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What's On in Gateshead

1 Nov – 29 Nov

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Updated 1 November 2026

At a glance

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in Gateshead, 1 Nov – 29 Nov
In detail
Venues with something on0
Venues tracked7
Open mics2

We have no gigs listed in Gateshead for the month ahead yet. The city has 7 grassroots venues on GigXchange, so check back — listings update daily.

01 — This weekend

0 gigs

This weekend in Gateshead

Only Friday to Sunday - and nothing is listed in Gateshead for this weekend yet. The four-week list below shows what is coming, and the open mics further down run every week.

No weekend gigs yet - most venues add theirs by Thursday.

02 — Gigs

0 gigs

Gigs in Gateshead

The nearest listings, in and around Newcastle, are below - each card names its town and links its own page.

We're not tracking any gigs in Gateshead right now.

Here's what's on nearby: in and around Newcastle
Every upcoming gig in and around NewcastleThe nearest place with gigs listed

03 — Venues

7 rooms

Venues in Gateshead

All 7 grassroots rooms we track around Gateshead, 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 Newcastle area venuesCapacity, backline and opening times

04 — Open mics

2 nights

Open mics in Gateshead

Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 2 open mic nights in and around Gateshead. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.

All Newcastle area open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night

05 — Support grassroots

Support grassroots music in Gateshead

Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Gateshead still has 7 of them.

In Gateshead the concerts play The Glasshouse on the Quays, The Fed in Dunston takes the tribute shows, and Holmeside Hall Club runs Saturday bands.

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 0 gigs across Gateshead over the next four weeks, pulled from the venues themselves and updated daily - alongside the 7 grassroots venues and 2 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 below sends Gateshead listings straight to your inbox. If you run a venue here, claim your page so people can find you. The Cafe Under the Spire open mic on Thursdays is an easy first night out.

Go to one this month

Between now and 29 Nov there are 0 gigs in Gateshead, and 7 grassroots venues and 2 regular open mic nights. One night out this month keeps a room's diary full.

Help keep grassroots venues open in Gateshead

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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 Gateshead. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.

All Newcastle area gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date
Newcastle area venuesThe grassroots rooms in and around it
Newcastle area open micsThe regular nights in and around it
The Gateshead 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

06 — Questions9 answersWhat's on in Gateshead

Nothing is listed in Gateshead for this weekend (Sun 1 Nov) yet - see the next 28 days below, or the Newcastle area open mics, which run every week.
We currently list 0 gigs in Gateshead between 1 Nov and 29 Nov. 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 and around Newcastle in the gig directory or every city we cover.
None of the Gateshead gigs currently listed are marked free entry, though many venues do not publish a price at all. Newcastle area open mic nights are your reliable free option — most charge nothing to watch or to play.
There is no clear busiest night in Gateshead at the moment — the 0 listed gigs are spread thinly across the 28-day window. Listings update daily.
We track 7 grassroots venues in Gateshead — see the Newcastle area venue directory for capacity, backline and opening times.
Gateshead has 2 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 Newcastle area open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.
Most Gateshead venues in our listings do not publish a ticket price in advance. 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. Gateshead still has 7 on our list. Music Venue Trust campaigns for them nationally; venues themselves navigate PRS licensing and 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 Newcastle area 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 Gateshead

Live music in Gateshead over the next four weeks — 1 Nov – 29 Nov. We have no gigs listed in Gateshead for the month ahead yet. The city has 7 grassroots venues on GigXchange, so check back — listings update daily.

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

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Last updated: 1 November 2026

This Weekend in Gateshead

Only Friday to Sunday - and nothing is listed in Gateshead for this weekend yet. The four-week list below shows what is coming, and the open mics further down run every week.

Gigs in Gateshead

The nearest listings, in and around Newcastle, are below - each card names its town and links its own page.

We're not tracking any gigs in Gateshead right now.

