North East · 18 gigs · next 4 weeks
13 Nov – 11 Dec
Help keep grassroots venues open in Middlesbrough
—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 Middlesbrough. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Updated 12 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 7 |
| Venues tracked | 27 |
| Open mics | 11 |
| Busiest night | Saturday · 7 gigs |
18 gigs listed in Middlesbrough over the next 28 days across 7 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 7. In total we track 27 grassroots venues and 11 regular open mics here.
Only Friday to Sunday: the 2 gigs on in Middlesbrough this weekend. Look out for The Smyths at The Middlesbrough Empire (Saturday) and Michael Gallagher at Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre, UK (Saturday). Every card links the full listing - times, entry and tickets; for the weeks after, scroll to the four-week list.
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 40 gigs listed in and around Middlesbrough - third of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Newcastle area (283). 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 | Newcastle area 75 venues · 25 open mics | 283 |
| 02 | Scarborough area 17 venues · 11 open mics | 51 |
| 03 | Middlesbrough area This page 27 venues · 11 open mics | 40 |
| 04 | York area 48 venues · 27 open mics | 27 |
| 05 | Stockton-on-Tees area 16 venues · 8 open mics | 25 |
| 06 | Durham area 17 venues · 10 open mics | 11 |
| 07 | Sunderland area 23 venues · 13 open mics | 11 |
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 18 gigs across 7 venues, busiest on Saturdays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.
Starts19:00 The SmythsThe Middlesbrough Empire · Central · Middlesbrough 
Michael GallagherHartlepool Town Hall Theatre, UK · Victoria · Middlesbrough 19:00Sat 14 Nov 
Enter Shikari, The Callous DaoboysTeesside Students' Union · Central · Middlesbrough 19:30Mon 16 Nov 
Echo & the BunnymenThe Middlesbrough Empire · Middlesbrough 19:00Tue 17 Nov 
This ain't TEXAS - Live Country Music ExtravaganzaThe Parkway Sports Bar, Lounge And Function Suite · Coulby Newham · Middlesbrough 19:00Fri 20 Nov 
Paramore UK LiveTalking Tides Brew Co · Longbeck · Middlesbrough 19:00Fri 20 Nov 
Sue Conroy liveCafe Etch · Central · Middlesbrough 19:00Sat 21 Nov 
The Battery Farm, Magua & The PterodactylsDisgraceland Baker St · Central · Middlesbrough 19:00Sat 21 Nov 
All Night Long - BENNOMayfair Centre · Seaton · Middlesbrough 21:30Sat 21 Nov 
Larches, Eigengrau, Señor PinkThe Auxiliary Warehouse · Middlesbrough 19:00Fri 27 Nov | Search every Middlesbrough gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks |
The venues doing the most in Middlesbrough 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.
| # | Venue | Gigs |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | The Middlesbrough Empire | 2 |
| 02 | Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre, UK | 1 |
| 03 | Teesside Students' Union | 1 |
Every grassroots venue we track in Middlesbrough - all 27, whether or not it has a gig listed right now - with its capacity, kit and opening times. Use it to find a room near you, then check its page for what is on.
Photo: Google 50 cap Cafe EtchCentral · Middlesbrough 
Eston Events CentreEston · Middlesbrough Cap tbc 
Longlands WMCLonglands, Middlesbrough · Middlesbrough 150Cap 
Middlesbrough Live LoungeCity Centre · MiddlesbroughHouse PA 100Cap 
Middlesbrough Town HallMiddlesbrough 1,420Cap 
O'ConnellsMiddlesbrough Cap tbc 
PLAYMiddlesbrough Cap tbc 
Rafferty's BarMiddlesbroughHouse PA Cap tbc 
Rafferty's Bar Baker StreetMiddlesbrough 50Cap 
STACK MiddlesbroughMiddlesbroughHouse PAEngineer Cap tbc | All 27 Middlesbrough 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 - 11 nights in Middlesbrough. Each card shows the night, the sign-up time and the fee; most are free to watch and to play.
Kick-offTBC O'Connells29-41 Bedford Street, TS1 2LL · MiddlesbroughNo fee 
The PoverinaMiddlesbroughNo fee TBCSun STACK MiddlesbroughTown Centre · MiddlesbroughNo feeHouse PA 18:30Mon The Burlam BearUnit 2, Roseberry Court, 1a Burlam Road, TS5 5AF · MiddlesbroughPaidMonthly 19:00Tue Rafferty's BarTown Centre · MiddlesbroughNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tue Twisted LipMiddlesbroughNo feeHouse PA 20:00Thu The SouthfieldMiddlesbroughNo fee TBCThu The Fishermans ArmsHeadland · HartlepoolNo fee1st Mon of the month 20:00Mon Redcar Borough Park Bowling Club (Cutty Wren Folk Club)Redcar Lane · RedcarNo feeDates vary 19:45Tue King George V Bowling Club (Americana Guisborough)Howlbeck Road · GuisboroughPaidFortnightly 20:00Tue | All 11 Middlesbrough open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Middlesbrough still has 27 of them.
Middlesbrough's scene is small but fiercely loyal. Westgarth Social Club, Empire Middlesbrough and Doctor Brown's anchor a tight original-music circuit, with Twisterella festival and the wider Teesside corridor (Stockton's The Globe + ARC) extending the region's reach.
