Cambridgeshire · 17 gigs · next 4 weeks
13 Nov – 11 Dec
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Updated 13 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 4 |
| Venues tracked | 31 |
| Open mics | 17 |
| Busiest night | Wednesday · 4 gigs |
17 gigs listed in Cambridge over the next 28 days across 4 venues. Wednesday is the busiest night with 4. In total we track 31 grassroots venues and 17 regular open mics here.
No Cambridge gigs are listed for this Friday to Sunday yet. The four weeks ahead are below, and the weekly open mics run regardless.
No weekend gigs yet - most venues add theirs by Thursday.
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 38 gigs listed in and around Cambridge - first of 5 against its nearest places with live music. 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 | Cambridge area This page 31 venues · 17 open mics | 38 |
| 02 | Broxbourne area 12 venues · 8 open mics | 29 |
| 03 | Peterborough area 22 venues · 12 open mics | 26 |
| 04 | Luton area 16 venues · 7 open mics | 19 |
| 05 | Bedford area 14 venues · 10 open mics | 14 |
From 13 Nov to 11 Dec, Cambridge has 17 gigs listed at 4 venues - Wednesday is the busiest night. This is the full four-week run, not just the weekend: every gig we hold, in date order.
Starts19:00 Yard Act, Do NothingCambridge Junction · Coleridge · Cambridge 
BellowheadCambridge Corn Exchange · Cambridge 19:00Thu 19 Nov 
Del AmitriCambridge Corn Exchange · Cambridge 18:30Fri 20 Nov 
The music of Duke EllingtonSt Andrews Street Baptist Church · Market · Cambridge 19:00Fri 20 Nov 
Give Me Garage Presents Underground AllianceBedford Esquires · Greyfriars · Cambridge 20:00Fri 20 Nov 
Ricky Warwick & the Fighting Hearts, Divergent PromotionsMASH · Market · Cambridge 18:30Sat 21 Nov 
Corto.AltoBedford Esquires · Greyfriars · Cambridge 19:30Sat 21 Nov 
Embrace, The Rolling PeopleCambridge Corn Exchange · Cambridge 19:30Sun 22 Nov 
Corto.AltoCambridge Junction, England · Coleridge · Cambridge 19:30Wed 25 Nov 
Ocean Colour SceneCambridge Corn Exchange · Cambridge 19:00Thu 26 Nov | Search every Cambridge gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks |
All 31 grassroots rooms we track around Cambridge, 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.
Arts Club CambridgeCambridge 
Bar -OHCambridgeHouse PA 70Cap 
BoathouseCambridgeHouse PA Cap tbc 
Cambridge Corn ExchangeCambridge 1,500Cap 
d'Arry's Restaurant, Bar & CheesemongerCambridgeHouse PA Cap tbc 
Earls of BeaconsfieldRomsey · CambridgeHouse PA Cap tbc 
Golden HindCambridgeHouse PA 90Cap 
Hot Numbers CoffeeMill Road · Cambridge Cap tbc 
KikiGuildhall · Cambridge 540Cap | All 31 Cambridge venuesCapacity, backline and opening times |
17 regular open mics run around Cambridge 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.
VariesFri Kick-off20:00 Golden HindMilton Road · CambridgePaidHouse PADates vary 
Six BellsPetersfield · CambridgeNo feeHouse PAFortnightly 17:00Sun The AlmaRussell Court · CambridgeNo feeHouse PA3rd Sun of the month 19:30Sun The JunctionCherry Hinton · CambridgeNo feeFull kit 20:00Sun Bar -OHCambridgeNo feeFull kit 20:00Mon d'Arry's Restaurant, Bar & CheesemongerCambridgeNo feeHouse PA 20:00Mon The Cambridge Brew HouseCity Centre · CambridgeNo feeHouse PA 20:00Mon The Portland ArmsChesterton · CambridgeNo feeFull kit 20:00Tue BoathouseCambridgeNo feeHouse PA 19:45Wed The GeldartCambridgeNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed | All 17 Cambridge open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Cambridge still has 31 of them.
