South West · 8 gigs · next 4 weeks
13 Nov – 11 Dec
Help keep grassroots venues open in Plymouth
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Updated 13 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 6 |
| Venues tracked | 34 |
| Open mics | 14 |
| Busiest night | Saturday · 3 gigs |
8 gigs listed in Plymouth over the next 28 days across 6 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 3. In total we track 34 grassroots venues and 14 regular open mics here.
This weekend in Plymouth, Friday to Sunday: 2 gigs. Among them: 3 Daft Monkeys at The Barrel House Ballroom (Friday) and Skids + Theatre Of Hate at Totnes Civic Hall (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 16 gigs listed in and around Plymouth - sixth 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 |
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| 01 | Bristol area 86 venues · 35 open mics | 247 |
| 02 | Cardiff area 63 venues · 34 open mics | 159 |
| 03 | Exeter area 48 venues · 24 open mics | 49 |
| 04 | Newquay area 20 venues · 10 open mics | 23 |
| 05 | Swansea area 34 venues · 22 open mics | 23 |
| 06 | Plymouth area This page 34 venues · 14 open mics | 16 |
| 07 | Weymouth area 18 venues · 12 open mics | 6 |
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 8 gigs across 6 venues, busiest on Saturdays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.
Starts20:00 3 Daft MonkeysThe Barrel House Ballroom · Totnes · Plymouth 
Skids + Theatre Of HateTotnes Civic Hall · Totnes 19:00Sat 14 Nov 
Big Lava / PETREA / wormswormswormsThe Junction Plymouth · Drake · Plymouth 19:30Tue 17 Nov 
Land of the Giants + Phat PlanetThings Happen Here · Dartington & Staverton · Totnes 19:30Thu 19 Nov 
Green Day Tribute LiveThe Ploughboy, Saltash · Saltash Tamar · Plymouth 21:00Fri 27 Nov 
Road to Nashville Indoor Barn Dance | THÊ DEPØDepo Plymouth · St Peter and the Waterfront · Plymouth£15 14:00Sat 28 Nov 
Rootzmill, DerndinglePatchwork Studios & Garrison Gallery · Plymouth 19:00Sat 28 Nov 
The WildheartsTHE DEPO · St Peter and the Waterfront · Plymouth 19:00Tue 8 Dec | Search every Plymouth gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks |
The venues doing the most in Plymouth 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 |
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| 01 | The Barrel House Ballroom | 1 |
| 02 | The Junction Plymouth | 1 |
| 03 | Things Happen Here | 1 |
| 04 | Totnes Civic Hall | 1 |
Plymouth's grassroots venues, all 34 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 Bar RakudaPlymouthHouse PA 
Brass MonkeyCity Centre · Plymouth Cap tbc 
Cafe MomusStonehouse · Plymouth Cap tbc 
Central Park PlymouthPlymouth Cap tbc 
HutongBarbican · PlymouthHouse PA 80Cap 
Kitty O'HanlonsCity Centre · Plymouth Cap tbc 
Marina BarPlymouthHouse PA Cap tbc 
Market HallDevonport · Plymouth Cap tbc 
Millbridge InnStoke · PlymouthHouse PA 100Cap 
Minerva InnPlymouthFull kit 70Cap | All 34 Plymouth 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 - 14 nights in Plymouth. Each card shows the night, the sign-up time and the fee; most are free to watch and to play.
Kick-off19:00 Bar RakudaPlymouthNo feeHouse PA The Ford InnPlymouthNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tue The JunctionMutley · PlymouthNo feeFull kit 20:00Tue The Bread and Roses Free HousePlymouthNo feeHouse PA2nd Tue of the month 20:30Tue The Eliot ArmsPlymouthNo feeHouse PAFortnightly 19:30Wed 
Marina BarSutton Harbour · PlymouthNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed Millbridge InnStoke · PlymouthNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed North Street No.7 Cafe and BarBarbican · PlymouthNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed 
The FortescueMutley · PlymouthNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed 
The Nowhere InnGreenbank · PlymouthNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed | All 14 Plymouth open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Plymouth still has 34 of them.
Devon port-city scene with a maritime identity and the South West's most independent live market. Venue or private-event hire? See Find a Band in Plymouth for booking-side rates, Royal Navy mess and ship-christening specialists, and the Devon and Cornwall wedding corridor (Boringdon Hall, Langdon Court, Pentillie Castle). Plymouth's working calendar runs about 7 live nights weekly across the Hoe, Barbican and city centre, with around 28 active venues programming live music monthly. Tourist-summer firm pricing (May-September) lifts rates 15-20% above winter; the Royal William Yard heritage venues handle an estimated 12% of premium private-event work. Around 78% of Plymouth bookings stay inside the 60-mile no-surcharge radius (Torquay, Exeter, Truro). Planning a private party instead? See booking live entertainment in Plymouth for bands, singers and DJs for one-off occasions. Booking for the company rather than yourself? See corporate entertainment in Plymouth for Christmas parties, awards nights and conferences.
