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What's On in Lincoln

13 Nov – 11 Dec

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All Lincoln gigs This month

Updated 12 November 2026

At a glance
7
Gigs in
4 weeks
in Lincoln, 13 Nov – 11 Dec
In detail
Venues with something on3
Venues tracked22
Open mics14
Busiest nightSaturday · 2 gigs

7 gigs listed in Lincoln over the next 28 days across 3 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 2. In total we track 22 grassroots venues and 14 regular open mics here.

01 — This weekend
1 gig
This weekend in Lincoln

Only Friday to Sunday: the 1 gig on in Lincoln 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.

Starts18:45 Nick HeywardLincoln Cathedral · Minster · Lincoln
02 — Compared
#5 of 7
How Lincoln compares

Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 30 gigs listed in and around Lincoln - fifth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Nottingham area (210). 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
01Nottingham area 79 venues · 32 open mics210
02Sheffield area 94 venues · 38 open mics173
03Derby area 38 venues · 16 open mics107
04Hull area 32 venues · 18 open mics88
05Lincoln area This page 22 venues · 14 open mics30
06Doncaster area 19 venues · 12 open mics7
07Grimsby area 11 venues · 8 open mics3
03 — Gigs
7 gigs
Gigs in Lincoln

Four weeks of Lincoln gigs, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 7 listings from 3 rooms, with Saturdays the busiest. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.

Starts18:45 Nick HeywardLincoln Cathedral · Minster · Lincoln The Amy Winehouse BandEngine Shed · Boultham · Lincoln 19:30Sun 22 Nov G4 ChristmasLincoln Cathedral. · Minster · Lincoln£19.50Tickets 19:30Tue 24 Nov Lincoln Goes Country - Luke Combs / Morgan Wallen TributeThe Engine Shed · Boultham · Lincoln 15:00Sat 28 Nov NWOBHM Legends Raven + Dead DemonsDOT Live Low St Dunham On Trent NG22 0FJ · Tuxford and Trent · Lincoln 19:30Mon 30 Nov Christmas Carols and Festive Songs ConcertDOT Live · Tuxford and Trent · Lincoln 18:45Fri 4 Dec Shed Seven, The AcademicEngine Shed · Boultham · Lincoln 19:00Mon 7 Dec
Search every Lincoln gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks
04 — Venues
22 rooms
Venues in Lincoln

Lincoln's grassroots venues, all 22 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 Akedo LincolnLincoln Engine ShedLincoln 1,500Cap Glory HolesHigh Street, Lincoln · Lincoln Cap tbc Lincoln Central LibraryCity Centre · Lincoln Cap tbc Magna CartaCathedral Quarter · Lincoln Cap tbc Organ GrinderUphill · Lincoln Cap tbc STACK LincolnSt Marks, Lincoln · Lincoln Cap tbc The BirdcageBaggholme Road · Lincoln Cap tbc The Blue Room LincolnLincoln 100Cap The Dog & BoneMonks Road / Abbey · Lincoln Cap tbc
All 22 Lincoln venuesCapacity, backline and opening times
05 — Open mics
14 nights
Open mics in Lincoln

Open mics are regular nights rather than one-off gigs: the same venue, the same night, week in, week out - 14 nights in Lincoln. Each card shows the night, the sign-up time and the fee; most are free to watch and to play.

Kick-off12:00 Lincoln Central LibraryCity Centre · LincolnNo fee1st Sat of the month The Joiners ArmsVictoria Street, West Parade, LN1 1HU · LincolnNo feeFortnightly 21:00Sat The Strait and NarrowSteep Hill · LincolnNo feeHouse PA 16:00Sun Magna CartaCathedral Quarter · LincolnNo fee 19:15Sun The Engine ShedCity Centre · LincolnNo feeFull kit 20:00Mon The KomodoButchery Ct, Lincoln · LincolnNo feeHouse PA 19:00Tue The Birdcage (Uncaged)Baggholme Road · LincolnNo fee1st Wed of the month 19:30Wed The Jolly BrewerCity Centre · LincolnNo feeFull kit 20:30Wed Organ GrinderUphill · LincolnNo feeFortnightly TBCWed STACK LincolnSt Marks · LincolnNo fee 18:30Thu
All 14 Lincoln open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night
06 — Support grassroots
Support grassroots music in Lincoln

Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Lincoln still has 22 of them.

In Lincoln the gigs run from The Drill on Free School Lane and The Tower in the city centre to The Engine Shed by the university, with open mics at The Birdcage, The Joiners Arms and the Victoria Inn.

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.

Everything here comes from the venues and promoters themselves, refreshed every day: 7 gigs in Lincoln over the next four weeks, plus the 22 grassroots venues and 14 regular open mic nights we track. Nothing is ranked or sponsored - if we know it is on, it is listed. The busiest rooms right now are Engine Shed, DOT Live Low St Dunham On Trent NG22 0FJ and DOT Live, and the sound leans pop and rock.

