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What's On in Cheltenham

13 Nov – 11 Dec

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All Cheltenham gigs This month

Updated 13 November 2026

At a glance
8
Gigs in
4 weeks
in Cheltenham, 13 Nov – 11 Dec
In detail
Venues with something on1
Venues tracked27
Open mics19
Busiest nightSaturday · 4 gigs

8 gigs listed in Cheltenham over the next 28 days across 1 venue. Saturday is the busiest night with 4. In total we track 27 grassroots venues and 19 regular open mics here.

01 — This weekend
2 gigs
This weekend in Cheltenham

Only Friday to Sunday: the 2 gigs on in Cheltenham this weekend. Among them: Phantom & West End Classics at Church Of St Gregory The Great (Friday) and Coki at DEYA Brewery Taproom (Friday). Tap a card for times and tickets. Anything from Monday on is in the four-week list further down.

Starts18:00 Phantom & West End ClassicsChurch Of St Gregory The Great · Lansdown · Cheltenham CokiDEYA Brewery Taproom · Cheltenham 18:30Tonight
02 — Compared
#4 of 7
How Cheltenham compares

Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 17 gigs listed in and around Cheltenham - fourth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Bristol area (247). 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.

#PlaceGigs
01Bristol area 86 venues · 35 open mics247
02Bath area 36 venues · 13 open mics56
03Oxford area 35 venues · 23 open mics36
04Cheltenham area This page 27 venues · 19 open mics17
05Swindon area 19 venues · 12 open mics14
06Hereford area 23 venues · 21 open mics11
07Gloucester area 21 venues · 13 open mics6
03 — Gigs
8 gigs
Gigs in Cheltenham

Four weeks of Cheltenham gigs, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 8 listings from 1 room, with Saturdays the busiest. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.

Starts18:00 Phantom & West End ClassicsChurch Of St Gregory The Great · Lansdown · Cheltenham CokiDEYA Brewery Taproom · Cheltenham 18:30Tonight G4 ChristmasWorcester Cathedral, UK · Cathedral · Cheltenham£19.50Tickets 19:30Thu 19 Nov Whitney Queen of the NightCheltenham Town Hall · Lansdown · Cheltenham 19:30Sat 21 Nov Angels of Darkness- A Night of the Best in Gothic RockTramps Worcester · Cathedral · Cheltenham 21:00Sat 21 Nov The Magic of ChristmasChurch Of St Gregory The Great · Lansdown · Cheltenham 14:30Sat 5 Dec Indie v Britpop Double HeadlinerThe Marrs Bar In Worcester · Arboretum · Cheltenham 20:00Sat 5 Dec Nutcracker Suite and Rachmaninov at Christmas by CandlelightWorcester Cathedral, UK · Cathedral 19:30Wed 9 Dec
Search every Cheltenham gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks
04 — This week
3 rooms
Where it's on this week

The venues doing the most in Cheltenham over the next seven nights, ranked by gigs listed. Use it to spot the rooms worth a walk-in when you have not planned ahead.

#VenueGigs
01Church Of St Gregory The Great 1
02DEYA Brewery Taproom 1
03Worcester Cathedral, UK 1
05 — Venues
27 rooms
Venues in Cheltenham

All 27 grassroots rooms we track around Cheltenham, 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.

Photo: Google Cheltenham Town HallCheltenham DEYA Brewing CompanyLansdown Industrial Estate · Cheltenham 225Cap Frog and FiddleThe Brewery Quarter · CheltenhamHouse PA 200Cap Parabola Arts CentreCheltenham 150Cap ParlerCheltenham Cap tbc Smokey Joe'sCheltenhamHouse PA 50Cap The Bath TavernCheltenham Cap tbc The BayshillCheltenham Cap tbc The Cotswold Inn17 Portland St · CheltenhamHouse PA 80Cap The Five AllsCheltenhamHouse PA Cap tbc
All 27 Cheltenham venuesCapacity, backline and opening times
06 — Open mics
19 nights
Open mics in Cheltenham

Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 19 open mic nights in and around Cheltenham. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.

