Friday Fun 30th May 2025 - The Friday Joke and local music listings

 As ever we start with the Friday Joke

I finally managed to teach my dog to beg. Last night he came home with fifty quid.

— Robert Wilkinson (@robertwlk) May 27, 2025

And on to the music news for the London Borough of Barnet. Make sure you follow the Barnet Music Facebook page for all the latest gig news. 

The Mill Hill Music Festival starts with a free gig at The Adam and Eve on Saturday 31st May. 

Starts tomorrow Saturday 31st May

Here's the full programme

POP COVERS
RECYCLED + SUBVERSE
Saturday 31st May - Music from 8.00pm
The Adam & Eve Pub, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, NW7 1RL
FREE

RECYCLED + SUPPORT - Mill Hill Music Festival

RAZZAMAJAZZ DIXIELAND BAND
Sunday 1st June - From 2pm to 4pm
The Adam & Eve Pub, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, NW7 1RL
FREE

RAZZAMAJAZZ DIXIELAND BAND - Mill Hill Music Festival

Opera Gala
SUMMER OPERA GALA PRESENTED BY UNCOVERED OPERA
Tuesday 3rd June - 7.30pm - Cash Bar.
Hartley Hall, Flower Lane, Mill Hill, NW7 2JA
£18.00
SUMMER OPERA GALA PRESENTED BY UNCOVERED OPERA - Mill Hill Music Festival

RECITAL ON THE RIDGEWAY – CELLOPHONICS
Wednesday 4th June - 7.30pm
St Paul’s Church, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, NW7 1QU
£15.00
RECITAL ON THE RIDGEWAY - CELLOPHONICS - Mill Hill Music Festival

Music of the 70's, 80's, 90's reinterpreted as Jazz!
Jazz Dynamos
Thursday 5th June - 7.30pm
Hartley Hall, Flower Lane, Mill Hill, NW7 2JA
£18.00
https://millhillmusicfest.co.uk/product/jazz-dynamos/

Party night Ska, Reggae & Soul music
The Silencerz – 6th June 2025
Friday 6th June - Music from 8PM.
Mill Hill Golf Club, 100 Barnet Way, Mill Hill, NW7 3AL
£15.00
PARTY NIGHT WITH THE SILENCERZ - Mill Hill Music Festival

Saturday 7th June - 7.30pm
Hartley Hall, Flower Lane, Mill Hill, NW7 2JA
£16.00
BRITISH FILM MUSIC GALA - BBC ELSTREE CONCERT BAND - Mill Hill Music Festival

Other Barnet Gigs this weekend

Saturday 31st

East Barnet RBLegion 8.30pm – 11.30pm Lone Star (Country Rock)

Butchers 9pm – midnight Groove Rats (Rock / Blues)

Ye Olde Monken Holt 9.30pm – midnight Alex Kennedy (Acoustic covers)

The Lord Kitchener 8.30pm – late Karaoke with Johno

Maddens 8.30pm – 11pm Odyssey Blues & Soul Band (Soul, Blues, Jazz)

~JUNE~

Sunday 1st

Ye Olde Monken Holt 7pm – 9pm Eliz Baya and Ben Rocca (Soul)

Butchers 8.30pm – 11.30pm Butchers Arms Jam Electric/Blues/Rock (Full backline available) 4 piece Jazz band

Monday 2nd

Ye Olde Mitre Inn, High Street 8pm – 11pm (stables room) Barnet Acoustics Sessions

Tuesday 3rd

Black Horse 7.30pm – 11pm Open Mic Night (1st Tuesday of month)

@ Maddens Bar 8pm

Open Mic Jam (1st Tuesday of month) hosted by Jeff and band

Wednesday 4th June

Ye Olde Monken Holt 8.30pm – 11pm Open Mic Night

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Thursday 5th June

Ye Olde Monken Holt 8.30pm – 10.30pm Irish Session

Maddens 8.30pm – 11pm Ronnie Gordon Legacy (ska, reggae, blue, soul, latin)

Friday 6th

Butchers 9pm – 11.30pm Turbine (Heavy Rock)

Maddens 8.30pm – late The Artificial Monkeys

Barrington 8.30-midnight Karaoke with Neil

The Haven 8pm – 11pm Denis Cook (Musician, vocalist and DJ)

Ye Olde Monken Holt 9pm – midnight DJ Sadie

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