South Ayrshire · 0 gigs · next 4 weeks
What's On in Ayr
1 Nov – 29 Nov
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Updated 1 November 2026
At a glance
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 0 |
| Venues tracked | 6 |
| Open mics | 1 |
We have no gigs listed in Ayr for the month ahead yet. The city has 6 grassroots venues on GigXchange, so check back — listings update daily.
01 — This weekend
0 gigsThis weekend in Ayr
Only Friday to Sunday - and nothing is listed in Ayr for this weekend yet. The four-week list below shows what is coming, and the open mics further down run every week.
No weekend gigs yet - most venues add theirs by Thursday.
02 — Gigs
0 gigsGigs in Ayr
The nearest listings, in and around Glasgow, are below - each card names its town and links its own page.
We're not tracking any gigs in Ayr right now.
Starts14:30 Outside The Original Prog Classics ShowMacSorleys Music Bar · Anderston/City/Yorkhill · GlasgowTickets 
Big Duffy and The Goods Live @ BlackfriarsBlackfriars Of Bell Street · Anderston/City/Yorkhill · Glasgow 15:00Tonight 
Soul on The River with The Divas Soul BandThe Ferry · Anderston/City/Yorkhill · GlasgowTickets 15:30Tonight 
Jack Heavenor DuoBlue Dog · GlasgowFree 17:00Tonight 
The Vintage ExplosionAyr Town Hall . · Ayr West · GlasgowTickets 18:00Tonight 
TortoiseQueen Margaret Union · Hillhead · Glasgow 19:00Tonight 
The Stanley's live at Nice N Sleazys UpstairsNice N Sleazy · Anderston/City/Yorkhill · Glasgow 19:00Tonight 
OvermonoBarrowland Ballroom · Calton · Glasgow 19:00Tonight 
RikasKing Tuts Wah Wah Hut · Anderston/City/Yorkhill · Glasgow 19:30Tonight | Every upcoming gig in and around GlasgowThe nearest place with gigs listed |
03 — Venues
6 roomsVenues in Ayr
Every grassroots venue we track in Ayr - all 6, whether or not it has a gig listed right now - with its capacity, kit and opening times. Use it to find a room near you, then check its page for what is on.
Photo: Google Ayr Town HallAyr 
Printhouse AyrAyr 350Cap 
The Ayr PavilionAyr seafront · AyrHouse PAEngineer 650Cap 
The IrisTown Centre · AyrHouse PA 100Cap 
Venue38Town Centre · AyrHouse PAEngineer 800Cap 
Wellington's BarTown Centre · AyrHouse PA Cap tbc | All Glasgow area venuesCapacity, backline and opening times |
04 — Open mics
1 nightOpen mics in Ayr
Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 1 open mic night in and around Ayr. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.
| All Glasgow area open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
05 — Support grassroots
Support grassroots music in Ayr
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Ayr still has 6 of them.
Ayr's music runs from the seafront Pavilion to the Printhouse and Venue38 in town, with The Iris for indie and Wellington's Bar for Thursday open mics.
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: 0 gigs across Ayr in the next four weeks, alongside 6 grassroots venues and 1 regular open mic night, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement.
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 Ayr gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it. If you have never been to an open mic, Wellington's Bar runs one every Thursday.
Go to one this month
Ayr has 0 gigs in the next four weeks and 1 open mic night running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Ayr
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| All Glasgow area gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| Glasgow area venuesThe grassroots rooms in and around it | |
| Glasgow area open micsThe regular nights in and around it | |
| The Ayr 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 |
06 — Questions9 answersWhat's on in Ayr
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What's On in Ayr
Live music in Ayr over the next four weeks — 1 Nov – 29 Nov. We have no gigs listed in Ayr for the month ahead yet. The city has 6 grassroots venues on GigXchange, so check back — listings update daily.
Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Ayr gigs in your inbox — and go to one.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Ayr
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Last updated: 1 November 2026
This Weekend in Ayr
Only Friday to Sunday - and nothing is listed in Ayr for this weekend yet. The four-week list below shows what is coming, and the open mics further down run every week.
Gigs in Ayr
The nearest listings, in and around Glasgow, are below - each card names its town and links its own page.
We're not tracking any gigs in Ayr right now.
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Venues in Ayr
Every grassroots venue we track in Ayr - all 6, whether or not it has a gig listed right now - with its capacity, kit and opening times. Use it to find a room near you, then check its page for what is on.
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Open mics in Ayr
Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 1 open mic night in and around Ayr. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.
Support grassroots music in Ayr
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Ayr still has 6 of them.
Ayr's music runs from the seafront Pavilion to the Printhouse and Venue38 in town, with The Iris for indie and Wellington's Bar for Thursday open mics.
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: 0 gigs across Ayr in the next four weeks, alongside 6 grassroots venues and 1 regular open mic night, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement.
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 Ayr gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it. If you have never been to an open mic, Wellington's Bar runs one every Thursday.
Go to one this month
Ayr has 0 gigs in the next four weeks and 1 open mic night running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Ayr
—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 Ayr. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What's on in Ayr — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Ayr, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Paisley, Glasgow, Stirling, Dunfermline
Play or put on gigs in Ayr?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 0 Ayr gigs are already on GigXchange this month.