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What's On in Stoke-on-Trent

4 Nov – 2 Dec

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All Stoke-on-Trent gigs This month

Updated 4 November 2026

At a glance

13
Gigs in
4 weeks
in Stoke-on-Trent, 4 Nov – 2 Dec
In detail
Venues with something on3
Venues tracked29
Open mics17
Busiest nightSunday · 4 gigs

13 gigs listed in Stoke-on-Trent over the next 28 days across 3 venues. Sunday is the busiest night with 4. In total we track 29 grassroots venues and 17 regular open mics here.

01 — This weekend

2 gigs

This weekend in Stoke-on-Trent

This weekend in Stoke-on-Trent, Friday to Sunday: 2 gigs. Look out for GirlyPop Live - Harry Styles VS Taylor Swift at Keele SU (Keele University Students' Union) (Sunday) and Classically Kate Bush at Victoria Hall (Sunday). Every card links the full listing - times, entry and tickets; for the weeks after, scroll to the four-week list.

Starts12:00 GirlyPop Live - Harry Styles VS Taylor SwiftKeele SU (Keele University Students' Union) · Keele · Stoke-on-Trent Classically Kate BushVictoria Hall · Etruria & Hanley · Stoke-on-Trent 19:30Sun 8 Nov

02 — Compared

#4 of 6

How Stoke-on-Trent compares

Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 51 gigs listed in and around Stoke-on-Trent - fourth of 6 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Manchester area (796). 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
01Manchester area 164 venues · 59 open mics796
02Derby area 37 venues · 15 open mics118
03Wolverhampton area 48 venues · 23 open mics106
04Stoke-on-Trent area This page 29 venues · 17 open mics51
05Wrexham area 31 venues · 18 open mics49
06Telford area 20 venues · 14 open mics11

03 — Gigs

13 gigs

Gigs in Stoke-on-Trent

The whole four weeks, 4 Nov to 2 Dec: 13 gigs across 3 venues, busiest on Sundays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.

Starts12:00 GirlyPop Live - Harry Styles VS Taylor SwiftKeele SU (Keele University Students' Union) · Keele · Stoke-on-Trent Classically Kate BushVictoria Hall · Etruria & Hanley · Stoke-on-Trent 19:30Sun 8 Nov Happy MondaysKeele Students Union · Keele · Stoke-on-Trent 19:00Fri 13 Nov Jools Holland and His Rhythm & Blues OrchestraVictoria Hall · Etruria & Hanley · Stoke-on-Trent 19:30Thu 19 Nov ElvanaThe Sugarmill · Etruria & Hanley · Stoke-on-Trent 19:00Fri 20 Nov 2026 Southern Rock Night for Children In NeedVictoria Sports And Social Club · Dane Valley 19:00Sat 21 Nov Joey wit + Rhiannon Hill & Stevie StokerThe Rigger · Town · Stoke-on-Trent 19:00Tue 24 Nov The StylisticsVictoria Hall · Etruria & Hanley · Stoke-on-Trent 19:30Thu 26 Nov Stabat Mater by Pergolesi in StokeStoke Minster · Hartshill Park & Stoke · Stoke-on-Trent 18:00Sat 28 Nov Monsters of Rock - Hartington Hall (Hartington 28/11/2026)Hartington Village Hall · Hartington & Taddington 19:00Sat 28 Nov
Search every Stoke-on-Trent gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks

04 — Venues

29 rooms

Venues in Stoke-on-Trent

All 29 grassroots rooms we track around Stoke-on-Trent, busy or quiet this month, with how many each holds, the kit it has and when it opens. A room's own page shows its upcoming nights.

500 cap Aynsley MillLongton · Stoke-on-Trent Bolton Gate ArtsWeston Coyney · Stoke-on-Trent Cap tbc Charlie Bassett'sDilhorne · Stoke-on-TrentHouse PA 70Cap London Road Ale HouseStoke-on-TrentHouse PA Cap tbc Riff FactoryStoke-on-Trent Cap tbc Sanctuary Ale HouseHartshill · Stoke-on-TrentHouse PA Cap tbc Swifty'sMeir · Stoke-on-Trent Cap tbc The Artisan TapHartshill, Stoke-on-Trent · Stoke-on-Trent 100Cap The Beehive InnPenkhull · Stoke-on-TrentHouse PA Cap tbc The GlebeStoke-on-Trent ST4 · Stoke-on-TrentHouse PA Cap tbc
All 29 Stoke-on-Trent venuesCapacity, backline and opening times

05 — Open mics

17 nights

Open mics in Stoke-on-Trent

Open mics are regular nights rather than one-off gigs: the same venue, the same night, week in, week out - 17 nights in Stoke-on-Trent. Each card shows the night, the sign-up time and the fee; most are free to watch and to play.