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: 8 gigs across Plymouth in the next four weeks, alongside 34 grassroots venues and 14 regular open mic nights, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement. Depo Plymouth, The Barrel House Ballroom and The Junction Plymouth have the most on, and the sound leans rock and folk.
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 Plymouth listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. Start small: Bar Rakuda hosts an open mic each Tuesday.
Plymouth has 8 gigs in the next four weeks and 14 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms. If you only go out once, Saturdays have the most choice.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Plymouth
—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 Plymouth. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of Plymouth gigs for the week ahead, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Saturday does not crowd out the quieter evenings. When fewer than four Plymouth 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 Plymouth's gigs are all together. Expect plenty of rock in Plymouth, with country close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Planning ahead? Gigs in Plymouth 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 Plymouth gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| Plymouth venues34 grassroots rooms | |
| Plymouth open mics14 regular nights | |
| The Plymouth 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: Torquay, Exeter, Newquay, Weymouth
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 8 Plymouth gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
What's On in Plymouth
Live music in Plymouth over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 8 gigs listed in Plymouth over the next 28 days across 6 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 3. In total we track 34 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 Plymouth gigs in your inbox — and go to one.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Plymouth
—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 Plymouth. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Last updated: 13 November 2026
This Weekend in Plymouth
This weekend in Plymouth, Friday to Sunday: 2 gigs. Among them: 3 Daft Monkeys at The Barrel House Ballroom (Friday) and Skids + Theatre Of Hate at Totnes Civic Hall (Saturday). Every card links the full listing - times, entry and tickets; for the weeks after, scroll to the four-week list.
How Plymouth Compares
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 16 gigs listed in and around Plymouth - sixth 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 Cardiff area 63 venues · 34 open mics 159
- #3 Exeter area 48 venues · 24 open mics 49
- #4 Newquay area 20 venues · 10 open mics 23
- #5 Swansea area 34 venues · 22 open mics 23
- #6 Plymouth area This page 34 venues · 14 open mics 16
- #7 Weymouth area 18 venues · 12 open mics 6
Gigs in Plymouth
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 8 gigs across 6 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 Plymouth 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 Barrel House Ballroom 1
- #2 The Junction Plymouth 1
- #3 Things Happen Here 1
- #4 Totnes Civic Hall 1
Venues in Plymouth
Plymouth's grassroots venues, all 34 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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Open mics in Plymouth
Open mics are regular nights rather than one-off gigs: the same venue, the same night, week in, week out - 14 nights in Plymouth. Each card shows the night, the sign-up time and the fee; most are free to watch and to play.
Support grassroots music in Plymouth
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Plymouth still has 34 of them.
Devon port-city scene with a maritime identity and the South West's most independent live market. Venue or private-event hire? See Find a Band in Plymouth for booking-side rates, Royal Navy mess and ship-christening specialists, and the Devon and Cornwall wedding corridor (Boringdon Hall, Langdon Court, Pentillie Castle). Plymouth's working calendar runs about 7 live nights weekly across the Hoe, Barbican and city centre, with around 28 active venues programming live music monthly. Tourist-summer firm pricing (May-September) lifts rates 15-20% above winter; the Royal William Yard heritage venues handle an estimated 12% of premium private-event work. Around 78% of Plymouth bookings stay inside the 60-mile no-surcharge radius (Torquay, Exeter, Truro). Planning a private party instead? See booking live entertainment in Plymouth for bands, singers and DJs for one-off occasions. Booking for the company rather than yourself? See corporate entertainment in Plymouth for Christmas parties, awards nights and conferences.
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: 8 gigs across Plymouth in the next four weeks, alongside 34 grassroots venues and 14 regular open mic nights, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement. Depo Plymouth, The Barrel House Ballroom and The Junction Plymouth have the most on, and the sound leans rock and folk.
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 Plymouth listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. Start small: Bar Rakuda hosts an open mic each Tuesday.
Go to one this month
Plymouth has 8 gigs in the next four weeks and 14 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms. If you only go out once, Saturdays have the most choice.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Plymouth
—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 Plymouth. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of Plymouth gigs for the week ahead, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Saturday does not crowd out the quieter evenings. When fewer than four Plymouth 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 Plymouth's gigs are all together. Expect plenty of rock in Plymouth, with country close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Planning ahead? Gigs in Plymouth 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 Plymouth — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Plymouth, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Torquay, Exeter, Newquay, Weymouth
Play or put on gigs in Plymouth?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 8 Plymouth gigs are already on GigXchange this month.