Erin Harpe’s Country Blues Duo features Erin and her husband Jim Countryman, who together play some fine fingerpicking country blues.

The duo’s captivating sound showcases Erin’s exceptional vocals and mastery of finger-style blues guitar, which she does while also playing foot percussion and kazoo. Rounding out the pair’s full-band sound, Jim provides grooving bass and backing vocals. The two boast a career studded with numerous accolades and miles of musical highway.

Doors 7pm / Music 8pm

Inspired by New Orleans and made in London, The Big Smoke Family embodies the spirit of Voodoo funk, making them a perfect fit for a Halloween party at The Bear. Costumes optional, a great night guaranteed!

The ensemble is renowned for its electrifying performances and genre-defying sound. They blend the funk of The Meters, the mystical allure of Dr. John, and the raw energy of the Mardi Gras Indians with their UK influences into a captivating musical experience.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

Bringing together four internationally successful jazz musicians who create an exceptional atmosphere, Sean Fyfe’s quartet nights are not to be missed. Drawing heavily on the hard-bop era of jazz, he has developed a unique style on the piano and in his musical writing.

The evening’s programme contains a mix of Sean’s original compositions and arrangements of well-known standard jazz repertoire. He is joined by his fiery quartet: Dave O’Higgins (tenor saxophone), Matt Fishwick (drums), and Luke Fowler (bass).

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

Led by saxophonist Rob Mach, Jazz Jam welcomes musicians, vocalists, dancers, and music lovers who like to spend an afternoon listening to or creating great music, supported by DJ Mr Jazzy Vibes.

Doors 1pm / Music 2pm

Our Tuesday evening dance classes are led by locally-based instructors Victoria Celac and Greg Santos. Together, they have over ten years of experience in dance and teaching.

These classes are for people of all levels and abilities, and absolute beginners are welcome too. Come to learn, come to meet friends, but above all, come to have fun!

Free beginners class 6.45pm / Full class 7.15pm

Drink & Draw is a space to share ideas, create art, and enjoy a drink or two! There are no rules, no boundaries—just a full-blown explosion of creative energy.

Hosted by local illustrator, comic book artist, and Bear manager, Karl Brown, with a warm and welcoming atmosphere guaranteed.

Doors 7.30pm

We have a gorgeous double-headline gig in store for you, as two artists from the worlds of British folk-pop and Americana celebrate their different styles as a joint band with double bassist Joe Hughes.

Serious Child hails from an old beech wood in Sussex and draws from a range of acoustic influences, from folk to pop to bossa nova. My Girl the River is a Louisiana native - funny, warm, and fearless, with a sackful of hook-laden songs and a voice of sweet sugared espresso.

Doors 7pm / Music 8pm

A welcome return to The Bear Club for one of the UK’s finest blues singers, Alderney-born Robert J. Hunter, who is taking the blues scene by storm with his gruff, powerful voice and wild, foot-stomping blues guitar.

Robert's unique sound echoes Rory Gallagher, John Martyn, The Eagles, Free, and The Black Crowes—with maybe a bit of Gomez thrown in, too.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

We’re thrilled to welcome the Misha Mullov-Abbado Group to The Bear Club for the first time.

Misha is one of the top bass players around, and his group features some of the finest musicians in London. Their fourth album, Effra, was released earlier this year to great acclaim, and all of their albums have received widespread praise.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

Our Tuesday evening dance classes are led by locally-based instructors Victoria Celac and Greg Santos. Together, they have over ten years of experience in dance and teaching.

These classes are for people of all levels and abilities, and absolute beginners are welcome too. Come to learn, come to meet friends, but above all, come to have fun!

Free beginners class 6.45pm / Full class 7.15pm

Join Danny Young and A D Stranik for a gunslinger singer-songwriter showcase.

Danny Young, one half of the Luton-based swamp rock duo Dois Padres, has recently released his solo EP Dang It, featuring eight tracks of down-and-dirty resonator blues rock influenced by Lightnin' Hopkins, Jack White, and Seasick Steve.