2-WKSun Kick-off19:00 The Cotswold InnPortland Street · CheltenhamNo feeHouse PAFortnightly The Five AllsCheltenhamNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tue Smokey Joe'sBennington Street · CheltenhamNo feeHouse PA1st Wed of the month 19:00Wed The WheatsheafOld Bath Road · CheltenhamNo feeHouse PA1st Wed of the month 20:00Wed The BayshillSt Georges Place · CheltenhamNo feeFortnightly 21:00Wed The Bath TavernBath Road · CheltenhamNo fee 20:00Thu The RailwayNew Street · CheltenhamNo feeLast Thu of the month 20:00Thu The Oil Basin BrewhouseWorcesterNo feeHouse PAFortnightly 20:00Sun The PheasantWorcesterNo feeHouse PA 19:00Tue Coach & HorsesWorcesterNo feeHouse PALast Tue of the month 20:00Tue
All 19 Cheltenham open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night
07 — Support grassroots
Support grassroots music in Cheltenham

Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Cheltenham still has 27 of them.

Cheltenham's year-round music runs through the Frog and Fiddle in the Brewery Quarter, the Town Hall for touring shows and the pubs along Bath Road and Portland Street.

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.

This page exists to make them easy to find. It lists 8 gigs across Cheltenham over the next four weeks, pulled from the venues themselves and updated daily - alongside the 27 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.

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 Cheltenham listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. The Marr's Bar open mic on Wednesdays is an easy first night out.

Go to one this month

Cheltenham has 8 gigs in the next four weeks and 19 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms. Saturday is the night with most on.

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What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of Cheltenham gigs for the week ahead, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Saturday does not crowd out the quieter evenings. When fewer than four Cheltenham 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. Small rooms post their dates in a dozen different places; the email is the one place Cheltenham's gigs are all together. Expect plenty of pop in Cheltenham, with rock close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.

Beyond this week. Gigs in Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date
Cheltenham venues27 grassroots rooms
Cheltenham open mics19 regular nights
The Cheltenham 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
08 — Questions10 answersWhat's on in Cheltenham
2 gigs in Cheltenham this weekend (Fri 13 Nov – Sun 15 Nov) - including Phantom & West End Classics at Church Of St Gregory The Great (Friday), Coki at DEYA Brewery Taproom (Friday). The full Friday-to-Sunday list is in This Weekend above, and every gig over the next 28 days is below it.
Counting every upcoming date, there are 17 gigs listed in and around Cheltenham - fourth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Bristol area (247).
We currently list 8 gigs in Cheltenham between 13 Nov and 11 Dec, across 1 venue. 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 Cheltenham in the gig directory or every city we cover.
None of the Cheltenham gigs currently listed are marked free entry, though many venues do not publish a price at all. Cheltenham open mic nights are your reliable free option — most charge nothing to watch or to play.
Saturday, with 4 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Saturday: 4 gigs · Friday: 2 gigs · Thursday: 1 gig. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.
Right now: Cheltenham Town Hall. In total we track 27 grassroots venues in Cheltenham, of which 1 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the Cheltenham venue directory.
Cheltenham has 19 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 Cheltenham open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.
Where a Cheltenham venue publishes a price, the average ticket is £19.50. 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.
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. Cheltenham still has 27 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.
Listing is free and takes about two minutes — submit through the Cheltenham 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.
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What's On in Cheltenham

Live music in Cheltenham over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 8 gigs listed in Cheltenham over the next 28 days across 1 venue. Saturday is the busiest night with 4. In total we track 27 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 Cheltenham gigs in your inbox — and go to one.

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Updated daily · 8 gigs in Cheltenham over the next four weeks

Last updated: 13 November 2026

This Weekend in Cheltenham

Only Friday to Sunday: the 2 gigs on in Cheltenham this weekend. Among them: Phantom & West End Classics at Church Of St Gregory The Great (Friday) and Coki at DEYA Brewery Taproom (Friday). Tap a card for times and tickets. Anything from Monday on is in the four-week list further down.

