Friday

The Bulls Head, Lonsdale Road, Barnes 020 8876 5241. Pendulum, Pat Kelly's Berkshire Youth Jazz Orchestra, 8.30pm, £7.

The Ram Folk Club, the Foley Arms, Hare Lane, Claygate. 020 8688 9421. Mike Silver. 24-carat guitarist, call him contemporary folk but there is much more of a pop/rock feel to his songs. 8.30pm, £5-£6.

Saturday

The Bulls Head, Barnes. Phone venue for details.

Secombe Centre, Cheam Road, Sutton, 020 8286 2549. Charity concert for the RNLI featuring Bluegrass Express, Betty Davila Band, Imperial Bluegrass Band, members of the original Orange Blossom Sound and many more, 7.30pm.

Sunday

The Bulls Head, Barnes. Phone venue for details.

The Fox and Hounds, 41 High Street, Carshalton 020 8715 1612. 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 Porter, Gershwin and 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. Mo Indigo. Top notch blues band play the club run by former Fleetwood Mac bass player Bob Brunning, 8pm, £5.

Monday

The Bulls Head, Barnes. Stormy Monday Club with The Barcodes. 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.

Battersea Barge, Riverside Walk, Nine Elms, 020 7498 0004. John Lee Wilson. Enigmatic jazz and blues singer from America makes rare south London appearance, 8pm, call for prices. (See preview.)

Tuesday

The Bulls Head, Barnes. Stealing Dan and Don, Steely Dan tribute band return to the riverside venue, 8.30, £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. Paul Stiles and Alan Berry, young, talented sax and piano duo. 8.30pm.

Carshalton Jazz Club, Charles Cryer Studio Theatre, 020 8647 2114. Alan Gretsy/Brian White Ragtimers. Super seven piece celebration of the Golden Age of Dixieland.

Wednesday

The Bulls Head, Barnes. Phone venue for details.

The Fox and Hounds, Carshalton. The Alleycats. 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. First and third Wednesday of each month, Free, 8.30pm.

Thursday

The Bulls Head Barnes. Phone venue for details.

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