Yorkshire · 14 gigs · next 4 weeks
13 Nov – 11 Dec
Help keep grassroots venues open in York
—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 York. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Updated 13 November 2026
4 weeks
| Venues with something on | 3 |
| Venues tracked | 48 |
| Open mics | 27 |
| Busiest night | Saturday · 4 gigs |
14 gigs listed in York over the next 28 days across 3 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 4. In total we track 48 grassroots venues and 27 regular open mics here.
1 gig is on in York between Friday and Sunday. Each card is one night at one venue, with the start time and the price where the venue publishes it; the four-week list below covers everything after Sunday.
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 27 gigs listed in and around York - fifth of 6 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Leeds area (274). 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 | Leeds area 92 venues · 34 open mics | 274 |
| 02 | Bradford area 42 venues · 19 open mics | 120 |
| 03 | Hull area 32 venues · 18 open mics | 88 |
| 04 | Scarborough area 17 venues · 11 open mics | 51 |
| 05 | York area This page 48 venues · 27 open mics | 27 |
| 06 | Doncaster area 19 venues · 12 open mics | 7 |
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 14 gigs across 3 venues, busiest on Saturdays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.
Starts19:30 Eddie & the Hot RodsThe Crescent · Micklegate · York 
Electric SixThe Crescent · Micklegate · York 19:30Tue 24 Nov 
The Music of The Lord of The Rings. Tribute to Howard ShoreHoly Trinity Church · Ripon Ure Bank & Spa · York 18:00Sat 28 Nov 
The Ultimate Clubland Anthems - with vocalist Rachel ShentonYork Acorn RLC · Westfield · YorkTickets 19:30Sat 28 Nov 
FocusThe Crescent · Micklegate · York 18:30Sun 29 Nov 
G4 ChristmasSelby Abbey · Selby East · York£34.50Tickets 19:30Mon 30 Nov 
Beans On ToastThe Crescent · Micklegate · York 19:30Wed 2 Dec 
The Madchester Experience - Leading tribute to The Hacienda VibeYork Acorn RLC · Westfield · YorkTickets 19:30Fri 4 Dec 
Fleetwood Mac - "Landslide" support by Daisy SummersFulford Arms · Fishergate · YorkTickets 19:30Fri 4 Dec 
G4 Christmas 2026Ripon Cathedral · Ripon Minster & Moorside · York£24.50Tickets 19:30Sat 5 Dec | Search every York gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks |
York's grassroots venues, all 48 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 Bishopthorpe Sports And Social ClubBishopthorpe · York 
Black Swan Folk ClubYorkHouse PA 50Cap 
Blue BoarYorkHouse PA Cap tbc 
Cat In The WallYorkHouse PA Cap tbc 
DuskYorkHouse PA Cap tbc 
Eagle & ChildYorkHouse PA Cap tbc 
Evil EyeYorkHouse PA Cap tbc 
FortyFive Vinyl CafeYork Cap tbc 
Fulford ArmsYork 150Cap 
Fulfordgate Club And InstituteFulford & Heslington · York Cap tbc | All 48 York venuesCapacity, backline and opening times |
Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 27 open mic nights in and around York. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.
Kick-off20:00 The Hop YorkYorkNo feeHouse PA DuskYorkNo feeHouse PA 22:00Sun Golden BallBishophill Senior · YorkNo feeHouse PA 20:00Mon Blue BoarYorkNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tue Snickleway InnYorkNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tue The Fulford ArmsFulford · YorkNo feeFull kit 20:00Tue The Red LionYorkNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tue Cat In The WallYorkNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed 
The BasementSt Martins Courtyard, 13-17 Coney St · YorkNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed The Dubliner YorkTanner's Moat · YorkNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed | All 27 York open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night |
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. York still has 48 of them.
York keeps its music close to the old streets: Micklegate rooms for touring bands, Castlegate and Goodramgate pubs for acoustic nights, and a folk club that has met at the same inn for decades.
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.
Everything here comes from the venues and promoters themselves, refreshed every day: 14 gigs in York over the next four weeks, plus the 48 grassroots venues and 27 regular open mic nights we track. Nothing is ranked or sponsored - if we know it is on, it is listed. Most of it happens at The Crescent, York Acorn RLC and Fulford Arms, and the sound leans rock and tribute act.
