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What's On in Plymouth

13 Nov – 11 Dec

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All Plymouth gigs This month

Updated 13 November 2026

At a glance
8
Gigs in
4 weeks
in Plymouth, 13 Nov – 11 Dec
In detail
Venues with something on6
Venues tracked34
Open mics14
Busiest nightSaturday · 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.

01 — This weekend
2 gigs
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.

Starts20:00 3 Daft MonkeysThe Barrel House Ballroom · Totnes · Plymouth Skids + Theatre Of HateTotnes Civic Hall · Totnes 19:00Sat 14 Nov
02 — Compared
#6 of 7
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.

#PlaceGigs
01Bristol area 86 venues · 35 open mics247
02Cardiff area 63 venues · 34 open mics159
03Exeter area 48 venues · 24 open mics49
04Newquay area 20 venues · 10 open mics23
05Swansea area 34 venues · 22 open mics23
06Plymouth area This page 34 venues · 14 open mics16
07Weymouth area 18 venues · 12 open mics6
03 — Gigs
8 gigs
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.

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
04 — This week
4 rooms
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.

#VenueGigs
01The Barrel House Ballroom 1
02The Junction Plymouth 1
03Things Happen Here 1
04Totnes Civic Hall 1
05 — Venues
34 rooms
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.

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
06 — Open mics
14 nights
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.

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
07 — Support grassroots
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

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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
08 — Questions10 answersWhat's on in Plymouth
2 gigs in Plymouth this weekend (Fri 13 Nov – Sun 15 Nov) - including 3 Daft Monkeys at The Barrel House Ballroom (Friday), Skids + Theatre Of Hate at Totnes Civic Hall (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 16 gigs listed in and around Plymouth - sixth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Bristol area (247).
We currently list 8 gigs in Plymouth between 13 Nov and 11 Dec, across 6 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 Plymouth in the gig directory or every city we cover.
None of the Plymouth gigs currently listed are marked free entry, though many venues do not publish a price at all. Plymouth open mic nights are your reliable free option — most charge nothing to watch or to play.
Saturday, with 3 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Saturday: 3 gigs · Friday: 2 gigs · Tuesday: 2 gigs. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.
Right now: Depo Plymouth, The Barrel House Ballroom, The Junction Plymouth. In total we track 34 grassroots venues in Plymouth, of which 6 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the Plymouth venue directory.
Plymouth 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 Plymouth open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.
Where a Plymouth venue publishes a price, the average ticket is £15.00. 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. Plymouth still has 34 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 Plymouth 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.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages

What's On across the UKNearby:  Torquay, Exeter, Newquay, Weymouth

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Aberdeen27Accrington7AldershotAmershamAylesburyAyr
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Cambridge17CannockCanterburyCardiff64Carlisle34Chelmsford6Cheltenham8CheshamCheshuntChesterColchesterCoventry29Crawley
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Derby37DerryDoncaster3Dundee12DunfermlineDurham2
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EastbourneEdinburgh121Egham6Epsom10Exeter15
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Farnborough6Frome
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GatesheadGlasgow298Gloucester2GrimsbyGuildford
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HalifaxHarpendenHarrogateHastings12HatfieldHemel HempsteadHereford3HertfordHigh Wycombe13HitchinHoddesdonHuddersfieldHull35
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Inverness16Ipswich12
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LancasterLeeds89Leicester22Leigh-on-SeaLincoln7Liverpool180London520Luton8
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Maidstone11Manchester310Margate4MarlowMiddlesbrough18Milton Keynes13
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NewburyNewcastle109Newquay13Newry2Northampton18Norwich19Nottingham93Nuneaton
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Oxford21
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PaisleyPerthPeterborough11Portsmouth14Potters BarPreston31
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Rawtenstall17Reading12RickmansworthRochdale
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Scarborough14Sheffield57ShrewsburySouthampton55SouthportSt AlbansStevenageStirlingStockportStockton-on-Tees9Stoke-on-Trent16Sunderland3Sutton10Swansea9Swindon2
T
Telford7TorquayTringTunbridge Wells8
W
WakefieldWalsallWaterlooville4Watford16Welwyn Garden CityWeymouth3WhitbyWidnesWoking9Wolverhampton36WorcesterWorthingWrexham21
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York14
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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.

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Updated daily · 8 gigs in Plymouth over the next four weeks

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.

