Friday - The Bulls Head, Lonsdale Road, Barnes. 020 8876 5241. The Papa George Band. Top blues band get the weekend underway, 8.30pm, £6.

The Ram Folk Club, Foley Arms, Hare Lane, Claygate. 020 8688 9421. Martin Carthy. One of the best folk singers in the world, who received an MBE for his services to folk music, will make this a night to remember, 8.30 £6-£7.

Saturday

The Bulls Head, Barnes (see Friday). Alan Barnes' Cannonball Sextet, with Don Weller, Dick Pearce and John Donaldson. Great band play the music of Nat Cannonball' Adderly, 8.30pm, £8.

Sunday

The Bulls Head, Barnes (see Friday). 2pm Mike Gilbert's Wandle Delta Blues Band, £5. 8pm the Ralph Lewars Quartet, £5.

The Fox and Hounds, 41 High Street, Carshalton. 020 8715 1612. The Billy Jones Band. An evening of great live blues music, free, 8.30pm.

Molly Malone's, 115 Kew Road, Richmond, 020 8940 5486. Traditional Irish music pop along and enjoy the sound of the emerald isle. Free.

The Cabbage Patch, London Road, Twickenham. 020 8892 3874. Folk and Singers Club. Long established folk club which attracts some top flight acts. 8.30pm.

The Bell Inn, 8 Thames Street, Hampton. 020 8941 9799. Jazz, blues and ragtime. 8.45pm.

The Burnt Orange Restaurant, Kingston Lodge Hotel, Kingston Hill. 020 8541 4481. Lynne Harrison Quintet. Songs by Cole Porter, Gershwin and Burt Bacharach mixed with instrumental numbers by Duke Ellington and others. 12.30pm.

BB's Blues Club, Merton Abbey Mills, Meratun Way, Colliers Wood. 020 8542 6644. Elevators top notch blues band play the club run by former Fleetwood Mac bass player Bob Brunning, 8pm, £5.

Monday

The Bulls Head, Barnes (see Friday). Stormy Monday Club. Two band night with Roadhouse and the Red Eye Band, 8.30pm, £5.

Watermans Arms, Water Lane, Richmond. 020 8940 2893. Folk Club. An evening of jigs, reels and shanties. New musicians always welcome, free, 8.30pm.

Tuesday

The Bulls Head, Barnes (see Friday). Steppin' Out with Jim Riley, 8.30pm, £5.

The Hand and Flower, Upper Ham Road, Richmond. 020 8940 1377. Traditional Irish music night, a great excuse to sink a few pints of the black stuff. Free, 9pm.

Pizza Express, Waldergrave Road, Teddington. 020 8943 3553. Angie Mills. One of the south's finest jazz singers presents an evening of great songs, 8.30pm.

Wednesday

The Bulls Head, Barnes (see Friday). Dave Jones Affinity, 8.30pm, £5.

The Fox and Hounds, Carshalton (see Sunday). A night of real trad jazz and swing, free, 8.30pm.

The Halfway House, 24 Priests Bridge, SW14. 020 8876 5472. Live jazz every Wednesday night with sounds ranging from trad to the birth of the cool. Free 8:30pm.

Stoke Folk, The Old Bear, Mill Lane, Cobham. An informal evening of folk, blues, country, jazz or unaccompanied music in the back room of the pub featuring local entertainers. All welcome. First and third Wednesday of each month, Free, 8.30pm.

Thursday

The Bulls Head, Barnes (see Friday). Sax Appeal. One of the best and most innovative bands on the jazz circuit. 8.30pm, £8.

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