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Phantom & West End Classics
Church Of St Gregory The Great·Lansdown, Cheltenham
Friday, 13 November 2026 · 18:00–21:00
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NOV
13
Coki
DEYA Brewery Taproom, Cheltenham
Friday, 13 November 2026 · 18:30
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  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreDJ / Electronic
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How Cheltenham Compares

Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 17 gigs listed in and around Cheltenham - fourth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Bristol area (247). 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. #1 Bristol area 86 venues · 35 open mics 247
  2. #2 Bath area 36 venues · 13 open mics 56
  3. #3 Oxford area 35 venues · 23 open mics 36
  4. #4 Cheltenham area This page 27 venues · 19 open mics 17
  5. #5 Swindon area 19 venues · 12 open mics 14
  6. #6 Hereford area 23 venues · 21 open mics 11
  7. #7 Gloucester area 21 venues · 13 open mics 6

Gigs in Cheltenham

Four weeks of Cheltenham gigs, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 8 listings from 1 room, with Saturdays the busiest. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.

Showing 8 of 8 gigs

See every upcoming gig in Cheltenham →

Where It's On This Week

The venues doing the most in Cheltenham over the next seven nights, ranked by gigs listed. Use it to spot the rooms worth a walk-in when you have not planned ahead.

  1. #1 Church Of St Gregory The Great 1
  2. #2 DEYA Brewery Taproom 1
  3. #3 Worcester Cathedral, UK 1

All 27 Cheltenham venues →   All 19 open mics →

Venues in Cheltenham

All 27 grassroots rooms we track around Cheltenham, 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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Cheltenham Town Hall
Cheltenham★★★★★ (—)
Regency town hall for rock, pop and R&B tours.
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c. 225
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DEYA Brewing Company
Cheltenham › Lansdown Industrial Estate★★★★★ (—)
Craft brewery taproom with DJ nights.
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  • MonClosed
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  • Wed16:00–22:00
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c. 200
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Frog and Fiddle
Cheltenham › The Brewery Quarter★★★★★ (—)
200-cap pub for indie, rock and blues.
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  • Mon14:00–00:00
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  • Fri12:00–01:00
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c. 150
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Parabola Arts Centre
Cheltenham★★★★★ (—)
Cheltenham Ladies' College venue with classical.
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Parler
Cheltenham★★★★★ (—)
Georgian corner bar in Cheltenham with an audiophile sound system and live sets
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c. 50
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Smokey Joe's
Cheltenham★★★★★ (—)
Cheltenham's favourite retro diner and bar.
Private hire
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The Bath Tavern
Cheltenham★★★★★ (—)
Cheltenham pub with live music.
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The Bayshill
Cheltenham★★★★★ (—)
Cheltenham bar with live entertainment.
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c. 80
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The Cotswold Inn
Cheltenham › 17 Portland St★★★★★ (—)
Cheltenham inn with live music.
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The Five Alls
Cheltenham★★★★★ (—)
Cheltenham Bath Road pub with live music, Tuesday open mic and karaoke.
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  • MonClosed
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The Railway
Cheltenham › New St★★★★★ (—)
Cheltenham pub with Thai food and live music.
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The Steam And Whistle
Cheltenham★★★★★ (—)
Former Midland Hotel opposite Cheltenham station, with a live music space since 2024
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The Wheatsheaf
Cheltenham › Leckhampton★★★★★ (—)
Old Bath Road pub with live music.
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Chestnut Inn
Worcester★★★★★ (—)
Worcester back-street real ale local with a fortnightly open mic
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c. 60
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Coach & Horses
Worcester★★★★★ (—)
Traditional pub with live music nights.
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c. 200
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Huntingdon Hall
Worcester★★★★★ (—)
Restored 18th-century hall inside CrownGate.
Private hire up to 330 seated
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c. 85
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Old Greyhound
Worcester★★★★★ (—)
Historic Worcester city-centre pub with live music and open mics.
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The Bierkeller Showbar
Worcester★★★★★ (—)
Worcester's Bavarian-style showbar on New Street — raucous live music, cabaret, bench dancing and steins, free entry Fri & Sat from 8pm.
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  • MonClosed
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  • Fri19:00–02:00
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The Chestnut Tree Inn
Worcester★★★★★ (—)
Friendly Worcester backstreet local with weekend live music and fortnightly open mic.
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  • Mon15:00–22:00
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The Feathers Sport & Music Lounge
Worcester★★★★★ (—)
Worcester sport and music lounge.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • MonClosed
  • Tue16:00–23:00
  • Wed00:00–23:00
  • Thu00:00–12:00
  • Fri16:00–02:00
  • Sat14:00–02:00
  • Sun14:00–10:00
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The Firefly Beer Haus
Worcester★★★★★ (—)
Worcester craft beer haus with live music.
Private hire
  • PA system
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon15:00–23:00
  • Tue15:00–00:00
  • Wed15:00–00:00
  • Thu12:00–00:00
  • Fri12:00–01:00
  • Sat12:00–01:00
  • Sun12:00–23:00
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The Marrs Bar
Worcester★★★★★ (—)
Independent live music bar on Pierpoint Street.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer
  • MonClosed
  • TueClosed
  • Wed20:00–00:00
  • Thu20:00–00:00
  • Fri20:00–03:00
  • Sat20:00–03:00
  • SunClosed
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The Oil Basin Brewhouse
Worcester★★★★★ (—)
Worcester brewhouse with live music.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon16:00–01:00
  • Tue16:00–01:00
  • Wed16:00–01:00
  • Thu12:00–01:00
  • Fri12:00–01:00
  • Sat12:00–01:00
  • Sun12:00–01:00
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The Pheasant
Worcester › New St★★★★★ (—)
Worcester pub with live entertainment.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon14:00–23:00
  • Tue12:00–23:00
  • Wed12:00–23:00
  • Thu12:00–23:00
  • Fri12:00–03:00
  • Sat12:00–03:00
  • Sun12:00–23:00
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All 27 Cheltenham venues →

