Monday: Gruff Rhys does an in-store gig at Rough Trade East(free)
Tuesday: Ace political comedy club Lolitics stars Nick Revell and Andrew O'Neill at the Black Heart in Camden (£3)
Chanukah in the Square sees the first candle of the giant Menorah lit (free)
Wednesday: The Baker Street Irregular Astronomers have a star party in the Hub at Regent's Park - all welcome, telescope or no (free)
Thursday: See a different side to Laura Marling as she does a DJ set at the Chess Club Christmas Party, The Old Queen's Head, Islington (free entry)
It's the final night of carol singing in Trafalgar Square (free)
Friday: What better way to spend the eve-before-Christmas-Eve than watching punks play ukeleles? The pUkes play the Royal Sovereign, E5 (free entry)