THIS WEEK!

The Vihho Verdi Quintet | Thu, Feb 5

 

Doors open 7pm, music starts 8pm.

£13 General Admission, £10 Earlybird, £5 Student

 

Join us for an evening of jazz with The Vihho Verdi Quintet.

Line-up:

Tori Freestone - tenor saxophone

Alcyona Mick - piano

Andrea Di Biase - bass

Paul Clarvis - drums

Henry Lowther - trumpet.

 

KAIYO with Dave O'Higgins | Fri, Feb 6

Doors open 7pm, music starts 8pm.

£13 General Admission, £10 Earlybird, £5 Student

 

 

KAIYO's line up: Dave O'Higgins - sax, Simon Purcell - piano, Amy Baldwin - double bass, Mark Taylor - drums.

Simon and Amy of KAIYO are joined by Dave O'Higgins and Mark Taylor.

“O’Higgins plays with quite exceptional fluency and his fund of ideas never runs out.” The Observer

Dave O’Higgins’ tenor and soprano sax sounds are highly personal and recognisable, with a clear sense of melodic development and adventure. A popular performer with the public, with an excellent sense of pacing and presentation, he has a wide palette from Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Joe Henderson through to Stanley Turrentine and Michael Brecker. He has relentlessly pursued artistic and sonic exploration and development with a deep respect for the tradition of the music.

Dave has worked with some of the world’s finest musicans, including: Joey Calderazzo, Joe Locke, Dave Kikowski, Eric Alexander, Grant Stewart, Max Ionata, Phil Dwyer, Adam Nussbaum, Joe Lovano, Phil Woods, Jimmy Smith, Nancy Wilson, Peggy Lee, Kurt Elling, Wayne Shorter, Eddie Gomez, Billy Childs, Abdullah Ibrahim, Chico Chagas, Stephane Grappelli, Michel Legrand. He has released 20 CDs as leader to date. He also wrote and produced the last Matt Bianco album, “Gravity”.

Karamel - 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ. The Karamel vegan kitchen will be serving food until 9.30pm. Email karamel8775@gmail.com to book a table for groups of 3+.

 

Brunch & board games! Saturday Geekstraveganza! | Sat, Feb 7

12:00 – 19:00

Free entry, just RSVP!

 

 

Geekstraveganza is a fun, friendly afternoon of good company, tasty vegan food, and board/card games! We’ll have plenty to play, but feel free to bring your own.

This is a special Saturday event at Karamel, to enjoy their new brunch menu - and we can also stay for the London Vegan Mixer ~ social & karaoke happening that same evening!

🎟️ Free entry, just RSVP! 🗓 Saturday 7 February 2026 🕐 12:00 – 19:00 📍 Karamel Club - 4 Coburg Rd, London N22 6UJ 💬 Group chat in the London Vegan Network community on WhatsApp

🤓 Everyone’s welcome — regulars are happy to teach, and hosts can introduce you or suggest games. Drop in anytime; new games start as people arrive.

🤤 The venue hosts us for free, so please grab some food or drinks from the 100% vegan kitchen and bar to support them.

🚉 Closest stations: Wood Green and Alexandra Palace. ➡️ Find us in the room behind the bar (and sometimes in the main area). ♿️ Step-free access and a wheelchair-accessible toilet are available. 🐶 Dog-friendly venue, so furry friends are welcome too!

 

London Vegan Mixer ~ social and karaoke | Sat, Feb 7

19:00 – midnight

Free entry, just RSVP

 

 

Mixing cocktails, tunes... and vegans: join us at Karamel for a full-venue takeover to socialise over delicious food & drinks and great performances!

🎟️ Free entry, just RSVP on https://www.meetup.com/londonvegan/events/312683637 if you can! (Meetup+ is not required to do so) 🗓 Saturday 7 February 2026 🕖 19:00 – midnight 📍 Karamel Club - 4 Coburg Rd, London N22 6UJ 💬 Group chat in the London Vegan Network community on WhatsApp

🤗 Everyone’s welcome! It’s a safe, inclusive space where no discrimination or abuse will be tolerated.

🤤 The venue kindly hosts us for free, so please support them by ordering some of the delicious food and drinks from their fully vegan bar & kitchen.

🚉 Closest stations: Wood Green and Alexandra Palace. ♿️ Step-free access and a wheelchair-accessible toilet are available. 🐶 Dog-friendly venue, so furry friends are welcome too!

