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13 Nov – 11 Dec
Help keep grassroots venues open in Basildon
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Updated 12 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 3 |
| Venues tracked | 21 |
| Open mics | 12 |
| Busiest night | Saturday · 5 gigs |
11 gigs listed in Basildon over the next 28 days across 3 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 5. In total we track 21 grassroots venues and 12 regular open mics here.
Only Friday to Sunday: the 3 gigs on in Basildon this weekend. Highlights include The Definitive Goldmine Reunion at The Paddocks (Saturday), The Skids, Theatre of Hate at Civic Hall (Saturday) and Fleetwood Mac - Our Own Way at Sheppey Little Theatre (Saturday). Tap a card for times and tickets. Anything from Monday on is in the four-week list further down.
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 42 gigs listed in and around Basildon - second of 6 against its nearest places with live music, behind the London area (1,416). 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.
| # | Place | Gigs |
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| 01 | London area 302 venues · 70 open mics | 1,416 |
| 02 | Basildon area This page 21 venues · 12 open mics | 42 |
| 03 | Chelmsford area 13 venues · 8 open mics | 36 |
| 04 | Maidstone area 22 venues · 9 open mics | 33 |
| 05 | Broxbourne area 12 venues · 8 open mics | 29 |
| 06 | Billericay area 6 venues · 4 open mics | 3 |
Four weeks of Basildon gigs, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 11 listings from 3 rooms, with Saturdays the busiest. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.
Starts16:00 The Definitive Goldmine ReunionThe Paddocks · Canvey Island South · Basildon 
The Skids, Theatre of HateCivic Hall · Little Thurrock Blackshots 19:00Sat 14 Nov 
Fleetwood Mac - Our Own WaySheppey Little Theatre · Sheerness · BasildonTickets 19:00Sat 14 Nov 
Unite 2026Holiday Inn · Fryerns · BasildonTickets 18:30Sat 21 Nov 
Skids + Theatre Of HateChinnerys · Milton 19:00Sun 22 Nov 
The StylisticsSouthend Cliffs Pavilion · Milton · Southend-on-Sea 19:00Sun 22 Nov 
The Skids, Theatre of HateChinnerys · Milton · Southend-on-Sea 19:00Sun 22 Nov 
ShakatakThe Mill Arts & Events Centre · Basildon 19:30Sun 22 Nov 
The Australian Pink Floyd ShowSouthend Cliffs Pavilion · Milton · Southend-on-Sea 19:00Tue 24 Nov 
Michael Starring BenSouthend Cliffs Pavilion · Milton · Southend-on-Sea 14:30Sat 28 Nov | Search every Basildon gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks |
Which Basildon rooms are busiest this week? This ranks venues by how many gigs they have in the next seven nights - a quick way to find where something is on most nights.
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| 01 | Civic Hall | 1 |
| 02 | Sheppey Little Theatre | 1 |
| 03 | The Paddocks | 1 |
Every grassroots venue we track in Basildon - all 21, 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 Vange And Pitsea WMCVange · Basildon 
Anke's Tea and Coffee LoungeWestcliff-on-SeaHouse PA Cap tbc 
AtticSeafront · Southend-on-SeaHouse PA Cap tbc 
ChinnerysSouthend-on-SeaHouse PA 400Cap 
Cow & TelescopeSouthend-on-Sea 40Cap 
Ekco Social And Sports ClubSouthend-on-Sea, Essex · Southend-on-Sea 200Cap 
Garon ParkEastern Avenue · Southend-on-Sea Cap tbc 
Leigh Community CentreLeigh-on-Sea Cap tbc 
Leigh on Sea Constitutional ClubLeigh Broadway · Leigh-on-SeaHouse PA Cap tbc 
Orchard WestDartford (Westgate) · Dartford Cap tbc | All 21 Basildon venuesCapacity, backline and opening times |
Open mics are regular nights rather than one-off gigs: the same venue, the same night, week in, week out - 12 nights in Basildon. Each card shows the night, the sign-up time and the fee; most are free to watch and to play.
VariesFri Kick-off19:30 St Andrew's ChurchWickfordNo feeDates vary 
AtticSeafront · Southend-on-SeaNo feeHouse PADates vary 18:30Sat East Coast SocialSeafront · Southend-on-SeaNo fee 20:00Mon 
The Park TavernSouthendNo feeHouse PA 20:00Mon The Railway HotelTown Centre · Southend-on-SeaNo fee TBCMon The AlexAlexandra Street · Southend-on-SeaNo fee 20:00Wed Anke's Tea and Coffee LoungeWestcliff-on-SeaNo feeLast Thu of the month 19:00Thu The Mole Hole Micro PubTown Centre · GravesendNo fee2nd Thu of the month 19:00Thu Leigh on Sea Constitutional ClubLeigh Broadway · Leigh-on-SeaNo feeHouse PA2nd Thu of the month 20:00Thu The CraftsmanSouthendNo feeHouse PA 20:00Thu | All 12 Basildon open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Basildon still has 21 of them.
Basildon plays in its clubs - the Vange and Pitsea WMC puts on Friday and Saturday nights - while Southend, Westcliff and Gravesend carry the bars and open mics around it.
