Kent · 8 gigs · next 4 weeks
13 Nov – 11 Dec
Help keep grassroots venues open in Tunbridge Wells
—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 Tunbridge Wells. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Updated 13 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 0 |
| Venues tracked | 10 |
| Open mics | 9 |
| Busiest night | Wednesday · 4 gigs |
8 gigs listed in Tunbridge Wells over the next 28 days. Wednesday is the busiest night with 4. In total we track 10 grassroots venues and 9 regular open mics here.
No Tunbridge Wells 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 41 gigs listed in and around Tunbridge Wells - third of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Brighton area (230). 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 | Brighton area 94 venues · 45 open mics | 230 |
| 02 | Sutton area 14 venues · 12 open mics | 55 |
| 03 | Tunbridge Wells area This page 10 venues · 9 open mics | 41 |
| 04 | Hastings area 24 venues · 15 open mics | 34 |
| 05 | Maidstone area 22 venues · 9 open mics | 33 |
| 06 | Epsom area 18 venues · 10 open mics | 29 |
| 07 | Crawley area 14 venues · 13 open mics | 1 |
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 8 gigs, busiest on Wednesdays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.
Starts19:00 Gordon Mark Webber Acoustic at Essence on The Pantiles62-64 The Pantiles · Pantiles · Tunbridge Wells 
Rock'n'Roll RewindAura, 46 50 High St, Tunbridge Wells TN1 1XF · Culverden · Tunbridge Wells 18:30Fri 20 Nov 
Gordon Mark Webber Acoustic at Essence on The Pantiles62-64 The Pantiles · Pantiles · Tunbridge Wells 19:00Wed 25 Nov 
Flash, A tribute to QUEENTonbridge Castle · Judd · Tunbridge Wells 20:00Sat 28 Nov 
Gordon Mark Webber Acoustic at Essence on The Pantiles62-64 The Pantiles · Pantiles · Tunbridge Wells 19:00Wed 2 Dec 
Dan Bud as Robbie WilliamsTonbridge Castle · Judd · Tunbridge Wells 20:00Thu 3 Dec 
Gordon Mark Webber Acoustic at Essence on The Pantiles62-64 The Pantiles · Pantiles · Tunbridge Wells 19:00Wed 9 Dec 
Inferno, The UK's Top ABBA TributeTonbridge Castle · Judd · Tunbridge Wells 20:00Thu 10 Dec | Search every Tunbridge Wells gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks |
Tunbridge Wells's grassroots venues, all 10 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 Even FlowTunbridge Wells 
The BedfordRoyal Tunbridge Wells · Tunbridge Wells Cap tbc 
The ForumCamden Road · Tunbridge WellsHouse PAEngineer 250Cap 
The Grey LadyThe Pantiles, Royal Tunbridge Wells · Tunbridge WellsHouse PA 80Cap 
The Sussex ArmsThe Pantiles · Tunbridge WellsHouse PA 50Cap 
Tunbridge Wells Assembly HallRoyal Tunbridge Wells · Tunbridge Wells Cap tbc 
The AnchorSevenoaks Cap tbc 
The Bell InnKemsing Cap tbc 
The Star InnMatfield Cap tbc 
Ye Olde Chequers InnTonbridge High Street · Tonbridge Cap tbc | All 10 Tunbridge Wells venuesCapacity, backline and opening times |
9 regular open mics run around Tunbridge Wells 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-off16:30 Even Flow79 St John's Road, TN4 9TU · Tunbridge WellsNo feeLast Sun of the month The Grey Lady70-72 The Pantiles, TN2 5TW · Tunbridge WellsPaidHouse PA1st Tue of the month 19:30Tue The ForumTunbridge Wells Common · Tunbridge WellsPaidHouse PADates vary 17:00Wed The Sussex ArmsTunbridge WellsNo feeHouse PADates vary 19:30Thu The BedfordHigh Street · Tunbridge WellsNo fee TBCVaries Ye Olde Chequers InnTonbridge High Street · TonbridgePaidFortnightly 19:30Mon The Bell InnKemsingNo fee3rd Mon of the month 20:00Mon The AnchorSevenoaksNo fee1st Wed of the month TBCWed 
The Star InnTonbridge · MatfieldNo fee1st Thu of the month TBCThu | All 9 Tunbridge Wells open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Tunbridge Wells still has 10 of them.
The town's music splits between The Forum on Camden Road for indie, rock and punk and the Pantiles for jazz, soul and pub sets, with the Assembly Hall for touring shows.
