Preston · 82 upcoming · 11 venues
Live gigs in Preston
Every grass-roots gig in Preston - who's on, where, when and what it costs.
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Preston82
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at 11 Preston venuesgigs
| This week | 12 gigs |
| Free entry | None listed |
| Venues | 11 |
| Gig Scene Score | 87 /100 |
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82 gigsPick your night
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Starts19:00 Swell plus The RoomThe Ferret · City Centre · Preston 
The March Violets - Unnatural History Tour - with Department SThe Ferret · City Centre · Preston 19:00Wed 4 Nov 
The Rolling People + FlorentenesThe Ferret · City Centre · Preston 19:00Thu 5 Nov 
Los FastidiosThe Continental · City Centre · Preston 20:00Thu 5 Nov 
Sky Valley Mistress + dull. + MademakerThe Ferret · City Centre · Preston 19:00Fri 6 Nov 
Callis plus Secret Admirer and Lottie BrazierVinyl Tap Preston · Plungington · Preston 19:30Fri 6 Nov 
One Eighty Two: UKs #1 blink-182 TributeThe Continental · City Centre · PrestonTickets 20:00Fri 6 Nov 
Road to Nashville Indoor Rodeo ShowStage City Preston · City Centre · Preston 14:00Sat 7 Nov 
Aziz Ibrahim 'Lahore To Longsight' TourThe Ferret · City Centre · PrestonTickets 19:00Sat 7 Nov 
SpikeVinyl Tap Preston · Plungington · Preston 19:30Sat 7 Nov 02 — The scene
Gig Scene Score87
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Exceptional — anchored by variety and affordability, one of the UK's defining gig markets.100
| Activity | 82 |
| Schedule fixed scale | 86 |
| Variety | 97 |
| Venues | 79 |
| Coverage | 85 |
| Affordability | 97 |
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Aberdeen96Aberystwyth3Accrington15Aldershot5B
Basildon44Bath59Bedford20Belfast300Billericay3Birmingham577Blackburn15Blackpool75Boston8Bournemouth55Bradford127Brighton243Bristol270Broxbourne31C
Cambridge43Cardiff163Carlisle111Chelmsford8Cheltenham17Coventry105Crawley2D
Derby118Derry21Doncaster7Dublin2Dundee54Durham14E
Edinburgh388Egham8Epsom14Exeter55F
Farnborough11G
Glasgow889Gloucester7Grimsby5H
Hastings40Hereford9High Wycombe26Horley1Hull75I
Inverness32Ipswich49L
Leeds282Leicester63Lincoln30Liverpool475London1514Luton23M
Maidstone32Manchester806Margate10Middlesbrough40Milton Keynes40N
Newcastle296Newquay26Newry13Northampton74Norwich54Nottingham203O
Oxford42P
Peterborough29Plymouth17Portsmouth37R
Rawtenstall33Reading50S
Scarborough57Sheffield175Southampton181Stockton-on-Tees27Stoke-on-Trent51Sunderland8Sutton58Swansea23Swindon15T
Telford11Tunbridge Wells44W
Waterlooville13Watford51Welshpool2Weymouth6Woking27Wolverhampton108Wrexham49Y
York32
PRESTON · GRASS-ROOTS DIRECTORY
Live Gigs in Preston
5 gigs this weekend · 12 this week. 82 upcoming grass-roots gigs at indie venues, basement bars and community stages in Preston.
Preston Gig Scene Score
87 /100
Exceptional — anchored by variety and affordability, one of the UK's defining gig markets.
82Upcoming Gigs
12This Week
0%Free Entry
11Venues
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04 — About this directory
11 venuesEvery bill, one list
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 get the Preston weekly gig guide, the next four weeks night by night. This directory pulls every upcoming bill published on GigXchange for Preston: dates, doors, ticket links and venue details, sorted by date.
Looking for related Preston pages? See how to book live music in the UK, Preston open mic nights for recurring weekly nights, or find a band in Preston. Or head for nearby UK cities: London, Glasgow and Manchester.
What’s on in Preston this week — or see what’s on across the UK.
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82 upcoming gigs in Preston · sorted by date · page 2 of 4.
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NOV
22
Soul of the North - Northern Soul Day Party
The Continental·City Centre, Preston
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NOV
25
Scott Slattery - Longridge CMC
Longridge And District Conservative Club·Derby & Thornley, Preston
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NOV
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Beans on Toast
The Continental·City Centre, Preston
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NOV
27
The Fear, The Ferret
The Ferret·City Centre, Preston
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NOV
27
Wigan rocks with Dirty DC
The Edge Wigan·Douglas, Preston
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NOV
27
Tuesday Night Whites
53 Degrees·Plungington, Preston
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NOV
27
Eclipse: The Pink Floyd Experience
The Continental·City Centre, Preston
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NOV
27
UB40 tribute- U340
Lea Social Club·Lea & Larches, Preston
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NOV
29
Communiqué - Tribute to Dire Straits
The Continental·City Centre, Preston
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DEC
1
Paul Heaton: Matinee Album Launch Show
53 Degrees·Plungington, Preston
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DEC
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Paul Heaton: Album Launch Show
53 Degrees·Plungington, Preston
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DEC
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John Bramwell of I Am Kloot
The Continental·City Centre, Preston
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DEC
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Otis Jordan // Ike Goldman | Small Hours
Snapes Printworks·City Centre, Preston
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DEC
4
Holy Coves Album Release Tour - Autumn/Winter 2026
The Ferret·City Centre, Preston
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DEC
4
Preston x Shea Live: The Big Christmas Bingo Bash
The Plungington Hotel·Cadley, Preston
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DEC
4
Mothership: Led Zeppelin Tribute
The Continental·City Centre, Preston
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DEC
5
Jamie Webster
53 Degrees·City Centre, Preston
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DEC
5
The Kingshakes + Russ Bebop & the Roadrunnerz
The Continental·City Centre, Preston
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DEC
9
Blossoms: Matinee Album Launch Show
53 Degrees·Plungington, Preston
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DEC
9
Hey Colossus
The Continental·City Centre, Preston
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Blossoms: Album Launch Show
53 Degrees·Plungington, Preston
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DEC
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The Script: Matinee Album Launch Show
53 Degrees·Plungington, Preston
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DEC
11
T3knix Events T3xmas Party
St.marys Parish Centre Chorley Pr7 2by·Chorley North West, Preston
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DEC
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The Hornbeats
The Continental·City Centre, Preston
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05 — Small print 8 answers Common questions 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 — 12 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 82 upcoming gigs.
82 upcoming gigs listed for Preston. 12 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 before they go live.
For recurring weekly slots, see the Preston open mic directory. For booking acts, see how to book live music in the UK. 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. 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 Preston is staging. The 82 gigs listed lean tribute act, rock and pop, with 21 genres in the mix overall. Plungington (12) and Chorley North West (2) hold the most, out of 9 areas with a show on.
When and where. The Continental has the most dates on (32), ahead of The Ferret (16). The busiest night is Friday, with 30 of the dates.
Playing or booking here? The Preston 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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