Wiltshire · 2 gigs · next 4 weeks
13 Nov – 11 Dec
Help keep grassroots venues open in Swindon
—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 Swindon. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Updated 12 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 0 |
| Venues tracked | 19 |
| Open mics | 12 |
2 gigs listed in Swindon over the next 28 days. In total we track 19 grassroots venues and 12 regular open mics here.
1 gig is on in Swindon between Friday and Sunday. Tap a card for times and tickets. Anything from Monday on is in the four-week list further down.
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 14 gigs listed in and around Swindon - sixth 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Bristol area 86 venues · 35 open mics | 247 |
| 02 | Bath area 36 venues · 13 open mics | 56 |
| 03 | Reading area 32 venues · 17 open mics | 44 |
| 04 | Oxford area 35 venues · 23 open mics | 36 |
| 05 | Cheltenham area 27 venues · 19 open mics | 17 |
| 06 | Swindon area This page 19 venues · 12 open mics | 14 |
| 07 | Gloucester area 21 venues · 13 open mics | 6 |
Four weeks of Swindon gigs, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 2 listings. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.
| Search every Swindon gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks |
All 19 grassroots rooms we track around Swindon, 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 Caffe VialottieBlunsdon St Andrew · SwindonHouse PA 
Haydon Wick ClubHaydon Wick · Swindon Cap tbc 
RollestonSwindon town centre · Swindon 400Cap 
The Bakers ArmsUpper Stratton · SwindonFull kit Cap tbc 
The BeehiveSwindonHouse PA Cap tbc 
The Plough InnOld Town · Swindon Cap tbc 
The PulpitOld Town · Swindon Cap tbc 
The Queens TapSwindonHouse PA 100Cap 
The Rolleston ArmsSwindonHouse PA 400Cap 
The Royal OakOld Town · Swindon Cap tbc | All 19 Swindon venuesCapacity, backline and opening times |
12 regular open mics run around Swindon on a fixed night each week or month - no tickets, just turn up. Cards show the sign-up time, the slot length and any fee.
Kick-off19:30 Caffe VialottieBlunsdon St Andrew · SwindonPaid2nd Fri of the month 
The Tawny OwlSwindonNo feeHouse PAFortnightly 18:00Sun 
The Rolleston ArmsSwindonNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tue 
The BeehiveSwindonNo feeHouse PA 20:30Tue 
The Queens TapSwindonNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed 
The VictoriaSwindonNo feeHouse PA 20:30Wed 
The Bakers ArmsUpper Stratton · SwindonNo feeHouse PA 20:30Thu 
The TuppennyOld Town · SwindonNo feeHouse PA 20:30Thu 
The Trout InnSt John's Bridge · LechladeNo feeFortnightly 19:30Fri 
The Wine BarHighworthNo feeFortnightly 19:45Mon | All 12 Swindon open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Swindon still has 19 of them.
In Swindon the gigs happen in pubs: the Rolleston in the town centre, The Victoria and The Tuppenny in Old Town, and The Beehive, The Queens Tap and The Bakers Arms around the edges.
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: 2 gigs in Swindon over the next four weeks, plus the 19 grassroots venues and 12 regular open mic nights we track. Nothing is ranked or sponsored - if we know it is on, it is listed.
The best support is a full room. Turn up to something new, stay for the support act, and buy from the bar. For a weekly round-up of Swindon gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it. Start small: The Bakers Arms hosts an open mic each Thursday.
Swindon has 2 gigs in the next four weeks and 12 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Swindon
—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 Swindon. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What you get. A Monday-noon email for Swindon only: the week's gigs, drawn from the 2 listed on this page for the next four weeks, two a night at most. When fewer than four Swindon 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 Swindon's gigs are all together. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Beyond this week. Gigs in Swindon are announced week to week; festivals are planned months out. The UK music festivals we have date-checked sit on one festival timeline, by month, region and genre, with clash checks for your weekends.
| All Swindon gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| Swindon venues19 grassroots rooms | |
| Swindon open mics12 regular nights | |
| The Swindon 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: Newbury, Oxford, Cheltenham, Bath
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 2 Swindon gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
What's On in Swindon
Live music in Swindon over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 2 gigs listed in Swindon over the next 28 days. In total we track 19 grassroots venues and 12 regular open mics here.
Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Swindon gigs in your inbox — and go to one.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Swindon
—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 Swindon. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Last updated: 12 November 2026
This Weekend in Swindon
1 gig is on in Swindon between Friday and Sunday. Tap a card for times and tickets. Anything from Monday on is in the four-week list further down.
How Swindon Compares
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 14 gigs listed in and around Swindon - sixth 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 Bath area 36 venues · 13 open mics 56
- #3 Reading area 32 venues · 17 open mics 44
- #4 Oxford area 35 venues · 23 open mics 36
- #5 Cheltenham area 27 venues · 19 open mics 17
- #6 Swindon area This page 19 venues · 12 open mics 14
- #7 Gloucester area 21 venues · 13 open mics 6
Gigs in Swindon
Four weeks of Swindon gigs, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 2 listings. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.
Venues in Swindon
All 19 grassroots rooms we track around Swindon, 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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Open mics in Swindon
12 regular open mics run around Swindon on a fixed night each week or month - no tickets, just turn up. Cards show the sign-up time, the slot length and any fee.
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- Slots15 min
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Support grassroots music in Swindon
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Swindon still has 19 of them.
In Swindon the gigs happen in pubs: the Rolleston in the town centre, The Victoria and The Tuppenny in Old Town, and The Beehive, The Queens Tap and The Bakers Arms around the edges.
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: 2 gigs in Swindon over the next four weeks, plus the 19 grassroots venues and 12 regular open mic nights we track. Nothing is ranked or sponsored - if we know it is on, it is listed.
The best support is a full room. Turn up to something new, stay for the support act, and buy from the bar. For a weekly round-up of Swindon gigs, use the sign-up below; if you run a venue here, claim your listing so people can find it. Start small: The Bakers Arms hosts an open mic each Thursday.
Go to one this month
Swindon has 2 gigs in the next four weeks and 12 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Swindon
—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 Swindon. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What you get. A Monday-noon email for Swindon only: the week's gigs, drawn from the 2 listed on this page for the next four weeks, two a night at most. When fewer than four Swindon 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 Swindon's gigs are all together. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Beyond this week. Gigs in Swindon are announced week to week; festivals are planned months out. The UK music festivals we have date-checked sit on one festival timeline, by month, region and genre, with clash checks for your weekends.
What's on in Swindon — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Swindon, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Newbury, Oxford, Cheltenham, Bath
Play or put on gigs in Swindon?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 2 Swindon gigs are already on GigXchange this month.