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What's On in Exeter

13 Nov – 11 Dec

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Updated 13 November 2026

At a glance
15
Gigs in
4 weeks
in Exeter, 13 Nov – 11 Dec
In detail
Venues with something on4
Venues tracked48
Open mics24
Busiest nightSaturday · 6 gigs

15 gigs listed in Exeter over the next 28 days across 4 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 6. In total we track 48 grassroots venues and 24 regular open mics here.

01 — This weekend
4 gigs
This weekend in Exeter

4 gigs are on in Exeter between Friday and Sunday. Look out for Greenish Day at The Foundry Torquay (Friday), Exeter: A Nashville Country Music Experience at Bomba (Saturday) and The Amy Winehouse Band at Princess Theatre - Torquay (Sunday). Tap a card for times and tickets. Anything from Monday on is in the four-week list further down.

02 — Compared
#4 of 7
How Exeter compares

Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 49 gigs listed in and around Exeter - fourth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Bristol area (247). Each row counts the gigs, venues and open mics our directories hold in and around that place, refreshed nightly; tap a town for its live music scene.

#PlaceGigs
01Bristol area 86 venues · 35 open mics247
02Cardiff area 63 venues · 34 open mics159
03Bath area 36 venues · 13 open mics56
04Exeter area This page 48 venues · 24 open mics49
05Swansea area 34 venues · 22 open mics23
06Plymouth area 34 venues · 14 open mics16
07Weymouth area 18 venues · 12 open mics6
03 — Gigs
15 gigs
Gigs in Exeter

From 13 Nov to 11 Dec, Exeter has 15 gigs listed at 4 venues - Saturday is the busiest night. This is the full four-week run, not just the weekend: every gig we hold, in date order.

Search every Exeter gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks
04 — This week
4 rooms
Where it's on this week

The venues doing the most in Exeter over the next seven nights, ranked by gigs listed. Use it to spot the rooms worth a walk-in when you have not planned ahead.

#VenueGigs
01Princess Theatre - Torquay 3
02Bomba 1
03Exeter Phoenix 1
04The Foundry Torquay 1
05 — Venues
48 rooms
Venues in Exeter

All 48 grassroots rooms we track around Exeter, busy or quiet this month, with how many each holds, the kit it has and when it opens. A room's own page shows its upcoming nights.

All 48 Exeter venuesCapacity, backline and opening times
06 — Open mics
24 nights
Open mics in Exeter

Open mics are regular nights rather than one-off gigs: the same venue, the same night, week in, week out - 24 nights in Exeter. Each card shows the night, the sign-up time and the fee; most are free to watch and to play.

All 24 Exeter open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night
07 — Support grassroots
Support grassroots music in Exeter

Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Exeter still has 48 of them.

Exeter is a walkable circuit: The Cavern and the Old Fire House for bands, Gandy Street for the arts centre and late bars, and riverside taprooms down at the Quay and Topsham.

In the year to July 2025, 78 UK grassroots venues stopped putting on live music and 30 closed outright, while pubs shut at about two a day in early 2026. Each one was somewhere a band played its first paid gig or a songwriter tried a new song on a room of strangers.

This page exists to make them easy to find. It lists 15 gigs across Exeter over the next four weeks, pulled from the venues themselves and updated daily - alongside the 48 grassroots venues and 24 regular open mic nights we track in the city. No algorithm decides what you see: it is simply everything we know is on. Most of it happens at Exeter Phoenix, The Foundry Torquay and Bomba, and the sound leans pop and rock.

The best support is a full room. Turn up to something new, stay for the support act, and buy from the bar. For a weekly round-up of Exeter gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it. Start small: Ship Inn hosts an open mic each Wednesday.

Go to one this month

Exeter has 15 gigs in the next four weeks and 24 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms. Saturday is the night with most on.

