North East · 3 gigs · next 4 weeks
13 Nov – 11 Dec
Help keep grassroots venues open in Sunderland
—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 Sunderland. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Updated 12 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 2 |
| Venues tracked | 23 |
| Open mics | 13 |
| Busiest night | Saturday · 2 gigs |
3 gigs listed in Sunderland over the next 28 days across 2 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 2. In total we track 23 grassroots venues and 13 regular open mics here.
Only Friday to Sunday - and nothing is listed in Sunderland for this weekend yet. The four-week list below shows what is coming, and the open mics further down run every week.
No weekend gigs yet - most venues add theirs by Thursday.
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 11 gigs listed in and around Sunderland - sixth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Newcastle area (283). 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 | Newcastle area 75 venues · 25 open mics | 283 |
| 02 | Carlisle area 19 venues · 9 open mics | 111 |
| 03 | Scarborough area 17 venues · 11 open mics | 51 |
| 04 | Middlesbrough area 27 venues · 11 open mics | 40 |
| 05 | Stockton-on-Tees area 16 venues · 8 open mics | 25 |
| 06 | Sunderland area This page 23 venues · 13 open mics | 11 |
| 07 | Durham area 17 venues · 10 open mics | 11 |
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 3 gigs across 2 venues, busiest on Saturdays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.
| Search every Sunderland gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks |
All 23 grassroots rooms we track around Sunderland, 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.
Photo: Google Diego's JointSunniside · SunderlandHouse PA 
Harbour View PubRoker · SunderlandHouse PA 80Cap 
IndependentSunderlandHouse PA 300Cap 
Live LoungeSunderlandHouse PA 200Cap 
Pop RecsSunniside, Sunderland · SunderlandHouse PA 250Cap 
STACK SeaburnSeaburn · Sunderland Cap tbc 
Steels Social ClubSunderlandHouse PA Cap tbc 
Sunderland EmpireCity Centre · Sunderland Cap tbc 
The 3 StoriesSunderland Cap tbc 
The BunkerSunderlandHouse PA 50Cap | All 23 Sunderland 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 - 13 nights in Sunderland. Each card shows the night, the sign-up time and the fee; most are free to watch and to play.
Kick-off19:00 Diego's JointSunderlandNo feeHouse PA 
The Dun CowSunderlandNo feeHouse PAFortnightly 19:30Tue 
Live LoungeSunderlandNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed 
The BunkerSunderlandNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed 
The PeacockSunderlandNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed 
The Ship IsisSunderlandNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed 
The SaltgrassHanover Pl · SunderlandNo feeHouse PA1st Thu of the month 19:00Thu 
The Secret Garden PubTunstall Road · SunderlandNo feeHouse PA 19:30Thu 
Harbour View PubRoker · SunderlandNo feeHouse PA 20:00Thu 
IndependentSunderlandNo feeHouse PA1st Thu of the month 20:00Thu | All 13 Sunderland open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Sunderland still has 23 of them.
Wearside scene with grassroots Bunker heritage and a strong electronic and indie calendar. Venue or private-event hire? See Find a Band in Sunderland for rate ranges, the County Durham wedding corridor (Lumley Castle, Seaham Hall, Ramside Hall) and the Field Music-and-Futureheads-heritage indie/electronic specialist circuit. Sunderland's working calendar runs about 6 live nights weekly across Park Lane and the Bridges, with around 28 active venues programming live music monthly. Indie and electronic specialists clear an estimated 14% premium over comparable North-East cities thanks to the Wearside heritage. Planning a private party instead? See booking live entertainment in Sunderland for bands, singers and DJs for one-off occasions. Booking for the company rather than yourself? See corporate entertainment in Sunderland 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: 3 gigs across Sunderland in the next four weeks, alongside 23 grassroots venues and 13 regular open mic nights, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement. Independent - Sunderland and The Fire Station have the most on, and the sound leans rock and pop.
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 Sunderland listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. Start small: Harbour View Pub hosts an open mic each Thursday.
