Iconic Jazz Rooms
The clubs, cellars and back rooms that make London one of the world's great jazz cities.
London jazz does not belong to one neighbourhood or one kind of room. It lives in Soho basements, a Camberwell crypt, a Barnes pub and small clubs across the city. Some of these venues carry decades of history; others are building the next chapter. What connects them is closeness: to the musicians, to the sound, and to a living scene.
10 venues
Ronnie Scott's
The Soho institution against which every London jazz club is measured.
The world's most celebrated jazz club, open on Frith Street since 1959 — Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Nina Simone have all played here. Still independently run, still the standard by…
Explore venue →Vortex Jazz Club
Dalston's musician-led home for contemporary jazz and improvisation.
Explore venue →Jazzlive at The Crypt
Modern jazz in the atmospheric crypt beneath St Giles Church, Camberwell.
A jazz series held in the crypt beneath St Giles Church in Camberwell — one of London's most atmospheric small rooms for contemporary jazz.
Explore venue →The Bull's Head Barnes
Riverside jazz since the 1950s in one of the city's most enduring rooms.
A Barnes riverside pub that has hosted live jazz seven nights a week since the 1950s — one of the UK's most celebrated and enduring jazz rooms.
Explore venue →The Jazz Café
Camden's close-up stage for jazz, soul, R&B and international artists.
A Camden Town venue that has been the London home of jazz, soul, R&B, and world music since 1990 — intimate enough to feel close, with a programme that consistently draws major int…
Explore venue →PizzaExpress Jazz Club Soho
A deceptively important basement stage that has hosted world-class players since 1969.
A basement jazz room beneath the Dean Street PizzaExpress, open since 1969 — one of London's most enduring and beloved jazz stages, with an intimate atmosphere and a programme that…
Explore venue →606 Club
A Chelsea cellar with an intimate, musician-first programme.
Explore venue →Oliver's Jazz Bar
Greenwich's small, direct and proudly traditional jazz room.
A Greenwich jazz bar billing itself as South East London's premier jazz venue — intimate room, cash-only door, nightly live jazz.
Explore venue →Hampstead Jazz Club
A North London club built around close listening and regular live performance.
A jazz club in Hampstead with a regular programme of live jazz acts.
Explore venue →World Heart Beat
A performance space and music academy connecting established artists with the next generation.
A registered music charity running a performance venue, academy, and recording studios at Embassy Gardens in Nine Elms — programming jazz, blues, classical, and world music alongsi…
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