NOV
13
3 Daft Monkeys
The Barrel House Ballroom·Totnes, Plymouth
Friday, 13 November 2026 · 20:00
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreFolk
View details›
NOV
14
Skids + Theatre Of Hate
Totnes Civic Hall·Totnes, Plymouth
Saturday, 14 November 2026 · 19:00–23:00
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • Genre—
View details›

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. #1 Bristol area 86 venues · 35 open mics 247
  2. #2 Cardiff area 63 venues · 34 open mics 159
  3. #3 Exeter area 48 venues · 24 open mics 49
  4. #4 Newquay area 20 venues · 10 open mics 23
  5. #5 Swansea area 34 venues · 22 open mics 23
  6. #6 Plymouth area This page 34 venues · 14 open mics 16
  7. #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.

Showing 8 of 8 gigs

See every upcoming gig in Plymouth →

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. #1 The Barrel House Ballroom 1
  2. #2 The Junction Plymouth 1
  3. #3 Things Happen Here 1
  4. #4 Totnes Civic Hall 1

All 34 Plymouth venues →   All 14 open mics →

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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Thistle Park Tavern
Plymouth › The Barbican★★★★★ (—)
Plymouth tavern with live music.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon15:00–00:00
  • Tue15:00–00:00
  • Wed15:00–00:00
  • Thu15:00–00:00
  • Fri13:00–03:00
  • Sat13:00–03:00
  • Sun15:00–22:30
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c. 120
Photo: Google
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Calstock Arts
Calstock★★★★★ (—)
Converted chapel arts centre on the River Tamar.
Private hire up to 115 seated
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon—
  • Tue—
  • Wed—
  • Thu—
  • Fri—
  • Sat—
  • Sun—
View venue›
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Firebrand Brewing Co
Launceston › Pennygillam Industrial Estate, Launceston★★★★★ (—)
Award-winning Cornish brewery taproom in Launceston with a monthly Firejam and touring gigs
  • PA system (TBC)
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon09:00–17:00
  • Tue09:00–17:00
  • Wed09:00–17:00
  • Thu09:00–22:00
  • Fri09:00–22:00
  • Sat11:00–22:00
  • SunClosed
View venue›
Photo: Google
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Launceston Town Hall
Launceston★★★★★ (—)
North Cornwall's biggest room: 450-capacity Grade II listed hall run by the town council
Private hire up to 450 standing
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon—
  • Tue—
  • Wed—
  • Thu—
  • Fri—
  • Sat—
  • Sun—
View venue›
c. 100
Photo: Google
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Patchwork Studios & Garrison Gallery
Torpoint › Maker Heights, Rame Peninsula★★★★★ (—)
Torpoint gallery with DJ events.
  • PA system (TBC)
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • MonClosed
  • TueClosed
  • WedClosed
  • ThuClosed
  • Fri18:30–23:00
  • Sat18:30–23:00
  • SunClosed
View venue›
c. 50
Photo: Google
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Strawberry Fields
Lifton★★★★★ (—)
Live music venue.
  • PA system (TBC)
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon08:00–20:00
  • Tue08:00–20:00
  • Wed08:00–20:00
  • Thu08:00–20:00
  • Fri08:00–20:00
  • Sat08:00–20:00
  • Sun08:00–20:00
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c. 150
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The Barrel House Ballroom
Totnes › City Centre★★★★★ (—)
150-cap ballroom, home of live music in South Devon.
Private hire up to 150 standing
  • PA system
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon17:00–00:00
  • Tue17:00–00:00
  • Wed17:00–00:00
  • Thu17:00–00:00
  • Fri12:00–00:00
  • Sat12:00–00:00
  • Sun12:00–23:30
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The Eliot Arms
Saltash › St Germans★★★★★ (—)
18th-century St Germans coaching inn with a Thursday acoustic jam.
  • PA system
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • MonClosed
  • TueClosed
  • Wed15:00–23:30
  • Thu15:00–23:30
  • Fri15:00–23:30
  • Sat15:00–23:30
  • Sun12:00–23:30
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The Ploughboy
Saltash › Burraton★★★★★ (—)
Burraton pub in Saltash with occasional live bands and tribute nights
  • PA system (TBC)
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
  • Bass amp (TBC)
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon12:00–23:00
  • Tue12:00–23:00
  • Wed12:00–23:00
  • Thu12:00–23:00
  • Fri12:00–00:00
  • Sat12:00–00:00
  • Sun12:00–23:00
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Things Happen Here, Totnes
Totnes › Shinner's Bridge, Dartington★★★★★ (—)
Totnes taproom with ska and live music.
  • PA system (TBC)
  • Drum kit
  • Guitar amp
  • Bass amp
  • Keys / keyboard (TBC)
  • Vocal mics (TBC)
  • In-house engineer (TBC)
  • Mon15:00–20:00
  • Tue15:00–20:00
  • Wed15:00–22:00
  • Thu15:00–22:00
  • Fri13:00–23:00
  • Sat13:00–23:00
  • Sun13:00–20:00
View venue›

All 34 Plymouth venues →

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.