3 gigs listed in Sunderland over the next four weeks, with 23 grassroots venues and 13 regular open mic nights. Pick one you have not been to before - a ticket and a round at the bar is the most useful thing anyone can do for a room like these. If you only go out once, Saturdays have the most choice.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Sunderland
—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 Sunderland. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of Sunderland gigs for the week ahead, never more than two on the same night. When fewer than four Sunderland 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 Sunderland's gigs are all together. Right now Sunderland leans rock and pop. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Planning ahead? Gigs in Sunderland 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 Sunderland gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| Sunderland venues23 grassroots rooms | |
| Sunderland open mics13 regular nights | |
| The Sunderland 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: Gateshead, Newcastle, Durham, Stockton-on-Tees
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 3 Sunderland gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
What's On in Sunderland
Live music in Sunderland over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 3 gigs listed in Sunderland over the next 28 days across 2 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 2. In total we track 23 grassroots venues and 13 regular open mics here.
Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Sunderland gigs in your inbox — and go to one.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Sunderland
—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 Sunderland. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Last updated: 12 November 2026
This Weekend in Sunderland
Only Friday to Sunday - and nothing is listed in Sunderland for this weekend yet. The four-week list below shows what is coming, and the open mics further down run every week.
How Sunderland Compares
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 11 gigs listed in and around Sunderland - sixth of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Newcastle area (283). 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 Newcastle area 75 venues · 25 open mics 283
- #2 Carlisle area 19 venues · 9 open mics 111
- #3 Scarborough area 17 venues · 11 open mics 51
- #4 Middlesbrough area 27 venues · 11 open mics 40
- #5 Stockton-on-Tees area 16 venues · 8 open mics 25
- #6 Sunderland area This page 23 venues · 13 open mics 11
- #7 Durham area 17 venues · 10 open mics 11
Gigs in Sunderland
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 3 gigs across 2 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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- GenreRock, Pop
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Venues in Sunderland
All 23 grassroots rooms we track around Sunderland, 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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- Mon16:00–23:00
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- Fri16:00–23:00
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Open mics in Sunderland
Open mics are regular nights rather than one-off gigs: the same venue, the same night, week in, week out - 13 nights in Sunderland. Each card shows the night, the sign-up time and the fee; most are free to watch and to play.
Support grassroots music in Sunderland
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Sunderland still has 23 of them.
Wearside scene with grassroots Bunker heritage and a strong electronic and indie calendar. Venue or private-event hire? See Find a Band in Sunderland for rate ranges, the County Durham wedding corridor (Lumley Castle, Seaham Hall, Ramside Hall) and the Field Music-and-Futureheads-heritage indie/electronic specialist circuit. Sunderland's working calendar runs about 6 live nights weekly across Park Lane and the Bridges, with around 28 active venues programming live music monthly. Indie and electronic specialists clear an estimated 14% premium over comparable North-East cities thanks to the Wearside heritage. Planning a private party instead? See booking live entertainment in Sunderland for bands, singers and DJs for one-off occasions. Booking for the company rather than yourself? See corporate entertainment in Sunderland 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: 3 gigs across Sunderland in the next four weeks, alongside 23 grassroots venues and 13 regular open mic nights, updated daily from the rooms that host them. There is no algorithm and no paid placement. Independent - Sunderland and The Fire Station have the most on, and the sound leans rock and pop.
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 Sunderland listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. Start small: Harbour View Pub hosts an open mic each Thursday.
Go to one this month
3 gigs listed in Sunderland over the next four weeks, with 23 grassroots venues and 13 regular open mic nights. Pick one you have not been to before - a ticket and a round at the bar is the most useful thing anyone can do for a room like these. If you only go out once, Saturdays have the most choice.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Sunderland
—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 Sunderland. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of Sunderland gigs for the week ahead, never more than two on the same night. When fewer than four Sunderland 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 Sunderland's gigs are all together. Right now Sunderland leans rock and pop. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Planning ahead? Gigs in Sunderland 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 Sunderland — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Sunderland, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Gateshead, Newcastle, Durham, Stockton-on-Tees
Play or put on gigs in Sunderland?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 3 Sunderland gigs are already on GigXchange this month.