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What's On in Aberdeen

4 Nov – 2 Dec

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All Aberdeen gigs This month

Updated 4 November 2026

At a glance

32
Gigs in
4 weeks
in Aberdeen, 4 Nov – 2 Dec
In detail
Venues with something on9
Venues tracked27
Open mics18
Busiest nightSaturday · 11 gigs

32 gigs listed in Aberdeen over the next 28 days across 9 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 11. In total we track 27 grassroots venues and 18 regular open mics here.

01 — This weekend

9 gigs

This weekend in Aberdeen

Only Friday to Sunday: the 9 gigs on in Aberdeen this weekend. Highlights include Dallahan at Tunnels Aberdeen (Friday), Mayhem and Mohawks | A Punk Metal solidarity All-Dayer at The Carlton Bar (Saturday) and Kyle Falconer (The View) Lovely Night Of Terror Tour (Full Band) at Durty Murphy's (Sunday). Tap a card for times and tickets. Anything from Monday on is in the four-week list further down.

Starts19:00 DallahanTunnels Aberdeen · George St/Harbour · AberdeenTickets BoyzlifeAberdeen Music Hall · Midstocket/Rosemount · Aberdeen 19:30Fri 6 Nov David RustUnit 51 · George St/Harbour · Aberdeen 22:00Fri 6 Nov Mayhem and Mohawks | A Punk Metal solidarity All-DayerThe Carlton Bar · George St/Harbour · Aberdeen 14:30Sat 7 Nov SkylightsAberdeen Music Hall · Midstocket/Rosemount · Aberdeen 19:30Sat 7 Nov High Voltage - Scotlands Premier AC/DC Tribute BandKrakatoa · George St/Harbour · AberdeenTickets 20:00Sat 7 Nov The Sensational David Bowie Tribute BandDrummonds · George St/Harbour · Aberdeen 20:00Sat 7 Nov Kyle Falconer (The View) Lovely Night Of Terror Tour (Full Band)Durty Murphy's · Midstocket/Rosemount · Aberdeen 16:00Sun 8 Nov Gun Ghaol - Krakatoa, Aberdeen [SOLD OUT]Krakatoa · George St/Harbour · Aberdeen 19:00Sun 8 Nov

02 — Compared

#4 of 6

How Aberdeen compares

Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 94 gigs listed in and around Aberdeen - fourth of 6 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Glasgow area (880). Each row counts the gigs, venues and open mics our directories hold in and around that place, refreshed nightly; tap a town for its live music scene.

#PlaceGigs
01Glasgow area 168 venues · 44 open mics880
02Edinburgh area 118 venues · 34 open mics385
03Newcastle area 76 venues · 25 open mics294
04Aberdeen area This page 27 venues · 18 open mics94
05Dundee area 35 venues · 20 open mics52
06Inverness area 29 venues · 11 open mics32

03 — Gigs

32 gigs

Gigs in Aberdeen

Four weeks of Aberdeen gigs, 4 Nov to 2 Dec: 32 listings from 9 rooms, with Saturdays the busiest. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.

Starts20:00 Shay O'DowdCafe Drummond · George St/Harbour · Aberdeen DallahanTunnels Aberdeen · George St/Harbour · AberdeenTickets 19:00Fri 6 Nov BoyzlifeAberdeen Music Hall · Midstocket/Rosemount · Aberdeen 19:30Fri 6 Nov David RustUnit 51 · George St/Harbour · Aberdeen 22:00Fri 6 Nov Mayhem and Mohawks | A Punk Metal solidarity All-DayerThe Carlton Bar · George St/Harbour · Aberdeen 14:30Sat 7 Nov SkylightsAberdeen Music Hall · Midstocket/Rosemount · Aberdeen 19:30Sat 7 Nov High Voltage - Scotlands Premier AC/DC Tribute BandKrakatoa · George St/Harbour · AberdeenTickets 20:00Sat 7 Nov The Sensational David Bowie Tribute BandDrummonds · George St/Harbour · Aberdeen 20:00Sat 7 Nov Kyle Falconer (The View) Lovely Night Of Terror Tour (Full Band)Durty Murphy's · Midstocket/Rosemount · Aberdeen 16:00Sun 8 Nov Gun Ghaol - Krakatoa, Aberdeen [SOLD OUT]Krakatoa · George St/Harbour · Aberdeen 19:00Sun 8 Nov
Search every Aberdeen gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks

04 — This week

7 rooms

Where it's on this week

The venues doing the most in Aberdeen over the next seven nights, ranked by gigs listed. Use it to spot the rooms worth a walk-in when you have not planned ahead.

