Portsmouth · 37 upcoming · 8 venues
Live gigs in Portsmouth
Every grass-roots gig in Portsmouth - who's on, where, when and what it costs.
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Portsmouth37
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at 8 Portsmouth venuesgigs
| This week | 5 gigs |
| Free entry | None listed |
| Venues | 8 |
| Gig Scene Score | 58 /100 |
01 — Find a gig
37 gigsPick your night
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Starts19:00 PO4 Live Presents: The Feeling - Twelve Stops and Home Part 2The Gaiety Southsea · Eastney and Craneswater · Portsmouth 
G4 Christmas 2026Newport Minster, Newport · Newport Central · Portsmouth£19.50Tickets 19:30Thu 5 Nov 
G4 Christmas 2026Newport Minster, Newport · Newport Central · Portsmouth£19.50Tickets 19:30Fri 6 Nov 
Dub Pistols + Utah Saints + Cuban Brothers + MoreThe Gaiety Bar South Parade Pier · Eastney and Craneswater · Portsmouth 15:00Sat 7 Nov 
Mucky Alldayer On The PierThe Gaiety Bar South Parade Pier · Eastney and Craneswater · Portsmouth 15:00Sat 7 Nov 
The Big Indie FestThe Gaiety Southsea · Eastney and Craneswater · Portsmouth 19:00Fri 13 Nov 
Earthtone9KOLA · Eastney and Craneswater · Portsmouth 19:00Fri 13 Nov 
Young KnivesWedgewood Rooms · Central Southsea · Portsmouth 19:30Sat 14 Nov 
Chopsuey, Slip-NOT, A7XperienceStrings Bar & Venue · Portsmouth 19:00Wed 18 Nov 
The Yacht Rock ExperienceFareham Live · Portsmouth 19:30Wed 18 Nov 02 — The scene
Gig Scene Score58
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Solid — healthy schedule, building on venues. Good calendar for fans and scouts.100
| Activity | 65 |
| Schedule fixed scale | 86 |
| Variety | 29 |
| Venues | 68 |
| Coverage | 44 |
| Affordability | 29 |
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Cambridge43Cardiff163Carlisle111Chelmsford8Cheltenham17Coventry105Crawley2D
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Edinburgh388Egham8Epsom14Exeter55F
Farnborough11G
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Hastings40Hereford9High Wycombe26Horley1Hull75I
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Leeds282Leicester63Lincoln30Liverpool475London1514Luton23M
Maidstone32Manchester806Margate10Middlesbrough40Milton Keynes40N
Newcastle296Newquay26Newry13Northampton74Norwich54Nottingham203O
Oxford42P
Peterborough29Plymouth17Preston82R
Rawtenstall33Reading50S
Scarborough57Sheffield175Southampton181Stockton-on-Tees27Stoke-on-Trent51Sunderland8Sutton58Swansea23Swindon15T
Telford11Tunbridge Wells44W
Waterlooville13Watford51Welshpool2Weymouth6Woking27Wolverhampton108Wrexham49Y
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PORTSMOUTH · GRASS-ROOTS DIRECTORY
Live Gigs in Portsmouth
2 gigs this weekend · 5 this week. 37 upcoming grass-roots gigs at indie venues, basement bars and community stages in Portsmouth.
Portsmouth Gig Scene Score
58 /100
Solid — healthy schedule, building on venues. Good calendar for fans and scouts.
37Upcoming Gigs
5This Week
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04 — About this directory
8 venuesEvery bill, one list
Grass-Roots Gigs in Portsmouth
Portsmouth’s grass-roots circuit is a busy one — small-venue shows, basement bars, residencies and one-off promoter nights — and the Portsmouth weekly gig guide sets out the next four weeks night by night. This directory gathers every upcoming bill published on GigXchange for Portsmouth: dates, doors, ticket links and venue details, in date order.
Want other Portsmouth pages? Have a look at how to book live music in the UK, Portsmouth open mic nights for recurring weekly nights, or find a band in Portsmouth. Or try these nearby UK cities: London, Glasgow and Manchester.
What’s on in Portsmouth this week — or see what’s on across the UK.
Coming Up
37 upcoming gigs in Portsmouth · sorted by date · page 2 of 2.
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FEB
12
Remember Monday
Wedgewood Rooms·Central Southsea, Portsmouth
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John Bramwell
Wedgewood Rooms·Central Southsea, Portsmouth
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19
The Eminem Experience in Portsmouth
The Gaiety Southsea·Eastney and Craneswater, Portsmouth
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23
Bodega
Wedgewood Rooms·Central Southsea, Portsmouth
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FEB
26
UK Pleasure Boys Wet & Wild Tour
The Gaiety Southsea·Eastney and Craneswater, Portsmouth
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MAR
15
GANS
Wedgewood Rooms·Central Southsea, Portsmouth
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MAR
27
Ultimate Coldplay - Live
Staggeringly Good Brewery·Milton, Portsmouth
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The Nightingales
Wedgewood Rooms·Central Southsea, Portsmouth
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Paul Young Songs & Stories
The Gaiety Southsea·Eastney and Craneswater, Portsmouth
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23
Whitney Queen of the Night
Kings Theatre Portsmouth·St Jude, Portsmouth
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The Slow Readers Club
Wedgewood Rooms·Central Southsea, Portsmouth
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NOV
21
An Evening of Stories and Songs with Kenny Thomas
The Gaiety Southsea·Eastney and Craneswater, Portsmouth
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MAY
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Misha
Isle Of Wight, Folk and Blues Festival·Ventnor & St Lawrence, Portsmouth
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05 — Small print 8 answers Common questions Portsmouth Gig Directory FAQs
Common questions about grass-roots gigs in Portsmouth, answered with live data.
The What’s On in Portsmouth page narrows this directory to the next four weeks — 5 of them are in the next 7 days — with the same date, entry and ticket filters, plus the Portsmouth venues and open mic nights alongside. This page stays the evergreen listing of all 37 upcoming gigs.
37 upcoming gigs listed for Portsmouth. 5 are this week. Sorted by date — earliest first.
None of the listed Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth open mic directory. For booking acts, see how to book live music in the UK. Venue looking for a band? find a band in Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth is hosting. The 37 gigs here lean rock, pop and alternative rock, with 11 genres in the mix overall. The most are in Eastney and Craneswater (13) and Central Southsea (10), out of 7 areas with a show on.
When and where. Wedgewood Rooms has the most dates on (10), ahead of The Gaiety Southsea (7). Friday is the busiest night, with 11 of the dates.
Playing or booking here? The Portsmouth 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.
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