Friday Fun 31th October 2025 + local gig round up

It's Friday. What a week its been. We are down a Prince. Donald Trump has stopped another war. Hadley FC  won a great game of football at Hertford. I had a wonderful rehearsal with my band mates in The False Dots. We had a council by election is Hendon. Each to their own, it is probably the first time I've ever been pleased that the Tories won. I know the candidate, who is a decent enough bloke. Anyway, enough of that, here is the Friday joke

The other day I ran into a friend I hadn’t seen in years.

It got really awkward when we had to exchange insurance details.

— Robert Wilkinson (@robertwlk) October 28, 2025

And on to the local music round up. As all regular readers will know, my band, The False Dots have a gig this Sunday. It will be rather special, read yesterdays blog if you want to know why. We are playing at 8pm at the Dublin Castle in Camden, with the two best bands to come out of Merseyside this century!

Get your advanced tickets here - The Double Nines, The False Dots, Whelligan

And on to the rest of the local gigs in Barnet. Full details at the Barnet Music Facebook page

Friday 31st

Butchers Arms 9pm - midnight Xspired (60s, 70s, 80s and 90s covers)

Barrington 8.30pm – midnight Karaoke with Johno

Ye Olde Monken Holt 9pm – midnight DJ Sadie

East Barnet CIU Club 8pm til late Halloween Disco

 Saturday 1st

EB RB Legion 9pm – late AWOL

Ye Olde Mitre Inn, High Street 8pm – 11pm Marys Exit

Butchers Arms 9pm – 11.30pm The Beatin Hearts (Covers)

Builders Arms 8-11pm Tim Leffman

Toolans 8.30 Beyond Retro (Rock & Roll) 

Lord Kitchener 8.30pm – late Karaoke with Johnno

The Arkley Club .8.30pm – 11pm £5 cash

Peace & Love Ska and Reggae Band (Reggae Dancehall / Ska)

The Catcher In The Rye 8.30pm – 11pm Blue North (Covers)

Queens Arms 8pm – midnight Rangoon (soulful rock and blues)

Maddens 8pm – 11.30pm Cruisin Mooses (Blues/rock/soul 4 piece) 

The Cavalier 8pm – late DJ Reecie (funk soul disco)

Sunday 2nd

Ye Olde Monken Holt 7pm - 9pm Ben Rocca and Eliz Baya (Covers various)

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

Monday 3rd

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

Tuesday 4th

The Lord Nelson 7.30- Open Mic Night

Wednesday 5th

Ye Olde Monken Holt 8.30 – 11pm

Open Mic Night

Thursday 6th

Ye Olde Monken Holt 8.30 – 10.30pm Irish Session

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