Music
By SallyB2

Preview: BluesFest London 2011

Blues fans! Time to polish your mojo and start booking if you want to be in with a chance of seeing some amazing names in London this summer.
By Lindsey

Live Music Preview: Gomez @ The Roundhouse

The band that look like geography teachers are back with a new album and a gig at the Roundhouse.

By Londonist

Preview: LED Festival, Victoria Park

Catch deadmau5's first ever headline outdoor event and only English festival this year
By Lindsey

New Mayor's Fund Backs Music Scholarships For Kids

Boris launches a new charity to support young music talent across the capital.

By johnmcga

Ticket Alert: Gigs on Sale Friday 13 May

This week's ticket onsales include the enigmatic Tori Amos and some heavy metallers who definitely aren't showing their age.
By Londonist

Spring Loaded @ The Place: Probe & Sonia Sabri Company

Sonia Sabri Company's Kathakbox wows with wit whilst Probe proves challenging in the first week of this season of new contemporary dance.

By Londonist

New Festival: The Apple Cart, Victoria Park

Field Day spawns a new festival for Vicky Park this August.

By Amanda

Music Choice: 9-15 May

This week's gig picks.
By Sam Smith

Opera Review: The Damnation of Faust @ Coliseum

Film director Terry Gilliam reveals an aptitude for Mephistophelean opera.
By Talia

Review: Patrick Stump @ Water Rats

Fall Out Boy frontman, Patrick Stump, takes centre stage at his first London solo shows.
By M@

Elbow To Play St Paul's Cathedral

Rock-it from the crypt on 26 May.
By johnmcga

Ticket Alert: Gigs on Sale Friday 6 May

From a sixties icon to a teen heart-throb, see which gigs you should be booking this week.
By Lindsey

Scratch To Stage in 48 Hours: Showtime Challenge Does The Boyfriend

Charitable challenges don't come much more madcap or musical than this.

By Lindsey

Trocadero to Troxy: Europe's Largest Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ

The east end, art-deco Troxy takes on its sister-super-cinema's Wurlitzer.

By TimW

In Cathedrals North And South: The City Of London Festival

The Square Mile’s arts festival is an annual reminder that there is life in the City beyond the drudgery of finance.
By Londonist

Top 10 Things @ Land Of Kings 2011

What you missed at the two night Dalston music and arts fest.

By Amanda

Music Choice: 2-8 May

Happy Bank Holiday, and may the Camden Crawl recovery begin! There's a fine line-up this week to keep you in new music.

Tinie Tempah's Tiniest Gig At The O2

This is a sponsored post from O2
By TimW

ICA Launch Fresh Music Initiative

Innovative and challenging contemporary music fills the ICA this summer.

By johnmcga

Ticket Alert: Gigs on Sale Thursday 21 April

Before you head off on your long weekend, check this week's onsales for Vegas glitz, the real-life Spinal Tap and a special show from the Staines stars of CCTV.
By JenT

Review: Seven Last Words @ St James' Church, Piccadilly

A challenge for the artists and the audience alike, a one off performance of Haydn's Seven Last Words took place on Thursday evening with mixed success.
By TimW

Youth, Experience And Everything In Between: The BBC Proms Are Back

Picking highlights is tricky in a programme bursting with top notch concerts but you've got to start your Proms planning somewhere.

By johnmcga

Ticket Alert: Gigs on Sale Friday 15 April

R&B at the Albert Hall, a controversial rap superstar and heavy metal with a 38-piece orchestra. It can only be this week's ticket onsales.
By Lindsey

TONIGHT: Seven Last Words @ St James' Church, Piccadilly

Text, dance and music will explore death and hope in a sacred setting tonight.