Music events to be on your radar in London this weekend: 6 - 8 November 2026

Two label anniversaries, one London debut, and a man who helped invent acid house playing in the Royal Docks. Twelve hours of hypnotic techno in Canning Town, a 150 capacity room in Edmonton, industrial techno in a South Bermondsey business park, plus drum and bass and house. Saturday is where almost all of it is. Ten music events to have on your radar this weekend.


Transmissions x Midgar: Paquita Gordon, Wata Igarashi, Konduku, Polygonia + more

#FLODown: Twelve hours across two rooms with eleven artists, for Midgar Records' first party in the UK. Techno from Wata Igarashi, Konduku, Paquita Gordon and Forest Drive West, with live sets from Polygonia, Avsluta and Human Space Machine, plus Inner Zone, Severja, Aaron J and basic chanel.

Date: Saturday 7 November, 11pm - 11am. Location: FOLD, Gillian House, Stephenson Street, London E16 4SA. Price: £15 - £33. Book now.




Origins: Or:la & JASSS

#FLODown: Techno and house from Or:la and JASSS, long time Origins friends back in the booth together after first sharing a lineup in 2020, and playing Palais for the first time.

Date: Saturday 7 November, 7pm - 5am. Location: Palais, 1 Rye Lane, London SE15. Price: £13.50 - £35. Book now.




Function 30 × 10 Years of LSD

#FLODown: A double anniversary, 30 years of Function and 10 years of LSD, the trio he formed with Luke Slater and Steve Bicknell. All three play together, with Livid also on. Function founded the Infrastructure label, was part of the techno group Sandwell District and has released on Ostgut Ton and Tresor, the labels attached to Berghain and Tresor in Berlin.

Date: Saturday 7 November, 23:00 - 06:00. Location: E1, 110 Pennington Street, Wapping, London E1W 2BB. Price: from £16 - £40. Book now



Marcel Dettmann, Ellen Allien, Shonky, Marie Montexier, Josh Keit, Nate Oldfield + more

#FLODown: The biggest names on any London bill this weekend, across three rooms. Marcel Dettmann and Ellen Allien share Room 1 with Jayson Wynters, Shonky goes back to back with Marie Montexier in Room 2 for the housier end, and Serenne, Josh Keit and Nate Oldfield take Room 3.

Date: Saturday 7 November, 11am - 7pm. Location: fabric, 77A Charterhouse Street, London EC1M 6HJ. Price: from £11.30. Book now



Perc, Ansome (live), Livid, SISSY MISFIT, Baba Ibra

#FLODown: Heavy, distorted techno with little let-up. Perc has been a defining figure in UK techno since the mid 2000s and plays Tresor and Berghain regularly, with Ansome playing live and Livid, SISSY MISFIT and Baba Ibra also on.

Date: Saturday 7 November. Location: Venue MOT, Orion Business Centre, Surrey Canal Road, London SE14 5RT. Price: £11 - £25. Book now

Bloom with Efdemin, DJ Red and Burden

#FLODown: Eight hours in a small room with a Funktion-One system, and Bloom's last event of the year. Efdemin plays deep and hypnotic techno, following his 2025 album POLY and the Mirror Phase EP on Dekmantel, with DJ Red and resident Burden alongside him.

Date: Friday 6 November, 11am - 7pm. Location: Gaffe, 1 Anthony Way, London N18 3QT. Price: £11 - £36. Book now



upsammy, Hermeneia, Vanja Rakić, Olgica, ex.sses

#FLODown: A London debut for Kantarion Sound and Nebo Arts, with left-field and dubby electronics played on the full Kantarion system. upsammy heads the bill with Hermeneia, Vanja Rakić, Olgica and ex.sses. More textural and experimental than most of what is on this weekend.

Date: Saturday 7 November, 11am - 5pm. Location: Ormside Projects, 32 Ormside Street, London SE15 1TR. Price: £14 - £20. Book now



Axel Boman & CC:DISCO

#FLODown: Two DJs playing an extended set together, with deep grooves, left-field house, cosmic house and disco. Boman is a Swedish producer and co-founder of the Studio Barnhus label, and CC:DISCO comes from Melbourne.

Date: Friday 6 November. Location: Palais, 1 Rye Lane, London SE15. Price: from £16. Book now



Workforce (extended set), Ephyra (liquid set), Blackeye MC

#FLODown: The only drum and bass in a small room this weekend, with Workforce given an extended set by Columbo Music rather than the usual hour, Ephyra playing liquid and Blackeye MC on the mic.

Date: Saturday 7 November. Location: Venue MOT, Orion Business Centre, Surrey Canal Road, London SE14 5RT. Price: £12 - £23. Book now


Worried About Henry

#FLODown: Drum and bass at festival scale, three rooms and more than 40 artists across eleven hours from midday. Wilkinson, Bou, Kanine, Luude, Grafix and Flowdan take the X Room, with Special Request b2b ODF, Redlight b2b Champion and IZCO b2b Capo Lee in the Z Room. The last four editions here sold out and resale is already active, so the cheap tiers have gone.

Date: Saturday 7 November, Noon - 10.30pm, last entry 5pm. Location: Drumsheds, 6 Glover Drive, London N18 3HF. Price: from £29.50, cheapest currently around £45. Book now


I Love Acid presents DJ Pierre, 808 State and Lauren Flax

#FLODown: The only acid and early house on the list for the weekend. DJ Pierre is one of the originators of the sound through Phuture and Acid Tracks, with 808 State and Lauren Flax also playing.

Date: Friday 6 November, from 22:00. Location: The Cause, Silver Building, 60 Dock Road, London E16 1YZ. Price: from £11 - £29. Book now