Dalston's underground jazz venue
The Vortex is Dalston's beloved jazz club — intimate, adventurous, and fiercely independent, hosting world-class and emerging jazz, improvised and experimental music nightly.
Upcoming events
This week
5
At 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🪕Folk / Acoustic
Nick Ramm Ensemble
Vortex Jazz Club
Tomorrow · 14:30🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎸Jam / Open mic
Vortex Collective presents: Future Standards & Downstairs Jam
Vortex Jazz Club
Tomorrow · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎉Club
David Austin Grey - A Hologram Maze
Vortex Jazz Club
Sun 21 · 14:00🇬🇧
🔬Experimental🎷Jazz
MOPOMOSO: International Free Improvised Music - June 2026
Vortex Jazz Club
Sun 21 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎸Jam / Open mic
Vortex Jam Session with Rick Simpson
Vortex Jazz Club
Later
50
Tue 23 · 19:00🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎸Jam / Open mic
Midweek Downstairs Jam
Vortex Jazz Club
Tue 23 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🪕Folk / Acoustic
Evelyn Axton with strings
Vortex Jazz Club
Wed 24 · 19:15🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎫Concert
Fergus McCreadie - Solo
Vortex Jazz Club
Wed 24 · 22:00🇬🇧
📺Match screening🎸Jam / Open mic
Scotland Vs Brazil: Football World Cup Watch Party
Vortex Jazz Club
Thu 25 · 18:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🪕Folk / Acoustic
Whirlpool: Jonah Phillips
Vortex Jazz Club
Thu 25 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎫Concert
Jim Rattigan Quintet
Vortex Jazz Club
Fri 26 · 18:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🔬Experimental
Keeffe/Roberts/Brice/Holub
Vortex Jazz Club
Fri 26 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎉Club
Vaughan Hawthorne-Nelson Quartet
Vortex Jazz Club
Sat 27 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎉Club
Ed Jones Quartet
Vortex Jazz Club
Sat 27 · 22:30🇬🇧
📺Match screening
England vs Panama: Football World Cup Watch Party
Vortex Jazz Club
Sun 28 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎸Jam / Open mic
Vortex Jam Session with Nick Costley-White
Vortex Jazz Club
Tue 30 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎉Club
Finn Carter Quartet
Vortex Jazz Club
Wed 1 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎉Club
Lex Korten Group
Vortex Jazz Club
Thu 2 · 18:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🪕Folk / Acoustic
Breen & Boizi
Vortex Jazz Club
Thu 2 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🪕Folk / Acoustic
Four Card Molly
Vortex Jazz Club
Fri 3 · 18:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🔬Experimental
BoNo (Steve Noble & Alex Bonney)
Vortex Jazz Club
Fri 3 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎉Club
Ricardo Grilli
Vortex Jazz Club
Sat 4 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🪕Folk / Acoustic
Coltrane and Hartman on Impulse! feat. Mark Lockheart and Marvin Muoneké
Vortex Jazz Club
Sun 5 · 15:30🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎉Club
London Jazz Orchestra Vortex Sessions - “Primetime for Henry"
Vortex Jazz Club
Sun 5 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎸Jam / Open mic
Vortex Jam Session
Vortex Jazz Club
Tue 7 · 19:00🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎸Jam / Open mic
Midweek Downstairs Jam
Vortex Jazz Club
Wed 8 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎉Club
SULA
Vortex Jazz Club
Thu 9 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎉Club
Rachael Cohen Quintet
Vortex Jazz Club
Fri 10 · 18:30🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎉Club
Zoe Rahman Trio - Album Launch (2 Shows)
Vortex Jazz Club
Sat 11 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎉Club
De Beauvoir Jazz Festival: Lucy-Anne Daniels & Liselotte Östblom
Vortex Jazz Club
Tue 14 · 19:30🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🪕Folk / Acoustic
Anatole Muster
Vortex Jazz Club
Wed 15 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎸Jam / Open mic
PANIKA
Vortex Jazz Club
Thu 16 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🔬Experimental
Pete Wareham & Friends
Vortex Jazz Club
Fri 17 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎸Jam / Open mic
Phillip Golub / Alex Hitchcock / Andrew Lisle
Vortex Jazz Club
Sat 18 Jul · 19:00🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎉Club
Tony Kofi's Tentet plays Monk
Vortex Jazz Club
Sun 19 Jul · 14:00🇬🇧
🔬Experimental🎷Jazz
MOPOMOSO: International Free Improvised Music – July 2026
Vortex Jazz Club
Tue 21 Jul · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🔬Experimental
Sam Eastmond & The Composers Workshop Big Band
Vortex Jazz Club
Wed 22 Jul · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎉Club
Reuben Goldmark Trio
Vortex Jazz Club
Thu 23 Jul · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎉Club
Kate Williams Trio
Vortex Jazz Club
Fri 24 Jul · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🪕Folk / Acoustic
Mark Kavuma Quintet
Vortex Jazz Club
Sat 25 Jul · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🔬Experimental
Myele Manzana
Vortex Jazz Club
Tue 28 Jul · 19:00🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎸Jam / Open mic
Midweek Downstairs Jam
Vortex Jazz Club
Tue 28 Jul · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🪕Folk / Acoustic
Dave Sear Sextet
Vortex Jazz Club
Wed 29 Jul · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎉Club
Leif Kaner-Lidström
Vortex Jazz Club
Fri 31 Jul · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎫Concert
Alice Leggett: Reunion Band Part 2
Vortex Jazz Club
Sat 1 Aug · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎉Club
John Etheridge & Art Themen: All Star Quartet
Vortex Jazz Club
Thu 6 Aug · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎸Jam / Open mic
Alasdair Pennington Quartet
Vortex Jazz Club
Sat 8 Aug · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🌐World
Leon Foster Thomas Group
Vortex Jazz Club
Mon 10 Aug · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎲Improv
Earth and Bones Residency ft. Anna Chai & Richard Ọlátúndé Baker (first night)
Vortex Jazz Club
Tue 11 Aug · 19:00🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎸Jam / Open mic
Midweek Downstairs Jam
Vortex Jazz Club
Tue 18 Aug · 19:00🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎸Jam / Open mic
Midweek Downstairs Jam
Vortex Jazz Club
Fri 21 Aug · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎸Jam / Open mic
Tomorrow’s Warriors presents BXL x LDN Interplay III
Vortex Jazz Club
Tue 25 Aug · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎸Jam / Open mic
Finn Carter with Yves Fernandez and Richard Spaven
Vortex Jazz Club
Wed 26 Aug · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎉Club
Sorin Zlat Trio "Changing Times"
Vortex Jazz Club
Tue 1 Sep · 19:00🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎸Jam / Open mic
Midweek Downstairs Jam
Vortex Jazz Club
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Past events
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Thu 18 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🔬Experimental
Sun-Mi Hong's NOCTILUME feat. Mette Rasmussen
Vortex Jazz Club
Thu 18 · 18:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎉Club
Outhouse
Vortex Jazz Club
Wed 17 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎉Club
Raffy Bushman - New Life Album Launch
Vortex Jazz Club
Tue 16 · 19:45🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎸Jam / Open mic
Royal Academy of Music Free Improv Group
Vortex Jazz Club
Sun 14 · 19:45
Vortex Jam Session with Conor Murray
Vortex Jazz Club
Sat 13 · 19:45
Zoe Francis/Jim Mullen/Ross Stanley
Vortex Jazz Club