Yorkshire & Humber · 39 gigs · next 4 weeks
13 Nov – 11 Dec
Help keep grassroots venues open in Bradford
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Updated 13 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 7 |
| Venues tracked | 42 |
| Open mics | 19 |
| Busiest night | Saturday · 15 gigs |
39 gigs listed in Bradford over the next 28 days across 7 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 15. In total we track 42 grassroots venues and 19 regular open mics here.
This weekend in Bradford, Friday to Sunday: 8 gigs. Highlights include Outside The Original Prog Classics Show at Skipton Sound Bar Ltd (Friday), Death Of Guitar Pop at Brighouse Civic Hall LIVE (Saturday) and Northern Rave Scene at Northern Rave Scene (Sunday). Each card is one night at one venue, with the start time and the price where the venue publishes it; the four-week list below covers everything after Sunday.
Starts19:00 Outside The Original Prog Classics ShowSkipton Sound Bar Ltd · Skipton West & West Craven · BradfordTickets 
Hotter Than Hell - a Tribute To KissNightrain · City · Bradford 19:00Tonight 
Alison MoyetBradford Live · City · Bradford 19:00Tonight 
Death Of Guitar PopBrighouse Civic Hall LIVE · Brighouse · BradfordTickets 19:00Sat 14 Nov 
SKA FACE - LEEDS 14th Nov - Ska & 2 Tone TributeThe Old Woollen · Calverley & Farsley · BradfordTickets 19:30Sat 14 Nov 
Northern Rave SceneNorthern Rave Scene · Ryburn · Bradford 13:00Sun 15 Nov 
Thomas Nicholas BandNightrain · City · Bradford 15:00Sun 15 Nov 
Richard ShindellThe Live Room · Shipley · Bradford 18:00Sun 15 Nov Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 120 gigs listed in and around Bradford - third of 5 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 |
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| 01 | Manchester area 164 venues · 59 open mics | 763 |
| 02 | Leeds area 92 venues · 34 open mics | 274 |
| 03 | Bradford area This page 42 venues · 19 open mics | 120 |
| 04 | Rawtenstall area 25 venues · 12 open mics | 31 |
| 05 | Accrington area 12 venues · 8 open mics | 10 |
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 39 gigs across 7 venues, busiest on Saturdays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.
Starts19:00 Outside The Original Prog Classics ShowSkipton Sound Bar Ltd · Skipton West & West Craven · BradfordTickets Hotter Than Hell - a Tribute To KissNightrain · City · Bradford 19:00Tonight Alison MoyetBradford Live · City · Bradford 19:00Tonight Death Of Guitar PopBrighouse Civic Hall LIVE · Brighouse · BradfordTickets 19:00Sat 14 Nov SKA FACE - LEEDS 14th Nov - Ska & 2 Tone TributeThe Old Woollen · Calverley & Farsley · BradfordTickets 19:30Sat 14 Nov Northern Rave SceneNorthern Rave Scene · Ryburn · Bradford 13:00Sun 15 Nov Thomas Nicholas BandNightrain · City · Bradford 15:00Sun 15 Nov Richard ShindellThe Live Room · Shipley · Bradford 18:00Sun 15 Nov 
Xentrix, NervosaNightrain · City · Bradford 18:30Wed 18 Nov 
Legends of Motown liveGrassington Town Hall · Wharfedale 19:00Fri 20 Nov | Search every Bradford gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks |
Which Bradford 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 | Nightrain | 3 |
| 02 | Bradford Live | 1 |
| 03 | Brighouse Civic Hall LIVE | 1 |
| 04 | Northern Rave Scene | 1 |
| 05 | Skipton Sound Bar Ltd | 1 |
| 06 | The Live Room | 1 |
| 07 | The Old Woollen | 1 |
Bradford's grassroots venues, all 42 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 90 cap 1 in 12 ClubAlbion Street · BradfordHouse PA 
Black Dyke Mills Heritage VenueQueensbury · Bradford Cap tbc 
Ling BobWilsden · BradfordHouse PA Cap tbc 
Night Train, BradfordBradford city centre · Bradford 500Cap 
NightrainBradford Cap tbc 
Platform BarBradfordHouse PA 20Cap 
Tapestry ArtsBradford 300Cap 
The Exchange Craft Beer HouseBradford Cap tbc 
The Malt ShovelDrighlington · BradfordHouse PA Cap tbc 
The UndergroundBradfordHouse PA 350Cap | All 42 Bradford venuesCapacity, backline and opening times |
Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 19 open mic nights in and around Bradford. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.
Kick-off20:00 Ling BobWilsden · BradfordNo feeHouse PA1st Sun of the month The Malt ShovelDrighlington · BradfordNo feeHouse PADates vary 20:00Wed The UndergroundBradfordNo feeHouse PADates vary 20:00Wed Platform BarBradfordNo feeHouse PAMonthly 19:00Thu Shoulder of MuttonSlaithwaite · HuddersfieldNo feeHouse PA 20:00Sun THE HEAD OF STEAM • HUDDERSFIELDTown Centre · HuddersfieldNo feeHouse PA 19:00Tue The Salt CellarShipleyNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tue Lawrence Batley TheatreTown Centre · HuddersfieldNo feeLast Wed of the month 19:30Wed Smile Bar and VenueHuddersfieldNo feeHouse PAFortnightly 19:30Wed The RailwayBerry Brow · HuddersfieldNo feeHouse PALast Wed of the month 19:30Wed | All 19 Bradford open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Bradford still has 42 of them.
