I guess if was a 20 year old moving to Bethnal Green:

• The main spot in that area now is London Fields more so than Dalston. Still some good spots in dalston though like Ridley road market bar (very busy, younger crowd, dancey fun vibes). Army and Navy is a great old school boozer if that’s your thing

• The fields themselves are great for drinking/chilling during the day in summer, broadway market is great on the weekend although during market hours it is rammed. Cat and Mutton or the Dove for pubs on the market or pub on the park in LF. Netil360 Rooftop and mare st market next door are always busy too

• Close-by is Night Tales in hackney central, mainly ticketed but fun events there 

• The Camel is a great little pub in bethnal green itself/globetown. Satans whiskers in bethnal green/Cambridge heath is great for cocktails

Plenty of other recs for that area but unsure how much info you need! You’ll have a great time wherever you end up hanging out 

Imma be real with you bro this not the answer you want but if you're gonna live in London you just gotta go find stuff and not go through a curated checklist of "hot spots". Dalston and Peckham are just gentrified areas that have the same trendy natural wine bars and coffee shops you'll find in the same area in any other major city.

what music are you into?

Which area have you moved to?

For live music, there’s still a lot of iconic, smaller music venues in London. Would head down to The George Tavern, Shackwell Arms, Windmill in Brixton and The Lexington. Most of these places are also open late and have decent club nights on after gigs.

More generally, just try and visit new areas, there’s great spots littered around so don’t get sucked into one neighbourhood.

LemonRock or following local venues on Facebook

For local unsigned bands you really need to do some research, to get familiar with all the places that they might play, then find out if they have their own listings. If you're on Facebook you can usually follow those venues and get notifications in your feed. But sometimes it might just be a blackboard outside the place, relying on you spotting it and remembering. Although bars like to attract extra customers, sometimes they'll get full without any advertising needed.

Follow your local venues on Facebook/Instagram/wherever.

Guessing you live in a small town?

Really appreciate the recommendations guys!

Totally depends on what kind of music. There are jazz clubs, blues bars, Greek folk music, techno, classical, opera.

If you just want to play it by ear, there are lots of bars with live music in Psiri and Exarchia neighborhoods.

If you want to actually plan something and buy tickets, check out the site more.com, that's the main ticket hub for more organized/professional events.

Theres always live music in Athens, a lot of ut outside in summer. Depends on what type of music you're looking for.

Knumears 13th July New Cross in My Theatre Friend 3rd July windmill Jawharp are playing a few shows in July Imsorryemil 27th July Sebrightarms (free show)

Go to any of these, mostly for Cady:
https://pit.live/events/knumears
https://dice.fm/event/avd8pv-im-sorry-emil-cady-and-more-18th-jul-lvls-london-tickets?dice_id=c90fd15b0317&utm_source=dice.fm&utm_campaign=event_share&utm_medium=event_share

look out for mitsubishi suicide that’s all i’ll say

https://diylistingsldn.neocities.org/ this is my favourite site to keep track of London gigs

Welcome

Multiple gigs most nights here.

Look at the websites for Concorde2, Prince Albert, Chalk, Dust, Hope & ruin, Green Door Store etc etc

Use the Dice App and input those venues for listings too.

edit saw you were after more jam night stuff, but thought I’d leave up anyway

The Bees Mouth has a jazz night and an open mic night which are both pretty great, might be the kind of speed you're after (there are tons of open mic nights in the city, but I think Bees Mouth is one of the few you can sign up for on the day, lots are pre-booked from weeks in advance which is an odd approach but apparently normal!)

Songkick and bandsintown are a couple apps I use.

Plus, subscribing to the various venues.

Check out the website of whatever radio station(s) plays the type of music you enjoy.

Even with all that, I miss them sometimes as well. Sometimes you do need to go to the artists page and see if they are touring.

You can subscribe to some artists as well.

Figure out venues near you and check their websites. Also ticket vendors can filter by location too.

Look up the venues near you. Often, they will have a listing of artists that will be performing there as well as a link to the ticketing service.

Follow your local concert venues in instagram. Even the small dive bar type or basement venues. They usually post the bands playing for the week or month. There’s also an app called Bandsintown but idk if it works in your area but it tells me the bands coming to town. And if you’re on the mailing list for StubHub, Ticketmaster, livenation, they will send emails about which bands are playing throughout the month.

I have Spotify, so I go to Search > Live Events. It highlights artists I've listened to and then shows everyone in my area. If I'm about to travel, I'll set the location and date to my destination to see what's playing there.

u/Alarming_Elk7853, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

Spiritual Bar in Camden has a gig tonight, check out their Instagram @spiritualrecords

Check Time Out London

https://www.timeout.com/london

You could check what's on at Crazy Coqs.

Ronnie Scott’s on Frith St in Soho. Buy tix in advance, get there early to line up on the pavement for best seating. Absolutely incredible live music, extremely intimate. Factoid: Jimi Hendrix played his final public show at Ronnie Scott’s along with Eric Burdon, the day before Jimi died.

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Awesome news!

Is this a music-only open mic or are you expecting it to broaden out to other performance arts too? (He asks a magician.)