NOTTINGHAM · GRASS-ROOTS DIRECTORY
Live Gigs in Nottingham
150 upcoming grass-roots gigs at indie venues, basement bars and community stages in Nottingham. Browse, filter, submit your own.
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Grass-Roots Gigs in Nottingham
Nottingham 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 Nottingham over the next four weeks. The directory below pulls every upcoming bill published on GigXchange for Nottingham: dates, doors, ticket links and venue details, sorted by date.
Looking for related Nottingham pages? Browse the Nottingham live music hub, Nottingham open mic nights for recurring weekly nights, the how to get gigs in Nottingham guide, or find a band in Nottingham. Or jump to nearby UK cities: London, Manchester and Glasgow.
What’s on in Nottingham this week — or see what’s on across the UK.
Coming Up
150 upcoming gigs in Nottingham · sorted by date · page 1 of 7.
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OCT
9
Oracular - Live @ Billy's
Billy Bootleggers Nottingham·Castle, Nottingham
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OCT
9
Red Rum Club
Rock City, Nottingham
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- GenreRock, Pop
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OCT
9
The Rezillos
Metronome, Nottingham
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- GenreRock, Alternative Rock
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OCT
9
Antony Szmierek
Nottingham, The Level·Hyson Green & Arboretum, Nottingham
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- GenreAlternative Rock, Hip-Hop, Rap
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OCT
9
ABBA Tribute Band Sensation
Nottingham Arts Theatre.·Castle, Nottingham
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- GenreTribute Act
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OCT
10
Madra Salach
Nottingham Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
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- GenreIndie Rock, Folk
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OCT
10
Green - A tribute to Peter Greens Fleetwoodmac
Billy Bootleggers Nottingham·Castle, Nottingham
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- GenreBlues, Tribute Act
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OCT
10
Sarah James
George Street Working Mens Club·Hucknall North, Nottingham
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- GenreDJ / Electronic
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OCT
10
Twisted - A Celebration of UK Rap | The Nest, Nottingham
Nottingham's The Nest (Notts County FC)·Meadows, Nottingham
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OCT
10
The Most Ugly Child
Billy Bootleggers Nottingham·Castle, Nottingham
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OCT
11
The Lemonheads
Rock City, Nottingham
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- GenreRock, Alternative Rock, Pop
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OCT
11
Girl In The Year Above, RAGEFLOWER
The Bodega·Castle, Nottingham
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OCT
11
The Lemonheads, Willy Mason
Rock City·Hyson Green & Arboretum, Nottingham
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OCT
12
House of Cards
Rock City, Nottingham
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- GenreRock, Alternative Rock
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OCT
13
Cabaret Voltaire, Gazelle Twin
The Palais, Nottingham
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- GenreRock, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
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OCT
13
The Long Ryders
Metronome·Castle, Nottingham
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- GenreCountry
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OCT
13
Night Flight
The Bodega, Nottingham
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- GenreIndie Rock, Alternative Rock, Folk
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OCT
14
Kavus Torabi - Live @ Billy's
Billy Bootleggers Nottingham·Castle, Nottingham
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OCT
15
Co-Defendants
The Palais, Nottingham
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- GenreHip-Hop, Rap
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OCT
15
Codefendants
The Palais·Castle, Nottingham
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- GenreRock, Alternative Rock
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OCT
15
The Empty Page - Live @ Billy's
Billy Bootleggers Nottingham·Castle, Nottingham
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OCT
16
Courtney Barnett
Rock City, Nottingham
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OCT
16
The Men They Couldn't Hang
Nottingham Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
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OCT
16
Courtney Barnett, Body Type
Rock City·Hyson Green & Arboretum, Nottingham
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Nottingham Gig Directory FAQs
Common questions about grass-roots gigs in Nottingham, answered with live data.
The What’s On in Nottingham page narrows this directory to the next four weeks — 27 of them are in the next 7 days — with the same date, entry and ticket filters, plus the Nottingham venues and open mic nights alongside. This page stays the evergreen listing of all 150 upcoming gigs.
150 upcoming gigs listed for Nottingham. 27 are this week. Sorted by date — earliest first.
None of the listed Nottingham 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 Nottingham open mic directory. For the wider live-music scene, the Nottingham live music hub. For artist booking advice, how to get gigs in Nottingham. Venue looking for a band? find a band in Nottingham 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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