Gloucestershire · 2 gigs · next 4 weeks
13 Nov – 11 Dec
Help keep grassroots venues open in Gloucester
—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 Gloucester. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Updated 12 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 1 |
| Venues tracked | 21 |
| Open mics | 13 |
| Busiest night | Saturday · 2 gigs |
2 gigs listed in Gloucester over the next 28 days across 1 venue. Saturday is the busiest night with 2. In total we track 21 grassroots venues and 13 regular open mics here.
Only Friday to Sunday: the 1 gig on in Gloucester this weekend. Each card is one night at one venue, with the start time and the price where the venue publishes it; the four-week list below covers everything after Sunday.
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 6 gigs listed in and around Gloucester - seventh 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Bristol area 86 venues · 35 open mics | 247 |
| 02 | Bath area 36 venues · 13 open mics | 56 |
| 03 | Oxford area 35 venues · 23 open mics | 36 |
| 04 | Cheltenham area 27 venues · 19 open mics | 17 |
| 05 | Swindon area 19 venues · 12 open mics | 14 |
| 06 | Hereford area 23 venues · 21 open mics | 11 |
| 07 | Gloucester area This page 21 venues · 13 open mics | 6 |
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 2 gigs across 1 venue, busiest on Saturdays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.
| Search every Gloucester gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks |
Gloucester's grassroots venues, all 21 of them, listed whether or not they have something on right now - capacity, backline and hours for each, and a link to its own listings.
Photo: Google 100 cap Cafe RenéCity Centre · GloucesterHouse PA 
Cross Keys InnGloucesterHouse PA 70Cap 
Guildhall GloucesterEastgate Street · GloucesterHouse PAEngineer 400Cap 
Pilot InnGloucester Cap tbc 
The CavernGloucesterHouse PA Cap tbc 
The Cider Tree at The Coach and HorsesKingsholm · Gloucester Cap tbc 
The Thirsty Pine Beer CafeGloucester City Centre · Gloucester Cap tbc 
Warehouse 4 (Gloucester Brewery)Gloucester 230Cap 
CaponesDursleyHouse PA 400Cap 
Crown & SceptreStroud Cap tbc | All 21 Gloucester venuesCapacity, backline and opening times |
Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 13 open mic nights in and around Gloucester. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.
Kick-off19:00 The Thirsty Pine Beer CafeGloucester City Centre · GloucesterNo fee 
Warehouse 4 (Gloucester Brewery)West Quay, The Docks, GL1 2LG · GloucesterNo fee 20:00Tonight 
Café RenéGloucesterNo feeHouse PA 18:00Sun 
The Cider Tree at The Coach and HorsesKingsholm · GloucesterNo feeFortnightly 19:30Tue 
Cross Keys InnGloucesterNo feeHouse PALast Wed of the month 20:00Wed 
The CavernGloucesterNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed 
Woolpack InnGL10 4NA · StonehouseNo fee 19:30Mon 
Stroud BreweryLondon Road, Thrupp · StroudNo feeMonthly 20:00Tue 
The Queen VictoriaStroudNo feeFortnightly 20:30Tue 
The Star InnStar Green · WhiteshillNo fee4th Wed of the month 19:30Wed | All 13 Gloucester open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Gloucester still has 21 of them.
The Gloucester circuit splits between the Docks, where the brewery taproom has free bands at the weekend, and the centre: Café René, the Guildhall and the Cross Keys Inn.
Grassroots rooms are disappearing: 78 stopped hosting live music in the year to July 2025, 30 of them for good, and pubs closed at around two a day in the first quarter of 2026. Lose them and you lose the first rung - the support slots and midweek nights every bigger act started on.
Think of this as the city's noticeboard: 2 gigs across Gloucester in the next four weeks, alongside 21 grassroots venues and 13 regular open mic nights, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement.
So go. Pick a night you would not normally choose, buy a ticket and a drink, and bring a friend. The sign-up below sends Gloucester listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. If you have never been to an open mic, The Cavern runs one every Wednesday.
