West Glamorgan · 9 gigs · next 4 weeks
13 Nov – 11 Dec
Help keep grassroots venues open in Swansea
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Updated 13 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 5 |
| Venues tracked | 34 |
| Open mics | 22 |
| Busiest night | Wednesday · 4 gigs |
9 gigs listed in Swansea over the next 28 days across 5 venues. Wednesday is the busiest night with 4. In total we track 34 grassroots venues and 22 regular open mics here.
No Swansea gigs are listed for this Friday to Sunday yet. The four weeks ahead are below, and the weekly open mics run regardless.
No weekend gigs yet - most venues add theirs by Thursday.
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 23 gigs listed in and around Swansea - fifth 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 | Bath area 36 venues · 13 open mics | 56 |
| 04 | Exeter area 48 venues · 24 open mics | 49 |
| 05 | Swansea area This page 34 venues · 22 open mics | 23 |
| 06 | Hereford area 23 venues · 21 open mics | 11 |
| 07 | Gloucester area 21 venues · 13 open mics | 6 |
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 9 gigs across 5 venues, busiest on Wednesdays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.
Starts20:00 Greg Abate with Dave Cottle TrioSwansea Jazz Club @The Observatory · Waterfront · Swansea 
Omega NebulaSin City · Swansea 19:00Fri 20 Nov 
The Gerry Cinna-Man Experience + Sam Offender + CatfishPatti Pavilion Swansea · Uplands · SwanseaTickets 19:00Sat 21 Nov 
Dookie a tribute to Green DayThe Bunkhouse Swansea · Castle · SwanseaTickets 19:30Sat 21 Nov 
Remi Harris Hot Club TrioSwansea Jazz Club @The Swigg · Waterfront · Swansea 20:00Wed 25 Nov 
Supernauts/Three Smiles Wide/MoletrapCwrw · Carmarthen Town North and South · Swansea 19:30Sat 28 Nov 
Jazz Jam Session (Free Entry)Swansea Jazz Club @The Swigg · Waterfront · Swansea 20:00Wed 2 Dec 
Black HavanaThe Bunkhouse Swansea · Castle · Swansea 19:00Fri 4 Dec 
Claire Martin & Karen Sharp with Dave Cottle TrioSwansea Jazz Club @The Observatory · Waterfront · Swansea 20:00Wed 9 Dec | Search every Swansea gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks |
Swansea'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 Bay ViewSwanseaHouse PA 
Black BoyKillay · SwanseaHouse PA 80Cap 
Brangwyn HallUplands · Swansea Cap tbc 
Cinema & CoCity Centre · SwanseaHouse PA 100Cap 
Cockett InnY Cocyd · SwanseaHouse PA 80Cap 
Elysium Gallery & BarSwanseaHouse PA Cap tbc 
Hangar 18City Centre · SwanseaHouse PA 370Cap 
Jack MurphysSwansea Cap tbc 
No Sign BarSwanseaHouse PA Cap tbc 
Patti Pavilion SwanseaVictoria Park · Swansea 900Cap | All 34 Swansea venuesCapacity, backline and opening times |
Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 22 open mic nights in and around Swansea. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.
Kick-off21:00 Uplands TavernUplands · SwanseaNo feeFull kit Bay ViewSwanseaNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tue Mozart'sCity Centre · SwanseaNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tue The Greenfield InnErw Road, Llanelli · SwanseaNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tue The VicMumbles · SwanseaNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tue St George Swansea30 Walter Rd · SwanseaNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed The Wig & PenSwanseaNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed 
Black BoySwanseaNo feeHouse PA 20:00Thu Cockett InnSwanseaNo feeHouse PAMonthly 20:00Thu Elysium Gallery & BarSwanseaNo feeHouse PALast Thu of the month 20:00Thu | All 22 Swansea open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Swansea still has 34 of them.