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08 — Questions10 answersWhat's on in Exeter
4 gigs in Exeter this weekend (Fri 13 Nov – Sun 15 Nov) - including Greenish Day at The Foundry Torquay (Friday), Republica at Exeter Phoenix (Friday), Exeter: A Nashville Country Music Experience at Bomba (Saturday). The full Friday-to-Sunday list is in This Weekend above, and every gig over the next 28 days is below it.
Counting every upcoming date, there are 49 gigs listed in and around Exeter - fourth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Bristol area (247).
We currently list 15 gigs in Exeter between 13 Nov and 11 Dec, across 4 venues. The listings above are the full set, sorted by date and refreshed daily from the venues themselves — no algorithm decides what you see. For everything beyond this window, browse every upcoming gig in Exeter in the gig directory or every city we cover.
None of the Exeter gigs currently listed are marked free entry, though many venues do not publish a price at all. Exeter open mic nights are your reliable free option — most charge nothing to watch or to play.
Saturday, with 6 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Saturday: 6 gigs · Sunday: 4 gigs · Friday: 3 gigs. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.
Right now: Exeter Phoenix, The Foundry Torquay, Bomba. In total we track 48 grassroots venues in Exeter, of which 4 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the Exeter venue directory.
Exeter has 24 regular open mic nights that we verify on a rolling cycle. Each listing carries the sign-up time, slot length, entry fee and whether a PA and backline are provided — see the Exeter open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.
Where a Exeter venue publishes a price, the average ticket is £20.00. Grassroots entry is typically a few pounds on the door, and many nights are free. On the other side of the transaction, the Musicians' Union publishes national gig rates as the recognised floor for live engagements, and the ISM publishes guidance for self-employed musicians. Our own UK gig rate benchmarks show what artists are actually being paid by region and act type.
Grassroots rooms are where every act you have paid to see learned to hold an audience. 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 for good. Exeter still has 48 on our list. Music Venue Trust campaigns for them nationally; venues themselves hold TheMusicLicence from PPL PRS and navigate local authority licensing to keep putting music on. The single most useful thing anyone can do is turn up and buy a drink at the bar.
Listing is free and takes about two minutes — submit through the Exeter gig directory and it is reviewed before it goes live. No account is needed and there is no listing fee. If you run a venue here, claim your venue page to keep its capacity, backline and contact details current. Promoters and venues booking acts can also post paid work or find artists directly.
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What's On in Exeter

Live music in Exeter over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 15 gigs listed in Exeter over the next 28 days across 4 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 6. In total we track 48 grassroots venues and 24 regular open mics here.

Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Exeter gigs in your inbox — and go to one.

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Updated daily · 15 gigs in Exeter over the next four weeks

Last updated: 13 November 2026

How Exeter Compares

Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 49 gigs listed in and around Exeter - fourth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Bristol area (247). Each row counts the gigs, venues and open mics our directories hold in and around that place, refreshed nightly; tap a town for its live music scene.

  1. #1 Bristol area 86 venues · 35 open mics 247
  2. #2 Cardiff area 63 venues · 34 open mics 159
  3. #3 Bath area 36 venues · 13 open mics 56
  4. #4 Exeter area This page 48 venues · 24 open mics 49
  5. #5 Swansea area 34 venues · 22 open mics 23
  6. #6 Plymouth area 34 venues · 14 open mics 16
  7. #7 Weymouth area 18 venues · 12 open mics 6

Gigs in Exeter

From 13 Nov to 11 Dec, Exeter has 15 gigs listed at 4 venues - Saturday is the busiest night. This is the full four-week run, not just the weekend: every gig we hold, in date order.

