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Live Gigs in Nottingham
158 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.
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SEPT
21
Roddy Radiation (The Specials) + The Skabilly's Live @ Billy's
Billy Bootleggers Nottingham·Castle, Nottingham
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SEPT
22
The Telescopes - Live @ Billy's 7Upstairs Birthday Celebrations
Billy Bootleggers Bar·Castle, Nottingham
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- GenreRock, Pop
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SEPT
22
The Telescopes - Live @ Billyu's 7Upstairs Birthday Celebrations
Billy Bootleggers Bar·Castle, Nottingham
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SEPT
23
Good Kid, Last Dinosaurs
The Palais, Nottingham
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- GenreRock, Alternative Rock, Pop
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SEPT
23
Sweets - Live @ Billy's 7Upstairs Birthday Celebrations
Billy Bootleggers Nottingham·Castle, Nottingham
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- GenreIndie Rock, Hip-Hop
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SEPT
23
A Musical Open Jam Night - Open To All
Billy Bootleggers Nottingham·Castle, Nottingham
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SEPT
24
Nigel Clark (Dodgy) & Chris Helme (The Seahorses) + Leah Wilcox
Billy Bootleggers Bar·Castle, Nottingham
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SEPT
25
Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey, Blancmange
Rock City, Nottingham
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- GenreRock, Alternative Rock
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SEPT
25
Hostile Takeover Ep.1
Lace Bar Nottingham·Castle, Nottingham
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25
Hostile Takeover Episode 1
Lace Bar Nottingham·Castle, Nottingham
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SEPT
25
ABBA Tribute Band Sensation
Ravenshead Village Hall·Newstead Abbey, Nottingham
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- GenreTribute Act
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SEPT
25
Grey Disco - Live @ Billy's (UPSTAIRS)
Billy Bootleggers Nottingham·Castle, Nottingham
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SEPT
25
Louis Louis Louis
Billy Bootleggers Nottingham·Castle, Nottingham
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SEPT
26
Day Fever
Rock City·Hyson Green & Arboretum, Nottingham
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- GenreDJ / Electronic
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26
Lil Roosters
Billy Bootleggers Nottingham·Castle, Nottingham
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26
Mangata Music presents Downswing (US)
Billy Bootleggers Nottingham·Castle, Nottingham
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- GenreMetal, Swing
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SEPT
26
The Phil Ashmore Band - Live @ Billy's
Billy Bootleggers Nottingham·Castle, Nottingham
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- GenreRock, Blues, Country
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SEPT
26
Nashville Nights Nottingham
Red Dog Saloon Nottingham·Castle, Nottingham
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- GenreCountry
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SEPT
27
Fell Out Boy & Black Charade | Binks Yard
Binks Yard·Castle, Nottingham
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27
The Restarts, Agrotoxico + Pound Of Flesh - Live @ Billy's
Billy Bootleggers Bar·Castle, Nottingham
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SEPT
27
The Surfrajettes
The Old Cold Store At Castle Rock Brewery·Meadows, Nottingham
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27
The Surfrajettes
The Old Cold Store, Nottingham
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SEPT
30
Swim Deep
The Bodega, Nottingham
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30
A Musical Open Jam Night - Open To All
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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 — 22 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 158 upcoming gigs.
158 upcoming gigs listed for Nottingham. 22 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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