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What's On in Swansea

Live music in Swansea over the next four weeks — 14 Aug – 11 Sept. We have no gigs listed in Swansea for the month ahead yet. The city has 26 grassroots venues on GigXchange, so check back — listings update daily.

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.

Updated daily · 0 gigs in Swansea over the next four weeks

Last updated: 14 August 2026

Support grassroots music in Swansea

Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Swansea still has 26 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.

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.

This page exists to make them easy to find. It lists 0 gigs across Swansea over the next four weeks, pulled from the venues themselves and updated daily — alongside the 26 grassroots venues and 20 regular open mic nights we track in the city. No algorithm decides what you see: it is simply everything we know is on.

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 above sends Swansea listings straight to your inbox. If you run a venue here, claim your page so people can find you.

Gigs in Swansea

Every grassroots gig we hold for Swansea in the next four weeks — 14 Aug – 11 Sept. Updated daily.

Nothing listed in Swansea for the next four weeks. Browse the full Swansea gig directory →

Open mics in Swansea

Turn up, put your name down, play. Most are free.

EVERY
Sun
The Prince of Wales
Porthcawl East Central, Porthcawl
Time to be confirmed
  • Sign-up
  • Slots
  • EntryFree
  • PA
  • Backline
  • Open tomusic
View details
EVERY
Mon
Uplands Tavern
Uplands, Swansea
Starts 21:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryFree
  • PAProvided
  • BacklineFull
  • Open tomusic
View details
EVERY
Mon
Cheetahs Bar & Grill
Porthcawl East Central, Porthcawl
Time to be confirmed
  • Sign-up
  • Slots
  • EntryFree
  • PA
  • Backline
  • Open tomusic
View details
EVERY
Tue
Bay View
Swansea, Swansea
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryFree
  • PAProvided
  • Backline
  • Open tomusic
View details
EVERY
Tue
The Vic
Mumbles, Swansea
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up20:00
  • Slots
  • EntryFree
  • PAProvided
  • Backline
  • Open tomusic
View details
EVERY
Tue
Mozart's
City Centre, Swansea
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryFree
  • PAProvided
  • Backline
  • Open tomusic
View details
EVERY
Tue
The Greenfield Inn
Erw Road, Llanelli, Swansea
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots
  • EntryFree
  • PAProvided
  • Backline
  • Open tomusic
View details
EVERY
Tue
The Seahorse
Porthcawl West Central, Porthcawl
Time to be confirmed
  • Sign-up
  • Slots
  • EntryFree
  • PA
  • Backline
  • Open tomusic
View details
EVERY
Wed
Murphy’s Main Stage
Port Talbot, Port Talbot
Starts 19:00
  • Sign-up19:00
  • Slots
  • EntryFree
  • PAProvided
  • Backline
  • Open tomusic
View details
EVERY
Wed
The Wig & Pen
Swansea, Swansea
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryFree
  • PAProvided
  • Backline
  • Open tomusic
View details
EVERY
Wed
St George Swansea
30 Walter Rd, Swansea
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up19:30
  • Slots12 min
  • EntryFree
  • PAProvided
  • Backline
  • Open tomusic
View details
EVERY
Thu
Black Boy
Swansea, Swansea
Starts 20:00
  • Sign-up
  • Slots
  • EntryFree
  • PAProvided
  • Backline
  • Open tomusic
View details

All 20 Swansea open mics →

What's on in Swansea — FAQs

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

We currently list 0 gigs in Swansea between 14 Aug and 11 Sept, across 0 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 the Swansea gig directory or every city we cover.
None of the Swansea gigs currently listed are marked free entry, though many venues do not publish a price at all. Swansea open mic nights are your reliable free option — most charge nothing to watch or to play.
There is no clear busiest night in Swansea at the moment — the 0 listed gigs are spread thinly across the 28-day window. Listings update daily.
We track 26 grassroots venues in Swansea — see the Swansea venue directory for capacity, backline and opening times.
Swansea has 20 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 Swansea open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.
Most Swansea 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. Swansea still has 26 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 Swansea gig directory and it is verified within 48 hours. 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.

Go to one this month

0 gigs listed in Swansea over the next four weeks, across 26 grassroots venues and 20 open mic nights. Buy a ticket, buy a drink at the bar, and go to a night you have not been to before — it is the single most useful thing anyone can do for a room like these.

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.

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