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NOV
13
Greenish Day
The Foundry Torquay·Tormohun, Exeter
Friday, 13 November 2026 · 19:00–23:00
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NOV
13
Republica
Exeter Phoenix·St David's, Exeter
Friday, 13 November 2026 · 19:30
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  • GenreDJ / Electronic
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NOV
14
Exeter: A Nashville Country Music Experience
Bomba·St David's, Exeter
Saturday, 14 November 2026 · 19:00–22:00
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  • GenreCountry
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NOV
15
The Amy Winehouse Band
Princess Theatre - Torquay·Tormohun, Exeter
Sunday, 15 November 2026 · 19:30
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  • GenrePop
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NOV
16
The Stylistics
Princess Theatre - Torquay·Tormohun, Exeter
Monday, 16 November 2026 · 19:00
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  • GenreSoul, R&B
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NOV
19
Michael Starring Ben
Princess Theatre - Torquay·Tormohun, Exeter
Thursday, 19 November 2026 · 19:30
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NOV
20
The Jam UK
The Foundry Torquay·Tormohun, Exeter
Friday, 20 November 2026 · 19:00–23:00
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NOV
21
Baskery
Exeter Phoenix·St David's, Exeter
Saturday, 21 November 2026 · 19:30
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  • GenreRock, Alternative Rock
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NOV
22
Blair Dunlop
Exeter Phoenix·St David's, Exeter
Sunday, 22 November 2026 · 19:30
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  • GenreFolk
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NOV
28
Rejuvenate
Green Gables Inn Exeter·St Thomas, Exeter
Saturday, 28 November 2026 · 15:00–23:00
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NOV
28
Elvana
Exeter Phoenix·St David's, Exeter
Saturday, 28 November 2026 · 19:00
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NOV
28
Sounds of the 70s with The Zoots
Palace Theatre, Paignton, Torbay, Devon·Roundham with Hyde, Exeter
Saturday, 28 November 2026 · 19:30–22:30
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NOV
29
Colosseum
Exeter Phoenix·St David's, Exeter
Sunday, 29 November 2026 · 19:30
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  • GenreRock, Pop
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NOV
29
Mr.b the Gentleman Rhymer
Exeter Phoenix·St David's, Exeter
Sunday, 29 November 2026 · 19:30
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  • GenreHip-Hop, Rap
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DEC
5
AnyMinuteNo/Twisted In A Layby/Yesterghosts
The Tavern·Barnstaple Central, Exeter
Saturday, 5 December 2026 · 21:00–00:00
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  • GenrePunk Rock
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Where It's On This Week

The venues doing the most in Exeter over the next seven nights, ranked by gigs listed. Use it to spot the rooms worth a walk-in when you have not planned ahead.

  1. #1 Princess Theatre - Torquay 3
  2. #2 Bomba 1
  3. #3 Exeter Phoenix 1
  4. #4 The Foundry Torquay 1

All 48 Exeter venues →   All 24 open mics →

Venues in Exeter

All 48 grassroots rooms we track around Exeter, busy or quiet this month, with how many each holds, the kit it has and when it opens. A room's own page shows its upcoming nights.

