Friday - The Bulls Head, Lonsdale Road, Barnes 020 8876 5241. The Papa George Band. Expect some great guitar playing from this veteran of the blues scene. 8.30pm, £6.

The Ram Folk Club, The Foley Arms, Hare Lane, Claygate, 020 8688 9421. Tomas Lynch. This is Tomas' first visit to The Ram but being both a powerful singer and guitarist he is bound to become a regular. 8.30pm, £5-£6.

St Boniface Social Club, 185 Mitcham Road, SW17, 020 8677 9989. Cyril Tawney. Legendary folk singer who began songwriting while serving as a submariner. His songs chart sailors' lives from the serious to the downright bawdy! 8pm, £6.

Saturday

The Bulls Head, Barnes (see Friday). Lanny Morgan, Peter King, Steve Melling, Jeremy Brown and Steve Keogh. Great jazz from stunning five piece band, 8.30pm, £9.

Sunday

The Bulls Head, Barnes (see Friday). 2.30pm Willie Garnett's Big Band. Ace sax player leads his own band, £6. 8pm The Lisa Fitzgibbons Trio. Jazz and blues with an Irish feel, £5.

The Fox and Hounds, 41 High Street, Carshalton 020 8715 1612. Spy V Spy, an evening of blues, 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 mix with instrumental numbers by Duke Ellington and others. 12.30pm.

Monday

The Bulls Head, Barnes (see Friday). Stormy Monday Club. This week the great boogie-woogie pianist Ben Waters take to the stage. 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). Paul Faucus Four Corners. Jazz soul 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. Simon Haysome Duo. Sax and piano duo playing smooth swing sounds. 8.30pm.

Carshalton Jazz Club, Charles Cryer Studio Theatre, Carshalton High Street 020 8647 2114. Keith Nicholls Cotton Club Band. Seven brilliant musicians led by Nicholls present an evening of jazz classics. 8pm, £3-£6.

Wednesday

The Bulls Head, Barnes (see Friday). Scott Hamilton with the John Pearce Trio. 8.30pm, £8.

The Fox and Hounds, Carshalton (see Sunday). The Black Bottom Stompers. A night of real trad jazz 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 with local entertainers. First and third Wednesday of each month, Free, 8.30pm.

Thursday

The Bulls Head, Barnes (see Friday). Sax Appeal. Seven piece sax led band who have taken the jazz world by storm. 8.30pm, £8.

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