What's On in Durham
Live music in Durham over the next four weeks — 14 Aug – 11 Sept. 4 gigs listed in Durham over the next 28 days across 4 venues. Friday is the busiest night with 2. In total we track 11 grassroots venues and 5 regular open mics here.
Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Durham gigs in your inbox — and go to one.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Durham
—A UK venue stops hosting live music every 5 days — and turning up is what keeps a room open. Get a free weekly email of gigs in Durham. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Last updated: 14 August 2026
Support grassroots music in Durham
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Durham still has 11 of them.
Two pubs a day closed across the UK in the first quarter of 2026, and over the year to July 2025 78 grassroots music venues stopped putting on live music — 30 of them shut for good. Those are the rooms where new acts learn to hold an audience, where a first support slot happens, and where a Tuesday night can still turn into something.
This page exists to make them easy to find. It lists 4 gigs across Durham over the next four weeks, pulled from the venues themselves and updated daily — alongside the 11 grassroots venues and 5 regular open mic nights we track in the city. No algorithm decides what you see: it is simply everything we know is on.
The single most useful thing anyone can do is turn up. Buy a ticket, buy a drink at the bar, and go to a night you have not been to before. If you would rather be told than remember, the sign-up above sends Durham listings straight to your inbox. If you run a venue here, claim your page so people can find you.
Gigs in Durham
Every grassroots gig we hold for Durham in the next four weeks — 14 Aug – 11 Sept. Updated daily.
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- GenreAcoustic, Function / Covers
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- GenreComedy / Spoken Word
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Venues in Durham
Where live music actually happens in Durham.
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- Mon14:00–23:00
- Tue14:00–23:00
- Wed14:00–23:00
- Thu14:00–23:00
- Fri12:00–00:00
- Sat12:00–00:00
- Sun12:00–23:00
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- MonClosed
- TueClosed
- WedClosed
- ThuClosed
- Fri21:00–02:00
- Sat21:00–02:00
- SunClosed
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- Drum kit
- Guitar amp
- Bass amp
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- In-house engineer
- Mon10:00–17:00
- Tue10:00–17:00
- Wed10:00–17:00
- Thu10:00–17:00
- Fri10:00–17:00
- Sat11:00–23:00
- Sun11:00–23:00
- PA system
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- Guitar amp
- Bass amp
- Keys / keyboard
- Vocal mics
- In-house engineer
- Mon10:00–17:00
- Tue10:00–20:30
- Wed10:00–20:30
- Thu10:00–20:30
- Fri10:00–20:30
- Sat10:00–20:30
- Sun14:00–20:30
- PA system
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- Guitar amp
- Bass amp
- Keys / keyboard
- Vocal mics
- In-house engineer
- Mon18:00–22:00
- Tue18:00–22:00
- Wed18:00–22:00
- Thu18:00–22:00
- Fri18:00–23:00
- Sat18:00–23:00
- Sun12:00–15:00
- PA system
- Drum kit
- Guitar amp
- Bass amp
- Keys / keyboard
- 2 vocal mics
- In-house engineer
- Mon14:00–00:00
- Tue14:00–00:00
- Wed14:00–00:00
- Thu14:00–00:00
- Fri12:00–00:00
- Sat12:00–01:00
- Sun12:00–00:00
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- Guitar amp
- Bass amp
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- Vocal mics
- In-house engineer
- MonClosed
- TueClosed
- Wed15:00–23:00
- Thu15:00–23:00
- Fri12:00–23:00
- Sat12:00–23:00
- Sun12:00–23:00
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- Guitar amp
- Bass amp
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- Vocal mics
- In-house engineer
- MonClosed
- Tue16:00–22:30
- Wed16:00–22:30
- Thu16:00–22:30
- Fri14:00–22:30
- Sat12:00–22:30
- Sun16:00–22:30
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- Bass amp
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- Vocal mics
- In-house engineer
- MonClosed
- Tue09:00–16:00
- Wed09:00–16:00
- Thu09:00–23:00
- Fri09:00–23:00
- Sat09:00–23:00
- SunClosed
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- Guitar amp
- Bass amp
- Keys / keyboard
- Vocal mics
- In-house engineer
- Mon09:00–17:00
- Tue09:00–17:00
- Wed09:00–17:00
- Thu09:00–17:00
- Fri09:00–17:00
- Sat09:00–15:00
- SunClosed
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- Bass amp
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- Vocal mics
- In-house engineer
- Mon11:30–23:00
- Tue11:30–23:00
- Wed11:30–23:00
- Thu11:30–23:00
- Fri11:30–00:00
- Sat11:30–00:00
- Sun11:30–23:00
Open mics in Durham
Turn up, put your name down, play. Most are free.
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- Open tomusic
- Sign-up19:30
- Slots12 min
- EntryFree
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- Open tomusic
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- EntryFree
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- Open topoetry, spoken_word
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What's on in Durham — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Durham, answered with this week's live data.
Go to one this month
4 gigs listed in Durham over the next four weeks, across 11 grassroots venues and 5 open mic nights. Buy a ticket, buy a drink at the bar, and go to a night you have not been to before — it is the single most useful thing anyone can do for a room like these.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Durham
—A UK venue stops hosting live music every 5 days — and turning up is what keeps a room open. Get a free weekly email of gigs in Durham. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.