SOUTHAMPTON · GRASS-ROOTS DIRECTORY
Live Gigs in Southampton
191 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.
Coming Up
191 upcoming gigs in Southampton · sorted by date · page 1 of 8.
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OCT
9
The Wanted 2.0
EngineRooms·Bargate, Southampton
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- GenrePop
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OCT
9
The Steward Sons of Val Doonican Live Music in Southampton
The Attic Southampton·Marchwood & Eling, Southampton
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OCT
9
False Futures: Live Rock Fundraiser
Salisbury Arts Centre·Salisbury St Edmund's, Southampton
- Entry£9.00
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- GenreRock, Pop
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OCT
9
Toby Lee
The Brook·Swaythling, Southampton
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- GenreRock, Pop, Blues
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OCT
10
Justin Hayward
Salisbury City Hall·Salisbury St Edmund's, Southampton
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- GenreRock, Pop
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OCT
10
The Gerry Cinna-Man Experience, Catfishing The Bottlemen - UK Tribute
The Brook·Swaythling, Southampton
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- GenreIndie Rock, Alternative Rock, Pop
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OCT
10
Mick Jogger & The Stones Experience
Salisbury Arts Centre·Salisbury St Edmund's, Southampton
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- GenreTribute Act
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OCT
10
The Brook
The Brook·Swaythling, Southampton
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OCT
10
China Crisis
Papillon·Banister & Polygon, Southampton
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OCT
11
Kamil Bednarek
EngineRooms·Bargate, Southampton
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OCT
13
Saint Clair
Southampton Heartbreakers·Bargate, Southampton
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OCT
13
In The Air Tonight
Salisbury Playhouse·Salisbury St Edmund's, Southampton
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OCT
14
Eleine
The Brook·Swaythling, Southampton
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OCT
14
The Brook
The Brook·Swaythling, Southampton
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OCT
15
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
Salisbury Arts Centre·Salisbury St Edmund's, Southampton
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OCT
15
Hayseed Dixie, Sweet Electric
The Brook·Swaythling, Southampton
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- GenreRock, Country
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OCT
15
Tenors UnLimited
Salisbury Playhouse·Salisbury St Edmund's, Southampton
- Entry£25.00
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- GenrePop
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OCT
15
Hayseed Dixie
The Brook·Swaythling, Southampton
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- GenreCountry
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OCT
16
Gentleman's Dub Club 20th Anniversary Tour | Southampton
EngineRooms·Bargate, Southampton
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OCT
16
Downpour, Parting With Origin, HollowKin
Heartbreakers·Bargate, Southampton
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- GenreRock, Punk Rock, Metal
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OCT
16
Laurence Knight: The Bowies Experience
Salisbury Arts Centre·Salisbury St Edmund's, Southampton
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- GenreTribute Act
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OCT
16
Walter Trout, Leoni Jane Kennedy
The Brook·Swaythling, Southampton
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- GenrePop, Blues, Singer-Songwriter
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OCT
16
The Brook
The Brook·Swaythling, Southampton
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OCT
17
ALL FLOYD - The Best of Pink Floyd 2026 Tour | Southampton
EngineRooms·Bargate, Southampton
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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 — 23 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 191 upcoming gigs.
191 upcoming gigs listed for Southampton. 23 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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