Kick-off20:00 London Road Ale HouseStoke-on-TrentNo feeHouse PA The Beehive InnStoke-on-TrentNo feeHouse PAMonthly 20:00Wed The GlebeStoke-on-TrentNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tonight Swifty'sMeir · Stoke-on-TrentNo fee TBCThu Charlie Bassett'sDilhorne · Stoke-on-TrentNo feeHouse PA 20:00Fri Bolton Gate ArtsWeston Coyney · Stoke-on-TrentNo fee1st Sat of the month 18:00Sat Sanctuary Ale HouseHartshill · Stoke-on-TrentNo feeHouse PAFortnightly 19:00Sun The WoodmanHanley · Stoke-on-TrentNo feeHouse PA 20:00Sun The JugNewcastle-under-Lyme · NewcastleNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tonight The Lower ChequerTown centre · SandbachNo feeLast Wed of the month 20:00Wed
All 17 Stoke-on-Trent open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night

06 — Support grassroots

Support grassroots music in Stoke-on-Trent

Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Stoke-on-Trent still has 29 of them.

Six-town Potteries scene with a strong tribute and function calendar at value-end fees. Venue or private-event hire? See Find a Band in Stoke-on-Trent for rate breakdowns, Robbie/Take That tribute specialists and Staffordshire wedding corridor venues (Sandon Hall, Trentham Estate, Heath House). Stoke-on-Trent's working calendar runs about 7 live nights weekly across the six towns, with around 38 active venues programming live music monthly. Around 70% of Potteries acts work the cross-Staffordshire-and-Cheshire circuit. Planning a private party instead? See booking live entertainment in Stoke-on-Trent for bands, singers and DJs for one-off occasions. Booking for the company rather than yourself? See corporate entertainment in Stoke-on-Trent for Christmas parties, awards nights and conferences.

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 Stoke-on-Trent in the next four weeks, alongside 29 grassroots venues and 17 regular open mic nights, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement. Most of it happens at The Sugarmill, Keele SU (Keele University Students' Union) and The Rigger, and the sound leans rock and pop.

The single most useful thing anyone can do is turn up. Buy a ticket, buy a drink at the bar, and go to a night you have not been to before. If you would rather be told than remember, the sign-up below sends Stoke-on-Trent listings straight to your inbox. If you run a venue here, claim your page so people can find you. If you have never been to an open mic, Swifty's runs one every Thursday.

Go to one this month

Stoke-on-Trent has 13 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. Sundays are the busiest for gigs here.

Help keep grassroots venues open in Stoke-on-Trent

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What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of Stoke-on-Trent gigs for the week ahead - out of roughly 3 a week here, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Sunday does not crowd out the quieter evenings. When fewer than four Stoke-on-Trent 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. The Sugarmill alone has 3 dates on, Victoria Hall 3 - the email is how you hear about them before the night, not after. Right now Stoke-on-Trent leans rock and pop. One click unsubscribes, any time.

Planning ahead? Gigs in Stoke-on-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date
Stoke-on-Trent venues29 grassroots rooms
Stoke-on-Trent open mics17 regular nights
The Stoke-on-Trent 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