Gloucester has 2 gigs in the next four weeks and 13 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 Gloucester
—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 Gloucester. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What you get. A Monday-noon email for Gloucester only: the week's gigs, drawn from the 2 listed on this page for the next four weeks, two a night at most. When fewer than four Gloucester 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. Small rooms post their dates in a dozen different places; the email is the one place Gloucester's gigs are all together. Right now Gloucester leans alternative rock and indie rock. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Beyond this week. Gigs in Gloucester are announced week to week; festivals are planned months out. The UK music festivals we have date-checked sit on one festival timeline, by month, region and genre, with clash checks for your weekends.
| All Gloucester gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| Gloucester venues21 grassroots rooms | |
| Gloucester open mics13 regular nights | |
| The Gloucester 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: Cheltenham, Worcester, Hereford, Swindon
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 2 Gloucester gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
What's On in Gloucester
Live music in Gloucester over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 2 gigs listed in Gloucester over the next 28 days across 1 venue. Saturday is the busiest night with 2. In total we track 21 grassroots venues and 13 regular open mics here.
Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Gloucester gigs in your inbox — and go to one.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Gloucester
—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 Gloucester. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Last updated: 12 November 2026
This Weekend in Gloucester
Only Friday to Sunday: the 1 gig on in Gloucester this weekend. Each card is one night at one venue, with the start time and the price where the venue publishes it; the four-week list below covers everything after Sunday.
How Gloucester Compares
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 6 gigs listed in and around Gloucester - seventh 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 Bath area 36 venues · 13 open mics 56
- #3 Oxford area 35 venues · 23 open mics 36
- #4 Cheltenham area 27 venues · 19 open mics 17
- #5 Swindon area 19 venues · 12 open mics 14
- #6 Hereford area 23 venues · 21 open mics 11
- #7 Gloucester area This page 21 venues · 13 open mics 6
Gigs in Gloucester
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 2 gigs across 1 venue, busiest on Saturdays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.
Venues in Gloucester
Gloucester's grassroots venues, all 21 of them, listed whether or not they have something on right now - capacity, backline and hours for each, and a link to its own listings.
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- Mon12:00–22:00
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Open mics in Gloucester
Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 13 open mic nights in and around Gloucester. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.
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Support grassroots music in Gloucester
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Gloucester still has 21 of them.
The Gloucester circuit splits between the Docks, where the brewery taproom has free bands at the weekend, and the centre: Café René, the Guildhall and the Cross Keys Inn.
Grassroots rooms are disappearing: 78 stopped hosting live music in the year to July 2025, 30 of them for good, and pubs closed at around two a day in the first quarter of 2026. Lose them and you lose the first rung - the support slots and midweek nights every bigger act started on.
Think of this as the city's noticeboard: 2 gigs across Gloucester in the next four weeks, alongside 21 grassroots venues and 13 regular open mic nights, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement.
So go. Pick a night you would not normally choose, buy a ticket and a drink, and bring a friend. The sign-up below sends Gloucester listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. If you have never been to an open mic, The Cavern runs one every Wednesday.
Go to one this month
Gloucester has 2 gigs in the next four weeks and 13 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 Gloucester
—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 Gloucester. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What you get. A Monday-noon email for Gloucester only: the week's gigs, drawn from the 2 listed on this page for the next four weeks, two a night at most. When fewer than four Gloucester 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. Small rooms post their dates in a dozen different places; the email is the one place Gloucester's gigs are all together. Right now Gloucester leans alternative rock and indie rock. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Beyond this week. Gigs in Gloucester are announced week to week; festivals are planned months out. The UK music festivals we have date-checked sit on one festival timeline, by month, region and genre, with clash checks for your weekends.
What's on in Gloucester — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Gloucester, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Cheltenham, Worcester, Hereford, Swindon
Play or put on gigs in Gloucester?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 2 Gloucester gigs are already on GigXchange this month.