Derbyshire · 37 gigs · next 4 weeks
13 Nov – 11 Dec
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Updated 13 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 7 |
| Venues tracked | 38 |
| Open mics | 16 |
| Busiest night | Saturday · 15 gigs |
37 gigs listed in Derby over the next 28 days across 7 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 15. In total we track 38 grassroots venues and 16 regular open mics here.
Only Friday to Sunday: the 7 gigs on in Derby this weekend. Highlights include FUSE - SKUM, Ten Eighty Trees, Fatal Reflection, and Polarnova at The Victoria Inn (Friday), Dub Pistols at The Hairy Dog (Saturday) and The Belper Jazz Company presents Ben Holder at No 28 Market Place, Belper (Sunday). Each card is one night at one venue, with the start time and the price where the venue publishes it; the four-week list below covers everything after Sunday.
Starts18:30 FUSE - SKUM, Ten Eighty Trees, Fatal Reflection, and PolarnovaThe Victoria Inn · Arboretum · Derby 
Sunwheel LiveDubrek Studios · Darley · Derby 19:00Tonight 
U2UKThe Flowerpot · Darley · Derby 21:00Tonight 
Dub PistolsThe Hairy Dog · Arboretum · Derby 19:00Sat 14 Nov 
Lovefest 3Doveridge Village Club · Doveridge & Sudbury · Derby 19:30Sat 14 Nov 
OhasisThe Flowerpot · Darley · Derby 21:00Sat 14 Nov 
The Belper Jazz Company presents Ben HolderNo 28 Market Place, Belper · Belper North · Derby 19:00Sun 15 Nov Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 107 gigs listed in and around Derby - fourth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Birmingham area (554). 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 | Birmingham area 80 venues · 18 open mics | 554 |
| 02 | Nottingham area 79 venues · 32 open mics | 210 |
| 03 | Sheffield area 94 venues · 38 open mics | 173 |
| 04 | Derby area This page 38 venues · 16 open mics | 107 |
| 05 | Coventry area 46 venues · 19 open mics | 100 |
| 06 | Leicester area 40 venues · 18 open mics | 62 |
| 07 | Stoke-on-Trent area 32 venues · 19 open mics | 52 |
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 37 gigs across 7 venues, busiest on Saturdays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.
Starts18:30 FUSE - SKUM, Ten Eighty Trees, Fatal Reflection, and PolarnovaThe Victoria Inn · Arboretum · Derby Sunwheel LiveDubrek Studios · Darley · Derby 19:00Tonight U2UKThe Flowerpot · Darley · Derby 21:00Tonight Dub PistolsThe Hairy Dog · Arboretum · Derby 19:00Sat 14 Nov Lovefest 3Doveridge Village Club · Doveridge & Sudbury · Derby 19:30Sat 14 Nov OhasisThe Flowerpot · Darley · Derby 21:00Sat 14 Nov The Belper Jazz Company presents Ben HolderNo 28 Market Place, Belper · Belper North · Derby 19:00Sun 15 Nov 
Bullshit DetectorThe Hairy Dog · Arboretum · Derby 19:00Thu 19 Nov 
Dave McCabe (The Zutons)The Flowerpot · Darley · Derby 20:00Thu 19 Nov 
Dave McCabe, James Jay LewisThe Flowerpot · Darley · Derby 20:30Thu 19 Nov | Search every Derby gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks |
The venues doing the most in Derby 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.
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| 01 | The Flowerpot | 4 |
| 02 | The Hairy Dog | 2 |
| 03 | Doveridge Village Club | 1 |
| 04 | Dubrek Studios | 1 |
| 05 | No 28 Market Place, Belper | 1 |
| 06 | The Victoria Inn | 1 |
Every grassroots venue we track in Derby - all 38, whether or not it has a gig listed right now - with its capacity, kit and opening times. Use it to find a room near you, then check its page for what is on.
Photo: Google Bar OneDerbyHouse PA 
Blacksmiths LoungeDerbyHouse PA Cap tbc 
BunkDerbyHouse PA 70Cap 
Darley ParkDarley Abbey · Derby 300Cap 
Donington ParkCastle Donington · Derby 120,000Cap 
Dubrek StudiosDerbyHouse PA Cap tbc 
Electric DaisyDerby 60Cap 
Melbourne Assembly RoomsMelbourne · Derby Cap tbc 
Mr Shaws HouseSadler Gate, Cathedral Quarter · Derby 50Cap 
Ryans BarDerbyHouse PA Cap tbc | All 38 Derby venuesCapacity, backline and opening times |
Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 16 open mic nights in and around Derby. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.
Kick-off15:00 Blacksmiths LoungeDerbyNo feeHouse PA Bar OneDerbyNo feeHouse PA 19:00Sun The ShakespeareDerbyNo feeHouse PA 19:00Sun BunkDerbyNo feeHouse PA 19:00Tue The Creaky FloorboardKedleston Road · DerbyNo feeHouse PA 19:30Tue The Bishop BlaiseFriar Gate · DerbyNo feeHouse PAFortnightly 20:00Tue The Royal StandardDerbyNo feeHouse PA 19:30Wed The Hairy DogCity Centre · DerbyNo feeFull kit 20:00Wed The Victoria Inn DE1DerbyNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed Dubrek StudiosDerbyNo feeHouse PAMonthly 19:00Thu | All 16 Derby open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Derby still has 38 of them.