Here's what's on nearby: in and around Newcastle

Every upcoming gig in and around Newcastle →

Venues in Gateshead

All 7 grassroots rooms we track around Gateshead, 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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Associates Private Club
Gateshead › Low Fell★★★★★ (—)
Open mic club in Gateshead
  • PA system (TBC)
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon—
  • Tue—
  • Wed—
  • Thu—
  • Fri—
  • Sat—
  • Sun—
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Photo: Google
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Cafe Under the Spire
Gateshead★★★★★ (—)
Open mic arts cafe in Gateshead
  • PA system (TBC)
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • MonClosed
  • Tue11:00–21:00
  • Wed11:00–21:00
  • Thu11:00–22:00
  • Fri11:00–21:00
  • Sat11:00–21:00
  • Sun12:00–17:00
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c. 100
Photo: Google
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Downcast Studios
Gateshead★★★★★ (—)
Gateshead studio with live events.
  • PA system (TBC)
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon—
  • Tue—
  • Wed—
  • Thu—
  • Fri—
  • Sat—
  • Sun—
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c. 250
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Holmeside Hall Club
Gateshead › Dunston Hill, Whickham★★★★★ (—)
Gateshead working men's club with a 250-capacity concert room and Saturday-night bands
  • PA system (TBC)
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon11:00–23:00
  • Tue11:00–23:00
  • Wed11:00–23:00
  • Thu11:00–23:00
  • Fri11:00–23:00
  • Sat11:00–23:00
  • Sun11:00–23:00
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Station East
Gateshead★★★★★ (—)
Hadrian Border Brewery bar since 1994.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon14:00–22:00
  • Tue14:00–22:00
  • Wed12:00–23:00
  • Thu12:00–23:00
  • Fri12:00–23:00
  • Sat12:00–23:00
  • Sun12:00–22:00
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c. 1,000
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The Fed
Gateshead › Dunston★★★★★ (—)
Gateshead events venue off the A1 for concerts, tribute shows and comedy
  • PA system (TBC)
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon09:00–17:00
  • Tue09:00–17:00
  • Wed09:00–17:00
  • Thu09:00–17:00
  • Fri09:00–17:00
  • Sat09:00–00:00
  • Sun09:00–00:00
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Photo: Google
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The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
Gateshead › Gateshead Quays★★★★★ (—)
Gateshead concert hall for rock, pop, classical.
  • PA system (TBC)
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • MonClosed
  • TueClosed
  • WedClosed
  • Thu18:30–23:30
  • Fri17:30–01:30
  • Sat14:45–17:00
  • SunClosed
View venue›

All Newcastle area venues →

Support grassroots music in Gateshead

Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Gateshead still has 7 of them.

In Gateshead the concerts play The Glasshouse on the Quays, The Fed in Dunston takes the tribute shows, and Holmeside Hall Club runs Saturday bands.

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 0 gigs across Gateshead over the next four weeks, pulled from the venues themselves and updated daily - alongside the 7 grassroots venues and 2 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 below sends Gateshead listings straight to your inbox. If you run a venue here, claim your page so people can find you. The Cafe Under the Spire open mic on Thursdays is an easy first night out.

Go to one this month

Between now and 29 Nov there are 0 gigs in Gateshead, and 7 grassroots venues and 2 regular open mic nights. One night out this month keeps a room's diary full.

Help keep grassroots venues open in Gateshead

—

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 Gateshead. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.

What's on in Gateshead — FAQs

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

Nothing is listed in Gateshead for this weekend (Sun 1 Nov) yet - see the next 28 days below, or the Newcastle area open mics, which run every week.
We currently list 0 gigs in Gateshead between 1 Nov and 29 Nov. 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 and around Newcastle in the gig directory or every city we cover.
None of the Gateshead gigs currently listed are marked free entry, though many venues do not publish a price at all. Newcastle area open mic nights are your reliable free option — most charge nothing to watch or to play.
There is no clear busiest night in Gateshead at the moment — the 0 listed gigs are spread thinly across the 28-day window. Listings update daily.
We track 7 grassroots venues in Gateshead — see the Newcastle area venue directory for capacity, backline and opening times.
Gateshead has 2 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 Newcastle area open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.
Most Gateshead venues in our listings do not publish a ticket price in advance. 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. Gateshead still has 7 on our list. Music Venue Trust campaigns for them nationally; venues themselves navigate PRS licensing and 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 Newcastle area 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.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages

What's On across the UKNearby:  Newcastle, Sunderland, Durham, Stockton-on-Tees

All 139 other cities, A–ZGigs
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