#VenueGigs
01Aberdeen Music Hall 3
02Cafe Drummond 2
03Krakatoa 2
04Durty Murphy's 1
05The Carlton Bar 1
06Tunnels Aberdeen 1
07Unit 51 1

05 — Venues

27 rooms

Venues in Aberdeen

Aberdeen's grassroots venues, all 27 of them, listed whether or not they have something on right now - capacity, backline and hours for each, and a link to its own listings.

Photo: Google 1,000 cap Beach BallroomAberdeen Breakneck ComedyAberdeenHouse PA Cap tbc Cellar 35City Centre · AberdeenHouse PA 80Cap DrummondsAberdeenHouse PAEngineer 300Cap Durty Murphy'sAberdeen Cap tbc FafflessAberdeenHouse PA Cap tbc FoodstoryAberdeenHouse PA 50Cap Krakatoa2 Trinity Quay · AberdeenHouse PA 200Cap Malones Irish BarAberdeenHouse PA Cap tbc McNasty'sAberdeen Cap tbc
All 27 Aberdeen venuesCapacity, backline and opening times

06 — Open mics

18 nights

Open mics in Aberdeen

Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 18 open mic nights in and around Aberdeen. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.

Kick-off18:00 FoodstoryAberdeenNo feeHouse PA Krakatoa2 Trinity Quay · AberdeenNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tonight Molly MalonesAberdeenNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tonight The BobbinAberdeenNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tonight The Cellar35 Rosemount Viaduct · AberdeenNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tonight The Lemon TreeAberdeenNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tonight FafflessAberdeenNo feeHouse PAMonthly 19:00Thu The Ivy Lodge AberdeenAberdeenNo feeHouse PA 20:00Thu The Tilted WigCastlegate · AberdeenNo feeHouse PA 20:00Thu Breakneck ComedyAberdeenNo feeHouse PA 20:00Fri
All 18 Aberdeen open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night

07 — Support grassroots

Support grassroots music in Aberdeen

Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Aberdeen still has 27 of them.

Aberdeen punches above its weight for live music. The Lemon Tree, The Tunnels, Café Drummond and Krakatoa anchor a rock and indie circuit that's closer to Glasgow's in attitude than to most English cities its size.

Grassroots rooms are disappearing: 78 stopped hosting live music in the year to July 2025, 30 of them for good, and pubs closed at around two a day in the first quarter of 2026. Lose them and you lose the first rung - the support slots and midweek nights every bigger act started on.

Think of this as the city's noticeboard: 32 gigs across Aberdeen in the next four weeks, alongside 27 grassroots venues and 18 regular open mic nights, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement. Most of it happens at Tunnels Aberdeen, Aberdeen Music Hall and Krakatoa, and the sound leans rock and pop.

The best support is a full room. Turn up to something new, stay for the support act, and buy from the bar. For a weekly round-up of Aberdeen gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it. Start small: The Old Workshop hosts an open mic each Sunday.

Go to one this month

Aberdeen has 32 gigs in the next four weeks and 18 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms. Saturdays are the busiest for gigs here.

Help keep grassroots venues open in Aberdeen

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A UK venue stops hosting live music every 5 days — and turning up is what keeps a room open. Get a free weekly email of gigs in Aberdeen. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.

What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of Aberdeen gigs for the week ahead - out of roughly 8 a week here, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Saturday does not crowd out the quieter evenings. A quiet week in Aberdeen widens it to the next fortnight rather than sending you nothing.

Why sign up. Aberdeen Music Hall has the most coming up here, with 5 dates - the email means you see them in time to go. Expect plenty of rock in Aberdeen, with pop close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.

Planning ahead? Gigs in Aberdeen come and go each week; festivals are planned months ahead. One festival timeline holds the UK music festivals we have date-checked, by month, region and genre, and flags clashing weekends.