EVERY
Tue
Bar Rakuda
Plymouth
Next Tue 17 NovStarts 19:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Tue
The Ford Inn
Plymouth
Next Tue 17 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up—
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
Plymouth's music institution
EVERY
Tue
The Junction
Mutley, Plymouth
Next Tue 17 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • BacklineFull
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
2ND
Tue
The Bread and Roses Free House
Plymouth
Next Tue 8 DecStarts 20:30
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
2-WK
Wed
The Eliot Arms
Plymouth
Starts 19:30
  • Sign-up—
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Wed
Thistle Park Tavern
Plymouth
Next Wed 18 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Wed
Millbridge Inn
Stoke, Plymouth
Next Wed 18 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Wed
North Street No.7 Cafe and Bar
Barbican, Plymouth
Next Wed 18 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Wed
Marina Bar
Sutton Harbour, Plymouth
Next Wed 18 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Wed
The Fortescue
Mutley, Plymouth
Next Wed 18 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Wed
The Nowhere Inn
Greenbank, Plymouth
Next Wed 18 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
View details›
EVERY
Thu
Minerva Inn
Barbican, Plymouth
Next Thu 19 NovStarts 19:00
  • Sign-up—
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • BacklineFull
  • Open toMusicians
View details›

All 14 Plymouth open mics →

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

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

2 gigs in Plymouth this weekend (Fri 13 Nov – Sun 15 Nov) - including 3 Daft Monkeys at The Barrel House Ballroom (Friday), Skids + Theatre Of Hate at Totnes Civic Hall (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 16 gigs listed in and around Plymouth - sixth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Bristol area (247).
We currently list 8 gigs in Plymouth between 13 Nov and 11 Dec, across 6 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 Plymouth in the gig directory or every city we cover.
None of the Plymouth gigs currently listed are marked free entry, though many venues do not publish a price at all. Plymouth open mic nights are your reliable free option — most charge nothing to watch or to play.
Saturday, with 3 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Saturday: 3 gigs · Friday: 2 gigs · Tuesday: 2 gigs. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.
Right now: Depo Plymouth, The Barrel House Ballroom, The Junction Plymouth. In total we track 34 grassroots venues in Plymouth, of which 6 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the Plymouth venue directory.
Plymouth 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 Plymouth open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.
Where a Plymouth venue publishes a price, the average ticket is £15.00. 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. Plymouth still has 34 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 Plymouth 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 across the UKNearby:  Torquay, Exeter, Newquay, Weymouth

All 139 other cities, A–ZGigs
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Aberdeen27Accrington7AldershotAmershamAylesburyAyr
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BarnsleyBasildon11Bath23Bedford9Belfast95BerkhamstedBillericay2Birmingham188Blackburn3Blackpool25BoltonBorehamwoodBournemouth22BracknellBradford39BridgendBrighouseBrighton85Bristol105Broxbourne9Bushey
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Cambridge17CannockCanterburyCardiff64Carlisle34Chelmsford6Cheltenham8CheshamCheshuntChesterColchesterCoventry29Crawley
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Derby37DerryDoncaster3Dundee12DunfermlineDurham2
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EastbourneEdinburgh121Egham6Epsom10Exeter15
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Farnborough6Frome
G
GatesheadGlasgow298Gloucester2GrimsbyGuildford
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HalifaxHarpendenHarrogateHastings12HatfieldHemel HempsteadHereford3HertfordHigh Wycombe13HitchinHoddesdonHuddersfieldHull35
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Inverness16Ipswich12
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LancasterLeeds89Leicester22Leigh-on-SeaLincoln7Liverpool180London520Luton8
M
Maidstone11Manchester310Margate4MarlowMiddlesbrough18Milton Keynes13
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NewburyNewcastle109Newquay13Newry2Northampton18Norwich19Nottingham93Nuneaton
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Oxford21
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PaisleyPerthPeterborough11Portsmouth14Potters BarPreston31
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Rawtenstall17Reading12RickmansworthRochdale
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Scarborough14Sheffield57ShrewsburySouthampton55SouthportSt AlbansStevenageStirlingStockportStockton-on-Tees9Stoke-on-Trent16Sunderland3Sutton10Swansea9Swindon2
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Telford7TorquayTringTunbridge Wells8
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WakefieldWalsallWaterlooville4Watford16Welwyn Garden CityWeymouth3WhitbyWidnesWoking9Wolverhampton36WorcesterWorthingWrexham21
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York14

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