Live Music — Pubs in Kennington
Discover live music pubs in Kennington. Browse our directory to find the perfect pub.
Found 10 live music pubs in Kennington
Brasserie Toulouse Lautrec
140 Newington Butts, Kennington SE11 4RN
Originally a pub called the Plough & Harrow and subsequently Liam Og's. Now a French restaurant on the ground floor but there is a small piano bar upstairs with a couple of keg beers and a range of bottled Belgian beers. Live music every night often jazz or acoustic. Roof Terrace and function room in the basement.
Old Red Lion
42 Kennington Park Road, Kennington SE11 4RS
Listed on CAMRA's London Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors this Grade II mock Tudor style pub retains original features including a central bar, Charrington's windows, brick fireplaces and low internal doors. The original toilets at the rear have been opened up to provide additional seating in cosy side rooms. The pub has a welcoming atmosphere with an eclectic mix of furniture and oddities. Weekly quiz on Sunday. Portobello took over here from Antic in late 2020.
Royal Vauxhall Tavern
372 Kennington Lane, Kennington SE11 5HY
The Royal Vauxhall Tavern aka RVT is probably one of the oldest and best known LGBT venues in London. There's a bar, there's a stage, there's cabaret, comedy, drag, theatre, discos and even bingo. Check the website for what is going on. There's an entrance fee for most events, however, bingo nights (non-Bank Holiday Mondays) are free entry.
Pilgrim
247 Kennington Lane, Kennington SE11 5QU
Popular, spacious and airy pub which these days offers a single large bar area running the full length of the building. Has tables and chairs in the front half and more informal sofas in the rear. Also has paved outdoor seating areas at both front and back. Live music held on Fridays and Saturdays.
Royal Oak
355 Kennington Lane, Kennington SE11 5QY
There's plenty of Brewer's Tudor dark beams in this pub, and an original "Bass on Draught" window survives at the front, although sadly Bass is no longer available here. This is a small corner-site pub which has the look of always having been a basic boozer. It's certainly one now, and that's no bad thing. A couple of TVs show live sports. Furnishings couldn't be more traditional - soft red upholstered banquettes combined with standard issue tables and chairs, plus some tall stools at the bar of course. This is a friendly locals' pub.
Duchy Arms
63 Sancroft Street, Kennington SE11 5UG
A traditional late Victorian public house forming the corner of Sancroft Street and Courtenay Street. It is underwent an extensive refurbishment 2014. There is a bar to the front and dining area to the rear. The former car park provides ample outdoor seating for the summer.
Dog House
293 Kennington Road, Kennington SE11 6BY
Quirky twin bar pub situated in a prominent position in Kennington and handy for those visiting the Oval cricket ground. Outdoor seating available at the front. Usually has 5 real ales and a real cider available. Live music once or twice a week. Under new management in 2013.
Ship
171 Kennington Road, Kennington SE11 6SF
Largely opened up inside and modernised to some extent, this pub retains the atmosphere of a real pub. The bar area on the right is furnished with normal tables and chairs, but through an archway on the left is another room, extending back beyond the servery, with a few tall tables/tall stools and more standard furnishings. This room also contains a rarely seen bar billiards table. Decor is inevitably, and appropriately, nautically themed, with ships' wheels, ships' lamps and seafaring based prints on the walls. Three or four real ales usually available plus a cider on the 6 handpumps. Food is available lunchtimes and evenings every day, and all day at weekends. There's an express lunch menu on weekdays. Quiz night on Tuesdays and live music on Saturdays. Also has accommodation suites sleeping 9-12 people on the upper floors.
Conningbrook Hotel
Canterbury Road, Kennington TN24 9QR
Hotel with 29 appointed en-suite rooms and two function rooms. Ownership transferred from Shepherd Neame to RedCat Inns in November 2021. Beer range is likely to change from that supplied by Shepherd Neame. Opening hours and food serving hours are liable to change.
Tandem
193 Kennington Road, Kennington OX1 5PG
Much altered village pub, now part of the Hungry Horse chain, although there is a bar area, with Sky sports dominant. The pub was once called the Fish, owned by a Timothy West, and there is a plaque on what would have once been an outside wall dated 1779 that bears his initials. Before 1844 Oxford students had to catch a train to London at Steventon. They were only allowed to keep a one-horse gig in the city and would stop at this pub to borrow a second horse to make it a tandem, returning it on their way back. The name of the pub was changed in 1915. Refurbished May 2018 and now with more seating in the bar and outside - the children's play area has gone.