ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC GIGS IN LONDON
ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC GIGS IN LONDON
Most Popular Alternative & Indie Music Gigs in London
Super Furry Animals
Friday 22 - Saturday 23 May 2026
Led by Gruff Rhys, Cardiff quintet Super Furry Animals are a musically eclectic band, incorporating pop, prog, punk, jungle, electronica, techno and death metal. Bursting on to the scene in 1996, SFA's UK Top 20 hit singles include "Northe...
Arkayla
Friday 22 May 2026
Bursting onto the scene with a string of captivating singles, Arkayla are tipped to be the next band added to a long list of brilliant musical exports hailing from Manchester. Drawing on the grit of The Strokes, the lyricism of The Smiths, ...
Who Shot Scott
Friday 22 May 2026
Security ? Bag Policy: Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring a bag ? and it?s preferable you don?t, please make sure it?s small. Only one small ba...
Pixies
Thursday 28 - Friday 29 May 2026
With elements of indie rock and surf rock, 1980's Boston alternative rockers The Pixies have been cited by avowed fan Kurt Cobain as a heavy influence on Nirvana with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" a conscious attempt to co-opt the Pixies' sty...
Los Campesinos!
Thursday 28 May 2026
Cardiff Alt-Rockers Los Campesinos! deliver huge choruses, squalling, Blood Brothers dissonance, sheets of twinkling electronic ambience and great lyrics, filled out with added brass, strings, drum machines and electronics. ...
Puma Blue
Thursday 28 May 2026
FORM Presents PUMA BLUE+ Special Guests?Age Restrictions: 16+...
Aldous Harding
Friday 29 - Saturday 30 May 2026
Cardiff-based New Zealand indie, folk singer Hannah Harding, known by her stage name, Aldous Harding, produces rich and timeless songwriting. She first drew praise for the gothic indie folk and stark emotionality of her 2015 debut that bro...
Nerina Pallot
Sunday 31 May 2026
Having been nominated for an Ivor Novello and Brit Award, Jersey-raised pop rock star Nerina Pallot has had an exciting music career, writing and performing her own pieces alongside working with artists like Kylie Minogue. She scored UK Top...
SOFIA ISELLA
Thursday 4 June 2026
Rising Californian alt visionary and musical polymath Sofia Isella rose to fame on on TikTok, before opening for the likes of Melanie Martinez, Tom Odell, Taylor Swift, and Glass Animals between 2023 and 2025. With elements of alternative ...
Dermot Kennedy
Friday 5 June 2026
After reaching the #1 spot in the UK and Irish Official Album Charts with debut album 'Without Fear', which achieved multi-platinum status with hit top 10 single 'Outnumbered' as well as the top 20 with singles 'Power Over Me' and the hit '...
Dermot Kennedy
Friday 5 June 2026
After reaching the #1 spot in the UK and Irish Official Album Charts with debut album 'Without Fear', which achieved multi-platinum status with hit top 10 single 'Outnumbered' as well as the top 20 with singles 'Power Over Me' and the hit '...
EMF
Friday 5 June 2026
Gloucestershire dance-rock quintet EMF formed in 1989. Their name supposedly stood for "Epsom Mad Funkers" (although it was widely speculated that the initials instead represented "Ecstasy Mother Fuckers"). Their light techno infused roc...
LANY
Saturday 6 June 2026
LANY (an acronym for "Los Angeles New York") is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, formed in Nashville in 2014. The band consists of Paul Jason Klein, and Jake Clifford Goss. Signed to Polydor and Interscope, the band have ...
Blue October
Saturday 6 June 2026
Catching listeners off guard is typical of the Texan art-rockers who have made a career out of defying odds. From their mercurial ascent as a local band from Houston, to platinum-selling headliners, to the dramatic alcohol/drug-fuelled s...
The Smyths - Tribute to The Smiths
Saturday 6 June 2026
The Smyths are a joyous celebration of arguably the greatest band of all time, Manchester legends The Smiths. Thrillingly accurate, the group have amassed a huge following and regularly sell out huge venues both here and abroad. 2023 marks...
Definitely Oasis - Tribute to Oasis
Saturday 6 June 2026
Definitely Oasis are regarded by many Oasis fans and promoters alike as the best Oasis tribute band there is. The band's top priority is delivering what their fans want to see and hear. They put in a lot of hard work to ensure their sound a...
EMF
Saturday 6 June 2026
Gloucestershire dance-rock quintet EMF formed in 1989. Their name supposedly stood for "Epsom Mad Funkers" (although it was widely speculated that the initials instead represented "Ecstasy Mother Fuckers"). Their light techno infused roc...
