Gigs in London this weekend

What is a spatial audio festival, you might be wondering? If you go to Polygon Live LDN, you’ll probably find out. The gist is seeing live music in a 360-degree arena surrounded by high-tech lights and loads of crystal-clear speakers – a spectacle which event organisers actually call a ‘spaceship’. Artists on the lineup so far include dreamy Pakistani-American singer Arooj Aftab, electronic legend Jon Hopkins, and composer Cosmo Sheldrake. This is one for audiophiles looking for something a bit more immersive. 

Put a bit of jazz pizazz into your Friday nights with this concert series, held in a new Battersea venue. World Heart Beat Gardens is an intimate 200-seater concert hall that's been built for optimal acoustics (and nope, it's not outdoors as the name might suggest). It's perfect for filling your ears with the sounds of some jazz greats, from 1920s classics from the Julian Joseph trio to new compositions by Henry Spencer to soulful sounds from Grammy Award-winning tenor sax giant Jean Toussaint.

Brixton’s annual disco festival will make you feel like you’re dancing in hot pants even if you’re actually wearing dad jeans. Returning for its seventh year, the event takes place across a host of SW9’s best venues, including Brixton Jamm, Phonox, Electric Brixton and the Black Cultural Archives. Line-up stalwarts returning for the 2025 festival include Dimitri From Paris, Norman Jay MBE and Faith residents Terry Farley, Stuart Patterson and Dave Jarvis. Also featured are noughties party-starters Crazy P, Rinse FM resident Charlie Dark veteran soul singer Omar and NTS regular Ruby Savage. And as well as plenty of music to get you up and dancing, the festival will feature a screening of Luther: Never Too Much, a new documentary about legendary R&B singer Luther Vandross, at the Ritzy cinema, plus plenty of delicious food to try at Brixton Village’s late opening. Category is: an amazing night out!