BOURNEMOUTH · GRASS-ROOTS DIRECTORY
Live Gigs in Bournemouth
43 upcoming grass-roots gigs at indie venues, basement bars and community stages in Bournemouth. Browse, filter, submit your own.
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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 see what’s on in Bournemouth over the next four weeks. The directory below pulls every upcoming bill published on GigXchange for Bournemouth: dates, doors, ticket links and venue details, sorted by date.
Looking for related Bournemouth pages? Browse the Bournemouth live music hub, Bournemouth open mic nights for recurring weekly nights, the how to get gigs in Bournemouth guide, or find a band in Bournemouth. Or jump to nearby UK cities: London, Manchester and Glasgow.
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Coming Up
43 upcoming gigs in Bournemouth · sorted by date · page 2 of 2.
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NOV
16
Urne, Divergent Promotions
Bear Cave·Bournemouth Central, 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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DEC
3
Naomi Rose Album Launch
Canvas Bournemouth·Westbourne & West Cliff, Bournemouth
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DEC
4
Squeeze, Billy Bragg
Bournemouth International Centre·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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DEC
4
The Holiday - Film With Live Orchestra
Lighthouse·Poole Town, Bournemouth
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DEC
5
Ocean Colour Scene, The Enemy
Bournemouth International Centre·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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DEC
7
Culture Club, ABC, Haircut 100
Bournemouth International Centre·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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DEC
13
Classically Kate Bush
Lighthouse·Poole Town, Bournemouth
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- GenreClassical
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DEC
16
Symphony Orchestra Christmas Concerts
Lighthouse, Poole's Centre For The Arts, UK·Poole Town, Bournemouth
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DEC
18
Eyes of Caelum - Bear Cave, Bournemouth
Bear Cave·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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JAN
9
Whitney Queen of the Night
Lighthouse·Poole Town, Bournemouth
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JAN
15
Classic Rock Show
Bournemouth Pavilion·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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JAN
26
Electric Callboy
Bournemouth International Centre·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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- GenreMetal
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JAN
30
What's Love Got to do With it - Tina Turner Tribute
Bournemouth Pavilion·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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FEB
3
Donny Osmond
Bournemouth International Centre·Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth
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FEB
12
Wet Wet Wet, Roachford
Lighthouse·Poole Town, Bournemouth
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FEB
18
Rick Wakeman
Lighthouse·Poole Town, Bournemouth
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APR
30
Martin Kemp - Back To The 80s DJ set
The Barrington Centre, Bournemouth
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AUG
21
Legends of Motown live at the Mowlem Theatre, Swanage
Mowlem Theatre·Winton East, Bournemouth
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- GenreMotown, Tribute Act
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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 — 2 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 43 upcoming gigs.
43 upcoming gigs listed for Bournemouth. 2 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 and verified within 48 hours before going live.
For recurring weekly slots, see the Bournemouth open mic directory. For the wider live-music scene, the Bournemouth live music hub. For artist booking advice, how to get gigs in Bournemouth. 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. Each listing carries a verification badge — verified means we've confirmed it independently; unverified means we sourced it from a publicly published event. 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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