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What's On in Bath

13 Nov – 11 Dec

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All Bath gigs This month

Updated 13 November 2026

At a glance

Gigs in
4 weeks

in Bath, 13 Nov – 11 Dec

In detail

Venues with something on	8
Venues tracked	36
Open mics	13
Busiest night	Friday · 9 gigs

23 gigs listed in Bath over the next 28 days across 8 venues. Friday is the busiest night with 9. In total we track 36 grassroots venues and 13 regular open mics here.

01 — This weekend

7 gigs

This weekend in Bath

Only Friday to Sunday: the 7 gigs on in Bath this weekend. Look out for Slip-NOT, Chopsuey, A7Xperience at Komedia (Friday), Skids + Theatre Of Hate at Cheese And Grain (Friday) and The Specialised at Prestbury Sports Bar (Saturday). Tap a card for times and tickets. Anything from Monday on is in the four-week list further down.

Fri13Nov Starts18:00 Slip-NOT, Chopsuey, A7XperienceKomedia · Kingsmead · Bath

Skids + Theatre Of HateCheese And Grain · Frome West 19:00Tonight

The Skids, Theatre of HateCheese and Grain · Frome West 19:00Tonight

Friday the 13th Metal Night with Sidewalk Mafia & MoreThe Tunnels Frome · Frome West · Frome 19:30Tonight

The Amy Winehouse BandBath Forum · Kingsmead · Bath 19:30Tonight

The SpecialisedPrestbury Sports Bar · Warminster East · Bath 20:30Sat 14 Nov

The Vintage ExplosionKomedia · Kingsmead · Bath 18:30Sun 15 Nov

02 — Compared

#3 of 7

How Bath compares

Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 56 gigs listed in and around Bath - third of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Bristol area (247). 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
01	Bristol area 86 venues · 35 open mics	247
02	Cardiff area 63 venues · 34 open mics	159
03	Bath area This page 36 venues · 13 open mics	56
04	Cheltenham area 27 venues · 19 open mics	17
05	Swindon area 19 venues · 12 open mics	14
06	Hereford area 23 venues · 21 open mics	11
07	Gloucester area 21 venues · 13 open mics	6

03 — Gigs

23 gigs

Gigs in Bath

Four weeks of Bath gigs, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 23 listings from 8 rooms, with Fridays the busiest. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.

Fri13Nov Starts18:00 Slip-NOT, Chopsuey, A7XperienceKomedia · Kingsmead · Bath

Skids + Theatre Of HateCheese And Grain · Frome West 19:00Tonight

The Skids, Theatre of HateCheese and Grain · Frome West 19:00Tonight

Friday the 13th Metal Night with Sidewalk Mafia & MoreThe Tunnels Frome · Frome West · Frome 19:30Tonight

The Amy Winehouse BandBath Forum · Kingsmead · Bath 19:30Tonight

The SpecialisedPrestbury Sports Bar · Warminster East · Bath 20:30Sat 14 Nov

The Vintage ExplosionKomedia · Kingsmead · Bath 18:30Sun 15 Nov

Alison MoyetBath Forum · Kingsmead · Bath 19:00Tue 17 Nov

Subhumans + Virus + Mute TVRoseberry Road Studios · Westmoreland · Bath 19:00Wed 18 Nov

Ríoghnach Connolly & HoneyfeetThe Tunnels Frome · Frome West · Bath 19:30Sat 21 Nov

Search every Bath gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks

04 — This week

6 rooms

Where it's on this week

The venues doing the most in Bath 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.

#	Venue	Gigs
01	Bath Forum	2
02	Cheese And Grain	2
03	Komedia	2
04	Prestbury Sports Bar	1
05	Roseberry Road Studios	1
06	The Tunnels Frome	1

05 — Venues

36 rooms

Venues in Bath

All 36 grassroots rooms we track around Bath, busy or quiet this month, with how many each holds, the kit it has and when it opens. A room's own page shows its upcoming nights.

Photo: Google 80 cap Assembly InnBathHouse PA

Bath Cider HouseBathHouse PA 260Cap

Bath Forum1A Forum Buildings · Bath Cap tbc

Bath PavilionBath 200Cap

Burdall's YardLondon Road · Bath Cap tbc

Chapel Arts CentreLower Borough Walls · BathHouse PA 200Cap

Green Park BrasserieGreen Park · Bath Cap tbc

KomediaBath city centre · BathHouse PA 780Cap

Music Workshop CoffeehouseBathHouse PA 30Cap

Ring O' BellsWidcombe · Bath Cap tbc

All 36 Bath venuesCapacity, backline and opening times

06 — Open mics

13 nights

Open mics in Bath

Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 13 open mic nights in and around Bath. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.

