Bournemouth · 55 upcoming · 4 venues
Live gigs in Bournemouth
Every grass-roots gig in Bournemouth - who's on, where, when and what it costs.
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Bournemouth55
Upcoming
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at 4 Bournemouth venuesgigs
| This week | 4 gigs |
| Free entry | None listed |
| Venues | 4 |
| Gig Scene Score | 76 /100 |
01 — Find a gig
55 gigsPick your night
When
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Starts20:00 Deep In The GrooveHelch Market · Bournemouth Central · Bournemouth 
Elvis: VivaLighthouse, Poole's Centre For The Arts, UK · Poole Town · Bournemouth£19 19:30Sat 7 Nov 
G4 Christmas 2026Christchurch Priory · Christchurch Town · Bournemouth£19.50Tickets 19:30Sat 7 Nov 
Legend live presents Bob MarleyThe Old Fire Station · Bournemouth Central · Bournemouth 19:30Sun 8 Nov 
Suede, Manic Street PreachersBournemouth International Centre · Bournemouth Central · Bournemouth 18:30Thu 12 Nov 
The Sound of Musicals - PooleSt Aldhelm's Church · Canford Cliffs · Bournemouth 14:30Sat 14 Nov 
Myles Smith, Chance PeñaBournemouth International Centre · Bournemouth Central · Bournemouth 18:30Sat 14 Nov 
Jools Holland and His Rhythm & Blues OrchestraBournemouth Pavilion · Bournemouth Central · Bournemouth 19:30Sat 14 Nov 
Music Is The AnswerBear Cave · Bournemouth Central · Bournemouth 22:00Sat 14 Nov 
The StylisticsBournemouth Pavilion · Bournemouth Central · Bournemouth 19:30Sun 15 Nov 02 — The scene
Gig Scene Score76
Out of
100
Strong — variety and schedule lead the mix, with room to grow on venues.100
| Activity | 75 |
| Schedule fixed scale | 86 |
| Variety | 92 |
| Venues | 40 |
| Coverage | 86 |
| Affordability | 71 |
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Cambridge43Cardiff163Carlisle111Chelmsford8Cheltenham17Coventry105Crawley2D
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Edinburgh388Egham8Epsom14Exeter55F
Farnborough11G
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Hastings40Hereford9High Wycombe26Horley1Hull75I
Inverness32Ipswich49L
Leeds282Leicester63Lincoln30Liverpool475London1514Luton23M
Maidstone32Manchester806Margate10Middlesbrough40Milton Keynes40N
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Oxford42P
Peterborough29Plymouth17Portsmouth37Preston82R
Rawtenstall33Reading50S
Scarborough57Sheffield175Southampton181Stockton-on-Tees27Stoke-on-Trent51Sunderland8Sutton58Swansea23Swindon15T
Telford11Tunbridge Wells44W
Waterlooville13Watford51Welshpool2Weymouth6Woking27Wolverhampton108Wrexham49Y
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BOURNEMOUTH · GRASS-ROOTS DIRECTORY
Live Gigs in Bournemouth
3 gigs this weekend · 4 this week. 55 upcoming grass-roots gigs at indie venues, basement bars and community stages in Bournemouth.
Bournemouth Gig Scene Score
76 /100
Strong — variety and schedule lead the mix, with room to grow on venues.
55Upcoming Gigs
4This Week
0%Free Entry
4Venues
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04 — About this directory
4 venuesEvery bill, one list
Grass-Roots Gigs in Bournemouth
Bournemouth has a busy grass-roots circuit — small-venue shows, basement bars, residencies and one-off promoter nights, and you can get the Bournemouth weekly gig guide, the next four weeks night by night. This directory pulls every upcoming bill published on GigXchange for Bournemouth: dates, doors, ticket links and venue details, sorted by date.
