Music Venues in London when it rains
From jazz basements to arena-sized nights.
- Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club: World-famous jazz venue in Soho. Leicester Square 4 min walk.
- Barbican Centre: Multi-arts venue with cinema, galleries, and performances. Barbican direct.
- Wicked: The untold story of the Witches of Oz. Apollo Victoria, Victoria 2 mins.
- Phantom of the Opera: Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic musical. His Majesty's Theatre, Piccadilly 3 mins.
- KOKO: Former theatre hosting live music. Mornington Crescent 2 mins.
- The Piano Works: Live music request venue. Farringdon 5 mins.
- Royal Albert Hall: Iconic concert hall. South Kensington 10 mins.
- Jazz Cafe: Intimate jazz and soul venue. Camden Town 3 mins.
- O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire: Historic music venue. Shepherd's Bush 2 mins.
- Royal Albert Hall Tour: Behind-the-scenes guided tour of the Royal Albert Hall. A classic indoor activity with proper London
- Royal Opera House Tour: Explore backstage areas and learn how productions come to life. A premium-feeling indoor activity in
- ABBA Voyage: A high-energy concert experience with cutting-edge visuals and a proper night-out feel. Mostly indoo
- Beatles Walking Tour: Abbey Road and Beatles landmarks tour covering their London homes and recording studios.
- Hamilton - West End: Award-winning musical at Victoria Palace Theatre. Leicester Square tube 5 mins.
- The Lion King: Award-winning musical spectacular at the Lyceum Theatre in the West End.
- Rock & Roll Walking Tour: Music history tour covering Beatles, Rolling Stones, and rock venues of Soho.
- Mamma Mia! The Musical: Feel-good ABBA musical at the Novello Theatre with all the hits.
- Taylor Swift Afternoon Tea Bus: Swiftie-themed afternoon tea tour through London with hits playing throughout.
- Moulin Rouge! The Musical: Spectacular West End adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's film at the Piccadilly Theatre.
- ABBA Voyage Transfer: Express coach transfers to the revolutionary ABBA avatar concert experience.
- Amy Winehouse Camden Tour: Walking tour of Amy's Camden haunts including venues, street art, and statue.
- Handel Hendrix House: Two adjoining Mayfair flats: Handel wrote Messiah in one, Hendrix lived in the other 200 years later
- Royal Academy of Music Museum: Small museum with instruments, manuscripts and music history. A lovely, low-key indoor find near Oxf
- Alexandra Palace: The People's Palace, still doing gigs, still got the Victorian theatre, and the BBC's first televisi
- Musical Museum: Self-playing pianos, orchestrions and a Wurlitzer that rises out of the floor, all demonstrated rath
- Lucky Voice Karaoke: Private karaoke booths with a button that summons more drinks. No stage, no audience, no dignity req
- Bloomsbury Lanes: A basement bowling alley under a Bloomsbury hotel, part alley and part late-night music venue. Retro
- Wilton's Music Hall: The oldest surviving grand music hall in the world, saved from collapse and deliberately left lookin
- Les Misérables: The longest-running musical in the world, still at the Sondheim on Shaftesbury Avenue after four dec
- Matilda The Musical: Tim Minchin songs, a Roald Dahl plot and a set built entirely out of alphabet blocks, at the Cambrid
- The Book of Mormon: From the people who made South Park, at the Prince of Wales just off Leicester Square. Wildly rude a
- Hadestown: Orpheus and Eurydice retold as New Orleans jazz in a bar at the end of the world, at the Lyric on Sh