Buckinghamshire · 13 gigs · next 4 weeks
13 Nov – 11 Dec
Help keep grassroots venues open in Milton Keynes
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Updated 12 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 3 |
| Venues tracked | 18 |
| Open mics | 10 |
| Busiest night | Friday · 4 gigs |
13 gigs listed in Milton Keynes over the next 28 days across 3 venues. Friday is the busiest night with 4. In total we track 18 grassroots venues and 10 regular open mics here.
This weekend in Milton Keynes, Friday to Sunday: 5 gigs. Highlights include Gentleman's Dub Club at MK11 LIVE MUSIC VENUE (Friday), Myspace or Yours? at The Crooked Crow Bar (Friday) and ABBA Tribute Band Sensation at Stantonbury Theatre (Saturday). Tap a card for times and tickets. Anything from Monday on is in the four-week list further down.
Starts20:00 Gentleman's Dub ClubMK11 LIVE MUSIC VENUE · Bradwell · Milton Keynes 
Myspace or Yours?The Crooked Crow Bar · Leighton-Linslade South · Milton Keynes 20:30Tonight 
ABBA Tribute Band SensationStantonbury Theatre · Stantonbury · Milton Keynes£22 19:30Sat 14 Nov 
Very Beautiful SouthMK11 LIVE MUSIC VENUE · Bradwell · Milton Keynes 20:00Sat 14 Nov 
Ferocious Dog - UK Farewell TourMK11 LIVE MUSIC VENUE · Bradwell · Milton KeynesTickets 19:00Sun 15 Nov Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 39 gigs listed in and around Milton Keynes - second of 4 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Northampton area (68). 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 | Northampton area 26 venues · 14 open mics | 68 |
| 02 | Milton Keynes area This page 18 venues · 10 open mics | 39 |
| 03 | Luton area 16 venues · 7 open mics | 19 |
| 04 | Bedford area 14 venues · 10 open mics | 14 |
Four weeks of Milton Keynes gigs, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 13 listings from 3 rooms, with Fridays the busiest. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.
Starts20:00 Gentleman's Dub ClubMK11 LIVE MUSIC VENUE · Bradwell · Milton Keynes Myspace or Yours?The Crooked Crow Bar · Leighton-Linslade South · Milton Keynes 20:30Tonight ABBA Tribute Band SensationStantonbury Theatre · Stantonbury · Milton Keynes£22 19:30Sat 14 Nov Very Beautiful SouthMK11 LIVE MUSIC VENUE · Bradwell · Milton Keynes 20:00Sat 14 Nov Ferocious Dog - UK Farewell TourMK11 LIVE MUSIC VENUE · Bradwell · Milton KeynesTickets 19:00Sun 15 Nov 
Australian Pink Floyd ShowMilton Keynes Theatre · Central Milton Keynes · Milton Keynes 19:00Tue 17 Nov 
Australian Pink Floyd ShowMilton Keynes Theatre · Milton Keynes 19:00Wed 18 Nov 
Faux Fighters - Foo Fighters TributeMK11 LIVE MUSIC VENUE · Bradwell · Milton KeynesTickets 20:00Sat 21 Nov 
Simple Plan UK, Paramore(ish), The Busted ExperienceMK11 LIVE MUSIC VENUE · Bradwell · Milton Keynes 19:30Fri 27 Nov 
The Marley ExperienceMK11 LIVE MUSIC VENUE · Bradwell · Milton Keynes 20:00Sat 28 Nov | Search every Milton Keynes gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks |
Which Milton Keynes rooms are busiest this week? This ranks venues by how many gigs they have in the next seven nights - a quick way to find where something is on most nights.
| # | Venue | Gigs |
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| 01 | MK11 LIVE MUSIC VENUE | 3 |
| 02 | Milton Keynes Theatre | 2 |
| 03 | Stantonbury Theatre | 1 |
| 04 | The Crooked Crow Bar | 1 |
Every grassroots venue we track in Milton Keynes - all 18, 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 Campbell ParkCentral Milton Keynes · Milton Keynes 
Fox & HoundsStony Stratford · Milton KeynesHouse PA Cap tbc 
Halleys CometBradville · Milton Keynes Cap tbc 
Lion & Sun TavernMilton Keynes Cap tbc 
MK11Kiln Farm · Milton KeynesHouse PA 300Cap 
Revolución de Cuba Milton KeynesMilton Keynes Cap tbc 
The CountrymanBradwell Common · Milton KeynesFull kit 150Cap 
The Craufurd ArmsWolverton · Milton KeynesHouse PA 275Cap 
The National BowlWatling Street / Bletchley · Milton Keynes 65,000Cap 
The Song LoftStony Stratford · Milton Keynes Cap tbc | All 18 Milton Keynes venuesCapacity, backline and opening times |
Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 10 open mic nights in and around Milton Keynes. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.