Rainbow Kitten Surprise
Tuesday 9 June 2026
As if channeling another dimension where genres simply don't exist, Rainbow Kitten Surprise find harmony in unpredictability - weaving together lyrical poetry, hummable melodies, and a rush of instrumental eccentricities. The genre-defying ...
Dream Ivory
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Eat Your Own Ears presents Dream, Ivory at Oslo. Growing up in Southern California, the Baello brothers were each other?s universe. ?We experienced the world through the same frame, Christian says. That frame was heavily influenced by the n...
Mac DeMarco
Wednesday 10 - Friday 12 June 2026
Indie icon Mac DeMarco is a Canadian self-produced multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and recording artist. A magnetic live performer, he was catapulted to fame in 2014 with the release of Salad Days - his era-defining, slacker rock third ...
CMAT
Friday 12 June 2026
CMAT is the stage name of Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, the North Dublin-born global country-pop star who after relocating to Manchester aged 17 and forming the band Bad Sea, returned home to live with her grandparents before settling down in ...
The Proclaimers
Saturday 13 June 2026
Strikingly individual, twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid emerged 35 years ago with their debut album This Is The Story and Top 3 single Letter from America. Since then, their enduring appeal across generations has have over the years see...
Dogstar
Saturday 13 June 2026
Dogstar is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California. They were initially active from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, during which time the band found moderate success but garnered significant media attention due to t...
Jesse Malin Almost Grown UK Tour
Saturday 13 June 2026
??Hailed by Rolling Stone as ?a gritty troubadour of the streets,? Jesse Malin released his solo debut, The Fine Art Of Self Destruction, to universal acclaim in 2003, with Uncut dubbing the album ?an instant classic? and The Times declarin...
Bombay Bicycle Club
Sunday 14 June 2026
Since 2009, the UK chart-topping Londoners have boasted a sound that proved generational, locking their leftfield indie rock songs into the hearts and minds of young teenagers discovering music for the first time. Over the course of their...
Social Distortion
Tuesday 16 June 2026
The "Godfathers of Punk", California stalwarts Social Distortion have a reputation of performing with a fierce energy onstage. ...
My Son The Hurricane
Wednesday 17 June 2026
Safe As Milk Promotions presentsMy Son The HurricaneMy Son The Hurricane is a multi-horn, multi-drummer, multi-singer brass funk beast from Niagara, ON. The 12-piece brass-dance crew has toured over multiple countries and played some of Can...
China Crisis
Thursday 18 June 2026
Eddie Lundon and Gary Daly are the founder members of the synth pop band which started in Kirkby, Merseyside back in 1979. China Crisis found major success in the UK with five Top 40 singles, ten Top 50 singles and three Top 40 albums an...
The Del Fuegos
Saturday 20 June 2026
??The Del Fuegos are an American rock and roll band. Formed in 1981, the group came of age in Boston and its members still consider themselves products of one of the city?s many musical golden ages. After signing with Slash Records, home of...
Snail Mail
Thursday 25 June 2026
Baltimore indie-rocker Lindsey Jordan takes us on an adrenalizing odyssey of genuine originality in an era in which "indie" music has been reduced to gentle, homogenous pop composed mostly by ghost writers. With songs filled with romance, h...
The March Violets
Friday 26 - Saturday 27 June 2026
Like their label mates Sisters of Mercy, with whom they were often compared, gothic post-punk band The March Violets came out of Leeds in the early 80's. Featuring film composer Tom Ashton and Manchester-based novelist, poet and singer Rosi...
The Offspring
Sunday 28 June 2026
Straddling punk, alternative rock, grunge and metal, Californian stadium rockers The Offspring have topped the charts around the world since bursting on to the scene in 1989. Their oft-ignored sense of humour, slower tempos and stop/sta...
Lewis Capaldi
Wednesday 1 July 2026
Despite his young age BRIT Award-winning Glaswegian acoustic soul pop singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi has already topped the charts around the world with his debut becoming the biggest selling album of both 2019 and 2020 in the UK - a follo...
Biffy Clyro
Friday 3 July 2026
Festival-headlining Ayrshire favourites Biffy Clyro, with four UK #1 albums, make their highly anticipated return. One of Britain's most beloved bands, they are best known for the Platinum-selling hits "Mountains", "Many of Horror", and ...
Snow Patrol
Friday 3 July 2026
Dundee-formed Northern Irish trio Snow Patrol have carved out a unique place for themselves by constantly delivering melancholic ballads and music of depth that's painted from a broad palette. They shot to fame with their third album, Final...
