Garden · See listing
International Stand Up Comedy, Covent Garden 20:30 · Comedy Carnival Covent Garden · See listing
The Others - 25th anniversary 20:30 · The Garden Cinema · £15
The Social Reckoning 20:35 · Genesis Cinema · From £10
Deadline 20:45 · The Castle Cinema · See listing
Extra Geography 20:45 · The Garden Cinema · £15
Lauren Collier 20:45 · The Stables · £16
Resident Evil 20:55 · Genesis Cinema · £15
Alix Anthony 21:00 · Hogarth Pub · Free
Break It Down 21:00 · The Three Compasses · Free
Brixton Fridays: Hip Hop, R&B & Afrobeats ‘til 3AM 21:00 · The Blues Kitchen Brixton · From £5
Friday Comedy At Big Belly Comedy Club 21:00 · Big Belly Bar & Comedy Club London (Southbank) · £12
FRIDAY SERVICE: Hip Hop, R&B & Afrobeats 21:00 · The Old Queens Head · £6
Other Mommy 21:00 · Genesis Cinema · From £10
Ram Jam presents Jonah & Dynamic D 21:00 · SJQ · Free
Shameless - Y2K Anthems & Beyond 21:00 · Oslo Hackney · Free (paid tickets too)
Stuart D. Alexander at The Adam & Eve 21:00 · The Adam & Eve · Free
Sway of the Verses 21:00 · Moonrays · Free
The Drifters Show 21:00 · Boisdale, Canary Wharf · See listing
Angel Comedy Fridays @ 9:15pm 21:15 · The Bill Murray · See listing
Behind the Open Door + Q&A 21:30 · The Arzner · See listing
Victor Daniels: Certified Classics 21:30 · Riverside Studios · £7.50
5 years of Habibti Nation 22:00 · Colour Factory · From £13.96
77: Dimitri From Paris 22:00 · 77 London · From £13.63
ALIVE: Clara Cuve', Doruksen + More 22:00 · From £16.50
Bledi Fantasy 22:00 · Dalston Superstore · See listing
Born On Road Presents Visualise 5.0: London w/ Raze Soundsystem 22:00 · HERE At Outernet · £25 + fees
Es Cubelles 22:00 · Paloma Chelsea · From £16.50
FRIDAY Basement Karaoke Night 22:00 · Hoxton Cabin · £4.12
Friday Stand Up Comedy 10pm Show 22:00 · Top Secret Comedy Club, Kingsway · £12
Gallery X Nightly: DOVnROBS 22:00 · Gallery Club London · From £43.53
Kai's House 22:00 · N7 London · Free (paid tickets too)
KOKO Electronic: Hernan Cattaneo 22:00 · KOKO · From £49.87
Labyrinth presents: Carlita TELEPATHY Album Pre-release Listening Party 22:00 · UNLOCKED (Shoreditch) · From £29.44
LAJU - Juls & Larizzle 22:00 · Brixton Jamm · From £6.60
London's Official Bollywood Student Festival - LSE Students Union 22:00 · LSE Students' Union · From £13.70
Phil Hartnoll, Altern8, Uncle Dugs, MC Five ALive 22:00 · Fox And Firkin · From £11.36
Sebright Karaoke 22:00 · Sebright Arms · Free
Tequilazo 22:00 · Dance Station · From £9.27
The Grdn House: Royal Musiq 22:00 · Eadn St Paul’s · £26.70
Tyla Concert After Party 22:00 · Eadn St Paul’s · Free (paid tickets too)
Decadance Club Night 22:30 · Paper Dress Vintage · Free
Gee Lee & Friends 22:30 · Jazz Cafe · See listing
Monstercat X Ophelia: Seven Lions B2B Trivecta, Kill the Noise + More 22:30 · Ministry of Sound · From £19.11
Sometimes We Party: Harry Hayes, Sensu + More 22:30 · Hootananny Brixton · Free (paid tickets too)
Caliente 23:00 · The Shacklewell Arms · Free
Club Night: Live DJ’S 23:00 · The Bedford · See listing
Damien Power in London 23:00 · The Bill Murray · £15
Deptford Northern Soul Club 23:00 · MOTH Club · £13.60
Pop All Night Long - Limited Free Tickets 23:00 · Lightbox · Free, book ahead
Shoreditch Carnival - Bashment, Soca, Afrobeats 23:00 · Trapeze · £11.36
White Heat Club 23:00 · The Lexington · Free (paid tickets too)
Dream Emulator: Suffer the Silent Sun – Folk Horror in Our Digital Imaginations 23:30 · Rio Cinema · See listing

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