In the year to July 2025, 78 UK grassroots venues stopped putting on live music and 30 closed outright, while pubs shut at about two a day in early 2026. Each one was somewhere a band played its first paid gig or a songwriter tried a new song on a room of strangers.
This page exists to make them easy to find. It lists 8 gigs across Tunbridge Wells over the next four weeks, pulled from the venues themselves and updated daily - alongside the 10 grassroots venues and 9 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 below sends Tunbridge Wells listings straight to your inbox. If you run a venue here, claim your page so people can find you.
Between now and 11 Dec there are 8 gigs in Tunbridge Wells, and 10 grassroots venues and 9 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 Tunbridge Wells
—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 Tunbridge Wells. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What you get. A Monday-noon email for Tunbridge Wells only: the week's gigs, drawn from the 8 listed on this page for the next four weeks, two a night at most (Wednesday is the busiest, with 4 dates). When fewer than four Tunbridge Wells 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. Rooms like 62-64 The Pantiles (4 dates coming up) are easy to miss in a social feed; the email puts them in one place. Right now Tunbridge Wells leans acoustic and tribute act. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Beyond this week. Gigs in Tunbridge Wells 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 Tunbridge Wells gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| Tunbridge Wells venues10 grassroots rooms | |
| Tunbridge Wells open mics9 regular nights | |
| The Tunbridge Wells 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: Maidstone, Crawley, Hastings, Sutton
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 8 Tunbridge Wells gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
What's On in Tunbridge Wells
Live music in Tunbridge Wells over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 8 gigs listed in Tunbridge Wells over the next 28 days. Wednesday is the busiest night with 4. In total we track 10 grassroots venues and 9 regular open mics here.
Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Tunbridge Wells gigs in your inbox — and go to one.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Tunbridge Wells
—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 Tunbridge Wells. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Last updated: 13 November 2026
This Weekend in Tunbridge Wells
No Tunbridge Wells gigs are listed for this Friday to Sunday yet. The four weeks ahead are below, and the weekly open mics run regardless.
How Tunbridge Wells Compares
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 41 gigs listed in and around Tunbridge Wells - third of 7 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Brighton area (230). 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 Brighton area 94 venues · 45 open mics 230
- #2 Sutton area 14 venues · 12 open mics 55
- #3 Tunbridge Wells area This page 10 venues · 9 open mics 41
- #4 Hastings area 24 venues · 15 open mics 34
- #5 Maidstone area 22 venues · 9 open mics 33
- #6 Epsom area 18 venues · 10 open mics 29
- #7 Crawley area 14 venues · 13 open mics 1
Gigs in Tunbridge Wells
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 8 gigs, 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 Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells's grassroots venues, all 10 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 Tunbridge Wells
9 regular open mics run around Tunbridge Wells 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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Support grassroots music in Tunbridge Wells
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Tunbridge Wells still has 10 of them.
The town's music splits between The Forum on Camden Road for indie, rock and punk and the Pantiles for jazz, soul and pub sets, with the Assembly Hall for touring shows.
In the year to July 2025, 78 UK grassroots venues stopped putting on live music and 30 closed outright, while pubs shut at about two a day in early 2026. Each one was somewhere a band played its first paid gig or a songwriter tried a new song on a room of strangers.
This page exists to make them easy to find. It lists 8 gigs across Tunbridge Wells over the next four weeks, pulled from the venues themselves and updated daily - alongside the 10 grassroots venues and 9 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 below sends Tunbridge Wells listings straight to your inbox. If you run a venue here, claim your page so people can find you.
Go to one this month
Between now and 11 Dec there are 8 gigs in Tunbridge Wells, and 10 grassroots venues and 9 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 Tunbridge Wells
—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 Tunbridge Wells. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What you get. A Monday-noon email for Tunbridge Wells only: the week's gigs, drawn from the 8 listed on this page for the next four weeks, two a night at most (Wednesday is the busiest, with 4 dates). When fewer than four Tunbridge Wells 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. Rooms like 62-64 The Pantiles (4 dates coming up) are easy to miss in a social feed; the email puts them in one place. Right now Tunbridge Wells leans acoustic and tribute act. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Beyond this week. Gigs in Tunbridge Wells 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 Tunbridge Wells — FAQs
Common questions about live music in Tunbridge Wells, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Maidstone, Crawley, Hastings, Sutton
Play or put on gigs in Tunbridge Wells?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 8 Tunbridge Wells gigs are already on GigXchange this month.