07 — Questions10 answersWhat's on in Stoke-on-Trent

2 gigs in Stoke-on-Trent this weekend (Fri 6 Nov – Sun 8 Nov) - including GirlyPop Live - Harry Styles VS Taylor Swift at Keele SU (Keele University Students' Union) (Sunday), Classically Kate Bush at Victoria Hall (Sunday). 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 51 gigs listed in and around Stoke-on-Trent - fourth of 6 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Manchester area (796).
We currently list 13 gigs in Stoke-on-Trent between 4 Nov and 2 Dec, across 3 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 Stoke-on-Trent in the gig directory or every city we cover.
None of the Stoke-on-Trent gigs currently listed are marked free entry, though many venues do not publish a price at all. Stoke-on-Trent open mic nights are your reliable free option — most charge nothing to watch or to play.
Sunday, with 4 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Sunday: 4 gigs · Saturday: 3 gigs · Friday: 2 gigs. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.
Right now: The Sugarmill, Keele SU (Keele University Students' Union), The Rigger. In total we track 29 grassroots venues in Stoke-on-Trent, of which 3 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the Stoke-on-Trent venue directory.
Stoke-on-Trent has 17 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 Stoke-on-Trent open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.
Most Stoke-on-Trent venues in our listings do not publish a ticket price in advance. 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. Stoke-on-Trent still has 29 on our list. Music Venue Trust campaigns for them nationally; venues themselves navigate PRS licensing and 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 Stoke-on-Trent 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 in Stoke-on-Trent

Live music in Stoke-on-Trent over the next four weeks — 4 Nov – 2 Dec. 13 gigs listed in Stoke-on-Trent over the next 28 days across 3 venues. Sunday is the busiest night with 4. In total we track 29 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 Stoke-on-Trent gigs in your inbox — and go to one.

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Updated daily · 13 gigs in Stoke-on-Trent over the next four weeks

Last updated: 4 November 2026

This Weekend in Stoke-on-Trent

This weekend in Stoke-on-Trent, Friday to Sunday: 2 gigs. Look out for GirlyPop Live - Harry Styles VS Taylor Swift at Keele SU (Keele University Students' Union) (Sunday) and Classically Kate Bush at Victoria Hall (Sunday). Every card links the full listing - times, entry and tickets; for the weeks after, scroll to the four-week list.

NOV
8
GirlyPop Live - Harry Styles VS Taylor Swift
Keele SU (Keele University Students' Union)·Keele, Stoke-on-Trent
Sunday, 8 November 2026 · 12:00–16:30
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenrePop, Tribute Act
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NOV
8
Classically Kate Bush
Victoria Hall·Etruria & Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
Sunday, 8 November 2026 · 19:30
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreClassical
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How Stoke-on-Trent Compares

Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 51 gigs listed in and around Stoke-on-Trent - fourth of 6 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Manchester area (796). 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 Manchester area 164 venues · 59 open mics 796
  2. #2 Derby area 37 venues · 15 open mics 118
  3. #3 Wolverhampton area 48 venues · 23 open mics 106
  4. #4 Stoke-on-Trent area This page 29 venues · 17 open mics 51
  5. #5 Wrexham area 31 venues · 18 open mics 49
  6. #6 Telford area 20 venues · 14 open mics 11

Gigs in Stoke-on-Trent

The whole four weeks, 4 Nov to 2 Dec: 13 gigs across 3 venues, busiest on Sundays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.

Showing 13 of 13 gigs
NOV
8
GirlyPop Live - Harry Styles VS Taylor Swift
Keele SU (Keele University Students' Union)·Keele, Stoke-on-Trent
Sunday, 8 November 2026 · 12:00–16:30
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenrePop, Tribute Act
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NOV
8
Classically Kate Bush
Victoria Hall·Etruria & Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
Sunday, 8 November 2026 · 19:30
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  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreClassical
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NOV
13
Happy Mondays
Keele Students Union·Keele, Stoke-on-Trent
Friday, 13 November 2026 · 19:00
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  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreRock, Pop
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NOV
19
Jools Holland and His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
Victoria Hall·Etruria & Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
Thursday, 19 November 2026 · 19:30
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  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreR&B
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NOV
20
Elvana
The Sugarmill·Etruria & Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
Friday, 20 November 2026 · 19:00
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NOV
21
2026 Southern Rock Night for Children In Need
Victoria Sports And Social Club·Dane Valley, Stoke-on-Trent
Saturday, 21 November 2026 · 19:00–23:30
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  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreRock
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NOV
24
Joey wit + Rhiannon Hill & Stevie Stoker
The Rigger·Town, Stoke-on-Trent
Tuesday, 24 November 2026 · 19:00–22:30
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  • AgeAll ages
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NOV
26
The Stylistics
Victoria Hall·Etruria & Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
Thursday, 26 November 2026 · 19:30
  • Entry—
  • Tickets—
  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreSoul, R&B
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NOV
28
Stabat Mater by Pergolesi in Stoke
Stoke Minster·Hartshill Park & Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent
Saturday, 28 November 2026 · 18:00–19:45
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  • AgeAll ages
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NOV
28
Monsters of Rock - Hartington Hall (Hartington 28/11/2026)
Hartington Village Hall·Hartington & Taddington, Stoke-on-Trent
Saturday, 28 November 2026 · 19:00–23:00
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  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreRock
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NOV
29
The Skids, Theatre of Hate
The Sugarmill·Etruria & Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
Sunday, 29 November 2026 · 19:00
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  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreRock, Alternative Rock, Pop
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NOV
29
Skids + Theatre Of Hate
The Sugarmill·Etruria & Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
Sunday, 29 November 2026 · 19:00–23:00
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NOV
30
Australian Pink Floyd Show
Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
Monday, 30 November 2026 · 19:00
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  • AgeAll ages
  • GenreRock, Pop
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Venues in Stoke-on-Trent

