Sunderland · 8 upcoming · 2 venues
Live gigs in Sunderland
Every grass-roots gig in Sunderland - who's on, where, when and what it costs.
At a glance
Sunderland8
Upcoming
gigs
at 2 Sunderland venuesgigs
| This week | 0 gigs |
| Free entry | None listed |
| Venues | 2 |
| Gig Scene Score | 19 /100 |
01 — Find a gig
8 gigsPick your night
When
Entry
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Starts19:00 Michael McGovernThree Tanners Bank · North Shields · Sunderland 
Trevor HornIndependent - Sunderland · Millfield · Sunderland 19:00Fri 4 Dec 
Christmas Classics by Tim Burton. Mystery ensembleSunderland Minster · Sunderland 18:00Sat 5 Dec 
ToyahThe Fire Station · Millfield · Sunderland 19:30Sat 5 Dec 
Fontaines C.D.Independent Sunderland · Deptford & Hendon · Sunderland 19:30Fri 11 Dec 
Whitney Queen of the NightSunderland Empire · Deptford & Hendon · Sunderland 19:30Sat 3 Apr 
Louise Redknapp, LouiseThe Fire Station · Deptford & Hendon · Sunderland 19:30Thu 8 Apr 
Space Cowboy - The Ultimate Tribute To Jamiroquai in concertThe Fire Station, High Street West, Sunderland, SR1 3HA · Millfield · Sunderland£26 19:30Sat 22 May 02 — The scene
Gig Scene Score19
Out of
100
Open territory — quieter calendar right now, room for new acts and promoters to claim the scene.100
| Activity | 19 |
| Schedule fixed scale | 14 |
| Variety | 19 |
| Venues | 23 |
| Coverage | 17 |
| Affordability | 29 |
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Cambridge43Cardiff163Carlisle111Chelmsford8Cheltenham17Coventry105Crawley2D
Derby118Derry21Doncaster7Dublin2Dundee54Durham14E
Edinburgh388Egham8Epsom14Exeter55F
Farnborough11G
Glasgow889Gloucester7Grimsby5H
Hastings40Hereford9High Wycombe26Horley1Hull75I
Inverness32Ipswich49L
Leeds282Leicester63Lincoln30Liverpool475London1514Luton23M
Maidstone32Manchester806Margate10Middlesbrough40Milton Keynes40N
Newcastle296Newquay26Newry13Northampton74Norwich54Nottingham203O
Oxford42P
Peterborough29Plymouth17Portsmouth37Preston82R
Rawtenstall33Reading50S
Scarborough57Sheffield175Southampton181Stockton-on-Tees27Stoke-on-Trent51Sutton58Swansea23Swindon15T
Telford11Tunbridge Wells44W
Waterlooville13Watford51Welshpool2Weymouth6Woking27Wolverhampton108Wrexham49Y
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SUNDERLAND · GRASS-ROOTS DIRECTORY
Live Gigs in Sunderland
8 upcoming grass-roots gigs at indie venues, basement bars and community stages in Sunderland. Browse, filter, submit your own.
Sunderland Gig Scene Score
19 /100
Open territory — quieter calendar right now, room for new acts and promoters to claim the scene.
8Upcoming Gigs
0This Week
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04 — About this directory
2 venuesEvery bill, one list
Grass-Roots Gigs in Sunderland
Sunderland’s grass-roots circuit is a busy one — small-venue shows, basement bars, residencies and one-off promoter nights — and the Sunderland weekly gig guide sets out the next four weeks night by night. This directory gathers every upcoming bill published on GigXchange for Sunderland: dates, doors, ticket links and venue details, in date order.
Need related Sunderland pages? Try these: how to book live music in Sunderland, Sunderland open mic nights for recurring weekly nights, the how to get gigs in Sunderland guide, or find a band in Sunderland. Or jump to nearby UK cities: London, Glasgow and Manchester.
What’s on in Sunderland this week — or see what’s on across the UK.
Coming Up
8 upcoming gigs in Sunderland · sorted by date · page 1 of 1.
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NOV
19
Michael McGovern
Three Tanners Bank·North Shields, Sunderland
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- GenreIndie Rock, Folk
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DEC
4
Trevor Horn
Independent - Sunderland·Millfield, Sunderland
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- GenreRock, Pop
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DEC
5
Christmas Classics by Tim Burton. Mystery ensemble
Sunderland Minster, Sunderland
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- GenreWorld Music
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DEC
5
Toyah
The Fire Station·Millfield, Sunderland
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- GenreRock, Punk Rock
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DEC
11
Fontaines C.D.
Independent Sunderland·Deptford & Hendon, Sunderland
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- GenreTribute Act
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APR
3
Whitney Queen of the Night
Sunderland Empire·Deptford & Hendon, Sunderland
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- GenreRock, Pop
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Louise Redknapp, Louise
The Fire Station·Deptford & Hendon, Sunderland
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- GenrePop
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MAY
22
Space Cowboy - The Ultimate Tribute To Jamiroquai in concert
The Fire Station, High Street West, Sunderland, SR1 3HA·Millfield, Sunderland
- Entry£26.00
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- AgeAll ages
- GenreTribute Act
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05 — Small print 8 answers Common questions Sunderland Gig Directory FAQs
Common questions about grass-roots gigs in Sunderland, answered with live data.
The What’s On in Sunderland page narrows this directory to the next four weeks — with the same date, entry and ticket filters, plus the Sunderland venues and open mic nights alongside. This page stays the evergreen listing of all 8 upcoming gigs.
8 upcoming gigs listed for Sunderland. Sorted by date — earliest first.
None of the listed Sunderland 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 Sunderland open mic directory. For booking acts, see how to book live music in Sunderland. For artist booking advice, how to get gigs in Sunderland. Venue looking for a band? find a band in Sunderland 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 Sunderland is booking. The 8 gigs here lean pop, rock and tribute act, with 7 genres in the mix overall. The most are in Deptford & Hendon (3) and Millfield (3), out of 3 areas with a show on.
When and where. Saturday is the busiest night: 4 of the dates.
Booking or playing here? The Sunderland 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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