A D Stranik is a fine purveyor of existential cowboy songs, rockabilly-noir, urban folk, and psychedelic bluegrass, known for his work with The Silver Brazilians and The Broadway Twisters.

The two have teamed up to host a night of garage blues rock 'n' roll that promises to be the rowdiest Thursday night in town…

Doors 7pm / Music 8pm

Firm favourites at The Bear, Ubunye is a vibrant seven-piece Afro jazz band, featuring three powerful vocalists from South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal region, combined with a dynamic rhythm section from Leeds.

Together, they create a unique blend of contemporary jazz, Afropop, and traditional ‘Isigqui’ Zulu music. Winners of the Parliamentary Jazz Award for Best Ensemble in 2023, they are not to be missed.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

Alto saxophonist Donovan Haffner has been described as one of the best-kept secrets on the London jazz scene, but if you caught his set at The Bear last November, you will already be well aware of his talent.

His debut album, Alleviate, was released earlier this year, and he has just been named Best Newcomer at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards. We are delighted to welcome him back with his quintet.

This performance is part of our Generation Jazz series of gigs, showcasing brilliant young jazz musicians across the summer and autumn of 2025. Discounted ticket pricing applies for those under 25, students, and universal credit beneficiaries.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

Our Tuesday evening dance classes are led by locally-based instructors Victoria Celac and Greg Santos. Together, they have over ten years of experience in dance and teaching.

These classes are for people of all levels and abilities, and absolute beginners are welcome too. Come to learn, come to meet friends, but above all, come to have fun!

Free beginners class 6.45pm / Full class 7.15pm

Rachael Calladine is an established performer with extensive experience singing at iconic venues such as Ronnie Scott's, Camden’s legendary Jazz Café, The London Jazz Festival, and many more throughout the UK and beyond.

As lead vocalist with the London-based jazz and hip-hop fusion collective Us3, Rachael performed regularly alongside artists such as Jamiroquai, The Brand New Heavies, Incognito, Amy Winehouse, and Joss Stone.

Building on the recent success of their latest album, The Game (released by Luton’s own 33 Jazz Records), Rachael and her quartet will be joining us for their Bear Club debut.

Doors 7pm / Music 8pm

Deep Six Blues is a five-piece blues and Americana band from Humberside, formed in 2022 by singer-songwriter Si Vix, a blues aficionado. He recruited members of the local jazz and blues scene to play and record what he calls the "Humber Delta blues."

With songs built on spellbinding guitar riffs, driving bass lines, wailing harmonica, and passionate vocals that pay homage to legends like Howlin’ Wolf and Robert Johnson, Deep Six Blues offers a live experience you won't want to miss.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

Since 2016, The Fabulous Red Diesel has been making mischievous jazz, soulful melodies, and outrageous tuba solos. Based in Hastings, they are one of the hardest-working original bands on the circuit today, and their hard work is now starting to bear some very juicy fruit.

Expect red-hot soaring vocals, hooky soulful tunes, groovy piano, funky flute, a totally skin-tight rhythm section… oh, and zog trumpets. Absolutely will contain tuba.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

It’s been a minute, but we’re delighted to welcome back Rich Chocolate and the team to kick off the festive season (yeah, we know it gets earlier every year…)

If you love soul and RnB, have been hiding your knowledge about past and present soul and RnB greats under a rock (or think it is just plain under-appreciated), or you simply want to immerse yourself in a fun-loving afternoon of early festive cheer and a few beers, then our quiz is for you.

Doors 2pm / Quiz 3pm / After party 5.30pm

Our Tuesday evening dance classes are led by locally-based instructors Victoria Celac and Greg Santos. Together, they have over ten years of experience in dance and teaching.

These classes are for people of all levels and abilities, and absolute beginners are welcome too. Come to learn, come to meet friends, but above all, come to have fun!

Free beginners class 6.45pm / Full class 7.15pm

Happy Shark are back for another great night of comedy with an incredible line up!