Swansea's music scene punches well above its size. Sin City, The Bunkhouse, Cinema & Co and Hangar 18 anchor the original-music circuit, while the Brangwyn Hall books mid-cap touring acts. Welsh-language and indie are core to the city's identity.
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.
Everything here comes from the venues and promoters themselves, refreshed every day: 9 gigs in Swansea over the next four weeks, plus the 34 grassroots venues and 22 regular open mic nights we track. Nothing is ranked or sponsored - if we know it is on, it is listed. Swansea Jazz Club @The Observatory, The Bunkhouse Swansea and Swansea Jazz Club @The Swigg have the most on, and the sound leans jazz and house.
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 Swansea listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. The Uplands Tavern open mic on Mondays is an easy first night out.
Between now and 11 Dec there are 9 gigs in Swansea, and 34 grassroots venues and 22 regular open mic nights. One night out this month keeps a room's diary full. If you only go out once, Wednesdays have the most choice.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Swansea
—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 Swansea. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of Swansea gigs for the week ahead, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Wednesday does not crowd out the quieter evenings. When fewer than four Swansea 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 Swansea's gigs are all together. Expect plenty of jazz in Swansea, with house close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Further ahead. Gigs in Swansea 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 Swansea gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| Swansea venues34 grassroots rooms | |
| Swansea open mics22 regular nights | |
| The Swansea 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: Bridgend, Cardiff, Bristol, Hereford
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 9 Swansea gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
What's On in Swansea
Live music in Swansea over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 9 gigs listed in Swansea over the next 28 days across 5 venues. Wednesday is the busiest night with 4. In total we track 34 grassroots venues and 22 regular open mics here.
Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Swansea gigs in your inbox — and go to one.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Swansea
—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 Swansea. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Last updated: 13 November 2026
This Weekend in Swansea
No Swansea gigs are listed for this Friday to Sunday yet. The four weeks ahead are below, and the weekly open mics run regardless.
How Swansea Compares
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 23 gigs listed in and around Swansea - fifth 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 Bath area 36 venues · 13 open mics 56
- #4 Exeter area 48 venues · 24 open mics 49
- #5 Swansea area This page 34 venues · 22 open mics 23
- #6 Hereford area 23 venues · 21 open mics 11
- #7 Gloucester area 21 venues · 13 open mics 6
Gigs in Swansea
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 9 gigs across 5 venues, busiest on Wednesdays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.
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Venues in Swansea
Swansea'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 Swansea
Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 22 open mic nights in and around Swansea. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.
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Support grassroots music in Swansea
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Swansea still has 34 of them.
Swansea's music scene punches well above its size. Sin City, The Bunkhouse, Cinema & Co and Hangar 18 anchor the original-music circuit, while the Brangwyn Hall books mid-cap touring acts. Welsh-language and indie are core to the city's identity.
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.
Everything here comes from the venues and promoters themselves, refreshed every day: 9 gigs in Swansea over the next four weeks, plus the 34 grassroots venues and 22 regular open mic nights we track. Nothing is ranked or sponsored - if we know it is on, it is listed. Swansea Jazz Club @The Observatory, The Bunkhouse Swansea and Swansea Jazz Club @The Swigg have the most on, and the sound leans jazz and house.
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 Swansea listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. The Uplands Tavern open mic on Mondays is an easy first night out.
Go to one this month
Between now and 11 Dec there are 9 gigs in Swansea, and 34 grassroots venues and 22 regular open mic nights. One night out this month keeps a room's diary full. If you only go out once, Wednesdays have the most choice.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Swansea
—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 Swansea. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of Swansea gigs for the week ahead, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Wednesday does not crowd out the quieter evenings. When fewer than four Swansea 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 Swansea's gigs are all together. Expect plenty of jazz in Swansea, with house close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Further ahead. Gigs in Swansea 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 Swansea — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Swansea, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Bridgend, Cardiff, Bristol, Hereford
Play or put on gigs in Swansea?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 9 Swansea gigs are already on GigXchange this month.