Open mics in Cheltenham

Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 19 open mic nights in and around Cheltenham. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.

2-WK
Sun
The Cotswold Inn
Portland Street, Cheltenham
Starts 19:00
  • Sign-up—
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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EVERY
Tue
The Five Alls
Cheltenham
Next Tue 17 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up—
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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1ST
Wed
Smokey Joe's
Bennington Street, Cheltenham
Next Wed 2 DecStarts 19:00
  • Sign-up19:00
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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1ST
Wed
The Wheatsheaf
Old Bath Road, Cheltenham
Next Wed 2 DecStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up—
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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2-WK
Wed
The Bayshill
St Georges Place, Cheltenham
Starts 21:00
  • Sign-up—
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PA—
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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LAST
Thu
The Railway
New Street, Cheltenham
Next Thu 26 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up—
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PA—
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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EVERY
Thu
The Bath Tavern
Bath Road, Cheltenham
Next Thu 19 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up—
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PA—
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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2-WK
Sun
The Oil Basin Brewhouse
Worcester
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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EVERY
Tue
The Pheasant
Worcester
Next Tue 17 NovStarts 19:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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1ST
Tue
The Firefly Beer Haus
Worcester
Next Tue 1 DecStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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LAST
Tue
Coach & Horses
Worcester
Next Tue 24 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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Worcester's music institution
EVERY
Wed
Marr's Bar
City Centre, Worcester
Next Wed 18 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • BacklineFull
  • Open toMusicians
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All 19 Cheltenham open mics →

Support grassroots music in Cheltenham

Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Cheltenham still has 27 of them.

Cheltenham's year-round music runs through the Frog and Fiddle in the Brewery Quarter, the Town Hall for touring shows and the pubs along Bath Road and Portland Street.

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.