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 Lincoln listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. The Magna Carta open mic on Sundays is an easy first night out.

Go to one this month

Between now and 11 Dec there are 7 gigs in Lincoln, and 22 grassroots venues and 14 regular open mic nights. One night out this month keeps a room's diary full. If you only go out once, Saturdays have the most choice.

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Planning ahead? Gigs in Lincoln come and go each week; festivals are planned months ahead. One festival timeline holds the UK music festivals we have date-checked, by month, region and genre, and flags clashing weekends.

All Lincoln gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date
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07 — Questions10 answersWhat's on in Lincoln
1 gig in Lincoln this weekend (Fri 13 Nov – Sun 15 Nov) - including Nick Heyward at Lincoln Cathedral (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 30 gigs listed in and around Lincoln - fifth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Nottingham area (210).
We currently list 7 gigs in Lincoln between 13 Nov and 11 Dec, across 3 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 Lincoln in the gig directory or every city we cover.
None of the Lincoln gigs currently listed are marked free entry, though many venues do not publish a price at all. Lincoln open mic nights are your reliable free option — most charge nothing to watch or to play.
Saturday, with 2 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Saturday: 2 gigs · Monday: 2 gigs · Sunday: 1 gig. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.
Right now: Engine Shed, DOT Live Low St Dunham On Trent NG22 0FJ, DOT Live. In total we track 22 grassroots venues in Lincoln, of which 3 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the Lincoln venue directory.
Lincoln has 14 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 Lincoln open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.
Where a Lincoln venue publishes a price, the average ticket is £19.50. 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. Lincoln still has 22 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln

Live music in Lincoln over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 7 gigs listed in Lincoln over the next 28 days across 3 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 2. In total we track 22 grassroots venues and 14 regular open mics here.

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

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Updated daily · 7 gigs in Lincoln over the next four weeks

Last updated: 12 November 2026

This Weekend in Lincoln

Only Friday to Sunday: the 1 gig on in Lincoln 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.

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Nick Heyward
Lincoln Cathedral·Minster, Lincoln
Saturday, 14 November 2026 · 18:45
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  • AgeAll ages
  • GenrePop
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How Lincoln Compares

Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 30 gigs listed in and around Lincoln - fifth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Nottingham area (210). 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 Nottingham area 79 venues · 32 open mics 210
  2. #2 Sheffield area 94 venues · 38 open mics 173
  3. #3 Derby area 38 venues · 16 open mics 107
  4. #4 Hull area 32 venues · 18 open mics 88
  5. #5 Lincoln area This page 22 venues · 14 open mics 30
  6. #6 Doncaster area 19 venues · 12 open mics 7
  7. #7 Grimsby area 11 venues · 8 open mics 3

Gigs in Lincoln

Four weeks of Lincoln gigs, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 7 listings from 3 rooms, with Saturdays the busiest. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.