All 29 grassroots rooms we track around Stoke-on-Trent, busy or quiet this month, with how many each holds, the kit it has and when it opens. A room's own page shows its upcoming nights.

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The Red Cow
Nantwich › Town centre★★★★★ (—)
The Red Cow in Nantwich hosts an open mic fortnightly on a Tuesday at 8pm.
  • PA system (TBC)
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c. 200
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The Rigger Venue
Newcastle › Newcastle-under-Lyme★★★★★ (—)
Newcastle-under-Lyme live music and arts.
  • PA system (TBC)
  • Drum kit (TBC)
  • Guitar amp (TBC)
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  • MonClosed
  • TueClosed
  • Wed17:00–22:00
  • Thu17:00–20:00
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The Shed Maybank
Newcastle › Maybank★★★★★ (—)
Maybank bar and kitchen with live music every Saturday night
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  • Mon12:00–21:00
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c. 50
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Tom's Tap & Brewhouse
Crewe › Town Centre★★★★★ (—)
Grassroots live music venue in Crewe with a regular open mic night.
  • PA system (TBC)
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  • MonClosed
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  • Thu12:00–22:00
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c. 1,000
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Top Of The World
Stafford★★★★★ (—)
Stafford's multi-room cultural venue — live music, tribute shows and cabaret
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Open mics in Stoke-on-Trent

Open mics are regular nights rather than one-off gigs: the same venue, the same night, week in, week out - 17 nights in Stoke-on-Trent. Each card shows the night, the sign-up time and the fee; most are free to watch and to play.

LAST
Wed
The Lower Chequer
Town centre, Sandbach
Next Wed 25 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up—
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PA—
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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Tom's Tap & Brewhouse
Town Centre, Crewe
Next Thu 19 NovStarts 19:00
  • Sign-up—
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PA—
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians, Poets, Comedians
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Thu
bod Alsager
Town centre, Alsager
Next Thu 5 NovStarts 19:30
  • Sign-up—
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PA—
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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EVERY
Thu
The Spread Eagle
Burslem, Stoke
Next Thu 5 NovStarts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PAProvided
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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EVERY
Thu
The Raven Inn
Crewe
Next Thu 5 NovStarts 20:30
  • Sign-up—
  • Slots—
  • EntryNo fee listed
  • PA—
  • Backline—
  • Open toMusicians
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All 17 Stoke-on-Trent open mics →

Support grassroots music in Stoke-on-Trent

Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Stoke-on-Trent still has 29 of them.

Six-town Potteries scene with a strong tribute and function calendar at value-end fees. Venue or private-event hire? See Find a Band in Stoke-on-Trent for rate breakdowns, Robbie/Take That tribute specialists and Staffordshire wedding corridor venues (Sandon Hall, Trentham Estate, Heath House). Stoke-on-Trent's working calendar runs about 7 live nights weekly across the six towns, with around 38 active venues programming live music monthly. Around 70% of Potteries acts work the cross-Staffordshire-and-Cheshire circuit. Planning a private party instead? See booking live entertainment in Stoke-on-Trent for bands, singers and DJs for one-off occasions. Booking for the company rather than yourself? See corporate entertainment in Stoke-on-Trent for Christmas parties, awards nights and conferences.

