Gloucestershire · 8 gigs · next 4 weeks
13 Nov – 11 Dec
Help keep grassroots venues open in Cheltenham
—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.
Updated 13 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 1 |
| Venues tracked | 27 |
| Open mics | 19 |
| Busiest night | Saturday · 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.
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.
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.
| # | Place | Gigs |
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| 01 | Bristol area 86 venues · 35 open mics | 247 |
| 02 | Bath area 36 venues · 13 open mics | 56 |
| 03 | Oxford area 35 venues · 23 open mics | 36 |
| 04 | Cheltenham area This page 27 venues · 19 open mics | 17 |
| 05 | Swindon area 19 venues · 12 open mics | 14 |
| 06 | Hereford area 23 venues · 21 open mics | 11 |
| 07 | Gloucester area 21 venues · 13 open mics | 6 |
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 |
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.
| # | Venue | Gigs |
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| 01 | Church Of St Gregory The Great | 1 |
| 02 | DEYA Brewery Taproom | 1 |
| 03 | Worcester Cathedral, UK | 1 |
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 |
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 |
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.
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
—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.
| 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 |
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Gloucester, Worcester, Swindon, Hereford
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 8 Cheltenham gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
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.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Cheltenham
—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.
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.
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 Bristol area 86 venues · 35 open mics 247
- #2 Bath area 36 venues · 13 open mics 56
- #3 Oxford area 35 venues · 23 open mics 36
- #4 Cheltenham area This page 27 venues · 19 open mics 17
- #5 Swindon area 19 venues · 12 open mics 14
- #6 Hereford area 23 venues · 21 open mics 11
- #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.
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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 Church Of St Gregory The Great 1
- #2 DEYA Brewery Taproom 1
- #3 Worcester Cathedral, UK 1
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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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.
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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
—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.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Gloucester, Worcester, Swindon, Hereford
Play or put on gigs in Cheltenham?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 8 Cheltenham gigs are already on GigXchange this month.