Gigs in London this weekend

Grab your cowboy boots and Stetson hat, because huge country music festival C2C: Country 2 Country will return to London in 2026. Taking place at the O2 from March 13 to 15, next year’s edition will be headlined by Zach Top, Keith Urban and Brooks & Dunn. This will be Zach Top’s first UK performance, while the legendary duo Brooks & Dunn will be returning to Britain for the first time since 2010. Also on the billing is Scotty McReery, Russell Dickerson, Drake Milligan, Noeline Hofmann and Alana Springsteen. 

The Southbank Centre is teaming up with Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival for a second time to present a weekend of events celebrating the legacy of legendary Miles Davis. There'll be a mixture of free and ticketed events, workshops, panel discussions and jam sessions inspired by the trumpeter's work, in the centenary year of his birth.  Highlights include a gig from Theo Croker (Mar 13) where he'll present Miles Davis works in unexpected ways, with a line-up of special guests. The following day there'll be a link-up between Manchester groups Children of Zeus and Tomorrow’s Warriors, in an intergenerational pairing that'll play two headline events. On the final night, Mercury Music Prize-nominated corto.alto will play a set that takes in broken-beat bounce and bass-heavy dub, signposting jazz's future sounds.  Other events include soul artist Celeste in conversation (Mar 14), a free open jam from the Five Points Project (Mar 13), and a Women in Jazz showcase (Mar 13).