With Clinton Baptiste + more acts TBA

Doors 7pm / Start time 8pm

Harper Trio brings together three fearless improvisers from the UK jazz scene to form a unique and boundary-pushing group. At its heart is electric pedal harpist Maria-Christina Harper, whose compositions and distinctive playing style have carved out new sonic territory for the harp in jazz and beyond.

Joining her are award-winning saxophonist Josephine Davies and in-demand drummer Evan Jenkins. Together, they explore new ways of interacting in a trio format, eschewing traditional roles in favour of open improvisation, groove-driven exploration, and atmospheric layering.

Doors 7pm / Music 8pm

Marco Piccioni is a blues rock & jazz guitarist and singer based in London.

Marco & The Freedivers blend the warm sound of 60s and 70s blues rock with contemporary jazz flavours. They will be playing songs from their new album together with select blues-based classics.

Their original songs combine fast swing chords, free improvisations, psychedelic shuffles and lazy, melancholic 12-bar blues cycles.

Words and sounds play with and combine the primordial resilience of the blues, the bursting anger of rock and the freedom of jazz.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

Tonight we are thrilled to welcome not one but two of the most exciting jazz guitarists to emerge in the UK in recent years - Chris Montague and Ant Law. Chris and Ant have long had huge mutual respect for each other's playing and writing and they have now composed a set of material together which they will perform tonight together with the incredible rhythm section of Herbie Rees on bass and Jamie Murray on drums.

Not one to miss.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

Drink & Draw is a space to share ideas, create art, and enjoy a drink or two! There are no rules, no boundaries—just a full-blown explosion of creative energy.

Hosted by local illustrator, comic book artist, and Bear manager, Karl Brown, with a warm and welcoming atmosphere guaranteed.

Doors 7.30pm

Rahsaan Patterson’s career is proof that an artist can be progressive while firmly based in gospel and R&B traditions.

Patterson’s live shows are renowned for being amongst the best live music experiences for soul and RnB fans, making him a firm favourite in the UK and we’re thrilled to have him play at The Bear Club.

Brought to you by Soul Gigs.

Doors 7pm / Music 8pm

Cooking up a hot gumbo of New Orleans R&B, Tim Penn brings the sounds of the American Deep South to The Bear once again, along with his band, The Second Line.

The band draws on the music of Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, Dr John, and Allen Toussaint, and then stirs it up with a pinch of Ray Charles, Tom Waits, and Tim’s own original compositions—a recipe that has led to a string of sold-out shows in London at venues such as Upstairs at Ronnie’s and Pizza Express.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

Making a welcome return to The Bear Club, Jazz Dynamos is a five-piece band that takes well-known songs from the 70s and 80s and transforms them with a mix of jazz, bossa, and samba.

Their unique set of exuberant, entertaining, and original contemporary jazz arrangements includes hits by Dolly Parton, Madonna, U2, The Police, A-ha, Human League, Britney Spears and many more...

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

Led by saxophonist Rob Mach, Jazz Jam welcomes musicians, vocalists, dancers, and music lovers who like to spend an afternoon listening to or creating great music, supported by DJ Mr Jazzy Vibes.

Doors 1pm / Music 2pm

Will Wilde is back at The Bear…! A force to be reckoned with, anyone who saw his sold out show here in April will know that Wilde is a phenomenal harmonica player, with a voice to match.

He was nominated as the 'Instrumentalist of the Year' in the UK Blues Awards 2024, and his intense harmonica style steals the spotlight from the traditional blues rock guitar, with a sound that owes as much to Gary Moore as it does to Sonny Boy Williamson. 

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

Sultan Stevenson is one of the most exciting young jazz musicians in London today and a firm favourite with The Bear Club audience.He played one of his first gigs outside London at The Bear Club in July 2023, the same year he received a Parliamentary Jazz Award for Best Newcomer.

