Music

In line with my London Shoes approach of highlighting some of the lesser known and more unusual London, last week I enjoyed a great evening of entertainment at a place my ‘Shoes’ had never stepped inside of before, and probably never would have, if it wasn’t for attending the event being held there. The location ...Read more...

Although this particular London Shoes blog article isn’t technically related to London – it’s subject matter location has a very close association with the ‘Smoke’ and Londoners – and historically, being just 40 miles from Central London, is commonly referred to as the Londoners ‘playground’. This week’s blog took my London Shoes 26 miles east ...Read more...

In line with the London Shoes doctrine of seeking out lesser known London landmarks – I enjoyed a really good night out last week, when I visited a relatively new London music venue – which ironically, sits on top of a very famous, London music venue. So – this is a London Shoes blog about ...Read more...

In line with London Shoes criteria of publishing stuff about the lesser known and more unusual aspects of London’s places/history and people, the other day I headed off to the ‘Coal Drops Yard’ location in Kings Cross, for the specific purpose of visiting an exhibition type event, being held at a newish and unique type ...Read more...

Last week saw my London Shoes return to a reasonably new London music venue that only officially opened in Oct last year (2025). For the short period of time the venue has been up and running, this was actually my 3rd visit to the venue. So – here’s the story of London Shoes trek out ...Read more...

Last week my London Shoes headed off to Leytonstone London E11 – a place I know very well – as it is where I started my ‘working’ life way back in 1973. However, the purpose of my return to Leytonstone on this occasion was specifically to visit a jazz club to watch a performance by ...Read more...

In keeping with my London Shoes way of covering off lesser known and the more unusual aspects of London and its history – last week Shoes visited a historic, well known and much used building in Westminster – specifically for the purpose of attending a music event very different from the norm……namely:-       ...Read more...

My London Shoes enjoyed a proper old ‘festive’ night out last week, attending ‘Cinderella’ – this years pantomime at the amazing ‘Hackney Empire’ theatre in Hackney-London E8. The ‘Empire’ holds a special place in my heart as throughout the entire 1990’s I had the pleasure of working at the Barclays Bank branch in Mare Street, ...Read more...

Following last week’s London Shoes blog about my visit to the Pizza Express Jazz Club here’s another short ‘n sweet ‘Christmassy’ Shoes piece – just to help keep everyone in the festive spirit. In the lead up to Christmas 2025 – my London Shoes (accompanied by Mrs Shoes) attended a Carol Service at London’s magnificent ‘SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL’ London SE1 – right next to the ...Read more...

Last Sunday afternoon (7th Dec 2025) my London Shoes ventured ‘up west’ for the specific purpose of visiting the ‘Pizza Express Jazz Club’ – Dean Street in the Soho district of London. The reason for attending this venue was to catch the ‘Chris Ingham Quintet-featuring Joanna Eden’ perform their acclaimed ‘Jazz at the Movies–Swinging Christmas’ set. ...Read more...