Devon · 15 gigs · next 4 weeks
13 Nov – 11 Dec
Help keep grassroots venues open in Exeter
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Updated 13 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 4 |
| Venues tracked | 48 |
| Open mics | 24 |
| Busiest night | Saturday · 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.
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.
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.
| # | Place | Gigs |
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| 01 | Bristol area 86 venues · 35 open mics | 247 |
| 02 | Cardiff area 63 venues · 34 open mics | 159 |
| 03 | Bath area 36 venues · 13 open mics | 56 |
| 04 | Exeter area This page 48 venues · 24 open mics | 49 |
| 05 | Swansea area 34 venues · 22 open mics | 23 |
| 06 | Plymouth area 34 venues · 14 open mics | 16 |
| 07 | Weymouth area 18 venues · 12 open mics | 6 |
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.
Starts19:00 Greenish DayThe Foundry Torquay · Tormohun · Exeter 
RepublicaExeter Phoenix · St David's · Exeter 19:30Tonight 
Exeter: A Nashville Country Music ExperienceBomba · St David's · Exeter 19:00Sat 14 Nov 
The Amy Winehouse BandPrincess Theatre - Torquay · Tormohun 19:30Sun 15 Nov 
The StylisticsPrincess Theatre - Torquay · Tormohun 19:00Mon 16 Nov 
Michael Starring BenPrincess Theatre - Torquay · Tormohun · Torquay 19:30Thu 19 Nov 
The Jam UKThe Foundry Torquay · Tormohun · Exeter 19:00Fri 20 Nov 
BaskeryExeter Phoenix · St David's · Exeter 19:30Sat 21 Nov 
Blair DunlopExeter Phoenix · St David's · Exeter 19:30Sun 22 Nov 
RejuvenateGreen Gables Inn Exeter · St Thomas · Exeter 15:00Sat 28 Nov | Search every Exeter gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks |
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.
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| 01 | Princess Theatre - Torquay | 3 |
| 02 | Bomba | 1 |
| 03 | Exeter Phoenix | 1 |
| 04 | The Foundry Torquay | 1 |
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.
Photo: Google 12 Bar Music & SocialExeter 
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Bomba ExeterSt David's · ExeterHouse PA Cap tbc 
Coolings Gandy StreetExeterHouse PA Cap tbc 
Exeter Corn ExchangeExeter City Centre · Exeter 500Cap 
Exeter PhoenixExeter 450Cap 
Henry's BarExeterHouse PA Cap tbc 
Lloyd's LoungeCity Centre · Exeter Cap tbc 
Ludo ExeterExeter Cap tbc 
New Fountain InnWhimple · ExeterHouse PA 80Cap | All 48 Exeter venuesCapacity, backline and opening times |
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.
Kick-off20:00 Henry's BarExeterNo feeHouse PA1st Fri of the month 
New Fountain InnWhimple · ExeterNo feeHouse PA1st Sun of the month 19:00Sun The CavernCity Centre · ExeterNo feeFull kit 20:00Mon The MermaidExeterNo feeHouse PA 19:30Wed Exeter PhoenixBradninch, Place · ExeterNo feeHouse PA3rd Wed of the month 20:00Wed Old Fire HouseExeterNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed Ship InnExeterNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed Topsham Brewery & TaproomMaclaines Warehouse Haven Rd · ExeterNo feeHouse PAMonthly 20:00Wed Coolings Gandy StreetExeterNo feeHouse PA 19:30Thu The Ale HouseTauntonNo feeHouse PA 19:00Sun | All 24 Exeter open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
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.
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
—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 Exeter. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
One email, once a week. Noon on Monday, Exeter's week of live music from the 7 venues with gigs on, alongside 24 open mic nights, capped at two gigs a night so it stays readable. When fewer than four Exeter gigs fall in the week, the email reaches on to the next fortnight, then the month, so you still have something to choose from.
Why sign up. Exeter Phoenix alone has 6 dates on, Princess Theatre - Torquay 3 - the email is how you hear about them before the night, not after. Expect plenty of pop in Exeter, with rock close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Further ahead. Gigs in Exeter run week to week, but festivals are planned months out. The UK music festivals we have date-checked are on one festival timeline, by month, region and genre, with clash checks for the weekends you want.
| All Exeter gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| Exeter venues48 grassroots rooms | |
| Exeter open mics24 regular nights | |
| The Exeter sceneVenues, promoters, local rates and members near you | |
| Every city we coverThe same page for every city, updated daily | |
| UK gig directoryEvery upcoming grassroots gig | |
| UK open mic finderStage time near you | |
| UK venue directoryThe rooms behind the gigs |
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Torquay, Plymouth, Weymouth, Bridgend
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 15 Exeter gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
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.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Exeter
—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 Exeter. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Last updated: 13 November 2026
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.
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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 Bristol area 86 venues · 35 open mics 247
- #2 Cardiff area 63 venues · 34 open mics 159
- #3 Bath area 36 venues · 13 open mics 56
- #4 Exeter area This page 48 venues · 24 open mics 49
- #5 Swansea area 34 venues · 22 open mics 23
- #6 Plymouth area 34 venues · 14 open mics 16
- #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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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 Princess Theatre - Torquay 3
- #2 Bomba 1
- #3 Exeter Phoenix 1
- #4 The Foundry Torquay 1
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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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.
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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
—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 Exeter. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
One email, once a week. Noon on Monday, Exeter's week of live music from the 7 venues with gigs on, alongside 24 open mic nights, capped at two gigs a night so it stays readable. When fewer than four Exeter gigs fall in the week, the email reaches on to the next fortnight, then the month, so you still have something to choose from.
Why sign up. Exeter Phoenix alone has 6 dates on, Princess Theatre - Torquay 3 - the email is how you hear about them before the night, not after. Expect plenty of pop in Exeter, with rock close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Further ahead. Gigs in Exeter run week to week, but festivals are planned months out. The UK music festivals we have date-checked are on one festival timeline, by month, region and genre, with clash checks for the weekends you want.
What's on in Exeter — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Exeter, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Torquay, Plymouth, Weymouth, Bridgend
Play or put on gigs in Exeter?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 15 Exeter gigs are already on GigXchange this month.