 

Hustle Wrestling Presents: Ambition | Sun, Feb 8

 

5:30 PM

 

 

Hustle Wrestling: Ambition returns to the Mcqueen Theatre! Doors open at 5.30pm - Show starts at 6pm!

Bodyslams, Powerbombs and Pints! Join us for incredible wrestling just 5 minutes from Wood Green Tube Station!

It's always an amazing atmosphere at Wood Green Wrestling!

Tickets:

Ringside - £22.38 - incl. £2.38 Fee

General Admission (GA) - £19.12 - incl. £2.12 Fee

Under 14s (General Admission) - £13.70 - incl. £1.70 Fee

NEXT WEEK!

 

Maydan Ensemble of the North London Jazz Collective | Thu, Feb 12

Doors open 7pm, music from 8pm.

£13 General Admission, £10 Earlybird, £5 Student.

 

The Maydan Ensemble of the North London Jazz Collective is a quintet that blends modern jazz with Arabic, Anatolian and Persian folk music. Having formed at the start of 2025, they have wowed audiences, selling out multiple venues across London, including Palestine House and the Green Note, as well as recently headlining Zeman Festival in Serbia. They are a fully international group comprising some of London’s busiest jazz musicians in a unique setting: - rising star Amena El Adb, the Egyptian singer - acclaimed Irish-Iranian jazz guitarist Kourosh Kanani - one the finest Iranian folk musicians in London, Parham Bahadoran on reeds (zurna, duduk and clarinet) - Italian-English bassist and stalwart of the London jazz scene Lorenzo Morabito (Giacomo Smith, Peter Horsfall, Mark Kavuma etc); - Londoner Robbie Ellison (Steve Fishwick, Frank Basile, etc) on drums.

The group explores the intersection of jazz and a bricolage of Middle Eastern musical traditions from two perspectives: that of material from the jazz canon inspired by West Asia; and that of the group's own jazz-flavoured arrangements and renditions of Arabic, Anatolian and Persian folk tunes.

’Maydan’ means ‘town square’ or ‘public meeting-place’. Originating in Farsi, the word now finds usage in Arabic, Turkish, Urdu, Georgian and Ukrainian. In taking this name, the group recognises first and foremost that diverse musical traditions find commonality by their grounding in communal life and social practice, while embracing the subversive political potential of music as a collective, convivial act.

About the North London Jazz Collective: The NLJC is a community of the UK’s finest jazz musicians who’s collective output explores all things from trad and gypsy jazz, swing and bebop to more contemporary and experimental stylings. Our members play regularly at the UK's top venues such as Ronnie Scotts, Soho Pizza, 606, Vortex etc; at major festivals both in UK (eg. London Jazz Festival and Love Supreme Festival) as well as touring extensively in Europe and elsewhere. Members have received recognition such as BBC Young Jazz musician of the Year, Arts Council Grants, and other awards for performances and recordings. The Collective meets every Wednesday for the Brewhouse Session in Highbury, where a different house band each week plays a set of curated material which is followed by, what has become over the last year, one of the most talked-about jam sessions in London. While guest artists, international and UK-based, have included Gabrielle Stravelli, Pete Horsfall, Mark Taylor, Pat O’Leary, Neil Saidi, Noe Codjia, Olli Soikelli, Bjorn Ingelstamt and Paulo Morello, the house band regularly features star names of UK jazz, such as Alex Garnett, Steve Fishwick, Deschanel Gordon, Allison Neale, Honey Boulton, Harry Diplock, Matyas Gayer, Rob Barron, Kourosh Kanani, Gabriel Latchin, Sam Braysher, Nat Steele, Fraser Smith, Alex Bryson and Sean Fyfe, along with rising talents Donovan Haffner, Klara Devlin, Guilia Marro, Olivia Cuttill, Jacob Wilson and Zak Sholapurkar. The list of musicians, dancers and aficionados who have attended the jam sessions is a who’s who of British Jazz and beyond, including Fred Again, Georgia Cecile, the former Sudanese Ambassador, Steve Brown, Ruben Fox, Artie Zaitz, Miranda Radford, Louise Messenger and many more.

Karamel - 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ. The Karamel vegan kitchen will be serving food until 9.30pm. Email karamel8775@gmail.com to book a table for groups of 3+.