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 Stoke-on-Trent in the next four weeks, alongside 29 grassroots venues and 17 regular open mic nights, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement. Most of it happens at The Sugarmill, Keele SU (Keele University Students' Union) and The Rigger, and the sound leans rock and pop.

The single most useful thing anyone can do is turn up. Buy a ticket, buy a drink at the bar, and go to a night you have not been to before. If you would rather be told than remember, the sign-up below sends Stoke-on-Trent listings straight to your inbox. If you run a venue here, claim your page so people can find you. If you have never been to an open mic, Swifty's runs one every Thursday.

Go to one this month

Stoke-on-Trent has 13 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. Sundays are the busiest for gigs here.

Help keep grassroots venues open in Stoke-on-Trent

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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 Stoke-on-Trent. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.

What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of Stoke-on-Trent gigs for the week ahead - out of roughly 3 a week here, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Sunday does not crowd out the quieter evenings. When fewer than four Stoke-on-Trent 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. The Sugarmill alone has 3 dates on, Victoria Hall 3 - the email is how you hear about them before the night, not after. Right now Stoke-on-Trent leans rock and pop. One click unsubscribes, any time.

Planning ahead? Gigs in Stoke-on-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent — FAQs

Common questions about live music in Stoke-on-Trent, answered with this week's live data.

2 gigs in Stoke-on-Trent this weekend (Fri 6 Nov – Sun 8 Nov) - including GirlyPop Live - Harry Styles VS Taylor Swift at Keele SU (Keele University Students' Union) (Sunday), Classically Kate Bush at Victoria Hall (Sunday). 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 51 gigs listed in and around Stoke-on-Trent - fourth of 6 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Manchester area (796).
We currently list 13 gigs in Stoke-on-Trent between 4 Nov and 2 Dec, across 3 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 Stoke-on-Trent in the gig directory or every city we cover.
None of the Stoke-on-Trent gigs currently listed are marked free entry, though many venues do not publish a price at all. Stoke-on-Trent open mic nights are your reliable free option — most charge nothing to watch or to play.
Sunday, with 4 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Sunday: 4 gigs · Saturday: 3 gigs · Friday: 2 gigs. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.
Right now: The Sugarmill, Keele SU (Keele University Students' Union), The Rigger. In total we track 29 grassroots venues in Stoke-on-Trent, of which 3 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the Stoke-on-Trent venue directory.
Stoke-on-Trent has 17 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 Stoke-on-Trent open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.
Most Stoke-on-Trent venues in our listings do not publish a ticket price in advance. 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. Stoke-on-Trent still has 29 on our list. Music Venue Trust campaigns for them nationally; venues themselves navigate PRS licensing and 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 Stoke-on-Trent 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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Cambridge16CannockCanterburyCardiff56Carlisle29Chelmsford3Cheltenham7CheshamCheshuntChesterColchesterCoventry28Crawley
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Derby40DerryDoncaster2Dundee12DunfermlineDurham5
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EastbourneEdinburgh133Egham6Epsom5Exeter20
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Farnborough4Frome
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GatesheadGlasgow309Gloucester3Grimsby3Guildford
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HalifaxHarpendenHarrogateHastings15HatfieldHemel HempsteadHereford4HertfordHigh Wycombe18HitchinHoddesdonHuddersfieldHull29
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LancasterLeeds91Leicester21Leigh-on-SeaLincoln8Liverpool178London535Luton12
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Maidstone10Manchester296Margate3MarlowMiddlesbrough14Milton Keynes12
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NewburyNewcastle113Newquay15Newry2Northampton21Norwich21Nottingham81Nuneaton
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Rawtenstall17Reading15RickmansworthRochdale
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Scarborough19Sheffield53ShrewsburySouthampton58SouthportSt AlbansStevenageStirlingStockportStockton-on-Tees9SunderlandSutton9Swansea9Swindon4
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Telford5TorquayTringTunbridge Wells8
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WakefieldWalsallWaterlooville3Watford15Welwyn Garden CityWeymouth2WhitbyWidnesWoking14Wolverhampton37WorcesterWorthingWrexham18
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