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12 Bar Music & Social
Exeter★★★★★ (—)
Independent record shop, coffee bar and live music venue on Paris Street
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  • Mon08:30–17:30
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  • Thu08:30–22:00
  • Fri08:30–23:00
  • Sat08:30–23:00
  • Sun10:30–16:30
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Artigiano
Exeter★★★★★ (—)
High Street cafe by day, wine bar by night, with live jazz on Mondays
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  • Mon08:00–23:00
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  • Fri08:00–01:00
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  • Sun09:00–18:00
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Bomba Exeter
Exeter › St David's★★★★★ (—)
Exeter's Quay music club with a Funktion-One sound system.
Private hire
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Coolings Gandy Street
Exeter★★★★★ (—)
Cocktail bar and restaurant on Gandy Street.
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  • MonClosed
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  • Fri12:00–03:00
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500
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Exeter Corn Exchange
Exeter › Exeter City Centre★★★★★ (—)
Council-run 500-capacity city-centre hall for touring bands, tributes and comedy
Private hire up to 500 standing
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  • Mon10:00–16:00
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450
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Exeter Phoenix
Exeter★★★★★ (—)
Independent arts centre on Gandy Street.
Private hire up to 450 standing
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  • Mon10:00–19:30
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Henry's Bar
Exeter★★★★★ (—)
Exeter bar supporting live music.
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  • Mon16:00–23:00
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  • Sun12:00–23:00
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Lloyd's Lounge
Exeter › City Centre★★★★★ (—)
City-centre cafe lounge bar with live music every Friday night
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  • Mon09:00–16:00
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  • Sun10:00–15:00
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Ludo Exeter
Exeter★★★★★ (—)
Queen Street sports bar with free live music from local artists every Friday
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  • MonClosed
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c. 80
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New Fountain Inn
Exeter › Whimple★★★★★ (—)
Local pub with a warm welcome and live music.
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  • Mon11:00–23:00
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c. 90
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Old Fire House
Exeter★★★★★ (—)
Exeter's live music institution — packed gigs in a former Victorian fire station.
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  • Mon12:00–02:00
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c. 80
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Ship Inn
Exeter★★★★★ (—)
Historic Exeter pub by the Cathedral with open mic and live entertainment Wed/Fri/Sat.
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St James Park
Exeter★★★★★ (—)
A grassroots music venue in Exeter.
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The Bootlegger
Exeter★★★★★ (—)
Roaring '20s speakeasy bar on Fore Street with live music every Friday
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  • MonClosed
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  • Sat13:00–02:00
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The Botanist
Exeter › Guildhall Shopping Centre★★★★★ (—)
Two-floor bar and restaurant with live bands, duos and solo acts every Friday and Saturday
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The Bowling Green
Exeter★★★★★ (—)
Cosy 18th-century local near St James Park, once known as The Ropemakers
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  • MonClosed
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The Cavern
Exeter › City Centre★★★★★ (—)
Exeter's Monday-night free open mic at 83 Queen Street, EX4 3RP — basement music venue, full backline, in-house engineer, 12-minute slots.
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800
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The Lemon Grove
Exeter › Streatham Campus★★★★★ (—)
University of Exeter's 800-capacity live room on the Streatham Campus
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The Mermaid
Exeter★★★★★ (—)
Glamorous Gandy Street bar with a Wednesday open mic and a monthly basement jazz session.
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  • MonClosed
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  • Wed17:00–00:00
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  • Fri16:00–02:30
  • Sat16:00–02:30
  • SunClosed
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The Stand Off
Exeter★★★★★ (—)
Small, intimate sports bar and live music venue in the heart of Exeter
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  • Mon17:00–23:00
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  • Fri12:00–00:00
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  • Sun12:00–22:30
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Topsham Brewery & Taproom
Exeter › Maclaines Warehouse Haven Rd★★★★★ (—)
Exeter brewery taproom with live events.
Private hire
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  • Mon12:00–23:00
  • Tue12:00–23:00
  • Wed12:00–23:00
  • Thu12:00–23:00
  • Fri12:00–00:00
  • Sat12:00–00:00
  • Sun12:00–23:00
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c. 300
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61 Bar
Taunton★★★★★ (—)
High Street bar with comedy and live music.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
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c. 100
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Acoustic Music Club (The Memorial Hall)
Taunton★★★★★ (—)
Taunton's independent arts centre and acoustic music club
  • PA system
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon—
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Apple & Parrot
Torquay★★★★★ (—)
The home of live music in Torbay since 2010.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon12:00–02:30
  • Tue12:00–02:30
  • Wed12:00–02:30
  • Thu12:00–02:30
  • Fri12:00–03:00
  • Sat11:00–03:00
  • Sun11:00–02:30
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Open mics in Exeter

Open mics are regular nights rather than one-off gigs: the same venue, the same night, week in, week out - 24 nights in Exeter. Each card shows the night, the sign-up time and the fee; most are free to watch and to play.

1ST
Sun
New Fountain Inn
Whimple, Exeter
Next Sun 6 DecStarts 19:00
  • Sign-up—
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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Exeter's music institution
EVERY
Mon
The Cavern
City Centre, Exeter
Next Mon 16 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • BacklineFull
  • Open toMusicians
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EVERY
Wed
The Mermaid
Exeter
Next Wed 18 NovStarts 19:30
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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3RD
Wed
Exeter Phoenix
Bradninch, Place, Exeter
Next Wed 18 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots5 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians, Comedians, Poets
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EVERY
Wed
Ship Inn
Exeter
Next Wed 18 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots10 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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EVERY
Wed
Old Fire House
Exeter
Next Wed 18 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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MONTH
Wed
Topsham Brewery & Taproom
Maclaines Warehouse Haven Rd, Exeter
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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EVERY
Thu
Coolings Gandy Street
Exeter
Next Thu 19 NovStarts 19:30
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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1ST
Fri
Henry's Bar
Exeter
Next Fri 4 DecStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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EVERY
Sun
The Ale House
Taunton
Next Sun 15 NovStarts 19:00
  • Sign-up—
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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EVERY
Sun
The Plough Inn
Taunton
Next Sun 15 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up—
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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3RD
Mon
The Crown & Sceptre
St Marychurch, Torquay
Next Mon 16 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up—
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PA—
  • Backline—
  • Open toPoets, Spoken word artists
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Support grassroots music in Exeter

Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Exeter still has 48 of them.