In the year to July 2025, 78 UK grassroots venues stopped putting on live music and 30 closed outright, while pubs shut at about two a day in early 2026. Each one was somewhere a band played its first paid gig or a songwriter tried a new song on a room of strangers.
Think of this as the city's noticeboard: 11 gigs across Basildon in the next four weeks, alongside 21 grassroots venues and 12 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 Southend Cliffs Pavilion, Chinnerys and The Mill Arts & Events Centre, and the sound leans rock and pop.
So go. Pick a night you would not normally choose, buy a ticket and a drink, and bring a friend. The sign-up below sends Basildon listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. Start small: The Park Tavern hosts an open mic each Monday.
Between now and 11 Dec there are 11 gigs in Basildon, and 21 grassroots venues and 12 regular open mic nights. One night out this month keeps a room's diary full. If you only go out once, Saturdays have the most choice.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Basildon
—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 Basildon. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What you get. A Monday-noon email for Basildon only: the week's gigs, drawn from the 11 listed on this page for the next four weeks, two a night at most (Saturday is the busiest, with 5 dates). When fewer than four Basildon gigs fall in the week, the email reaches on to the next fortnight, then the month, so you still have something to choose from.
Why sign up. Rooms like Southend Cliffs Pavilion (3 dates coming up) are easy to miss in a social feed; the email puts them in one place. Expect plenty of pop in Basildon, with rock close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Planning ahead? Gigs in Basildon 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 Basildon gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| Basildon venues21 grassroots rooms | |
| Basildon open mics12 regular nights | |
| The Basildon 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 |
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Billericay, Leigh-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Maidstone
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 11 Basildon gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
What's On in Basildon
Live music in Basildon over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 11 gigs listed in Basildon over the next 28 days across 3 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 5. In total we track 21 grassroots venues and 12 regular open mics here.
Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Basildon gigs in your inbox — and go to one.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Basildon
—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 Basildon. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Last updated: 12 November 2026
This Weekend in Basildon
Only Friday to Sunday: the 3 gigs on in Basildon this weekend. Highlights include The Definitive Goldmine Reunion at The Paddocks (Saturday), The Skids, Theatre of Hate at Civic Hall (Saturday) and Fleetwood Mac - Our Own Way at Sheppey Little Theatre (Saturday). Tap a card for times and tickets. Anything from Monday on is in the four-week list further down.
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How Basildon Compares
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 42 gigs listed in and around Basildon - second of 6 against its nearest places with live music, behind the London area (1,416). 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 London area 302 venues · 70 open mics 1,416
- #2 Basildon area This page 21 venues · 12 open mics 42
- #3 Chelmsford area 13 venues · 8 open mics 36
- #4 Maidstone area 22 venues · 9 open mics 33
- #5 Broxbourne area 12 venues · 8 open mics 29
- #6 Billericay area 6 venues · 4 open mics 3
Gigs in Basildon
Four weeks of Basildon gigs, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 11 listings from 3 rooms, with Saturdays the busiest. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.
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Where It's On This Week
Which Basildon rooms are busiest this week? This ranks venues by how many gigs they have in the next seven nights - a quick way to find where something is on most nights.
- #1 Civic Hall 1
- #2 Sheppey Little Theatre 1
- #3 The Paddocks 1
Venues in Basildon
Every grassroots venue we track in Basildon - all 21, 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 Basildon
Open mics are regular nights rather than one-off gigs: the same venue, the same night, week in, week out - 12 nights in Basildon. Each card shows the night, the sign-up time and the fee; most are free to watch and to play.
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Support grassroots music in Basildon
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Basildon still has 21 of them.
Basildon plays in its clubs - the Vange and Pitsea WMC puts on Friday and Saturday nights - while Southend, Westcliff and Gravesend carry the bars and open mics around it.
In the year to July 2025, 78 UK grassroots venues stopped putting on live music and 30 closed outright, while pubs shut at about two a day in early 2026. Each one was somewhere a band played its first paid gig or a songwriter tried a new song on a room of strangers.
Think of this as the city's noticeboard: 11 gigs across Basildon in the next four weeks, alongside 21 grassroots venues and 12 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 Southend Cliffs Pavilion, Chinnerys and The Mill Arts & Events Centre, and the sound leans rock and pop.
So go. Pick a night you would not normally choose, buy a ticket and a drink, and bring a friend. The sign-up below sends Basildon listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. Start small: The Park Tavern hosts an open mic each Monday.
Go to one this month
Between now and 11 Dec there are 11 gigs in Basildon, and 21 grassroots venues and 12 regular open mic nights. One night out this month keeps a room's diary full. If you only go out once, Saturdays have the most choice.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Basildon
—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 Basildon. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What you get. A Monday-noon email for Basildon only: the week's gigs, drawn from the 11 listed on this page for the next four weeks, two a night at most (Saturday is the busiest, with 5 dates). When fewer than four Basildon gigs fall in the week, the email reaches on to the next fortnight, then the month, so you still have something to choose from.
Why sign up. Rooms like Southend Cliffs Pavilion (3 dates coming up) are easy to miss in a social feed; the email puts them in one place. Expect plenty of pop in Basildon, with rock close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Planning ahead? Gigs in Basildon 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 Basildon — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Basildon, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Billericay, Leigh-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Maidstone
Play or put on gigs in Basildon?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 11 Basildon gigs are already on GigXchange this month.