Lancashire · 31 gigs · next 4 weeks
13 Nov – 11 Dec
Help keep grassroots venues open in Preston
—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 Preston. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Updated 13 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 5 |
| Venues tracked | 28 |
| Open mics | 17 |
| Busiest night | Friday · 13 gigs |
31 gigs listed in Preston over the next 28 days across 5 venues. Friday is the busiest night with 13. In total we track 28 grassroots venues and 17 regular open mics here.
Only Friday to Sunday: the 6 gigs on in Preston this weekend. Look out for Teresa Winter / Sam McLoughlin | Small Hours at Snapes Printworks (Friday), Dad Sabbath at Vinyl Tap Preston (Friday) and Torridon + guests at The Ferret (Saturday). Tap a card for times and tickets. Anything from Monday on is in the four-week list further down.
Starts18:30 Teresa Winter / Sam McLoughlin | Small HoursSnapes Printworks · City Centre · Preston 
MC DevvoThe Ferret · City Centre · PrestonTickets 19:00Tonight 
Dad SabbathVinyl Tap Preston · Plungington · Preston 19:30Tonight 
Torridon + guestsThe Ferret · City Centre · PrestonTickets 19:00Sat 14 Nov 
Whatever - Oasis TributeThe Continental · City Centre · Preston 20:00Sat 14 Nov 
Janus Stark + BOI TOI + TicNoToc + SlappstikkThe Ferret · City Centre · Preston 19:00Sun 15 Nov Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 75 gigs listed in and around Preston - third of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Manchester area (763). 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 | Manchester area 164 venues · 59 open mics | 763 |
| 02 | Liverpool area 130 venues · 27 open mics | 444 |
| 03 | Preston area This page 28 venues · 17 open mics | 75 |
| 04 | Blackpool area 47 venues · 22 open mics | 71 |
| 05 | Rawtenstall area 25 venues · 12 open mics | 31 |
| 06 | Blackburn area 11 venues · 5 open mics | 14 |
| 07 | Accrington area 12 venues · 8 open mics | 10 |
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 31 gigs across 5 venues, busiest on Fridays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.
Starts18:30 Teresa Winter / Sam McLoughlin | Small HoursSnapes Printworks · City Centre · Preston MC DevvoThe Ferret · City Centre · PrestonTickets 19:00Tonight Dad SabbathVinyl Tap Preston · Plungington · Preston 19:30Tonight Torridon + guestsThe Ferret · City Centre · PrestonTickets 19:00Sat 14 Nov Whatever - Oasis TributeThe Continental · City Centre · Preston 20:00Sat 14 Nov Janus Stark + BOI TOI + TicNoToc + SlappstikkThe Ferret · City Centre · Preston 19:00Sun 15 Nov 
The TurbansThe Ferret · City Centre · Preston 19:00Thu 19 Nov 
China CrisisThe Continental · City Centre · Preston 20:00Fri 20 Nov 
Straighten Out: The #1 Stranglers TributeThe Continental · City Centre · Preston 20:00Sat 21 Nov 
Soul of the North - Northern Soul Day PartyThe Continental · City Centre · Preston 14:00Sun 22 Nov | Search every Preston gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks |
Not the gigs - the rooms. These are the Preston venues with the most on in the next seven nights, counted from the listings above, so you can see where the city is busiest this week before you pick a night.
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| 01 | The Ferret | 4 |
| 02 | Snapes Printworks | 1 |
| 03 | The Continental | 1 |
| 04 | Vinyl Tap Preston | 1 |
Preston's grassroots venues, all 28 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 53 DegreesPreston 
Baker StreetPrestonFull kit 80Cap 
Black HorsePrestonHouse PA 150Cap 
Chew's YardPreston City Centre · Preston Cap tbc 
Guild Ale HousePreston city centre · Preston Cap tbc 
Hopwoods Tap HouseCity Centre · Preston Cap tbc 
Lea Social ClubLea · Preston 170Cap 
Molly O'MalleysPreston Cap tbc 
New ContinentalRiverside · PrestonHouse PA 200Cap 
Ships and GigglesPrestonHouse PA Cap tbc | All 28 Preston venuesCapacity, backline and opening times |
Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 17 open mic nights in and around Preston. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.