MONTHSun Kick-off19:00 The Griffin InnBathNo feeHouse PAMonthly

The ClaremontCamden Rd · BathNo feeHouse PA 19:30Sun

The Pig & FiddleBathNo feeHouse PA 19:00Mon

Assembly InnBathNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tue

Bath Cider HouseBathNo feeHouse PA1st Tue of the month 20:00Tue

The Grapes14 Westgate St · BathNo feeHouse PA1st Tue of the month 20:00Tue

KomediaBathNo feeHouse PADates vary 20:00Wed

Music Workshop CoffeehouseBathNo feeHouse PALast Thu of the month 19:00Thu

The Bell InnWalcot Street · BathNo feeHouse PA 19:00Thu

MolesCity Centre · BathNo feeFull kit 20:00Thu

All 13 Bath open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night

07 — Support grassroots

Support grassroots music in Bath

Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Bath still has 36 of them.

Bath is a pub-and-arts-centre city: The Forum for touring acts, Chapel Arts for jazz and folk, and cellar bars and Georgian-street pubs for open mics and local bands.

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: 23 gigs across Bath in the next four weeks, alongside 36 grassroots venues and 13 regular open mic nights, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement. The busiest rooms right now are Bath Forum, Prestbury Sports Bar and Cheese And Grain, 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 Bath listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. The The Bell Inn open mic on Thursdays is an easy first night out.

Go to one this month

Bath has 23 gigs in the next four weeks and 13 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms. Friday is the night with most on.

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What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of Bath gigs for the week ahead - out of roughly 6 a week here, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Friday does not crowd out the quieter evenings. When fewer than four Bath 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. Bath Forum has the most coming up here, with 6 dates - the email means you see them in time to go. Right now Bath leans rock and pop. One click unsubscribes, any time.

Planning ahead? Gigs in Bath 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 Bath gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date
Bath venues36 grassroots rooms
Bath open mics13 regular nights
The Bath 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 Bath

What's on in Bath this weekend?

7 gigs in Bath this weekend (Fri 13 Nov – Sun 15 Nov) - including Slip-NOT, Chopsuey, A7Xperience at Komedia (Friday), Skids + Theatre Of Hate at Cheese And Grain (Friday), The Skids, Theatre of Hate at Cheese and Grain (Friday). The full Friday-to-Sunday list is in This Weekend above, and every gig over the next 28 days is below it.

How does live music in Bath compare to nearby cities?

Counting every upcoming date, there are 56 gigs listed in and around Bath - third of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Bristol area (247).

What live music is on in Bath over the next four weeks?

We currently list 23 gigs in Bath between 13 Nov and 11 Dec, across 8 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 Bath in the gig directory or every city we cover.

Are there free gigs in Bath?

None of the Bath gigs currently listed are marked free entry, though many venues do not publish a price at all. Bath open mic nights are your reliable free option — most charge nothing to watch or to play.

What is the busiest night for live music in Bath?

Friday, with 9 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Friday: 9 gigs · Saturday: 8 gigs · Tuesday: 2 gigs. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.

Which Bath venues have the most on?

Right now: Bath Forum, Prestbury Sports Bar, Cheese And Grain. In total we track 36 grassroots venues in Bath, of which 8 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the Bath venue directory.

Where can I find open mic nights in Bath?

Bath has 13 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 Bath open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.

How much does a gig cost in Bath, and what should an artist be paid?

Where a Bath venue publishes a price, the average ticket is £19.00. 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.

Why do grassroots venues in Bath matter?

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. Bath still has 36 on our list. Music Venue Trust campaigns for them nationally; venues themselves hold TheMusicLicence from PPL PRS and navigate 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.

How do I get a Bath gig or venue listed on GIGXCHANGE?

Listing is free and takes about two minutes — submit through the Bath 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.

Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages

What's On across the UKNearby: Frome, Bristol, Swindon, Gloucester

All 139 other cities, A–ZGigs

Aberdeen27 Accrington7 Aldershot Amersham Aylesbury Ayr

Barnsley Basildon11 Bedford9 Belfast95 Berkhamsted Billericay2 Birmingham188 Blackburn3 Blackpool25 Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth22 Bracknell Bradford39 Bridgend Brighouse Brighton85 Bristol105 Broxbourne9 Bushey

Cambridge17 Cannock Canterbury Cardiff64 Carlisle34 Chelmsford6 Cheltenham8 Chesham Cheshunt Chester Colchester Coventry29 Crawley

Derby37 Derry Doncaster3 Dundee12 Dunfermline Durham2

Eastbourne Edinburgh121 Egham6 Epsom10 Exeter15

Farnborough6 Frome

Gateshead Glasgow298 Gloucester2 Grimsby Guildford

Halifax Harpenden Harrogate Hastings12 Hatfield Hemel Hempstead Hereford3 Hertford High Wycombe13 Hitchin Hoddesdon Huddersfield Hull35

Inverness16 Ipswich12

Lancaster Leeds89 Leicester22 Leigh-on-Sea Lincoln7 Liverpool180 London520 Luton8

Maidstone11 Manchester310 Margate4 Marlow Middlesbrough18 Milton Keynes13

Newbury Newcastle109 Newquay13 Newry2 Northampton18 Norwich19 Nottingham93 Nuneaton

Oxford21

Paisley Perth Peterborough11 Plymouth8 Portsmouth14 Potters Bar Preston31

Rawtenstall17 Reading12 Rickmansworth Rochdale

Scarborough14 Sheffield57 Shrewsbury Southampton55 Southport St Albans Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stockton-on-Tees9 Stoke-on-Trent16 Sunderland3 Sutton10 Swansea9 Swindon2

Telford7 Torquay Tring Tunbridge Wells8

Wakefield Walsall Waterlooville4 Watford16 Welwyn Garden City Weymouth3 Whitby Widnes Woking9 Wolverhampton36 Worcester Worthing Wrexham21

York14

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Q: What's on in Bath this weekend?

7 gigs in Bath this weekend (Fri 13 Nov – Sun 15 Nov) - including Slip-NOT, Chopsuey, A7Xperience at Komedia (Friday), Skids + Theatre Of Hate at Cheese And Grain (Friday), The Skids, Theatre of Hate at Cheese and Grain (Friday). The full Friday-to-Sunday list is in This Weekend above, and every gig over the next 28 days is below it.

Q: What live music is on in Bath over the next four weeks?

We currently list 23 gigs in Bath between 13 Nov and 11 Dec, across 8 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 Bath in the gig directory or every city we cover.

Q: What is the busiest night for live music in Bath?

Friday, with 9 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Friday: 9 gigs · Saturday: 8 gigs · Tuesday: 2 gigs. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.

Q: Which Bath venues have the most on?

Right now: Bath Forum, Prestbury Sports Bar, Cheese And Grain. In total we track 36 grassroots venues in Bath, of which 8 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the Bath venue directory.

Q: Where can I find open mic nights in Bath?

Bath has 13 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 Bath open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.

Live music in Bath over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 23 gigs listed in Bath over the next 28 days across 8 venues. Friday is the busiest night with 9. In total we track 36 grassroots venues and 13 regular open mics here.

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

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Every grassroots gig we hold for Bath between 13 Nov and 11 Dec.

Friday is the busiest night — 9 gigs
Friday: 9 gigs
Saturday: 8 gigs
Most listed genres: Rock (9), Pop (5), Alternative Rock (3), Metal (2)
Average ticket price: £19.00
Imported daily from Ticketmaster, Skiddle and direct submissions

See the listings All upcoming gigs

8 different Bath venues have something on in the next 28 days.

Bath Forum — 6 gigs
Prestbury Sports Bar — 4 gigs
Cheese And Grain — 3 gigs
Komedia — 2 gigs
28 more tracked venues with nothing listed yet
Capacity, backline and opening times on every card

See the listings Bath venues

13 regular open mic nights running in Bath. Turn up, put your name down, play.

Weekly and fortnightly nights across the city
Most are free to attend and free to play
Re-verified on a rolling cycle

See the listings Bath open mics

Everything the Bath scene has beyond tonight's listings.

City guide: Bath venues, promoters and bookers
Local rate benchmarks before you book or quote
Members near you on GigXchange

See the listings Bath scene

What’s on near you, wherever you are — the same page for every city we track.

Gigs, venues and open mics per city
One email a week with live music near you
Free to browse — no account needed

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Updated daily · 23 gigs in Bath over the next four weeks

Last updated: 13 November 2026

This Weekend in Bath

NOV

Slip-NOT, Chopsuey, A7Xperience

Komedia·Kingsmead, Bath

Friday, 13 November 2026 · 18:00

Entry—
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AgeAll ages
GenreRock, Alternative Rock, Metal

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