Graduating from The Guildhall School of Music in 2023 he draws inspiration from the “greats” of jazz piano including McCoy Tyner, Kennie Kirkland and Herbie Hancock. Drawing from their legacy, he crafts a modern sound that remains accessible yet deeply personal incorporating ideas of faith and identity.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

We're book-ending the year at The Bear Club with Cody Lee who, having opened the year back in February, returns with a new show, a new line-up and even a new name as we welcome “Cody Lee & His Rhythm Keys”.

Cody is a versatile piano player and vocalist, wise beyond his years of playing. Whether it's jazz, foot-stomping boogie-woogie, down-and-dirty blues, piano-pumping rock 'n' roll, or swing, you can expect a riveting show.

Their diverse lineup features some of the finest musicians in the scene, each one bringing their own unique flavour to the mix. Together, they create a big-band experience perfectly capturing the energy of a bygone era. May call for dancing…

Doors 7pm / Music 8.00pm

A welcome return at Christmas for this awesome trio. Their last show at The Bear Club was a spellbinding, sold out affair incorporating instrumental virtuosity and three-part vocal harmony, which added a unique dimension to the sound, creating an uplifting take on the infectious rhythms of Brazil and Cuba.

The Neil Angilley Trio has released five albums, and the trio works regularly in the London jazz scene and across the UK, performing at prestigious venues including Ronnie Scott’s, The Stables, and the 606 Club.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

Recognised by peers and audiences alike, Big Mama’s Door is one of the UK’s most engaging and entertaining rhythm & blues bands.

With their own distinctive blend of sultry 1950s R&B, soul, and a tint of jazz, they bring a rare combination of professionalism, charisma, and pure joy to every performance. The band’s eclectic mix of originals and vintage covers is delivered with authenticity, soul, and steeped in the traditions of Blue Note, Chess, and Atlantic Records. Big Mama’s Door creates music that feels timeless.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

The Thumping Tommys return for their annual Christmas romp at The Bear.

This UK-based bluegrass and folk band always tear the roof off with their heady brew of barn-storming, blues-infused Irish, American, and English folk music. Known for their original compositions, as well as unique cover versions of an eclectic mix of songs from the folk and blues canon, they have made their mark on the club and festival circuit all over Europe. 

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

We have a special New Year’s Eve Eve treat for you this year….

Renowned keyboardist, songwriter, and producer Luke Smith has worked with the greats — from George Michael, Amy Winehouse, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens to Roy Ayers and Chaka Khan. As a songwriter and producer on Amy Winehouse’s Frank and collaborator with The Sugababes, Luke’s music has helped shape the sound of modern British soul.

Expect an unforgettable night of progressive jazz from Luke’s acclaimed album 'It’s Time', featuring special guests — including the powerhouse vocalist Hildia Campbell.

Doors 7pm / Music 8pm

We start the year at The Bear Club after a well-earned break with tenor sax maestro Fraser Smith who joins with his crack quartet.

With a focus on swing and the straight ahead, he channels the sound and language of the big tenor men like Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray and Illinois Jacquet. His music harks back to the golden ages of jazz, from 40s Kansas City through to 60s New York whilst managing also to be bang up to date.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

Ever since John Peel’s legendary producer John Walters declared Errol Linton the "future of British blues" back in 1993, this Brixton-born bluesman has been plying his trade and perfecting his art both at home and across the world.

After thirty years as a singer, songwriter, and one of the world's best harmonica players, Errol and his exceptional band are still amongst the hardest working groups in Britain, performing shows around the capital at least four times a week.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

We loved his debut performance at The Bear in February ‘25 and couldn’t wait to get him back.

Scott Lavene is as English as pork pies and pasties, dunked biscuits in Yorkshire tea. Last year’s album Disneyland in Dagenham was full of Essex, East End poetry, and classic English post punk. Following extensive touring including many sold-out shows, Scott is back with another album entitled, descriptively enough, “Cars, Buses, Bedsits and Shops”, an album bursting with more dark humour, snapshots of squalor and cheek, and more of Scott’s unique love songs.