Exeter is a walkable circuit: The Cavern and the Old Fire House for bands, Gandy Street for the arts centre and late bars, and riverside taprooms down at the Quay and Topsham.

In the year to July 2025, 78 UK grassroots venues stopped putting on live music and 30 closed outright, while pubs shut at about two a day in early 2026. Each one was somewhere a band played its first paid gig or a songwriter tried a new song on a room of strangers.

This page exists to make them easy to find. It lists 15 gigs across Exeter over the next four weeks, pulled from the venues themselves and updated daily - alongside the 48 grassroots venues and 24 regular open mic nights we track in the city. No algorithm decides what you see: it is simply everything we know is on. Most of it happens at Exeter Phoenix, The Foundry Torquay and Bomba, and the sound leans pop and rock.

The best support is a full room. Turn up to something new, stay for the support act, and buy from the bar. For a weekly round-up of Exeter gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it. Start small: Ship Inn hosts an open mic each Wednesday.

Go to one this month

Exeter has 15 gigs in the next four weeks and 24 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms. Saturday is the night with most on.

Help keep grassroots venues open in Exeter

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What's on in Exeter — FAQs

Common questions about live music in Exeter, answered with this week's live data.

4 gigs in Exeter this weekend (Fri 13 Nov – Sun 15 Nov) - including Greenish Day at The Foundry Torquay (Friday), Republica at Exeter Phoenix (Friday), Exeter: A Nashville Country Music Experience at Bomba (Saturday). The full Friday-to-Sunday list is in This Weekend above, and every gig over the next 28 days is below it.
Counting every upcoming date, there are 49 gigs listed in and around Exeter - fourth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Bristol area (247).
We currently list 15 gigs in Exeter between 13 Nov and 11 Dec, across 4 venues. The listings above are the full set, sorted by date and refreshed daily from the venues themselves — no algorithm decides what you see. For everything beyond this window, browse every upcoming gig in Exeter in the gig directory or every city we cover.
None of the Exeter gigs currently listed are marked free entry, though many venues do not publish a price at all. Exeter open mic nights are your reliable free option — most charge nothing to watch or to play.
Saturday, with 6 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Saturday: 6 gigs · Sunday: 4 gigs · Friday: 3 gigs. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.
Right now: Exeter Phoenix, The Foundry Torquay, Bomba. In total we track 48 grassroots venues in Exeter, of which 4 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the Exeter venue directory.
Exeter has 24 regular open mic nights that we verify on a rolling cycle. Each listing carries the sign-up time, slot length, entry fee and whether a PA and backline are provided — see the Exeter open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.
Where a Exeter venue publishes a price, the average ticket is £20.00. Grassroots entry is typically a few pounds on the door, and many nights are free. On the other side of the transaction, the Musicians' Union publishes national gig rates as the recognised floor for live engagements, and the ISM publishes guidance for self-employed musicians. Our own UK gig rate benchmarks show what artists are actually being paid by region and act type.
Grassroots rooms are where every act you have paid to see learned to hold an audience. 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 for good. Exeter still has 48 on our list. Music Venue Trust campaigns for them nationally; venues themselves hold TheMusicLicence from PPL PRS and navigate local authority licensing to keep putting music on. The single most useful thing anyone can do is turn up and buy a drink at the bar.
Listing is free and takes about two minutes — submit through the Exeter gig directory and it is reviewed before it goes live. No account is needed and there is no listing fee. If you run a venue here, claim your venue page to keep its capacity, backline and contact details current. Promoters and venues booking acts can also post paid work or find artists directly.
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