MONTHFri Kick-off20:00 The Song LoftStony Stratford · Milton KeynesPaidMonthly 
The Vaults BarStony Stratford · Milton KeynesNo feeHouse PA 12:30Sun Fox & HoundsStony Stratford · Milton KeynesNo feeHouse PA 20:00Sun MK11Kiln Farm · Milton KeynesNo feeFull kit 20:00Tue The Craufurd ArmsWolverton · Milton KeynesNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed Bucks Star Brewery Tap HouseStonebridge · Milton KeynesNo feeMonthly 18:30Thu The CountrymanBradwell Common · Milton KeynesNo feeFull kit1st Thu of the month 20:00Thu The WheatsheafTown centre · Leighton BuzzardNo fee 20:00Wed The Crooked Crow BarLeighton BuzzardNo feeLast Thu of the month 19:00Thu The DukesHeath and Reach · Leighton BuzzardNo fee1st Thu of the month 20:00Thu | All 10 Milton Keynes open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Milton Keynes still has 18 of them.
The MK circuit is spread out: The Craufurd Arms in Wolverton for grassroots bands, MK11 at Kiln Farm for live nights, The Stables at Wavendon for jazz and concerts, and Stony Stratford for pub sets.
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: 13 gigs across Milton Keynes in the next four weeks, alongside 18 grassroots venues and 10 regular open mic nights, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement. MK11 LIVE MUSIC VENUE, The Crooked Crow Bar and The Stables - Milton Keynes have the most on, and the sound leans rock and pop.
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 Milton Keynes gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it. If you have never been to an open mic, The Vaults Bar runs one every Sunday.
Milton Keynes has 13 gigs in the next four weeks and 10 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms. Fridays are the busiest for gigs here.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Milton Keynes
—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 Milton Keynes. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of Milton Keynes gigs for the week ahead - out of roughly 3 a week here, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Friday does not crowd out the quieter evenings. When fewer than four Milton Keynes 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. Rooms like MK11 LIVE MUSIC VENUE (8 dates coming up) are easy to miss in a social feed; the email puts them in one place. Right now Milton Keynes leans pop and rock. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Further ahead. Gigs in Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| Milton Keynes venues18 grassroots rooms | |
| Milton Keynes open mics10 regular nights | |
| The Milton Keynes 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: Bedford, Northampton, Aylesbury, Tring
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 13 Milton Keynes gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
What's On in Milton Keynes
Live music in Milton Keynes over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 13 gigs listed in Milton Keynes over the next 28 days across 3 venues. Friday is the busiest night with 4. In total we track 18 grassroots venues and 10 regular open mics here.
Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Milton Keynes gigs in your inbox — and go to one.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Milton Keynes
—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 Milton Keynes. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Last updated: 12 November 2026
This Weekend in Milton Keynes
This weekend in Milton Keynes, Friday to Sunday: 5 gigs. Highlights include Gentleman's Dub Club at MK11 LIVE MUSIC VENUE (Friday), Myspace or Yours? at The Crooked Crow Bar (Friday) and ABBA Tribute Band Sensation at Stantonbury Theatre (Saturday). Tap a card for times and tickets. Anything from Monday on is in the four-week list further down.
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How Milton Keynes Compares
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 39 gigs listed in and around Milton Keynes - second of 4 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Northampton area (68). 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 Northampton area 26 venues · 14 open mics 68
- #2 Milton Keynes area This page 18 venues · 10 open mics 39
- #3 Luton area 16 venues · 7 open mics 19
- #4 Bedford area 14 venues · 10 open mics 14
Gigs in Milton Keynes
Four weeks of Milton Keynes gigs, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 13 listings from 3 rooms, with Fridays the busiest. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.
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Where It's On This Week
Which Milton Keynes rooms are busiest this week? This ranks venues by how many gigs they have in the next seven nights - a quick way to find where something is on most nights.
- #1 MK11 LIVE MUSIC VENUE 3
- #2 Milton Keynes Theatre 2
- #3 Stantonbury Theatre 1
- #4 The Crooked Crow Bar 1
Venues in Milton Keynes
Every grassroots venue we track in Milton Keynes - all 18, 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 Milton Keynes
Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 10 open mic nights in and around Milton Keynes. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.
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Support grassroots music in Milton Keynes
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Milton Keynes still has 18 of them.
The MK circuit is spread out: The Craufurd Arms in Wolverton for grassroots bands, MK11 at Kiln Farm for live nights, The Stables at Wavendon for jazz and concerts, and Stony Stratford for pub sets.
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: 13 gigs across Milton Keynes in the next four weeks, alongside 18 grassroots venues and 10 regular open mic nights, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement. MK11 LIVE MUSIC VENUE, The Crooked Crow Bar and The Stables - Milton Keynes have the most on, and the sound leans rock and pop.
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 Milton Keynes gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it. If you have never been to an open mic, The Vaults Bar runs one every Sunday.
Go to one this month
Milton Keynes has 13 gigs in the next four weeks and 10 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms. Fridays are the busiest for gigs here.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Milton Keynes
—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 Milton Keynes. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of Milton Keynes gigs for the week ahead - out of roughly 3 a week here, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Friday does not crowd out the quieter evenings. When fewer than four Milton Keynes 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. Rooms like MK11 LIVE MUSIC VENUE (8 dates coming up) are easy to miss in a social feed; the email puts them in one place. Right now Milton Keynes leans pop and rock. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Further ahead. Gigs in Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Milton Keynes, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Bedford, Northampton, Aylesbury, Tring
Play or put on gigs in Milton Keynes?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 13 Milton Keynes gigs are already on GigXchange this month.