Birmingham · 568 upcoming · 38 venues
Live gigs in Birmingham
Every grass-roots gig in Birmingham - who's on, where, when and what it costs.
12 tonight · 16 this weekend · 47 this week. Refreshed continuously.
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Birmingham568
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at 38 Birmingham venuesgigs
| This week | 47 gigs |
| Free entry | None listed |
| Venues | 38 |
| Gig Scene Score | 91 /100 |
01 — Find a gig
568 gigsPick your night
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Starts18:00 Live music, DinnerThe Jam House Birmingham · Soho & Jewellery Quarter · Birmingham 
High Fade "Twice As Nice Tour 2026" Castle & Falcon, BirminghamThe Castle And Falcon · Balsall Heath West · BirminghamTickets 19:00Tonight 
High Fade "Twice As Nice Tour 2026" + Bobbie DazzleThe Castle And Falcon · Balsall Heath West · Birmingham 19:00Tonight 
STVWO2 Institute2 Birmingham · Bordesley & Highgate · Birmingham 19:00Tonight 
Robot Garden 'Halloween' PartyBar 55 Wade Street · Stowe · Birmingham 19:00Tonight 
Pretty Green - A Tribute to The JamThe Rhodehouse · Sutton Trinity · Birmingham 19:00Tonight 
Rusty ShackleSunflower Lounge · Ladywood · Birmingham 19:30Tonight 
Black Mekon: Album LaunchHare And Hounds Kings Heath · Brandwood & King's Heath · Birmingham 19:30Tonight 
Republica - 30 years of Ready To Go!Hare And Hounds Kings Heath · Brandwood & King's Heath · BirminghamTickets 19:30Tonight 
Alice Howe & Freebo (USA)Thimblemill Library · Abbey · BirminghamTickets 19:30Tonight 02 — The scene
Gig Scene Score91
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Exceptional — anchored by schedule and activity, one of the UK's defining gig markets.100
| Activity | 97 |
| Schedule fixed scale | 100 |
| Variety | 97 |
| Venues | 95 |
| Coverage | 97 |
| Affordability | 30 |
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Edinburgh332Egham7Epsom13Exeter51F
Farnborough11G
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Hastings34Hereford10High Wycombe24Horley1Hull72I
Inverness33Ipswich30L
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Maidstone34Manchester747Margate6Middlesbrough46Milton Keynes35N
Newcastle262Newquay23Newry7Northampton78Norwich46Nottingham158O
Oxford21P
Peterborough31Plymouth22Portsmouth27Preston87R
Rawtenstall36Reading49S
Scarborough26Sheffield177Southampton167Stockton-on-Tees23Stoke-on-Trent42Sunderland4Sutton57Swansea21Swindon10T
Telford10Tunbridge Wells44W
Waterlooville5Watford37Welshpool1Weymouth6Woking23Wolverhampton88Wrexham47Y
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BIRMINGHAM · GRASS-ROOTS DIRECTORY
Live Gigs in Birmingham
12 gigs tonight · 16 this weekend · 47 this week. 568 upcoming grass-roots gigs at indie venues, basement bars and community stages in Birmingham.
Birmingham Gig Scene Score
91 /100
Exceptional — anchored by schedule and activity, one of the UK's defining gig markets.
568Upcoming Gigs
47This Week
0%Free Entry
38Venues
Promoting a Birmingham gig? List it free — reviewed before it goes live
04 — About this directory
38 venuesEvery bill, one list
Grass-Roots Gigs in Birmingham
Birmingham has a busy grass-roots circuit — small-venue shows, basement bars, residencies and one-off promoter nights, and you can get the Birmingham weekly gig guide, the next four weeks night by night. This directory pulls every upcoming bill published on GigXchange for Birmingham: dates, doors, ticket links and venue details, sorted by date.
Need related Birmingham pages? Try these: how to book live music in Birmingham, Birmingham open mic nights for recurring weekly nights, the how to get gigs in Birmingham guide, or find a band in Birmingham. Or jump to nearby UK cities: London, Glasgow and Manchester.
What’s on in Birmingham this week — or see what’s on across the UK.
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568 upcoming gigs in Birmingham · sorted by date · page 1 of 24.
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OCT
30
Live music, Dinner
The Jam House Birmingham·Soho & Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham
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OCT
30
High Fade "Twice As Nice Tour 2026" Castle & Falcon, Birmingham
The Castle And Falcon·Balsall Heath West, Birmingham
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30
High Fade "Twice As Nice Tour 2026" + Bobbie Dazzle
The Castle And Falcon·Balsall Heath West, Birmingham
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OCT
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O2 Institute2 Birmingham·Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham
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OCT
30
Robot Garden 'Halloween' Party
Bar 55 Wade Street·Stowe, Birmingham
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OCT
30
Pretty Green - A Tribute to The Jam
The Rhodehouse·Sutton Trinity, Birmingham
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OCT
30
Rusty Shackle
Sunflower Lounge·Ladywood, Birmingham
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OCT
30
Black Mekon: Album Launch
Hare And Hounds Kings Heath·Brandwood & King's Heath, Birmingham
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OCT
30
Republica - 30 years of Ready To Go!
