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13 Nov – 11 Dec
Help keep grassroots venues open in Chelmsford
—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 Chelmsford. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Updated 12 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 2 |
| Venues tracked | 13 |
| Open mics | 8 |
| Busiest night | Saturday · 4 gigs |
6 gigs listed in Chelmsford over the next 28 days across 2 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 4. In total we track 13 grassroots venues and 8 regular open mics here.
This weekend in Chelmsford, Friday to Sunday: 2 gigs. Highlights include Beneath The Arches 2026 at Radio City Social (Saturday) and Jersey Boys Tribute Night at Witham Town Football Club (Saturday). Tap a card for times and tickets. Anything from Monday on is in the four-week list further down.
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 36 gigs listed in and around Chelmsford - second of 4 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Basildon area (42). 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 | Basildon area 21 venues · 12 open mics | 42 |
| 02 | Chelmsford area This page 13 venues · 8 open mics | 36 |
| 03 | Broxbourne area 12 venues · 8 open mics | 29 |
| 04 | Billericay area 6 venues · 4 open mics | 3 |
Four weeks of Chelmsford gigs, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 6 listings from 2 rooms, with Saturdays the busiest. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.
Starts12:00 Beneath The Arches 2026Radio City Social · Marconi · ChelmsfordTickets 
Jersey Boys Tribute NightWitham Town Football Club · Witham West · Chelmsford 19:00Sat 14 Nov 
Elvis Tribute Night - Maldon EssexMadison Heights · Maldon East · ChelmsfordTickets 18:30Sat 28 Nov 
Liam C, HomeGames and DJ Russ Festival FriendHot Box Live Events Chelmsford · Marconi · Chelmsford£20 19:00Sat 5 Dec 
Robin Bibi BandHot Box Live Events Chelmsford · Marconi · Chelmsford£13 15:00Sun 6 Dec 
Radio City Sessions w/ The Jackson LineHot Box Live Events Chelmsford · Marconi · Chelmsford£17 19:00Wed 9 Dec | Search every Chelmsford gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks |
Chelmsford's grassroots venues, all 13 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 150 cap BassmentChelmsford 
Ditto Cocktail BarChelmsfordHouse PA Cap tbc 
Hot BoxChelmsford Cap tbc 
Hylands Park ChelmsfordWidford · Chelmsford 30,000Cap 
Mettle Works Warehouse6 Russell Way · Chelmsford Cap tbc 
Radio City SocialChelmsford Cap tbc 
The CompassesChelmsford Cap tbc 
The Orange TreeChelmsford Cap tbc 
The Queens HeadChelmsford Cap tbc 
The United BrethrenChelmsford Cap tbc | All 13 Chelmsford venuesCapacity, backline and opening times |
Open mics are regular nights rather than one-off gigs: the same venue, the same night, week in, week out - 8 nights in Chelmsford. Each card shows the night, the sign-up time and the fee; most are free to watch and to play.
Kick-off20:30 The CompassesLittley Green · ChelmsfordNo fee3rd Mon of the month The Orange TreeMoulsham · ChelmsfordNo feeDates vary 19:00Tue The Queens HeadMoulsham · ChelmsfordNo feeDates vary 20:30Tue The United BrethrenNew Writtle Street · ChelmsfordNo fee 21:00Tue Hot BoxChelmsfordNo feeHouse PAFortnightly TBCTue Ditto Cocktail BarTown Centre · ChelmsfordNo feeHouse PALast Wed of the month 19:30Wed 
Madison HeightsMaldonNo feeMonthly 19:00Wed 
The SwanMaldon · Little TothamNo feeLast Thu of the month 20:00Thu | All 8 Chelmsford open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Chelmsford still has 13 of them.
Chelmsford keeps its bands near the station: Radio City Social under the arches, Bassment below street level and Hot Box for grassroots shows, with folk sessions in the Moulsham pubs.
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.