All Aberdeen gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date
Aberdeen venues27 grassroots rooms
Aberdeen open mics18 regular nights
The Aberdeen sceneVenues, promoters, local rates and members near you
Every city we coverThe same page for every city, updated daily
UK gig directoryEvery upcoming grassroots gig
UK open mic finderStage time near you
UK venue directoryThe rooms behind the gigs

08 — Questions10 answersWhat's on in Aberdeen

9 gigs in Aberdeen this weekend (Fri 6 Nov – Sun 8 Nov) - including Dallahan at Tunnels Aberdeen (Friday), Boyzlife at Aberdeen Music Hall (Friday), David Rust at Unit 51 (Friday). The full Friday-to-Sunday list is in This Weekend above, and every gig over the next 28 days is below it.
Counting every upcoming date, there are 94 gigs listed in and around Aberdeen - fourth of 6 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Glasgow area (880).
We currently list 32 gigs in Aberdeen between 4 Nov and 2 Dec, across 9 venues. The listings above are the full set, sorted by date and refreshed daily from the venues themselves — no algorithm decides what you see. For everything beyond this window, browse every upcoming gig in Aberdeen in the gig directory or every city we cover.
None of the Aberdeen gigs currently listed are marked free entry, though many venues do not publish a price at all. Aberdeen open mic nights are your reliable free option — most charge nothing to watch or to play.
Saturday, with 11 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Saturday: 11 gigs · Friday: 8 gigs · Wednesday: 4 gigs. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.
Right now: Tunnels Aberdeen, Aberdeen Music Hall, Krakatoa. In total we track 27 grassroots venues in Aberdeen, of which 9 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the Aberdeen venue directory.
Aberdeen has 18 regular open mic nights that we verify on a rolling cycle. Each listing carries the sign-up time, slot length, entry fee and whether a PA and backline are provided — see the Aberdeen open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.
Where a Aberdeen venue publishes a price, the average ticket is £23.00. Grassroots entry is typically a few pounds on the door, and many nights are free. On the other side of the transaction, the Musicians' Union publishes national gig rates as the recognised floor for live engagements, and the ISM publishes guidance for self-employed musicians. Our own UK gig rate benchmarks show what artists are actually being paid by region and act type.
Grassroots rooms are where every act you have paid to see learned to hold an audience. Two pubs a day closed across the UK in the first quarter of 2026, and over the year to July 2025 78 grassroots music venues stopped putting on live music — 30 of them for good. Aberdeen still has 27 on our list. Music Venue Trust campaigns for them nationally; venues themselves navigate PRS licensing and local authority licensing to keep putting music on. The single most useful thing anyone can do is turn up and buy a drink at the bar.
Listing is free and takes about two minutes — submit through the Aberdeen gig directory and it is reviewed before it goes live. No account is needed and there is no listing fee. If you run a venue here, claim your venue page to keep its capacity, backline and contact details current. Promoters and venues booking acts can also post paid work or find artists directly.
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Telford5TorquayTringTunbridge Wells8
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WakefieldWalsallWaterlooville3Watford15Welwyn Garden CityWeymouth2WhitbyWidnesWoking14Wolverhampton37WorcesterWorthingWrexham18
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What's On in Aberdeen

Live music in Aberdeen over the next four weeks — 4 Nov – 2 Dec. 32 gigs listed in Aberdeen over the next 28 days across 9 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 11. In total we track 27 grassroots venues and 18 regular open mics here.

Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Aberdeen gigs in your inbox — and go to one.

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Updated daily · 32 gigs in Aberdeen over the next four weeks

Last updated: 4 November 2026

This Weekend in Aberdeen

Only Friday to Sunday: the 9 gigs on in Aberdeen this weekend. Highlights include Dallahan at Tunnels Aberdeen (Friday), Mayhem and Mohawks | A Punk Metal solidarity All-Dayer at The Carlton Bar (Saturday) and Kyle Falconer (The View) Lovely Night Of Terror Tour (Full Band) at Durty Murphy's (Sunday). Tap a card for times and tickets. Anything from Monday on is in the four-week list further down.

