Cambridgeshire · 17 gigs · next 4 weeks

What's On in Cambridge

13 Nov – 11 Dec

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All Cambridge gigs This month

Updated 13 November 2026

At a glance

Gigs in
4 weeks

in Cambridge, 13 Nov – 11 Dec

In detail

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.

01 — This weekend

0 gigs

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.

No weekend gigs yet - most venues add theirs by Thursday.

02 — Compared

#1 of 5

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.

#	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

03 — Gigs

17 gigs

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.

Wed18Nov 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

04 — Venues

31 rooms

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.

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

Hidden RoomsCambridge Cap tbc

Hot Numbers CoffeeMill Road · Cambridge Cap tbc

KikiGuildhall · Cambridge 540Cap

All 31 Cambridge venuesCapacity, backline and opening times

05 — Open mics

17 nights

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.

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

06 — Support grassroots

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.

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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
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07 — Questions10 answersWhat's on in Cambridge

What's on in Cambridge this weekend?

Nothing is listed in Cambridge for this weekend (Fri 13 Nov – Sun 15 Nov) yet - see the next 28 days below, or the Cambridge open mics, which run every week.

How does live music in Cambridge compare to nearby cities?

Counting every upcoming date, there are 38 gigs listed in and around Cambridge - first of 5 against its nearest places with live music.

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

We currently list 17 gigs in Cambridge between 13 Nov and 11 Dec, across 4 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 Cambridge in the gig directory or every city we cover.

Are there free gigs in Cambridge?

None of the Cambridge gigs currently listed are marked free entry, though many venues do not publish a price at all. Cambridge 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 Cambridge?

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

Which Cambridge venues have the most on?

Right now: Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge Junction, Bedford Esquires. In total we track 31 grassroots venues in Cambridge, of which 4 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the Cambridge venue directory.

Where can I find open mic nights in Cambridge?

Cambridge has 17 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 Cambridge open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.

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

Most Cambridge venues in our listings do not publish a ticket price in advance. 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 Cambridge 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. Cambridge still has 31 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 Cambridge gig or venue listed on GIGXCHANGE?

Listing is free and takes about two minutes — submit through the Cambridge 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: Hitchin, Stevenage, Bedford, Peterborough

All 139 other cities, A–ZGigs

Aberdeen27 Accrington7 Aldershot Amersham Aylesbury Ayr

Barnsley Basildon11 Bath23 Bedford9 Belfast95 Berkhamsted Billericay2 Birmingham188 Blackburn3 Blackpool25 Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth22 Bracknell Bradford39 Bridgend Brighouse Brighton85 Bristol105 Broxbourne9 Bushey

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 live music is on in Cambridge over the next four weeks?

We currently list 17 gigs in Cambridge between 13 Nov and 11 Dec, across 4 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 Cambridge in the gig directory or every city we cover.

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

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

Q: Which Cambridge venues have the most on?

Right now: Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge Junction, Bedford Esquires. In total we track 31 grassroots venues in Cambridge, of which 4 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the Cambridge venue directory.

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

Cambridge has 17 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 Cambridge open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.

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.

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

Wednesday is the busiest night — 4 gigs
Wednesday: 4 gigs
Friday: 4 gigs
Most listed genres: Pop (10), Rock (9), Indie Rock (3), Alternative Rock (2)
Imported daily from Ticketmaster, Skiddle and direct submissions

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4 different Cambridge venues have something on in the next 28 days.

Cambridge Corn Exchange — 8 gigs
Cambridge Junction — 3 gigs
Bedford Esquires — 3 gigs
MASH — 1 gig
27 more tracked venues with nothing listed yet
Capacity, backline and opening times on every card

See the listings Cambridge venues

17 regular open mic nights running in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge open mics

Everything the Cambridge scene has beyond tonight's listings.

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

See the listings Cambridge scene

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

Gigs, venues and open mics per city
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Updated daily · 17 gigs in Cambridge over the next four weeks

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

# Place Gigs
#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.

Showing 17 of 17 gigs

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Yard Act, Do Nothing

Cambridge Junction·Coleridge, Cambridge

Wednesday, 18 November 2026 · 19:00

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AgeAll ages
GenreRock, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock

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