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Find Musicians in London, UK
London is arguably the deepest music city on the planet: every genre at the highest level, endless studios and venues, and a talent pool that pulls from the whole world. Bandry filters it down to who's actually near you, local-first.
Why Bandry
Built for finding people locally.
Local, not regional
Radius-filtered means you see people who can actually make it to your rehearsal, not someone hours away.
The full music chain
Studios, mixing engineers, photographers, videographers, designers. Everything to take a project from rehearsal to release.
Direct contact, always
No in-app messaging to babysit. Link up, and they reach out to you directly. Off-platform, on your terms.
The scene
London has the depth.
The deepest bench anywhere
Rock, grime, jazz, electronic, every scene at world-class level. Role and radius posts turn an unsearchable city into a shortlist.
Endless infrastructure
More studios, engineers, and rooms than almost anywhere. Bandry covers the entire chain.
A giant, local-first
London is vast. Radius filtering shows you who you can actually get to, across the boroughs.
On the ground
Where London plays.
A quick map of the London scene: the indie-reachable rooms and the shops that keep it running. Bandry connects you to the players who fill them, and the Resources tab pins the rest near you.
Venues worth knowing
The Windmill Brixton
Brixton's legendary 150-cap dive that launched South London post-punk, loud, sweaty, leftfield bookings nightly.
The Lexington
An Angel pub with a roughly 200-cap upstairs room, the go-to for indie and Americana acts about to break.
MOTH Club
A Hackney Central ex-veterans' social club, around 300 cap with a glittered ceiling, indie, experimental pop and club nights.
Sebright Arms
A Bethnal Green basement boozer, early shows for Charli XCX, Squid and Courtney Barnett, intimate and free gigs.
Cafe OTO
Dalston's home for avant-garde jazz, noise, electronic and experimental, small, adventurous and internationally respected.
New Cross Inn
New Cross's 350-cap punk and ska institution, touring and local DIY bands seven nights a week.
100 Club
A historic 350-cap basement on Oxford Street, a punk birthplace still booking rock, jazz and indie.
Record stores, studios and rehearsal
Rough Trade East
Record store. A cavernous Brick Lane flagship near Shoreditch, new indie vinyl, in-store gigs and a cafe.
Sounds of the Universe
Record store. A Soho shop and home of Soul Jazz Records, reggae, jazz, electronic, soul and global crate-digging.
Regent Sounds
Gear shop. A Denmark Street, Tin Pan Alley, Fender and Gretsch specialist, guitars, amps and pedals in a heritage shop.
The Premises Studios
Recording studio. A long-running East London complex in Hackney, solar-powered, that hosted Adele and Arctic Monkeys.
Pirate Studios
Rehearsal. 24/7 self-service rehearsal and recording rooms across many London sites, cheap and app-booked.
A starting map of the local scene, not a directory or an endorsement. Rooms and shops change, the people you meet on Bandry are how you stay current.
Who's on Bandry in London
Every role in one place.
Find your people
Looking for a specific role?
Resources tab
The places, not just the people.
Beyond the bulletin, Bandry's Resources tab pulls in nearby studios, rehearsal spaces, venues, repair shops, and music stores from Apple Maps. Everything you need to actually make the record, all in one app.
Looking for a specific place? Recording studios, rehearsal space, music stores, instrument repair, music venues, or vinyl pressing near you.
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Finding musicians in London
How do I find musicians in London?
Post what you're looking for on Bandry's London bulletin and set your reach to local. Musicians within your radius see it, and when someone's interested they link up, sharing their contact info so you can reach out directly and take it off-platform. No DMs and no inbox to manage.
Is Bandry free to use in London?
Reading the London bulletin and endorsing posts are free forever. Posting your own ad and linking up run on a subscription, $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year, after a 14-day free trial of everything. Bandry never takes a cut of any gig or arrangement you work out.
What kinds of musicians and pros are on Bandry in London?
All of them: drummers, guitarists, bassists, singers, and keyboard players, plus producers, mixing and mastering engineers, photographers, videographers, designers, and studios. London's scene runs deep, and role-based posts cover the whole chain from forming a band to finishing a record.
How close are the London musicians Bandry shows me?
As close as you set. Bandry's local posts are radius-gated on both sides, so you only see people who can realistically make it to a rehearsal or session, whether that's across London or out into the rest of England.