Published: 27 May 2010

FRIDAY MAY 28
Spring voices: rising singing stars accompan­ied by Simon Lepper, National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, WC2, 020 7306 0055, 6.30pm, free
Red Bull for the ears: Hackney Colliery Band, The Forge, Delancey Street, Camden Town, 020 7383 7808, 9pm, £7

SATURDAY MAY 29
Family concert: tenor Mark Padmore sings about the hippo in the mud and other creatures, Wigmore Hall, Wigmore St, W1, 020 7935 2141, 11am, £7/children £4

SUNDAY MAY 30
Jazz jam: Cai Marle-Garcia, Map Café, 46 Grafton Road,  Kentish Town, 020 7916 0544, 1pm, free
Cuban salsa band: Cache, Parliament Hill Bandstand, 3pm, free
Glorious jazz veteran: trumpeter Mike Cotton & band, Golders Hill Park Bandstand, 3pm, free
Piano recital: rare but delightful French pieces played by Antony Gray, St George’s, Bloomsbury Way, WC1, 020 7242 1979, 4pm, free
Bach and Buxtehude: Jennifer Bennett baroque violin, Kinga, Gaborjani viola da gamba and Yair Avidor theorbo, Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, N1, 020 8340 2230, 3pm, £7
Laura Long & Jazzaholics, The Engineer, 66 Gloucester Ave.,  Primrose Hill, 020 7722 0950, 7pm, free
Israel Piano Trio play Beethoven, HW Henze, Schumann and Bruch, The Free Church, Hampstead Garden Suburb, NW11, 020 8959 3866, 7.30pm, £15/students free

MONDAY MAY 31
Smart jazz-tinged pop: Jacques Café Band, Parliament Hill Bandstand, 3pm, free
Tango Spanish gipsy: Andalus Flamenco, Golders Hill Park Bandstand, 3pm, free
Pianist Rob Barron and drummer Matt Home join Steele brosm Positively 4th Street, 119 Hampstead Road, NW1, 020 7388 5380, 8pm, £2
Aquarium featuring Sam Leake & James Allsop, The Con Bar, 42 St Pancras Way, NW1, 07830 255 958, 8.30pm, £5

TUESDAY JUNE 1
Roots swing: ace clarinettist Shabaka Hutchings trio, The Oxford, 256 Kentish Town Road, 020 7485 3521, 8.30pm, £5

WEDNESDAY JUNE 2
Medieval ensemble: Joglaresa, Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, N1,  www.Joglaresa.com, 8pm, £10/con £8
Nomad Jazz: altoist Peter King, Map Café, 46 Grafton Rd,  Kentish Town, 020 7916 0544, doors 7pm, £10

THURSDAY JUNE 3
Recital: LSO principal oboe player Emanuel Abbuhl, LSO St Luke’s, 161 Old Street, EC1, 020 7490 3939, 1pm, £9/con £7/under-16s £4 
Litsa Tunnah violin & Alissa Tavdidishvili piano, St Pancras Parish Church, Euston Road, NW1,
020 7388 1461, 1.15pm, free
Acclaimed German tenor:  Werner Gura’s sings Mozart songs, Schumann’s Liederkreis Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1, 020 7935 2141, 7.30pm, from £15
Singing jazz icon: Norma Winstone, Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, N1, 020 8348 8716, 8.30pm, £9/con £7.50