Doors 7pm / Music 8pm

Dylan LeBlanc is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who plays hauntingly atmospheric Americana.

Coming from a French and Cajun background, he grew up living what he has called a “vagabond life” between Texas, New Orleans and Muscle Shoals, Alabama .

We are thrilled to welcome Dylan to The Bear Club for what promises to be an intimate solo performance by a renowned story-teller, a fine songwriter and an awesome guitar player.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

Travis has been a member of the classic band Soft Machine for 20 years, and also worked with Robert Fripp, David Gilmour, David Sylvian, Steven Wilson, John Etheridge, Gong, Mick Karn and Keith Tippett. He has performed at Ronnie Scott’s more than 75 times and has released 2 albums with Double Talk, both critically and popularly acclaimed.

This will be an evening of passionate music and haunting instrumental songs from one of Britain’s top saxophonists and flautists and his band.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

We are delighted to welcome Brigid Mae Power to The Bear Club. Widely recognised as a purveyor of dreamy pop with a hauntingly beautiful voice, Brigid Mae’s music is a unique marriage of the traditional and the very modern.

Her voice has something of the dream-like quality of (say) Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star), Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins) or even Tracey Thorn (Everything But The Girl) while musical influences range from traditional Irish music to American country & western, bluegrass, jazz and vintage pop. She sings breath-taking songs underpinned by her gorgeous vocal.

Doors 7pm / Music 8pm

My Darling Clementine are one of the leadings lights of the UK Americana / Alt.Country movement. Their perfect, timeless Country stylings are influenced by the classic duos of the 60s and 70s like Tammy Wynette and George Jones or Johnny Cash and June Carter.

For what began life as a bit of a side project for Michael Weston King & Lou Dalgleish, a labour of love, My Darling Clementine has grown and grown, and to some degree, has even overtaken the solo careers of its two main protagonists.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

This new project explores the beginnings of bebop, when New York’s 52nd Street was buzzing with the new music and the first generation of modern jazz musicians was turning the music world on its head.

Led by sax master Tony Kofi and with Andy Davies (trumpet) Alex Webb (piano), and a superb rhythm section, the band play the great pieces that have since been neglected, by composers such as Tadd Dameron, Fats Navarro and Bud Powell – though of course there are also classic tunes by the leaders of the movement, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie.

This will be a hell of a Valentine’s Night…

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

We’re delighted to welcome Stevie Watts back to The Bear Club with his own band The Whirlybirds having played many times as part of Connor Selby’s band and with Alice Armstrong.

Stevie Watts, was awarded the ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ award at the UK Blues Awards 2024 and is widely regarded as one of the finest Hammond organ players in the UK.

The Whirlybirds is a new name for the trio comprising Stevie Watts (Secret Affair, Steve Winwood), Grant Allardyce (drums) and Olly Knight Smith (guitar) and they deliver a powerful blend of vintage funk and deep soul drenched grooves driven by the unmistakable sound of the Hammond organ.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

Thrilled to welcome Parliamentary Jazz Vocalist of the Year winner, Emma Smith whose star is most definitely on the rise. With diverse and extensive experience performing everywhere from the Royal Albert Hall in London to the world’s leading jazz clubs, it’s no wonder that Emma’s shows are fast becoming the hottest ticket in town.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

Brooke Law is a new but exciting voice on the British Americana scene and we are delighted to welcome her to The Bear Club for the first time. She plays and sings soulful rock music which is delivered in her distinctive gutsy voice - think Alanis Morissette perhaps...

Brooke is known for bringing energy and power to her live performances and she performs tonight with her full band.

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm

Jazz Sabbath is a jazz trio that plays new jazz arrangements of Black Sabbath songs (although the band presents itself tongue-in-cheek as a jazz trio founded in 1968 and the original authors of the tracks later made famous by Black Sabbath..).

Helmed by pianist Adam Wakeman (Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne since 2004), Jazz Sabbath explores the boundaries between jazz and the songs that defined heavy metal, revisiting existing jazz riffs and discovering new ones…

Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm