Lancashire · 3 gigs · next 4 weeks
13 Nov – 11 Dec
Help keep grassroots venues open in Blackburn
—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 Blackburn. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Updated 12 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 3 |
| Venues tracked | 11 |
| Open mics | 5 |
3 gigs listed in Blackburn over the next 28 days across 3 venues. In total we track 11 grassroots venues and 5 regular open mics here.
This weekend's Blackburn listings are empty so far - check the four-week list below, or drop into one of the weekly open mics.
No weekend gigs yet - most venues add theirs by Thursday.
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 14 gigs listed in and around Blackburn - fifth of 6 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Manchester area (763). 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 | Manchester area 164 venues · 59 open mics | 763 |
| 02 | Preston area 28 venues · 17 open mics | 75 |
| 03 | Blackpool area 47 venues · 22 open mics | 71 |
| 04 | Rawtenstall area 25 venues · 12 open mics | 31 |
| 05 | Blackburn area This page 11 venues · 5 open mics | 14 |
| 06 | Accrington area 12 venues · 8 open mics | 10 |
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 3 gigs across 3 venues. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.
| Search every Blackburn gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks |
Blackburn's grassroots venues, all 11 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 2,000 cap King George's HallNorthgate · BlackburnHouse PAEngineer 
The Bureau Centre for the ArtsTown Centre · BlackburnHouse PA Cap tbc 
The Drummer's ArmsTown Centre · Blackburn Cap tbc 
CoopersDarwen Cap tbc 
Fat BirdWigan town centre · Wigan 60Cap 
Real CraftyWigan Cap tbc 
The BoulevardWigan Cap tbc 
The Brewery BarHorwich Cap tbc 
The CrownDarwen Cap tbc 
The Sound Lounge DarwenDarwen 180Cap | All 11 Blackburn venuesCapacity, backline and opening times |
5 regular open mics run around Blackburn on a fixed night each week or month - no tickets, just turn up. Cards show the sign-up time, the slot length and any fee.
Kick-off19:00 The Bureau Centre for the ArtsTown Centre · BlackburnNo fee4th Fri of the month 
The Drummer's ArmsTown Centre · BlackburnNo fee1st Sun of the month TBCSun 
The CrownLancashire · DarwenNo feeFortnightly TBCSun 
CoopersDarwenNo feeLast Thu of the month TBCThu 
The Brewery BarHorwichNo fee2nd Thu of the month TBCThu | All 5 Blackburn open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Blackburn still has 11 of them.
In Blackburn the large shows play King George's Hall on Northgate, the Bureau Centre for the Arts and The Drummer's Arms host the open mics, and Darwen next door adds tribute and band nights.
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.
This page exists to make them easy to find. It lists 3 gigs across Blackburn over the next four weeks, pulled from the venues themselves and updated daily - alongside the 11 grassroots venues and 5 regular open mic nights we track in the city. No algorithm decides what you see: it is simply everything we know is on. King George's Hall, Fat Bird and The Sound Lounge Darwen have the most on, 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 Blackburn gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it.
Blackburn has 3 gigs in the next four weeks and 5 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Blackburn
—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 Blackburn. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
One email, once a week. Noon on Monday, Blackburn's week of live music from the 3 venues with gigs on, alongside 5 open mic nights, capped at two gigs a night so it stays readable. When fewer than four Blackburn 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. Small rooms post their dates in a dozen different places; the email is the one place Blackburn's gigs are all together. Right now Blackburn leans pop and rock. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Further ahead. Gigs in Blackburn run week to week, but festivals are planned months out. The UK music festivals we have date-checked are on one festival timeline, by month, region and genre, with clash checks for the weekends you want.
| All Blackburn gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| Blackburn venues11 grassroots rooms | |
| Blackburn open mics5 regular nights | |
| The Blackburn 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: Accrington, Rawtenstall, Preston, Bolton
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 3 Blackburn gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
What's On in Blackburn
Live music in Blackburn over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 3 gigs listed in Blackburn over the next 28 days across 3 venues. In total we track 11 grassroots venues and 5 regular open mics here.
Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Blackburn gigs in your inbox — and go to one.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Blackburn
—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 Blackburn. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Last updated: 12 November 2026
This Weekend in Blackburn
This weekend's Blackburn listings are empty so far - check the four-week list below, or drop into one of the weekly open mics.
How Blackburn Compares
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 14 gigs listed in and around Blackburn - fifth of 6 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Manchester area (763). 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 Manchester area 164 venues · 59 open mics 763
- #2 Preston area 28 venues · 17 open mics 75
- #3 Blackpool area 47 venues · 22 open mics 71
- #4 Rawtenstall area 25 venues · 12 open mics 31
- #5 Blackburn area This page 11 venues · 5 open mics 14
- #6 Accrington area 12 venues · 8 open mics 10
Gigs in Blackburn
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 3 gigs across 3 venues. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.
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Venues in Blackburn
Blackburn's grassroots venues, all 11 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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Open mics in Blackburn
5 regular open mics run around Blackburn on a fixed night each week or month - no tickets, just turn up. Cards show the sign-up time, the slot length and any fee.
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Support grassroots music in Blackburn
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Blackburn still has 11 of them.
In Blackburn the large shows play King George's Hall on Northgate, the Bureau Centre for the Arts and The Drummer's Arms host the open mics, and Darwen next door adds tribute and band nights.
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.
This page exists to make them easy to find. It lists 3 gigs across Blackburn over the next four weeks, pulled from the venues themselves and updated daily - alongside the 11 grassroots venues and 5 regular open mic nights we track in the city. No algorithm decides what you see: it is simply everything we know is on. King George's Hall, Fat Bird and The Sound Lounge Darwen have the most on, 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 Blackburn gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it.
Go to one this month
Blackburn has 3 gigs in the next four weeks and 5 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Blackburn
—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 Blackburn. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
One email, once a week. Noon on Monday, Blackburn's week of live music from the 3 venues with gigs on, alongside 5 open mic nights, capped at two gigs a night so it stays readable. When fewer than four Blackburn 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. Small rooms post their dates in a dozen different places; the email is the one place Blackburn's gigs are all together. Right now Blackburn leans pop and rock. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Further ahead. Gigs in Blackburn run week to week, but festivals are planned months out. The UK music festivals we have date-checked are on one festival timeline, by month, region and genre, with clash checks for the weekends you want.
What's on in Blackburn — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Blackburn, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Accrington, Rawtenstall, Preston, Bolton
Play or put on gigs in Blackburn?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 3 Blackburn gigs are already on GigXchange this month.