Booking has opened for November charity gigs series the Little Noise Sessions, which is being hosted at St John-at-Hackney Church for the second time.

Curated by Radio 2 DJ Jo Whiley, the week of gigs aims to raise funds for learning disability charity Mencap and begins on November 20.

Headliners already announced include Mercury Prize nominees Richard Hawley and The Maccabees.

Folk rockers Noah And The Whale, Sweden’s First Aid Kit, Ireland’s Villagers, plus Daughter, Lucy Rose, Jamie N Commons and King Charles are also billed, with further line-up announcements to come.

The series is now in its seventh year.

Previous headliners have included Coldplay, Elbow and Sinead O’Connor.

Tickets can be booked at www.littlenoisesessions.org.uk