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Enjoy a locally delivered pizza whilst listening to live music at Piano Smithfield from Wednesday to
Saturday or gigs at the Bootlegger off Lime Street every Thursday and Friday evening.
Over at the Vortex on 29 November you can catch the first gig for a brand new project by bassist
Calum Gourlay, playing hard swinging originals and selected tunes by Thelonious Monk.
Every night throughout November Village Underground will feature a different artist, with genres
ranging from from rap to electronica. On Wednesday 10 November Pitchfork Music
Festival presents Mykki Blanco. These rappers have cycled through multiple musical identities and
genres, always prioritizing creative exploration over any particular niche. Jamie Irrepressible returns on
the 15 November and the Nine8 Collective, a London based arts and music collective comprised of a
range of young musicians, rappers, artists and other creative individuals, perform there on Monday 29
November.
At the Pleasance Theatre there is a wide variety of comedy, theatre and cabaret throughout
November. On the 14 November I Stand for what I Stand explores the reality of growing up in the
shadow of a climate crisis. On the 25 November join Lou Sanders, one of Britain’s fastest-rising and
most original comedians, and on the 29 November there is a Gala for World AIDS day.
A stone’s throw away at the Hope Theatre until 6 November is a run of Skin Tight, directed by Max
Kirk. Now is the time to be supporting these young creatives and this ‘little theatre with big ideas’ is
giving them valuable opportunities. Similarly, The Fidelio Cafe introduces Jazz Mondays with
performances by Guildhall Students on the 1 and 22 November. Pianist Gabriele Carcano delivers his
eighth (16 and 17 November) and ninth (23 November) installments of the Beethoven Piano Sonatas.
Also at the Fidelio Cafe, celebrate with composer Cevanne as her album Welcome Party is released,
featuring members of the London Symphony Orchestra. Come to her tea party with the LSO musicians
playing live at 4pm on 20 November. If Surrey Quays is on your commute home, the very cool
venue Printworks is hosting La Discotheque on Friday 5 November. Lineup: Todd Terje, Artwork, Greg
Wilson, Prins Thomas, PBR Streetgang, Felix Dickinson, DJ Paulette and more. Later in the month, the
inimitable Aurora Orchestra performs on Thursday 11 November. Aurora will play from memory
within the vast scale of the Printworks Press Halls to give a uniquely immersive experience of
Beethoven’s Symphony No 7.