Friday, December 7

The Bulls Head, Lonsdale Road, Barnes 020 8876 5241. Reconsider. Top blues band get the weekend underway, 8.30pm, £6.

The Ram Folk Club The Foley Arms Hare Lane Claygate, 020 8688 9421. Fraser Nimmo. A welcome return for this stylish singer songwriter, who sings songs of love, hate, injustice and Scotland. 8.30pm, £5-£6.

Saturday

The Bulls Head, Barnes. Scott Hamilton, Jim Mullen and the John Pearce Trio, 8.30pm, £9.

Sunday

The Bulls Head Barnes. The Cardinal Vaughn School Big Band, 2pm £5. Rio Roberts Duncan Lamont Terry Smith Tony Lee Tony Archer Dave Barry, 8pm, £6.

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 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.

BB's Blues Club, Merton Abbey Mills, Meratun Way, Colliers Wood, 020 8542 6644. Roadhouse. 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. Stormy Monday Club The Colette Wilkinson Band. 8.30pm, £5.

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

Tuesday

The Bulls Head, Barnes. The Humphrey Lyttleton Band. The legendary band leader returns to the riverside venue, 8.30pm, £10.

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. Dave Cliff Duo. World class guitarist plays some of the finest jazz around, 8.30pm.

Wednesday

The Bulls Head, Barnes. Alan Price. Keyboard player who made his name with 60s band The Animals, 8.30pm, £8.

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

Thursday

The Bulls Head Barnes. The Outfit. Great jazz band, 8.30pm, £6.

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