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 shut for good. Those are the rooms where new acts learn to hold an audience, where a first support slot happens, and where a Tuesday night can still turn into something.
Think of this as the city's noticeboard: 18 gigs across Middlesbrough in the next four weeks, alongside 27 grassroots venues and 11 regular open mic nights, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement. The busiest rooms right now are The Parkway Sports Bar, Lounge And Function Suite, The Middlesbrough Empire and Talking Tides Brew Co, and the sound leans rock and tribute act.
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 Middlesbrough listings straight to your inbox. If you run a venue here, claim your page so people can find you. Start small: STACK Middlesbrough hosts an open mic each Monday.
18 gigs listed in Middlesbrough over the next four weeks, with 27 grassroots venues and 11 regular open mic nights. Pick one you have not been to before - a ticket and a round at the bar is the most useful thing anyone can do for a room like these. Saturday is the night with most on.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Middlesbrough
—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 Middlesbrough. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What you get. A Monday-noon email for Middlesbrough only: the week's gigs, drawn from the 18 listed on this page for the next four weeks, two a night at most (Saturday is the busiest, with 7 dates). When fewer than four Middlesbrough 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. Teeside University Student Union has the most coming up here, with 3 dates - the email means you see them in time to go. Right now Middlesbrough leans rock and tribute act. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Planning ahead? Gigs in Middlesbrough 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 Middlesbrough gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| Middlesbrough venues27 grassroots rooms | |
| Middlesbrough open mics11 regular nights | |
| The Middlesbrough 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: Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, Sunderland, Whitby
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 18 Middlesbrough gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
What's On in Middlesbrough
Live music in Middlesbrough over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 18 gigs listed in Middlesbrough over the next 28 days across 7 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 7. In total we track 27 grassroots venues and 11 regular open mics here.
Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Middlesbrough gigs in your inbox — and go to one.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Middlesbrough
—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 Middlesbrough. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Last updated: 12 November 2026
This Weekend in Middlesbrough
Only Friday to Sunday: the 2 gigs on in Middlesbrough this weekend. Look out for The Smyths at The Middlesbrough Empire (Saturday) and Michael Gallagher at Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre, UK (Saturday). Every card links the full listing - times, entry and tickets; for the weeks after, scroll to the four-week list.
How Middlesbrough Compares
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 40 gigs listed in and around Middlesbrough - third of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Newcastle area (283). 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 Newcastle area 75 venues · 25 open mics 283
- #2 Scarborough area 17 venues · 11 open mics 51
- #3 Middlesbrough area This page 27 venues · 11 open mics 40
- #4 York area 48 venues · 27 open mics 27
- #5 Stockton-on-Tees area 16 venues · 8 open mics 25
- #6 Durham area 17 venues · 10 open mics 11
- #7 Sunderland area 23 venues · 13 open mics 11
Gigs in Middlesbrough
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 18 gigs across 7 venues, busiest on Saturdays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.
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Where It's On This Week
The venues doing the most in Middlesbrough 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 The Middlesbrough Empire 2
- #2 Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre, UK 1
- #3 Teesside Students' Union 1
Venues in Middlesbrough
Every grassroots venue we track in Middlesbrough - all 27, whether or not it has a gig listed right now - with its capacity, kit and opening times. Use it to find a room near you, then check its page for what is on.
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Open mics in Middlesbrough
Open mics are regular nights rather than one-off gigs: the same venue, the same night, week in, week out - 11 nights in Middlesbrough. 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 Middlesbrough
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Middlesbrough still has 27 of them.
Middlesbrough's scene is small but fiercely loyal. Westgarth Social Club, Empire Middlesbrough and Doctor Brown's anchor a tight original-music circuit, with Twisterella festival and the wider Teesside corridor (Stockton's The Globe + ARC) extending the region's reach.
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 shut for good. Those are the rooms where new acts learn to hold an audience, where a first support slot happens, and where a Tuesday night can still turn into something.
Think of this as the city's noticeboard: 18 gigs across Middlesbrough in the next four weeks, alongside 27 grassroots venues and 11 regular open mic nights, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement. The busiest rooms right now are The Parkway Sports Bar, Lounge And Function Suite, The Middlesbrough Empire and Talking Tides Brew Co, and the sound leans rock and tribute act.
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 Middlesbrough listings straight to your inbox. If you run a venue here, claim your page so people can find you. Start small: STACK Middlesbrough hosts an open mic each Monday.
Go to one this month
18 gigs listed in Middlesbrough over the next four weeks, with 27 grassroots venues and 11 regular open mic nights. Pick one you have not been to before - a ticket and a round at the bar is the most useful thing anyone can do for a room like these. Saturday is the night with most on.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Middlesbrough
—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 Middlesbrough. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What you get. A Monday-noon email for Middlesbrough only: the week's gigs, drawn from the 18 listed on this page for the next four weeks, two a night at most (Saturday is the busiest, with 7 dates). When fewer than four Middlesbrough 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. Teeside University Student Union has the most coming up here, with 3 dates - the email means you see them in time to go. Right now Middlesbrough leans rock and tribute act. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Planning ahead? Gigs in Middlesbrough 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 Middlesbrough — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Middlesbrough, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, Sunderland, Whitby
Play or put on gigs in Middlesbrough?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 18 Middlesbrough gigs are already on GigXchange this month.