Kick-off20:00 Ships and GigglesPrestonNo feeHouse PA 
The FerretFylde Road · PrestonNo feeHouse PAMonthly 19:00Tue Baker StreetPrestonNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tue Black HorsePrestonNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tue Swan InnHigher Walton · PrestonNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tue The Northern Way PrestonFriargate · PrestonNo feeHouse PA 20:30Tue Vinyl Tap PrestonAdelphi Quarter · PrestonNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed New ContinentalPrestonNo feeHouse PA1st Thu of the month 20:30Thu Prince Of WalesChorleyNo feeHouse PA TBCSun The Kitchen TapBuckshaw Village · ChorleyNo feeFortnightly 19:30Mon | All 17 Preston open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Preston still has 28 of them.
Most Preston gigs sit between Friargate and the UCLan district: Vinyl Tap and Baker Street for bands and open mics, the Black Horse for weekend music, and the New Continental down by the river.
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: 31 gigs in Preston over the next four weeks, plus the 28 grassroots venues and 17 regular open mic nights we track. Nothing is ranked or sponsored - if we know it is on, it is listed. The Continental, The Ferret and 53 Degrees have the most on, and the sound leans tribute act and rock.
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 Preston listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. Start small: Swan Inn hosts an open mic each Tuesday.
Preston has 31 gigs in the next four weeks and 17 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, Fridays have the most choice.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Preston
—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 Preston. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
One email, once a week. Noon on Monday, Preston's week of live music from the 9 venues with gigs on, alongside 17 open mic nights, capped at two gigs a night so it stays readable.
Why sign up. The Continental has the most coming up here, with 11 dates - the email means you see them in time to go. Right now Preston leans rock and tribute act. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Further ahead. Gigs in Preston 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 Preston gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| Preston venues28 grassroots rooms | |
| Preston open mics17 regular nights | |
| The Preston 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: Blackburn, Accrington, Blackpool, Southport
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 31 Preston gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
What's On in Preston
Live music in Preston over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 31 gigs listed in Preston over the next 28 days across 5 venues. Friday is the busiest night with 13. In total we track 28 grassroots venues and 17 regular open mics here.
Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Preston gigs in your inbox — and go to one.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Preston
—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 Preston. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Last updated: 13 November 2026
This Weekend in Preston
Only Friday to Sunday: the 6 gigs on in Preston this weekend. Look out for Teresa Winter / Sam McLoughlin | Small Hours at Snapes Printworks (Friday), Dad Sabbath at Vinyl Tap Preston (Friday) and Torridon + guests at The Ferret (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 Preston Compares
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 75 gigs listed in and around Preston - third of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Manchester area (763). 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 Manchester area 164 venues · 59 open mics 763
- #2 Liverpool area 130 venues · 27 open mics 444
- #3 Preston area This page 28 venues · 17 open mics 75
- #4 Blackpool area 47 venues · 22 open mics 71
- #5 Rawtenstall area 25 venues · 12 open mics 31
- #6 Blackburn area 11 venues · 5 open mics 14
- #7 Accrington area 12 venues · 8 open mics 10
Gigs in Preston
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 31 gigs across 5 venues, busiest on Fridays. 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
Not the gigs - the rooms. These are the Preston venues with the most on in the next seven nights, counted from the listings above, so you can see where the city is busiest this week before you pick a night.
- #1 The Ferret 4
- #2 Snapes Printworks 1
- #3 The Continental 1
- #4 Vinyl Tap Preston 1
Venues in Preston
Preston's grassroots venues, all 28 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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Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 17 open mic nights in and around Preston. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.
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Support grassroots music in Preston
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Preston still has 28 of them.
Most Preston gigs sit between Friargate and the UCLan district: Vinyl Tap and Baker Street for bands and open mics, the Black Horse for weekend music, and the New Continental down by the river.
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: 31 gigs in Preston over the next four weeks, plus the 28 grassroots venues and 17 regular open mic nights we track. Nothing is ranked or sponsored - if we know it is on, it is listed. The Continental, The Ferret and 53 Degrees have the most on, and the sound leans tribute act and rock.
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 Preston listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. Start small: Swan Inn hosts an open mic each Tuesday.
Go to one this month
Preston has 31 gigs in the next four weeks and 17 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, Fridays have the most choice.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Preston
—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 Preston. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
One email, once a week. Noon on Monday, Preston's week of live music from the 9 venues with gigs on, alongside 17 open mic nights, capped at two gigs a night so it stays readable.
Why sign up. The Continental has the most coming up here, with 11 dates - the email means you see them in time to go. Right now Preston leans rock and tribute act. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Further ahead. Gigs in Preston 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 Preston — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Preston, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Blackburn, Accrington, Blackpool, Southport
Play or put on gigs in Preston?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 31 Preston gigs are already on GigXchange this month.