This page exists to make them easy to find. It lists 8 gigs across Cheltenham over the next four weeks, pulled from the venues themselves and updated daily - alongside the 27 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.

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 Cheltenham listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. The Marr's Bar open mic on Wednesdays is an easy first night out.

Go to one this month

Cheltenham has 8 gigs in the next four weeks and 19 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms. Saturday is the night with most on.

Help keep grassroots venues open in Cheltenham

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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 Cheltenham. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.

What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of Cheltenham gigs for the week ahead, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Saturday does not crowd out the quieter evenings. When fewer than four Cheltenham 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. Small rooms post their dates in a dozen different places; the email is the one place Cheltenham's gigs are all together. Expect plenty of pop in Cheltenham, with rock close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.

Beyond this week. Gigs in Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham — FAQs

Common questions about live music in Cheltenham, answered with this week's live data.

2 gigs in Cheltenham this weekend (Fri 13 Nov – Sun 15 Nov) - including Phantom & West End Classics at Church Of St Gregory The Great (Friday), Coki at DEYA Brewery Taproom (Friday). The full Friday-to-Sunday list is in This Weekend above, and every gig over the next 28 days is below it.
Counting every upcoming date, there are 17 gigs listed in and around Cheltenham - fourth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Bristol area (247).
We currently list 8 gigs in Cheltenham between 13 Nov and 11 Dec, across 1 venue. 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 Cheltenham in the gig directory or every city we cover.
None of the Cheltenham gigs currently listed are marked free entry, though many venues do not publish a price at all. Cheltenham open mic nights are your reliable free option — most charge nothing to watch or to play.
Saturday, with 4 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Saturday: 4 gigs · Friday: 2 gigs · Thursday: 1 gig. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.
Right now: Cheltenham Town Hall. In total we track 27 grassroots venues in Cheltenham, of which 1 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the Cheltenham venue directory.
Cheltenham has 19 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 Cheltenham open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.
Where a Cheltenham venue publishes a price, the average ticket is £19.50. 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.
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. Cheltenham still has 27 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.
Listing is free and takes about two minutes — submit through the Cheltenham 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.
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Aberdeen27Accrington7AldershotAmershamAylesburyAyr
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BarnsleyBasildon11Bath23Bedford9Belfast95BerkhamstedBillericay2Birmingham188Blackburn3Blackpool25BoltonBorehamwoodBournemouth22BracknellBradford39BridgendBrighouseBrighton85Bristol105Broxbourne9Bushey
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Cambridge17CannockCanterburyCardiff64Carlisle34Chelmsford6CheshamCheshuntChesterColchesterCoventry29Crawley
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Derby37DerryDoncaster3Dundee12DunfermlineDurham2
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EastbourneEdinburgh121Egham6Epsom10Exeter15
F
Farnborough6Frome
G
GatesheadGlasgow298Gloucester2GrimsbyGuildford
H
HalifaxHarpendenHarrogateHastings12HatfieldHemel HempsteadHereford3HertfordHigh Wycombe13HitchinHoddesdonHuddersfieldHull35
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Inverness16Ipswich12
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LancasterLeeds89Leicester22Leigh-on-SeaLincoln7Liverpool180London520Luton8
M
Maidstone11Manchester310Margate4MarlowMiddlesbrough18Milton Keynes13
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NewburyNewcastle109Newquay13Newry2Northampton18Norwich19Nottingham93Nuneaton
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Oxford21
P
PaisleyPerthPeterborough11Plymouth8Portsmouth14Potters BarPreston31
R
Rawtenstall17Reading12RickmansworthRochdale
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Scarborough14Sheffield57ShrewsburySouthampton55SouthportSt AlbansStevenageStirlingStockportStockton-on-Tees9Stoke-on-Trent16Sunderland3Sutton10Swansea9Swindon2
T
Telford7TorquayTringTunbridge Wells8
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WakefieldWalsallWaterlooville4Watford16Welwyn Garden CityWeymouth3WhitbyWidnesWoking9Wolverhampton36WorcesterWorthingWrexham21
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York14

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