Wolverhampton · small venue · Verified open
Wolverhampton pub with live entertainment.
About 80 standing, live music 4 nights a week, house PA. Folk, Blues, Acoustic.
Nearby venuesUpdated 12 November 2026
Here is The Chindit Inn in Wolverhampton at a glance. It has live music 4 nights a week. It books folk, blues and acoustic acts.
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| Live music | 4 nights a week |
| TodayClosed | 16:00–00:00Opens in 8h 23m 54s |
| Backline | PA provided |
| Books | Folk · Blues · Acoustic |
4 photos show the inside of The Chindit Inn. It books folk, blues and acoustic acts. Tap any photo to open it at full size.
Everything about The Chindit Inn that matters before you book is set out below. It has live music 4 nights a week. It books folk, blues and acoustic acts.
| Capacity | about 80 standing |
| Live nights | Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun |
| Curfew | – |
| Sound limiter | – |
| Genres | FolkBluesAcoustic |
| Status | Verified open |
| Last checked | 4 Jun 2026 |
You will find The Chindit Inn at 113 Merridale Rd, Wolverhampton, WV3 9SE. The map below opens step-by-step directions in Google Maps. It is one of 49 rooms in our Wolverhampton venue directory.
Wolverhampton WV3 9SE
The nearest station is Wolverhampton St George's (Metro station), about 25 minutes' walk away.
The Chindit Inn for artists: The Chindit Inn has not joined GigXchange yet, so acts vote here to bring it on - to hire the venue for a private event, choose Private hire.
| Booking email and phone | Locked |
| Fee range per act | Locked |
| How far ahead to book | Locked |
| Payment terms | Locked |
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The Chindit Inn publishes its opening times for 7 of the 7 days. These are the venue's own opening hours, not the gig start times.
| Mon | 16:00–22:00 |
| Tue | 16:00–22:00 |
| Wed | 16:00–22:00 |
| Thu | 16:00–23:00 |
| FriToday | 16:00–00:00 |
| Sat | 12:00–23:00 |
| Sun | 15:00–23:00 |
The Chindit Inn has an in-house PA for visiting acts. The list below shows the PA, drums, amps and mics we know about. Played here and the kit was different? Tell us and we will update it.
| PA system | Provided |
| Drum kit | TBC |
| Guitar amp | TBC |
| Bass amp | TBC |
| Keys / keyboard | TBC |
| Vocal mics | TBC |
| In-house engineer | TBC |
Here is the story of The Chindit Inn in Wolverhampton so far. It books folk, blues and acoustic acts. It has live music 4 nights a week.
The Chindit Inn is a grassroots music venue in Wolverhampton with a standing capacity of about 80. It books Folk, Blues, Acoustic, Irish Traditional.
Listing notesThe Chindit Inn is a characterful two-room real-ale pub at 113 Merridale Road in Wolverhampton (WV3 9SE), said to be the only pub in the country named after Major General Orde Wingate's WWII Chindit special-forces unit. Cask Marque accredited for 14 consecutive years and serving up to seven changing nationally and locally sourced ales, it packs a busy grassroots music calendar into its small lounge and bar: live music every Friday at 9pm, an open-mic night every Sunday at 8pm, Irish traditional music on the first Wednesday of the month (7:30pm) and a folk night on the fourth Thursday (7:30pm), plus a monthly comedy club. There's a PA in place, an enclosed terraced garden, and the pub is dog- and family-friendly (until 7pm). It welcomes both original material and covers across folk, blues, acoustic and Irish trad.
It keeps this page true for the next act through the door.
The regular night at The Chindit Inn on GigXchange is its open mic. It has live music 4 nights a week. Venues often post their next nights on their own website first.
Open mic, every Sunday - 20:00 · Free entry. More nights out in the wider Wolverhampton gig directory.
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The Chindit Inn
Wolverhampton pub with live entertainment. Capacity about 80.
- c. 80
- Capacity
- 4 nights
- Live music
- 16:00
- Open today
- PA
- Backline
- Folk
- Books
- Verified
- Directory status
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Last updated: 12 November 2026
The Chindit Inn — Quick Facts
The Chindit Inn capacity: about 80 standing. Wolverhampton pub with live entertainment. Here are the key facts on The Chindit Inn at a glance. It has live music 4 nights a week.