NOV
6
Dallahan
Tunnels Aberdeen·George St/Harbour, Aberdeen
Friday, 6 November 2026 · 19:00–22:00
  • Entry—
  • TicketsAvailable
  • AgeAll ages
  • Genre—
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NOV
6
Boyzlife
Aberdeen Music Hall·Midstocket/Rosemount, Aberdeen
Friday, 6 November 2026 · 19:30
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenrePop
View details›
NOV
6
David Rust
Unit 51·George St/Harbour, Aberdeen
Friday, 6 November 2026 · 22:00
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreDJ / Electronic
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NOV
7
Mayhem and Mohawks | A Punk Metal solidarity All-Dayer
The Carlton Bar·George St/Harbour, Aberdeen
Saturday, 7 November 2026 · 14:30–23:45
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenrePunk Rock, Metal
View details›
NOV
7
Skylights
Aberdeen Music Hall·Midstocket/Rosemount, Aberdeen
Saturday, 7 November 2026 · 19:30–22:45
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • Genre—
View details›
NOV
7
High Voltage - Scotlands Premier AC/DC Tribute Band
Krakatoa·George St/Harbour, Aberdeen
Saturday, 7 November 2026 · 20:00–23:00
  • Entry—
  • TicketsAvailable
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreTribute Act
View details›
NOV
7
The Sensational David Bowie Tribute Band
Drummonds·George St/Harbour, Aberdeen
Saturday, 7 November 2026 · 20:00–23:00
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreTribute Act
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NOV
8
Kyle Falconer (The View) Lovely Night Of Terror Tour (Full Band)
Durty Murphy's·Midstocket/Rosemount, Aberdeen
Sunday, 8 November 2026 · 16:00–21:30
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • Genre—
View details›
NOV
8
Gun Ghaol - Krakatoa, Aberdeen [SOLD OUT]
Krakatoa·George St/Harbour, Aberdeen
Sunday, 8 November 2026 · 19:00–23:00
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreMetal, World Music
View details›

How Aberdeen Compares

Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 94 gigs listed in and around Aberdeen - fourth of 6 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Glasgow area (880). Each row counts the gigs, venues and open mics our directories hold in and around that place, refreshed nightly; tap a town for its live music scene.

  1. #1 Glasgow area 168 venues · 44 open mics 880
  2. #2 Edinburgh area 118 venues · 34 open mics 385
  3. #3 Newcastle area 76 venues · 25 open mics 294
  4. #4 Aberdeen area This page 27 venues · 18 open mics 94
  5. #5 Dundee area 35 venues · 20 open mics 52
  6. #6 Inverness area 29 venues · 11 open mics 32

Gigs in Aberdeen

Four weeks of Aberdeen gigs, 4 Nov to 2 Dec: 32 listings from 9 rooms, with Saturdays the busiest. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.

Showing 8 of 32 gigs · page 2 of 2

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Where It's On This Week

The venues doing the most in Aberdeen over the next seven nights, ranked by gigs listed. Use it to spot the rooms worth a walk-in when you have not planned ahead.

  1. #1 Aberdeen Music Hall 3
  2. #2 Cafe Drummond 2
  3. #3 Krakatoa 2
  4. #4 Durty Murphy's 1
  5. #5 The Carlton Bar 1
  6. #6 Tunnels Aberdeen 1
  7. #7 Unit 51 1

All 27 Aberdeen venues →   All 18 open mics →

Venues in Aberdeen

Aberdeen's grassroots venues, all 27 of them, listed whether or not they have something on right now - capacity, backline and hours for each, and a link to its own listings.

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Under the Hammer
Aberdeen★★★★★ (—)
Aberdeen bar with weekly open mic.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • MonClosed
  • Tue17:00–00:00
  • Wed17:00–00:00
  • Thu17:00–00:00
  • Fri16:00–01:00
  • Sat12:00–02:00
  • SunClosed
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Unit 51
Aberdeen★★★★★ (—)
Central London bar and restaurant.
  • PA system (TBC)
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
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Johnshaven Village Hall Montrose
Montrose › Johnshaven★★★★★ (—)
Village hall with large function room.
  • PA system (TBC)
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon—
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All 27 Aberdeen venues →

Open mics in Aberdeen

Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 18 open mic nights in and around Aberdeen. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.

EVERY
Sun
The Cock & Bull
Aberdeen
Next Sun 8 NovStarts 19:00
  • Sign-up—
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Sun
The Old Workshop
Aberdeen
Next Sun 8 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
1ST
Mon
Drummonds
Aberdeen
Next Mon 7 DecStarts 21:00
  • Sign-up21:00
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Tue
Under the Hammer
Aberdeen
Next Tue 10 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots15 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Tue
Siberia Bar & Hotel
Aberdeen
Next Tue 10 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up20:00
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Tue
O'Donoghues
Aberdeen
Next Tue 10 NovStarts 20:30
  • Sign-up20:00
  • Slots7 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Tue
Malones Irish Bar
Aberdeen
Next Tue 10 NovStarts 21:30
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Wed
Foodstory
Aberdeen
Next Wed 4 NovStarts 18:00
  • Sign-up18:30
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Wed
The Bobbin
Aberdeen
Next Wed 4 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up—
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Wed
Molly Malones
Aberdeen
Next Wed 4 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Wed
The Cellar
35 Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Wed
Krakatoa
2 Trinity Quay, Aberdeen
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›

All 18 Aberdeen open mics →

Support grassroots music in Aberdeen

Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Aberdeen still has 27 of them.

