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Live Gigs in Preston
94 upcoming grass-roots gigs at indie venues, basement bars and community stages in Preston. Browse, filter, submit your own.
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Grass-Roots Gigs in Preston
Preston 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 Preston over the next four weeks. The directory below pulls every upcoming bill published on GigXchange for Preston: dates, doors, ticket links and venue details, sorted by date.
Looking for related Preston pages? Browse the Preston live music hub, Preston open mic nights for recurring weekly nights, the how to get gigs in Preston guide, or find a band in Preston. Or jump to nearby UK cities: London, Manchester and Glasgow.
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SEPT
24
THUNDER HORSE + Support
Vinyl Tap Preston·Plungington, Preston
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SEPT
25
The Hiphopalippz
Chew's Yard·City Centre, Preston
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SEPT
25
Transmission - The Sound of Joy Division
The Continental·City Centre, Preston
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SEPT
26
GONG - Bright Spirit Tour
The Ferret·City Centre, Preston
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SEPT
26
GONG - Bright Spirit Tour - with special guests Karma Sheen
The Ferret·City Centre, Preston
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26
The Stumble
The Continental·City Centre, Preston
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- GenreBlues
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SEPT
27
Ricky's : In support of Cancer Research
Nelipots·Chorley North West, Preston
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SEPT
27
Songwriters in the Circle
The Continental·City Centre, Preston
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OCT
1
Spooky Woke Disco Crypt
ARTCH Studios·City Centre, Preston
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OCT
2
The Monochrome Set / 14 Iced Bears / DJ Dave Chambers
The Continental·City Centre, Preston
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- GenreIndie Rock, Punk Rock, Chamber Music
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OCT
3
Big Condo Records Presents Emilie Culshaw IGYC Tour Chorley
Nelipots·Chorley North West, Preston
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OCT
3
Spitalfield New Continental Preston
New Continental·City Centre, Preston
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OCT
4
Regeneration Big Band
The Continental·City Centre, Preston
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- GenreSwing
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OCT
9
The Orb
53 Degrees·Plungington, Preston
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- GenreHouse, Techno
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OCT
9
House of Ska NW
Lea Social Club·Lea & Larches, Preston
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- GenrePop, House, Ska
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OCT
9
Electro 90s - the ultimate 90s Clubland Show
The Continental·City Centre, Preston
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OCT
10
LOFT Returns @ Hopworks
Hopworks Brewery·Bamber Bridge East, Preston
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OCT
10
Polish Music Night with Kate S
The Continental·City Centre, Preston
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- GenrePop, Function / Covers
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OCT
10
PorkPie Live plus Pretty Green (The Jam) at 53 Degrees, Preston
53 Degrees·Plungington, Preston
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OCT
15
Annie-Claude Deschênes (Montreal)
The Ferret·City Centre, Preston
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OCT
15
Cold Flame perform the music of Jethro Tull
The Continental·City Centre, Preston
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OCT
16
Nic Cage Against The Machine
The Ferret·City Centre, Preston
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OCT
17
Acoustic Floyd
The Continental·City Centre, Preston
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OCT
18
GirlyPop Live - Zara Larsson Takeover| Stage City, Preston
Stage City Preston·City Centre, Preston
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Preston Gig Directory FAQs
Common questions about grass-roots gigs in Preston, answered with live data.
The What’s On in Preston page narrows this directory to the next four weeks — 8 of them are in the next 7 days — with the same date, entry and ticket filters, plus the Preston venues and open mic nights alongside. This page stays the evergreen listing of all 94 upcoming gigs.
94 upcoming gigs listed for Preston. 8 are this week. Sorted by date — earliest first.
None of the listed Preston 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 Preston open mic directory. For the wider live-music scene, the Preston live music hub. For artist booking advice, how to get gigs in Preston. Venue looking for a band? find a band in Preston 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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