At a glance, Blue Boar in York is summed up below. It has live music 3 nights a week. It books acoustic and folk acts.

Before you book Blue Boar, here are its size, live nights, genres and website. It has live music 3 nights a week. It books acoustic and folk acts.

Blue Boar is at 5 Castlegate, York, YO1 9RN. The map below opens step-by-step directions in Google Maps. It is one of 48 rooms in our York venue directory.

The nearest station is York (rail station), about 15 minutes' walk away.

Blue Boar publishes its opening times for 7 of the 7 days. These are the venue's own opening hours, not the gig start times. Check the venue's own website before travelling on a bank holiday.

Blue Boar 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.

This is the background on Blue Boar, from the venue and its listings. It books acoustic and folk acts. It has live music 3 nights a week.

Blue Boar is a grassroots music venue in York. It books Acoustic, Folk.

The ‌​‌​‍Blue Boar is a historic pub at 5 Castlegate in the heart of York — once voted VisitYork's best pub — with a quaint, atmospheric basement room of comfy sofas that hosts most of its live music and events, plus acts playing upstairs and music piped through from the cellar. Live performance is a near-nightly fixture across the weekend: live acoustic music every Friday, live bands every Saturday evening from 8pm, and an open mic night from 4pm every Sunday, with a free pint thrown in for every performer. Alongside the music it has pool, darts and live sport, and runs regular poetry nights. With its in-house PA, the leaning is towards acoustic, folk and singer-songwriter sets in an intimate, characterful setting. In July 2026 the pub applied to City of York Council to rebrand as the Castlegate Tavern, and it keeps trading as normal while that goes through planning. As always, it's worth checking ahead, as listings can change.

The regular night at Blue Boar on GigXchange is its open mic. It has live music 3 nights a week. Venues often post their next nights on their own website first.

Open mic, every Tuesday - 20:00 · Free entry. More nights out in the wider York gig directory.

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