Aberdeen punches above its weight for live music. The Lemon Tree, The Tunnels, Café Drummond and Krakatoa anchor a rock and indie circuit that's closer to Glasgow's in attitude than to most English cities its size.

Grassroots rooms are disappearing: 78 stopped hosting live music in the year to July 2025, 30 of them for good, and pubs closed at around two a day in the first quarter of 2026. Lose them and you lose the first rung - the support slots and midweek nights every bigger act started on.

Think of this as the city's noticeboard: 32 gigs across Aberdeen in the next four weeks, alongside 27 grassroots venues and 18 regular open mic nights, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement. Most of it happens at Tunnels Aberdeen, Aberdeen Music Hall and Krakatoa, and the sound leans rock and pop.

The best support is a full room. Turn up to something new, stay for the support act, and buy from the bar. For a weekly round-up of Aberdeen gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it. Start small: The Old Workshop hosts an open mic each Sunday.

Go to one this month

Aberdeen has 32 gigs in the next four weeks and 18 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms. Saturdays are the busiest for gigs here.

Help keep grassroots venues open in Aberdeen

—

A UK venue stops hosting live music every 5 days — and turning up is what keeps a room open. Get a free weekly email of gigs in Aberdeen. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.

What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of Aberdeen gigs for the week ahead - out of roughly 8 a week here, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Saturday does not crowd out the quieter evenings. A quiet week in Aberdeen widens it to the next fortnight rather than sending you nothing.

Why sign up. Aberdeen Music Hall has the most coming up here, with 5 dates - the email means you see them in time to go. Expect plenty of rock in Aberdeen, with pop close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.

Planning ahead? Gigs in Aberdeen come and go each week; festivals are planned months ahead. One festival timeline holds the UK music festivals we have date-checked, by month, region and genre, and flags clashing weekends.

What's on in Aberdeen — FAQs

Common questions about live music in Aberdeen, answered with this week's live data.

9 gigs in Aberdeen this weekend (Fri 6 Nov – Sun 8 Nov) - including Dallahan at Tunnels Aberdeen (Friday), Boyzlife at Aberdeen Music Hall (Friday), David Rust at Unit 51 (Friday). The full Friday-to-Sunday list is in This Weekend above, and every gig over the next 28 days is below it.
Counting every upcoming date, there are 94 gigs listed in and around Aberdeen - fourth of 6 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Glasgow area (880).
We currently list 32 gigs in Aberdeen between 4 Nov and 2 Dec, across 9 venues. The listings above are the full set, sorted by date and refreshed daily from the venues themselves — no algorithm decides what you see. For everything beyond this window, browse every upcoming gig in Aberdeen in the gig directory or every city we cover.
None of the Aberdeen gigs currently listed are marked free entry, though many venues do not publish a price at all. Aberdeen open mic nights are your reliable free option — most charge nothing to watch or to play.
Saturday, with 11 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Saturday: 11 gigs · Friday: 8 gigs · Wednesday: 4 gigs. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.
Right now: Tunnels Aberdeen, Aberdeen Music Hall, Krakatoa. In total we track 27 grassroots venues in Aberdeen, of which 9 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the Aberdeen venue directory.
Aberdeen has 18 regular open mic nights that we verify on a rolling cycle. Each listing carries the sign-up time, slot length, entry fee and whether a PA and backline are provided — see the Aberdeen open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.
Where a Aberdeen venue publishes a price, the average ticket is £23.00. Grassroots entry is typically a few pounds on the door, and many nights are free. On the other side of the transaction, the Musicians' Union publishes national gig rates as the recognised floor for live engagements, and the ISM publishes guidance for self-employed musicians. Our own UK gig rate benchmarks show what artists are actually being paid by region and act type.
Grassroots rooms are where every act you have paid to see learned to hold an audience. Two pubs a day closed across the UK in the first quarter of 2026, and over the year to July 2025 78 grassroots music venues stopped putting on live music — 30 of them for good. Aberdeen still has 27 on our list. Music Venue Trust campaigns for them nationally; venues themselves navigate PRS licensing and local authority licensing to keep putting music on. The single most useful thing anyone can do is turn up and buy a drink at the bar.
Listing is free and takes about two minutes — submit through the Aberdeen gig directory and it is reviewed before it goes live. No account is needed and there is no listing fee. If you run a venue here, claim your venue page to keep its capacity, backline and contact details current. Promoters and venues booking acts can also post paid work or find artists directly.
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