CrowdMateFor Thursday 22 October through Sunday 25 October, The Lower Third (Denmark St) makes a compact case for Denmark Street as a working live-music address. The forthcoming run is concentrated on Thursday and Friday, yet its three bills carry a useful range: KhakiKid brings Dublin-bred alt-rap on Thursday; Friday begins with Mr. Bruce; Citizen follows later that evening. The common thread is scale and proximity. These are artist-led dates built for a room whose stated purpose is grassroots performance and emerging talent, set amid a street still defined by music shops, studios and live rooms.[1][2]
A room inside the street’s new chapter
The Lower Third sits at 26 Denmark Street, within the Outernet district, and its booking identity draws force from that location. Outernet describes the venue as a grassroots performance space, while positioning Denmark Street as a place connected to the Rolling Stones, the Sex Pistols, Bowie, Hendrix and Clapton. That lineage can easily become decorative; this week’s diary gives it a practical present-tense use. The programming puts a touring Dublin rapper, a left-field British album artist and a separate Friday headline slot into the same short stretch of pavement.[1][2]
The result is a useful way to approach the venue: arrive for a specific act, while treating the room as part of the evening’s subject. The Lower Third’s own information page advises ticket-holders to check their purchased ticket for door times and says that set times are unavailable in advance. That makes the published local starts especially worth using as an arrival guide, while leaving space for bills to unfold on their own terms.[1]
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Thursday, 22 October: KhakiKid at 7pm
KhakiKid’s Thursday show starts at 7pm. The Dublin rapper, born Abdu Huss, has developed a catalogue that his management locates between grime-informed rap, jazz-inflected hip-hop, rock, house and electronica. That breadth suits The Lower Third’s emerging-artist focus: it frames the date as a live encounter with an artist whose recorded work has kept changing shape across releases, including the later projects san bebé, Moanbag and Girl Bites Dog.[2][3]
The detail to hold onto is his voice. KhakiKid’s management identifies the adoption of his natural Irish accent as a key turn in his music, alongside a writing style shaped by wordplay, melodic instincts and personal storytelling. In a Denmark Street room whose wider surroundings trade heavily on inherited mythology, that makes Thursday’s bill feel grounded in a current, individual musical language. It is the most direct entry point into this venue spotlight and the primary pick for the week.[2][3]
Friday, 23 October: Mr. Bruce, then Citizen
Friday’s early slot belongs to Mr. Bruce at 6.30pm. His debut album, OK, arrived in May 2026, and his own account describes its palette through hyperpop, garage, amen breaks, glitch and ambient textures. He also identifies three themes across the record: protest and defiance, mortality, and an attachment to the ocean. Those details suggest a performance that comes with its own internal world already built, suited to a venue that presents close-range showcases instead of a large-room support-slot experience.[2][4]
Citizen takes the 7pm Friday headline slot, completing a sharply sequenced pair of bookings at The Lower Third (Denmark St). The useful editorial point is the double-header’s shape: an early evening can begin with Mr. Bruce’s maximal, self-defined album language and move into a second artist bill without leaving the room or the street. It is a small example of the programming logic Outernet assigns to The Lower Third: a place for emerging performers across live music, with Denmark Street’s historic associations informing the setting.[1][2][4]
Practical details for the two-night run
KhakiKid plays The Lower Third (Denmark St) on Thursday 22 October at 7pm. Mr. Bruce plays on Friday 23 October at 6.30pm, with Citizen also listed for Friday at 7pm. The venue is at 26 Denmark Street, London WC2H 8NJ, close to Tottenham Court Road. Thursday through Saturday events downstairs are generally 18+, subject to each event’s listing; bring physical photo ID. Recheck The Lower Third’s official pages and your ticket information for door times, access arrangements, age policy and any last-minute changes.[1][2]
These concerts happened on 22–23 October 2026
The next dates at these venues: The Lower Third (Denmark St)
Sources
- Information — The Lower Third
- Music — Outernet London
- KhakiKid — Red Light Management
- MY DEBUT ALBUM IS…OK — Mr Bruce