SOUTHAMPTON · GRASS-ROOTS DIRECTORY
Live Gigs in Southampton
168 upcoming grass-roots gigs at indie venues, basement bars and community stages in Southampton. Browse, filter, submit your own.
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Grass-Roots Gigs in Southampton
Southampton 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 Southampton over the next four weeks. The directory below pulls every upcoming bill published on GigXchange for Southampton: dates, doors, ticket links and venue details, sorted by date.
Looking for related Southampton pages? Browse the Southampton live music hub, Southampton open mic nights for recurring weekly nights, the how to get gigs in Southampton guide, or find a band in Southampton. Or jump to nearby UK cities: London, Manchester and Glasgow.
What’s on in Southampton this week — or see what’s on across the UK.
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168 upcoming gigs in Southampton · sorted by date · page 1 of 7.
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SEPT
13
David Essex
Mayflower Theatre·Banister & Polygon, Southampton
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- GenreRock, Pop
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SEPT
13
Mike Dawes
The Brook·Swaythling, Southampton
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- GenreRock, Pop
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SEPT
17
Vexed, Divergent Promotions, Divergent Promotions - Southampton
Southampton Joiners·Bargate, Southampton
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- GenreRock, Pop, DJ / Electronic
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SEPT
17
Opa Rosa
Salisbury Arts Centre·Salisbury St Edmund's, Southampton
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- GenreAcoustic
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SEPT
17
Neon 90's & 00's Night
Suburbia Southampton, Southampton
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- GenreDJ / Electronic
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SEPT
17
Bare Jams
The Brook·Swaythling, Southampton
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SEPT
18
KRS-One
EngineRooms·Bargate, Southampton
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SEPT
18
The Jacques
Suburbia Southampton·Bevois, Southampton
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SEPT
18
The Jacques, The Sukis, Pistol Daisys
Suburbia·Bevois, Southampton
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- GenreRock, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
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SEPT
18
Oasis Tribute Live Music in Southampton
The Attic Southampton·Marchwood & Eling, Southampton
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SEPT
18
The Brook
The Brook·Swaythling, Southampton
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- GenreBlues
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SEPT
19
Jam Session
Salisbury Arts Centre·Salisbury St Edmund's, Southampton
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SEPT
19
HammerDown Presents: Perpetual Paradox x The Cartographer
Suburbia Southampton·Bevois, Southampton
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- GenreRap
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SEPT
22
Sports Team
The Brook·Swaythling, Southampton
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- GenreRock, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
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SEPT
23
Spread Eagle
The Brook·Swaythling, Southampton
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- AgeAll ages
- GenreRock, Hard Rock, Pop
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SEPT
25
Indie Fest Southampton
EngineRooms·Bargate, Southampton
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- GenreIndie Rock, Tribute Act
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SEPT
25
Foo Fighters GB + Unreal Blood 1865, Southampton
The 1865·Bargate, Southampton
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SEPT
25
Josh Phillips, John 'Rhino' Edwards
The Brook·Swaythling, Southampton
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SEPT
26
80s, 90s & 00s Silent Disco @ St Marys Andover
St Marys Church Andover, Southampton
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SEPT
27
Girly Pop Live | Southampton
EngineRooms·Bargate, Southampton
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SEPT
27
GirlyPop Live | EngineRooms, Southampton
EngineRooms·Bargate, Southampton
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SEPT
29
Baest
Southampton Joiners, Southampton
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- GenreMetal
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OCT
1
The Charlotte Carrivick Band
Salisbury Arts Centre·Salisbury St Edmund's, Southampton
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OCT
2
Independent Band Night @ The Loft
The Loft Southampton·Banister & Polygon, Southampton
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- GenreIndie Rock
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Southampton Gig Directory FAQs
Common questions about grass-roots gigs in Southampton, answered with live data.
The What’s On in Southampton page narrows this directory to the next four weeks — 13 of them are in the next 7 days — with the same date, entry and ticket filters, plus the Southampton venues and open mic nights alongside. This page stays the evergreen listing of all 168 upcoming gigs.
168 upcoming gigs listed for Southampton. 13 are this week. Sorted by date — earliest first.
None of the listed Southampton 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 Southampton open mic directory. For the wider live-music scene, the Southampton live music hub. For artist booking advice, how to get gigs in Southampton. Venue looking for a band? find a band in Southampton 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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