Away from the colleges, Cambridge runs on music pubs: the Portland Arms in Chesterton, Mill Road's Six Bells and Earls of Beaconsfield, and riverside open mics, with The Junction and the Corn Exchange for bigger shows.
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.
Everything here comes from the venues and promoters themselves, refreshed every day: 17 gigs in Cambridge over the next four weeks, plus the 31 grassroots venues and 17 regular open mic nights we track. Nothing is ranked or sponsored - if we know it is on, it is listed. Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge Junction and Bedford Esquires have the most on, and the sound leans pop and rock.
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 Cambridge listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. If you have never been to an open mic, Bar -OH runs one every Monday.
Cambridge has 17 gigs in the next four weeks and 17 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms. Wednesdays are the busiest for gigs here.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Cambridge
—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 Cambridge. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
One email, once a week. Noon on Monday, Cambridge's week of live music from the 8 venues with gigs on, alongside 17 open mic nights, capped at two gigs a night so it stays readable. When fewer than four Cambridge 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 Cambridge Corn Exchange (8 dates coming up) are easy to miss in a social feed; the email puts them in one place. Right now Cambridge leans pop and rock. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Beyond this week. Gigs in Cambridge 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 Cambridge gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| Cambridge venues31 grassroots rooms | |
| Cambridge open mics17 regular nights | |
| The Cambridge 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: Hitchin, Stevenage, Bedford, Peterborough
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 17 Cambridge gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
What's On in Cambridge
Live music in Cambridge over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 17 gigs listed in Cambridge over the next 28 days across 4 venues. Wednesday is the busiest night with 4. In total we track 31 grassroots venues and 17 regular open mics here.
Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Cambridge gigs in your inbox — and go to one.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Cambridge
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Last updated: 13 November 2026
This Weekend in Cambridge
No Cambridge gigs are listed for this Friday to Sunday yet. The four weeks ahead are below, and the weekly open mics run regardless.
How Cambridge Compares
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 38 gigs listed in and around Cambridge - first of 5 against its nearest places with live music. 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 Cambridge area This page 31 venues · 17 open mics 38
- #2 Broxbourne area 12 venues · 8 open mics 29
- #3 Peterborough area 22 venues · 12 open mics 26
- #4 Luton area 16 venues · 7 open mics 19
- #5 Bedford area 14 venues · 10 open mics 14
Gigs in Cambridge
From 13 Nov to 11 Dec, Cambridge has 17 gigs listed at 4 venues - Wednesday is the busiest night. This is the full four-week run, not just the weekend: every gig we hold, in date order.
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Venues in Cambridge
All 31 grassroots rooms we track around Cambridge, 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.
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Open mics in Cambridge
17 regular open mics run around Cambridge 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 Cambridge
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Cambridge still has 31 of them.
Away from the colleges, Cambridge runs on music pubs: the Portland Arms in Chesterton, Mill Road's Six Bells and Earls of Beaconsfield, and riverside open mics, with The Junction and the Corn Exchange for bigger shows.
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.
Everything here comes from the venues and promoters themselves, refreshed every day: 17 gigs in Cambridge over the next four weeks, plus the 31 grassroots venues and 17 regular open mic nights we track. Nothing is ranked or sponsored - if we know it is on, it is listed. Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge Junction and Bedford Esquires have the most on, and the sound leans pop and rock.
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 Cambridge listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. If you have never been to an open mic, Bar -OH runs one every Monday.
Go to one this month
Cambridge has 17 gigs in the next four weeks and 17 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms. Wednesdays are the busiest for gigs here.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Cambridge
—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 Cambridge. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
One email, once a week. Noon on Monday, Cambridge's week of live music from the 8 venues with gigs on, alongside 17 open mic nights, capped at two gigs a night so it stays readable. When fewer than four Cambridge 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 Cambridge Corn Exchange (8 dates coming up) are easy to miss in a social feed; the email puts them in one place. Right now Cambridge leans pop and rock. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Beyond this week. Gigs in Cambridge 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 Cambridge — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Cambridge, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Hitchin, Stevenage, Bedford, Peterborough
Play or put on gigs in Cambridge?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 17 Cambridge gigs are already on GigXchange this month.