Most Derby gigs happen within a few streets of the Cathedral: The Hairy Dog on Becket Street, The Flowerpot's live room, Mr Shaws House on Sadler Gate and the pubs off Friar Gate.
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.
Think of this as the city's noticeboard: 37 gigs across Derby in the next four weeks, alongside 38 grassroots venues and 16 regular open mic nights, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement. The Hairy Dog, The Flowerpot and Dubrek Studios have the most on, and the sound leans rock and pop.
The single most useful thing anyone can do is turn up. Buy a ticket, buy a drink at the bar, and go to a night you have not been to before. If you would rather be told than remember, the sign-up below sends Derby listings straight to your inbox. If you run a venue here, claim your page so people can find you. Start small: Blacksmiths Lounge hosts an open mic each Sunday.
Derby has 37 gigs in the next four weeks and 16 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 Derby
—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 Derby. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of Derby gigs for the week ahead - out of roughly 9 a week here, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Saturday does not crowd out the quieter evenings. A quiet week in Derby widens it to the next fortnight rather than sending you nothing.
Why sign up. The Hairy Dog alone has 13 dates on, The Flowerpot 12 - the email is how you hear about them before the night, not after. Expect plenty of rock in Derby, with pop close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Beyond this week. Gigs in Derby 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 Derby gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| Derby venues38 grassroots rooms | |
| Derby open mics16 regular nights | |
| The Derby 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: Nottingham, Leicester, Nuneaton, Cannock
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 37 Derby gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
What's On in Derby
Live music in Derby over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 37 gigs listed in Derby over the next 28 days across 7 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 15. In total we track 38 grassroots venues and 16 regular open mics here.
Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Derby gigs in your inbox — and go to one.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Derby
—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 Derby. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Last updated: 13 November 2026
This Weekend in Derby
Only Friday to Sunday: the 7 gigs on in Derby this weekend. Highlights include FUSE - SKUM, Ten Eighty Trees, Fatal Reflection, and Polarnova at The Victoria Inn (Friday), Dub Pistols at The Hairy Dog (Saturday) and The Belper Jazz Company presents Ben Holder at No 28 Market Place, Belper (Sunday). Each card is one night at one venue, with the start time and the price where the venue publishes it; the four-week list below covers everything after Sunday.
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How Derby Compares
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 107 gigs listed in and around Derby - fourth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Birmingham area (554). 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 Birmingham area 80 venues · 18 open mics 554
- #2 Nottingham area 79 venues · 32 open mics 210
- #3 Sheffield area 94 venues · 38 open mics 173
- #4 Derby area This page 38 venues · 16 open mics 107
- #5 Coventry area 46 venues · 19 open mics 100
- #6 Leicester area 40 venues · 18 open mics 62
- #7 Stoke-on-Trent area 32 venues · 19 open mics 52
Gigs in Derby
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 37 gigs across 7 venues, busiest on Saturdays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.
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Where It's On This Week
The venues doing the most in Derby 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 The Flowerpot 4
- #2 The Hairy Dog 2
- #3 Doveridge Village Club 1
- #4 Dubrek Studios 1
- #5 No 28 Market Place, Belper 1
- #6 The Victoria Inn 1
Venues in Derby
Every grassroots venue we track in Derby - all 38, whether or not it has a gig listed right now - with its capacity, kit and opening times. Use it to find a room near you, then check its page for what is on.
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Open mics in Derby
Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 16 open mic nights in and around Derby. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.
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Support grassroots music in Derby
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Derby still has 38 of them.
Most Derby gigs happen within a few streets of the Cathedral: The Hairy Dog on Becket Street, The Flowerpot's live room, Mr Shaws House on Sadler Gate and the pubs off Friar Gate.
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.
Think of this as the city's noticeboard: 37 gigs across Derby in the next four weeks, alongside 38 grassroots venues and 16 regular open mic nights, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement. The Hairy Dog, The Flowerpot and Dubrek Studios have the most on, and the sound leans rock and pop.
The single most useful thing anyone can do is turn up. Buy a ticket, buy a drink at the bar, and go to a night you have not been to before. If you would rather be told than remember, the sign-up below sends Derby listings straight to your inbox. If you run a venue here, claim your page so people can find you. Start small: Blacksmiths Lounge hosts an open mic each Sunday.
Go to one this month
Derby has 37 gigs in the next four weeks and 16 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 Derby
—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 Derby. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of Derby gigs for the week ahead - out of roughly 9 a week here, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Saturday does not crowd out the quieter evenings. A quiet week in Derby widens it to the next fortnight rather than sending you nothing.
Why sign up. The Hairy Dog alone has 13 dates on, The Flowerpot 12 - the email is how you hear about them before the night, not after. Expect plenty of rock in Derby, with pop close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Beyond this week. Gigs in Derby 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 Derby — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Derby, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Nottingham, Leicester, Nuneaton, Cannock
Play or put on gigs in Derby?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 37 Derby gigs are already on GigXchange this month.