Hare And Hounds Kings Heath·Brandwood & King's Heath, Birmingham
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OCT
30
Alice Howe & Freebo (USA)
Thimblemill Library·Abbey, Birmingham
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OCT
30
Rusty Shackle
The Sunflower Lounge·Ladywood, Birmingham
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OCT
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O2 Institute Birmingham
O2 Institute Birmingham·Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham
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OCT
31
Tortoise at The Crossing, Birmingham
The Crossing Digbeth·Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham
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OCT
31
Tortoise + Tara Clerkin Trio + un.procedure live in Birmingham
The Crossing Digbeth·Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham
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OCT
31
The Exploited
The Castle And Falcon·Balsall Heath West, Birmingham
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OCT
31
Halloween Disco
Kingshurst Labour Club·Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham
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OCT
31
Heavy Beat Brass Band Halloween Party with The Beatles Dub Club
Hare And Hounds Kings Heath·Brandwood & King's Heath, Birmingham
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OCT
31
It's A Death Sentence Halloween Masquerade Ball
Moor Hall Hotel·Sutton Roughley, Birmingham
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OCT
31
Heavy Beat Halloween Party - Town Of Cats & The Beatles Dub Club
Hare And Hounds Kings Heath·Brandwood & King's Heath, Birmingham
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OCT
31
The Colour Six
Sutton United Football Club·Sutton Reddicap, Birmingham
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OCT
31
Wooden Dog - Birmingham
Mama Roux's·Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham
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OCT
31
Alma - Halloween Dia De Los Muertos
The Rainbow Pub Digbeth·Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham
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OCT
31
Jawani Nights
Forum Digbeth·Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham
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NOV
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James T - Reggae and UB40
The Rhodehouse·Sutton Trinity, Birmingham
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05 — Small print 8 answers Common questions Birmingham Gig Directory FAQs
Common questions about grass-roots gigs in Birmingham, answered with live data.
The What’s On in Birmingham page narrows this directory to the next four weeks — 47 of them are in the next 7 days — with the same date, entry and ticket filters, plus the Birmingham venues and open mic nights alongside. This page stays the evergreen listing of all 568 upcoming gigs.
568 upcoming gigs listed for Birmingham. 47 are this week. Sorted by date — earliest first.
None of the listed Birmingham gigs have free entry. Most are pay-on-the-door or pre-sold tickets.
A UK gig at an independent venue — typically capped under 600 capacity — by an artist who isn't on a major-label arena tour. In: pubs, basement bars, indie clubs, community halls, arts centres, and small folk / jazz / punk festivals. Out: arenas, stadiums, the O2 chain, Royal Albert Hall, Symphony Hall, the Barbican, premium dining-cabaret rooms (Jazz Cafe, KOKO, Boisdale), and mega-festival sites (Reading, Leeds, Glastonbury, BST Hyde Park). Major-artist 'World Tour' / 'Arena Tour' / 'Greatest Hits' shows are also excluded — this directory is for the early-career bands, local promoter nights and Tuesday-evening residencies the bigger aggregators tend to miss.
Promoters, venues and artists can submit gigs free via the submission form. Submissions are reviewed before they go live.
For recurring weekly slots, see the Birmingham open mic directory. For booking acts, see how to book live music in Birmingham. For artist booking advice, how to get gigs in Birmingham. Venue looking for a band? find a band in Birmingham shows available acts. Or browse the main UK gig directory.
Listings are compiled from public ticketing-platform APIs and direct submissions by promoters, venues and artists. Gigs from ticketing platforms are listed as published; submitted gigs are reviewed before they go live. We don't check each gig independently yet, so confirm with the venue before you travel. For UK grassroots-venue context see the Music Venue Trust (industry body), PRS for Music (UK licensing) and Help Musicians UK (independent musicians' charity).
Beyond city pages, browse the UK open mic directory for recurring weekly nights, the UK city hub index for every covered city, the genre directory, the booking guides, or the GX Index for live UK gig rates and percentiles.
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What Birmingham is hosting. The 568 gigs on file lean rock, pop and tribute act, with 40 genres in the mix overall. The top two are Bordesley & Highgate (169) and Brandwood & King's Heath (132), of the 36 areas with a show on.
When and where. Hare And Hounds Kings Heath has the most dates on (127), ahead of The Castle And Falcon (59). Saturday is the busiest night: 172 of the dates.
Booking or playing here? For rooms, the Birmingham venue directory lists kit and capacity; for fees, the GX Index shows what gigs pay. Or put on your own night: how to put on a gig. Nearby gig guides: Leicester, Nottingham and Oxford.
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Looking for tonight? See what's on in Birmingham this week, the Birmingham open mics and Birmingham venues.