Northern Ireland · 2 gigs · next 4 weeks
13 Nov – 11 Dec
Help keep grassroots venues open in Newry
—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 Newry. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Updated 12 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 0 |
| Venues tracked | 8 |
| Open mics | 5 |
| Busiest night | Saturday · 2 gigs |
2 gigs listed in Newry over the next 28 days. Saturday is the busiest night with 2. In total we track 8 grassroots venues and 5 regular open mics here.
This weekend in Newry, Friday to Sunday: 1 gig. 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 14 gigs listed in and around Newry - seventh of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Glasgow area (850). 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 | Glasgow area 168 venues · 44 open mics | 850 |
| 02 | Liverpool area 130 venues · 27 open mics | 444 |
| 03 | Belfast area 77 venues · 18 open mics | 274 |
| 04 | Carlisle area 19 venues · 9 open mics | 111 |
| 05 | Blackpool area 47 venues · 22 open mics | 71 |
| 06 | Derry area 14 venues · 6 open mics | 21 |
| 07 | Newry area This page 8 venues · 5 open mics | 14 |
Four weeks of Newry gigs, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 2 listings, with Saturdays the busiest. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.
| Search every Newry gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks |
Every grassroots venue we track in Newry - all 8, 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 500 cap Bellini'sTown Centre · NewryHouse PA 
Newry Town HallTown Centre · NewryHouse PAEngineer 400Cap 
The Railway BarNewry Cap tbc 
Abbey Lane TheatreArmagh Cap tbc 
McKenna's BarMonaghan Cap tbc 
O'HaresNewcastle Cap tbc 
The Rostrevor InnVillage centre · Rostrevor Cap tbc 
Warrenpoint INFTown centre · Warrenpoint Cap tbc | All 8 Newry 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 - 5 nights in Newry. Each card shows the night, the sign-up time and the fee; most are free to watch and to play.
Kick-off21:00 The Railway BarNewryNo fee 
Abbey Lane TheatreArmaghPaidLast Fri of the month 20:00Fri 
Warrenpoint INFTown centre · WarrenpointNo fee3rd Sat of the month TBCSat 
The Rostrevor InnVillage centre · RostrevorNo fee 17:00Sun 
McKenna's BarMonaghanNo fee TBCThu | All 5 Newry open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Newry still has 8 of them.
In Newry the band nights are at Bellini's on Fridays and Saturdays, the Town Hall books folk and live music, and the open mics are out along the lough in Warrenpoint and Rostrevor.
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: 2 gigs in Newry over the next four weeks, plus the 8 grassroots venues and 5 regular open mic nights we track. Nothing is ranked or sponsored - if we know it is on, it is listed.
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 Newry gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it. The The Railway Bar open mic on Thursdays is an easy first night out.
Newry has 2 gigs in the next four weeks and 5 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms. Saturdays are the busiest for gigs here.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Newry
—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 Newry. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What you get. A Monday-noon email for Newry 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 Newry 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 Newry's gigs are all together. Right now Newry leans celtic / irish and country. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Beyond this week. Gigs in Newry 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 Newry gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| Newry venues8 grassroots rooms | |
| Newry open mics5 regular nights | |
| The Newry 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: Belfast, Derry, Ayr, Blackpool
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 2 Newry gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
What's On in Newry
Live music in Newry over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 2 gigs listed in Newry over the next 28 days. Saturday is the busiest night with 2. In total we track 8 grassroots venues and 5 regular open mics here.
Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Newry gigs in your inbox — and go to one.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Newry
—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 Newry. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Last updated: 12 November 2026
This Weekend in Newry
This weekend in Newry, Friday to Sunday: 1 gig. 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 Newry Compares
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 14 gigs listed in and around Newry - seventh of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Glasgow area (850). 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 Glasgow area 168 venues · 44 open mics 850
- #2 Liverpool area 130 venues · 27 open mics 444
- #3 Belfast area 77 venues · 18 open mics 274
- #4 Carlisle area 19 venues · 9 open mics 111
- #5 Blackpool area 47 venues · 22 open mics 71
- #6 Derry area 14 venues · 6 open mics 21
- #7 Newry area This page 8 venues · 5 open mics 14
Gigs in Newry
Four weeks of Newry gigs, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 2 listings, with Saturdays the busiest. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.
Venues in Newry
Every grassroots venue we track in Newry - all 8, 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 Newry
Open mics are regular nights rather than one-off gigs: the same venue, the same night, week in, week out - 5 nights in Newry. 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 Newry
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Newry still has 8 of them.
In Newry the band nights are at Bellini's on Fridays and Saturdays, the Town Hall books folk and live music, and the open mics are out along the lough in Warrenpoint and Rostrevor.
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: 2 gigs in Newry over the next four weeks, plus the 8 grassroots venues and 5 regular open mic nights we track. Nothing is ranked or sponsored - if we know it is on, it is listed.
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 Newry gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it. The The Railway Bar open mic on Thursdays is an easy first night out.
Go to one this month
Newry has 2 gigs in the next four weeks and 5 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms. Saturdays are the busiest for gigs here.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Newry
—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 Newry. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What you get. A Monday-noon email for Newry 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 Newry 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 Newry's gigs are all together. Right now Newry leans celtic / irish and country. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Beyond this week. Gigs in Newry 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 Newry — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Newry, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Belfast, Derry, Ayr, Blackpool
Play or put on gigs in Newry?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 2 Newry gigs are already on GigXchange this month.