Want other Bournemouth pages? Have a look at how to book live music in the UK, Bournemouth open mic nights for recurring weekly nights, or find a band in Bournemouth. Or try these nearby UK cities: London, Glasgow and Manchester.
What’s on in Bournemouth this week — or see what’s on across the UK.
Coming Up
55 upcoming gigs in Bournemouth · sorted by date · page 1 of 3.
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NOV
6
Deep In The Groove
Helch Market·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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NOV
7
Elvis: Viva
Lighthouse, Poole's Centre For The Arts, UK·Poole Town, Bournemouth
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NOV
7
G4 Christmas 2026
Christchurch Priory·Christchurch Town, Bournemouth
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NOV
8
Legend live presents Bob Marley
The Old Fire Station·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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NOV
12
Suede, Manic Street Preachers
Bournemouth International Centre·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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NOV
14
The Sound of Musicals - Poole
St Aldhelm's Church·Canford Cliffs, Bournemouth
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NOV
14
Myles Smith, Chance Peña
Bournemouth International Centre·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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NOV
14
Jools Holland and His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
Bournemouth Pavilion·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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NOV
14
Music Is The Answer
Bear Cave·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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NOV
15
The Stylistics
Bournemouth Pavilion·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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- GenreSoul, R&B
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NOV
15
The Shires
Lighthouse·Poole Town, Bournemouth
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NOV
16
The Script, James Morrison
Bournemouth International Centre·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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NOV
16
Urne, Divergent Promotions
Bear Cave·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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NOV
16
Tony Hadley
Bournemouth Pavilion·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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NOV
18
Hothouse Flowers
Lighthouse, Bournemouth
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NOV
21
Wool RBL presents RATRACE
Wool Royal British Legion·West Purbeck, Bournemouth
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- GenreSka
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NOV
21
A Hundred Strings in Bournemouth: Ragas by the Sea
Palace Court Theatre, Bournemouth
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NOV
22
Nick Heyward
St Peter's Parkstone, Poole, Bournemouth
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NOV
25
Bob Dylan
Bournemouth International Centre·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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NOV
26
The Australian Pink Floyd Show
Bournemouth International Centre·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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NOV
26
Royal Marines Christmas Spectacular
Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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- GenreWorld Music
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NOV
28
The Amy Winehouse Band
Lighthouse, Bournemouth
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DEC
3
Naomi Rose + Pippa Harvey: After Midnight Album Launch Live
Canvas·Westbourne & West Cliff, Bournemouth
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DEC
4
Squeeze, Billy Bragg
Bournemouth International Centre·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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- GenreRock, Alternative Rock, Folk
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05 — Small print 8 answers Common questions Bournemouth Gig Directory FAQs
Common questions about grass-roots gigs in Bournemouth, answered with live data.
The What’s On in Bournemouth page narrows this directory to the next four weeks — 4 of them are in the next 7 days — with the same date, entry and ticket filters, plus the Bournemouth venues and open mic nights alongside. This page stays the evergreen listing of all 55 upcoming gigs.
55 upcoming gigs listed for Bournemouth. 4 are this week. Sorted by date — earliest first.
None of the listed Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth open mic directory. For booking acts, see how to book live music in the UK. Venue looking for a band? find a band in Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth is booking. The 55 gigs listed lean rock, pop and alternative rock, with 19 genres in the mix overall. The most are in Central (29) and Poole Town (12), out of 8 areas with a show on.
Where and when. Bournemouth International Centre has the most dates (15), ahead of Lighthouse (10). Saturday is the busiest night, with 14 of the dates. Of the 6 gigs that list a ticket price, the middle one costs £19.
Playing or booking here? The Bournemouth venue directory lists the rooms with their kit and capacity, and the GX Index shows what gigs pay. Or put on your own night: how to put on a gig. Nearby gig guides: Southampton, Reading and Brighton.
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Looking for tonight? See what's on in Bournemouth this week, the Bournemouth open mics and Bournemouth venues.