A West Yorkshire scene where bhangra, desi and indie share the same booking week. Venue or private-event hire? Bradford's working-musician calendar runs about 8 live nights weekly between the alt circuit and the Asian-wedding venue economy. Around 64% of Bradford acts work the joint Yorkshire-and-Asian calendar. Planning a private party instead? See booking live entertainment in Bradford for bands, singers and DJs for one-off occasions. Booking for the company rather than yourself? See corporate entertainment in 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 39 gigs across Bradford over the next four weeks, pulled from the venues themselves and updated daily - alongside the 42 grassroots venues and 19 regular open mic nights we track in the city. No algorithm decides what you see: it is simply everything we know is on. Nightrain, The Live Room and Brighouse Civic Hall LIVE 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 Bradford gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it. Start small: Shoulder of Mutton hosts an open mic each Sunday.
Between now and 11 Dec there are 39 gigs in Bradford, and 42 grassroots venues and 19 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 Bradford
—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 Bradford. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
One email, once a week. Noon on Monday, Bradford's week of live music from the 19 venues with gigs on, alongside 19 open mic nights, capped at two gigs a night so it stays readable.
Why sign up. Rooms like Nightrain (8 dates coming up) are easy to miss in a social feed; the email puts them in one place. Right now Bradford leans pop and rock. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Beyond this week. Gigs in Bradford are announced week to week; festivals are planned months out. The UK music festivals we have date-checked sit on one festival timeline, by month, region and genre, with clash checks for your weekends.
| All Bradford gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| Bradford venues42 grassroots rooms | |
| Bradford open mics19 regular nights | |
| The Bradford 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: Brighouse, Halifax, Leeds, Huddersfield
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 39 Bradford gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
What's On in Bradford
Live music in Bradford over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 39 gigs listed in Bradford over the next 28 days across 7 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 15. In total we track 42 grassroots venues and 19 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.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Bradford
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Last updated: 13 November 2026
This Weekend in Bradford
This weekend in Bradford, Friday to Sunday: 8 gigs. Highlights include Outside The Original Prog Classics Show at Skipton Sound Bar Ltd (Friday), Death Of Guitar Pop at Brighouse Civic Hall LIVE (Saturday) and Northern Rave Scene at Northern Rave Scene (Sunday). Each card is one night at one venue, with the start time and the price where the venue publishes it; the four-week list below covers everything after Sunday.
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How Bradford Compares
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 120 gigs listed in and around Bradford - third of 5 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 Leeds area 92 venues · 34 open mics 274
- #3 Bradford area This page 42 venues · 19 open mics 120
- #4 Rawtenstall area 25 venues · 12 open mics 31
- #5 Accrington area 12 venues · 8 open mics 10
Gigs in Bradford
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 39 gigs across 7 venues, busiest on Saturdays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.
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Where It's On This Week
Which Bradford 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 Nightrain 3
- #2 Bradford Live 1
- #3 Brighouse Civic Hall LIVE 1
- #4 Northern Rave Scene 1
- #5 Skipton Sound Bar Ltd 1
- #6 The Live Room 1
- #7 The Old Woollen 1
Venues in Bradford
Bradford's grassroots venues, all 42 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 Bradford
Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 19 open mic nights in and around Bradford. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.
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Support grassroots music in Bradford
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Bradford still has 42 of them.
A West Yorkshire scene where bhangra, desi and indie share the same booking week. Venue or private-event hire? Bradford's working-musician calendar runs about 8 live nights weekly between the alt circuit and the Asian-wedding venue economy. Around 64% of Bradford acts work the joint Yorkshire-and-Asian calendar. Planning a private party instead? See booking live entertainment in Bradford for bands, singers and DJs for one-off occasions. Booking for the company rather than yourself? See corporate entertainment in 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 39 gigs across Bradford over the next four weeks, pulled from the venues themselves and updated daily - alongside the 42 grassroots venues and 19 regular open mic nights we track in the city. No algorithm decides what you see: it is simply everything we know is on. Nightrain, The Live Room and Brighouse Civic Hall LIVE 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 Bradford gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it. Start small: Shoulder of Mutton hosts an open mic each Sunday.
Go to one this month
Between now and 11 Dec there are 39 gigs in Bradford, and 42 grassroots venues and 19 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 Bradford
—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 Bradford. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
One email, once a week. Noon on Monday, Bradford's week of live music from the 19 venues with gigs on, alongside 19 open mic nights, capped at two gigs a night so it stays readable.
Why sign up. Rooms like Nightrain (8 dates coming up) are easy to miss in a social feed; the email puts them in one place. Right now Bradford leans pop and rock. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Beyond this week. Gigs in Bradford are announced week to week; festivals are planned months out. The UK music festivals we have date-checked sit on one festival timeline, by month, region and genre, with clash checks for your weekends.
What's on in Bradford — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Bradford, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Brighouse, Halifax, Leeds, Huddersfield
Play or put on gigs in Bradford?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 39 Bradford gigs are already on GigXchange this month.