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What's On in Bradford

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

We currently list 26 gigs in Bradford between 10 Sept and 8 Oct, across 7 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 the Bradford gig directory or every city we cover.

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

Saturday, with 16 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Saturday: 16 gigs · Friday: 4 gigs · Sunday: 4 gigs. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.

Q: Which Bradford venues have the most on?

Right now: 60b6ce74-a59e-4597-89f6-f4486afe4bad, 0489dc8a-3509-46de-9cdb-d58a4df420ba, 1c429472-4c97-4917-9e17-3d81fe71d2b2. In total we track 39 grassroots venues in Bradford, of which 7 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the Bradford venue directory.

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

Bradford 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 Bradford open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.

Live music in Bradford over the next four weeks — 10 Sept – 8 Oct. 26 gigs listed in Bradford over the next 28 days across 7 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 16. In total we track 39 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 Bradford gigs in your inbox — and go to one.

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Every grassroots gig we hold for Bradford between 10 Sept and 8 Oct.

Saturday is the busiest night — 16 gigs
Saturday: 16 gigs
Friday: 4 gigs
Most listed genres: Rock (5), Pop (4), Ska (2), Folk (2)
Imported daily from Ticketmaster, Skiddle and direct submissions

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7 different Bradford venues have something on in the next 28 days.

Brighouse Civic Hall LIVE — 6 gigs
Black Dyke Mills Heritage Venue — 3 gigs
The Live Room — 2 gigs
The Underground — 2 gigs
32 more tracked venues with nothing listed yet
Capacity, backline and opening times on every card

See the listings Bradford venues

18 regular open mic nights running in Bradford. 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

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Updated daily · 26 gigs in Bradford over the next four weeks

Last updated: 10 September 2026

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Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Bradford still has 39 of them.

A West Yorkshire scene where bhangra, desi and indie share the same booking week. Venue or private-event hire? See [Bands for Hire in Bradford](/gigs/bands-for-hire-bradford) for booking-side rates including the Asian-wedding corridor (£1,200–£3,500) and the Yorkshire estate-wedding circuit. Bradford's working-musician calendar runs about 8 live nights weekly between the alt circuit and the Asian-wedding venue economy. Around 52 active venues programme live music monthly across the city; the Manningham Asian-wedding cluster handles an estimated 45% of premium-fee work, with full-evening band+DJ packages clearing £1,800-£3,200 and 9-12 month lead times standard. Around 64% of Bradford acts work the joint Yorkshire-and-Asian calendar. Planning a private party instead? See [booking live entertainment in Bradford](/gigs/live-entertainment-bradford) for bands, singers and DJs for one-off occasions. Booking for the company rather than yourself? See [corporate entertainment in Bradford](/gigs/corporate-entertainment-bradford) for Christmas parties, awards nights and conferences.

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 shut for good. Those are the rooms where new acts learn to hold an audience, where a first support slot happens, and where a Tuesday night can still turn into something.

This page exists to make them easy to find. It lists 26 gigs across Bradford over the next four weeks, pulled from the venues themselves and updated daily — alongside the 39 grassroots venues and 18 regular open mic nights we track in the city. No algorithm decides what you see: it is simply everything we know is on.

The single most useful thing anyone can do is turn up. Buy a ticket, buy a drink at the bar, and go to a night you have not been to before. If you would rather be told than remember, the sign-up above sends Bradford listings straight to your inbox. If you run a venue here, claim your page so people can find you.

Gigs in Bradford

Every grassroots gig we hold for Bradford in the next four weeks — 10 Sept – 8 Oct. Updated daily.

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Dean McPhee + The Horse Loom

The Triangle Shipley·Shipley, Bradford

Friday, 11 September 2026 · 20:00–23:00

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