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Venues in Lincoln

Lincoln's grassroots venues, all 22 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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Akedo Lincoln
Lincoln★★★★★ (—)
Lincoln gaming bar with gigs, DJs and open mics.
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  • MonClosed
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c. 1,500
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Engine Shed
Lincoln★★★★★ (—)
Lincoln event space for rock and pop touring.
Private hire up to 962 seated
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  • Mon09:00–23:00
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Glory Holes
Lincoln › High Street, Lincoln★★★★★ (—)
Live music venue.
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  • Mon16:00–23:00
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Lincoln Central Library
Lincoln › City Centre★★★★★ (—)
Lincoln Central Library in Lincoln hosts an open mic the first Saturday of the month from 12:00.
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Magna Carta
Lincoln › Cathedral Quarter★★★★★ (—)
Magna Carta in Lincoln hosts an open mic every Sunday from 19:15.
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Organ Grinder
Lincoln › Uphill★★★★★ (—)
Lincoln venue with a regular open mic night
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STACK Lincoln
Lincoln › St Marks, Lincoln★★★★★ (—)
Lincoln street-food and live-entertainment hub with a stage, 7 days a week
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The Birdcage
Lincoln › Baggholme Road★★★★★ (—)
Open mic pub in Lincoln
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c. 100
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The Blue Room Lincoln
Lincoln★★★★★ (—)
Live music room inside The Lawn complex.
Private hire
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The Dog & Bone
Lincoln › Monks Road / Abbey★★★★★ (—)
The Dog & Bone in Lincoln hosts an open mic fortnightly on Thursdays from 20:00.
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c. 200
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The Drill Hall
Lincoln › Free School Lane★★★★★ (—)
Not-for-profit arts centre now branded The Drill.
Private hire
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The Joiners Arms
Lincoln★★★★★ (—)
Classic Lincoln back-street real-ale pub with fortnightly open mic
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c. 80
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The Jolly Brewer
Lincoln › City Centre★★★★★ (—)
Lincoln's Wednesday-night free folk open mic at 27 Broadgate, LN2 5AQ — real-ale pub, PA + guitar amp, 12-minute slots.
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The Komodo
Lincoln★★★★★ (—)
Stealth live music bar — finding us is half the fun.
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The Strait and Narrow
Lincoln★★★★★ (—)
Independent Lincoln bar with Sunday acoustic nights and weekend DJs
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c. 800
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The Tower
Lincoln › City Centre★★★★★ (—)
indie and live music venue in Lincoln
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The Victoria Inn
Lincoln › Uphill / Castle Square★★★★★ (—)
The Victoria Inn in Lincoln hosts an open mic fortnightly on Thursdays from 20:00.
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DOT Live
Newark › Dunham-on-Trent, Newark★★★★★ (—)
Nottinghamshire village hall with monthly tribute nights.
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DOT Live Low St Dunham On Trent NG22 0FJ
Newark › Dunham-on-Trent, Newark★★★★★ (—)
Nottinghamshire village hall with monthly tribute nights.
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Newark Town Hall
Newark › Newark-on-Trent, Market Place★★★★★ (—)
Historic market town hall with live music.
Private hire up to 200 standing
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The Organ Grinder
Newark-on-Trent › Town Centre★★★★★ (—)
Grassroots live music venue in Newark-on-Trent with a regular open mic night.
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Three Horseshoes
Goulceby★★★★★ (—)
Three Horseshoes is a Goulceby live-music venue with an occasional Saturday open mic night.
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Open mics in Lincoln

Open mics are regular nights rather than one-off gigs: the same venue, the same night, week in, week out - 14 nights in Lincoln. Each card shows the night, the sign-up time and the fee; most are free to watch and to play.

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The Organ Grinder
Town Centre, Newark-on-Trent
Time to be confirmed
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Three Horseshoes
Lincolnshire Wolds, near Louth, Goulceby
Starts 20:00
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Support grassroots music in Lincoln

Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Lincoln still has 22 of them.

In Lincoln the gigs run from The Drill on Free School Lane and The Tower in the city centre to The Engine Shed by the university, with open mics at The Birdcage, The Joiners Arms and the Victoria Inn.

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.

Everything here comes from the venues and promoters themselves, refreshed every day: 7 gigs in Lincoln over the next four weeks, plus the 22 grassroots venues and 14 regular open mic nights we track. Nothing is ranked or sponsored - if we know it is on, it is listed. The busiest rooms right now are Engine Shed, DOT Live Low St Dunham On Trent NG22 0FJ and DOT Live, and the sound leans pop and rock.

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 Lincoln listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. The Magna Carta open mic on Sundays is an easy first night out.

Go to one this month

Between now and 11 Dec there are 7 gigs in Lincoln, and 22 grassroots venues and 14 regular open mic nights. One night out this month keeps a room's diary full. If you only go out once, Saturdays have the most choice.

Help keep grassroots venues open in Lincoln

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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 Lincoln. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.

What you get. A Monday-noon email for Lincoln only: the week's gigs, drawn from the 7 listed on this page for the next four weeks, two a night at most. When fewer than four Lincoln 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 Lincoln's gigs are all together. Expect plenty of pop in Lincoln, with rock close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.

Planning ahead? Gigs in Lincoln come and go each week; festivals are planned months ahead. One festival timeline holds the UK music festivals we have date-checked, by month, region and genre, and flags clashing weekends.

What's on in Lincoln — FAQs

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

1 gig in Lincoln this weekend (Fri 13 Nov – Sun 15 Nov) - including Nick Heyward at Lincoln Cathedral (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 30 gigs listed in and around Lincoln - fifth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Nottingham area (210).
We currently list 7 gigs in Lincoln between 13 Nov and 11 Dec, across 3 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 Lincoln in the gig directory or every city we cover.
None of the Lincoln gigs currently listed are marked free entry, though many venues do not publish a price at all. Lincoln open mic nights are your reliable free option — most charge nothing to watch or to play.
Saturday, with 2 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Saturday: 2 gigs · Monday: 2 gigs · Sunday: 1 gig. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.
Right now: Engine Shed, DOT Live Low St Dunham On Trent NG22 0FJ, DOT Live. In total we track 22 grassroots venues in Lincoln, of which 3 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the Lincoln venue directory.
Lincoln has 14 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 Lincoln open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.
Where a Lincoln venue publishes a price, the average ticket is £19.50. 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. Lincoln still has 22 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 Lincoln 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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