Think of this as the city's noticeboard: 6 gigs across Chelmsford in the next four weeks, alongside 13 grassroots venues and 8 regular open mic nights, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement. Radio City Social and Madison Heights have the most on, and the sound leans tribute act and rock.
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 Chelmsford gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it. Start small: The United Brethren hosts an open mic each Tuesday.
Chelmsford has 6 gigs in the next four weeks and 8 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms. Saturdays are the busiest for gigs here.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Chelmsford
—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 Chelmsford. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
One email, once a week. Noon on Monday, Chelmsford's week of live music from the 4 venues with gigs on, alongside 8 open mic nights, capped at two gigs a night so it stays readable. When fewer than four Chelmsford 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. Hot Box Live Events Chelmsford alone has 3 dates on - the email is how you hear about them before the night, not after. Expect plenty of rock in Chelmsford, with tribute act close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Further ahead. Gigs in Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| Chelmsford venues13 grassroots rooms | |
| Chelmsford open mics8 regular nights | |
| The Chelmsford 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: Billericay, Basildon, Leigh-on-Sea, Hoddesdon
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 6 Chelmsford gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
What's On in Chelmsford
Live music in Chelmsford over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 6 gigs listed in Chelmsford over the next 28 days across 2 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 4. In total we track 13 grassroots venues and 8 regular open mics here.
Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Chelmsford gigs in your inbox — and go to one.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Chelmsford
—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 Chelmsford. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Last updated: 12 November 2026
This Weekend in Chelmsford
This weekend in Chelmsford, Friday to Sunday: 2 gigs. Highlights include Beneath The Arches 2026 at Radio City Social (Saturday) and Jersey Boys Tribute Night at Witham Town Football Club (Saturday). Tap a card for times and tickets. Anything from Monday on is in the four-week list further down.
How Chelmsford Compares
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 36 gigs listed in and around Chelmsford - second of 4 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Basildon area (42). 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 Basildon area 21 venues · 12 open mics 42
- #2 Chelmsford area This page 13 venues · 8 open mics 36
- #3 Broxbourne area 12 venues · 8 open mics 29
- #4 Billericay area 6 venues · 4 open mics 3
Gigs in Chelmsford
Four weeks of Chelmsford gigs, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 6 listings from 2 rooms, with Saturdays the busiest. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.
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Venues in Chelmsford
Chelmsford's grassroots venues, all 13 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 Chelmsford
Open mics are regular nights rather than one-off gigs: the same venue, the same night, week in, week out - 8 nights in Chelmsford. Each card shows the night, the sign-up time and the fee; most are free to watch and to play.
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Support grassroots music in Chelmsford
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Chelmsford still has 13 of them.
Chelmsford keeps its bands near the station: Radio City Social under the arches, Bassment below street level and Hot Box for grassroots shows, with folk sessions in the Moulsham pubs.
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.
Think of this as the city's noticeboard: 6 gigs across Chelmsford in the next four weeks, alongside 13 grassroots venues and 8 regular open mic nights, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement. Radio City Social and Madison Heights have the most on, and the sound leans tribute act and rock.
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 Chelmsford gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it. Start small: The United Brethren hosts an open mic each Tuesday.
Go to one this month
Chelmsford has 6 gigs in the next four weeks and 8 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms. Saturdays are the busiest for gigs here.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Chelmsford
—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 Chelmsford. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
One email, once a week. Noon on Monday, Chelmsford's week of live music from the 4 venues with gigs on, alongside 8 open mic nights, capped at two gigs a night so it stays readable. When fewer than four Chelmsford 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. Hot Box Live Events Chelmsford alone has 3 dates on - the email is how you hear about them before the night, not after. Expect plenty of rock in Chelmsford, with tribute act close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Further ahead. Gigs in Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Chelmsford, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Billericay, Basildon, Leigh-on-Sea, Hoddesdon
Play or put on gigs in Chelmsford?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 6 Chelmsford gigs are already on GigXchange this month.