By size, The Chindit Inn is the joint 12th largest of the 15 venues we list in and around Wolverhampton with a standing capacity. Similar-size rooms: The Giffard Arms (about 80), The Spread Eagle (about 80) and The Wheatsheaf (about 80).
The Chindit Inn's listed capacity is about 80 standing - a small room on the scale we use for every venue. Around Wolverhampton, the middle-sized room we list holds about 200 - The Chindit Inn is well below that. Rooms under about 150 are where most acts start out: shorter sets, a local crowd and often a door split or a modest flat fee. A room this size fills on your own following, so bring your guest list. We have not verified that figure yet - confirm it with the venue before you plan a show around it.
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Inside The Chindit Inn
The Chindit Inn has an in-house PA for visiting acts. The room holds about 80. It has live music 4 nights a week. Below: the PA, drums, amps and mics we know about, what we know about the room, and its regular live nights.
The Chindit Inn is a grassroots music venue in Wolverhampton with a standing capacity of about 80. The Chindit Inn provides a PA system — check the rest with the venue.
The Chindit Inn books Folk, Blues, Acoustic, Irish Traditional acts. This listing is part of the Wolverhampton venue directory.
The Chindit Inn is a characterful two-room real-ale pub at 113 Merridale Road in Wolverhampton (WV3 9SE), said to be the only pub in the country named after Major General Orde Wingate's WWII Chindit special-forces unit. Cask Marque accredited for 14 consecutive years and serving up to seven changing nationally and locally sourced ales, it packs a busy grassroots music calendar into its small lounge and bar: live music every Friday at 9pm, an open-mic night every Sunday at 8pm, Irish traditional music on the first Wednesday of the month (7:30pm) and a folk night on the fourth Thursday (7:30pm), plus a monthly comedy club. There's a PA in place, an enclosed terraced garden, and the pub is dog- and family-friendly (until 7pm). It welcomes both original material and covers across folk, blues, acoustic and Irish trad.
Nights The Chindit Inn usually has live music — typical start 20:00
The Chindit Inn usually has live music on Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun, starting around 20:00. It lists folk among the genres it books. A PA is listed; check what else is on stage before you load in. The Chindit Inn isn't on GigXchange yet - vote to bring it on, and have a short EPK and a live clip ready, since that is what most venues ask for first. More rooms, open mics and what they pay: getting gigs in Wolverhampton.
By size, The Chindit Inn is the joint 12th largest of the 15 venues we list in and around Wolverhampton with a standing capacity. Similar-size rooms: The Giffard Arms (about 80), The Spread Eagle (about 80) and The Wheatsheaf (about 80).
Find The Chindit Inn
You will find The Chindit Inn at 113 Merridale Rd, Wolverhampton, WV3 9SE. The map below opens step-by-step directions in Google Maps. It is one of 49 rooms in our Wolverhampton venue directory.
The nearest station is Wolverhampton St George's (Metro station), about 25 minutes' walk away. The Chindit Inn is in Wolverhampton — use WV3 9SE for sat-nav, taxis and ride apps. Before you travel, check the night’s start time and what’s on in Wolverhampton this week; if you book acts, see who’s available in Wolverhampton this weekend.
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The Wolverhampton League
The Chindit Inn is #33 of 49 Wolverhampton venues for live music — ranked by gigs on the calendar over the next 30 days, refreshed nightly. Only gigs in the GigXchange directory count.
- #1 – KK's Steel Mill 12 gigs
- #2 – University of Wolverhampton at The Civic Hall 7 gigs
- #3 – Dive Bar Wolverhampton 2 gigs
- #4 ▲2 Fallow Forest 2 gigs
- #5 ▼1 Crown Joules Codsall 1 gig
- #6 ▼1 Dudley Town Hall 1 gig
- #7 – Severn's Club 1 gig
- #8 NEW Stourport Civic Centre 1 gig
- #9 ▼1 The Church Venue Kidderminster 1 gig
- #10 NEW Wolverhampton Arts Centre 1 gig
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The Chindit Inn in brief. The Chindit Inn in Wolverhampton is a small room (under 150) that books folk, blues and acoustic. The live music is mostly on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, usually from 20:00. There’s also an open mic (every Sunday). Nearby rooms: The Church Venue Kidderminster, The Combermere Arms and The Lych Gate Tavern - or browse the full Wolverhampton venue directory.
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