So go. Pick a night you would not normally choose, buy a ticket and a drink, and bring a friend. The sign-up below sends York listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. The The Hop York open mic on Sundays is an easy first night out.
York has 14 gigs in the next four weeks and 27 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms. If you only go out once, Saturdays have the most choice.
Help keep grassroots venues open in York
—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 York. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of York gigs for the week ahead - out of roughly 4 a week here, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Saturday does not crowd out the quieter evenings. When fewer than four York 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. The Crescent has the most coming up here, with 7 dates - the email means you see them in time to go. Right now York leans rock and pop. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Planning ahead? Gigs in York come and go each week; festivals are planned months ahead. One festival timeline holds the UK music festivals we have date-checked, by month, region and genre, and flags clashing weekends.
| All York gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date | |
| York venues48 grassroots rooms | |
| York open mics27 regular nights | |
| The York 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: Harrogate, Leeds, Wakefield, Bradford
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 14 York gigs are already on GigXchange this month.
What's On in York
Live music in York over the next four weeks — 13 Nov – 11 Dec. 14 gigs listed in York over the next 28 days across 3 venues. Saturday is the busiest night with 4. In total we track 48 grassroots venues and 27 regular open mics here.
Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get York gigs in your inbox — and go to one.
Help keep grassroots venues open in York
—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 York. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
Last updated: 13 November 2026
This Weekend in York
1 gig is on in York between Friday and Sunday. Each card is one night at one venue, with the start time and the price where the venue publishes it; the four-week list below covers everything after Sunday.
How York Compares
Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 27 gigs listed in and around York - fifth of 6 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Leeds area (274). 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 Leeds area 92 venues · 34 open mics 274
- #2 Bradford area 42 venues · 19 open mics 120
- #3 Hull area 32 venues · 18 open mics 88
- #4 Scarborough area 17 venues · 11 open mics 51
- #5 York area This page 48 venues · 27 open mics 27
- #6 Doncaster area 19 venues · 12 open mics 7
Gigs in York
The whole four weeks, 13 Nov to 11 Dec: 14 gigs across 3 venues, busiest on Saturdays. Unlike This Weekend above, this list runs past Sunday - every gig we hold for the city, earliest first.
- Entry—
- Tickets—
- AgeAll ages
- GenreRock, Punk Rock
- Entry—
- Tickets—
- AgeAll ages
- GenreRock, Alternative Rock
- Entry—
- Tickets—
- AgeAll ages
- GenreTribute Act
- Entry—
- TicketsAvailable
- AgeAll ages
- GenreDJ / Electronic
- Entry—
- Tickets—
- AgeAll ages
- GenreRock, Pop
- Entry£34.50
- TicketsAvailable
- AgeAll ages
- Genre—
- Entry—
- Tickets—
- AgeAll ages
- GenreRock, Pop
- Entry—
- TicketsAvailable
- AgeAll ages
- GenreTribute Act
- Entry—
- TicketsAvailable
- AgeAll ages
- GenreTribute Act
- Entry£24.50
- TicketsAvailable
- AgeAll ages
- Genre—
- Entry—
- Tickets—
- AgeAll ages
- GenreRock
- Entry—
- Tickets—
- AgeAll ages
- Genre—
- Entry—
- Tickets—
- AgeAll ages
- GenreRock, Pop
- Entry—
- Tickets—
- AgeAll ages
- GenreRock, Alternative Rock
Venues in York
York's grassroots venues, all 48 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.
- PA system (TBC)
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- Mon16:00–23:00
- Tue16:00–23:00
- Wed16:00–23:00
- Thu16:00–23:00
- Fri16:00–23:30
- Sat12:00–23:30
- Sun12:00–23:00
- PA system
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- MonClosed
- TueClosed
- WedClosed
- Thu19:30–22:30
- FriClosed
- SatClosed
- SunClosed
- PA system
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- 2 vocal mics
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- Mon11:30–23:00
- Tue11:30–23:00
- Wed11:30–23:00
- Thu11:30–23:00
- Fri11:30–00:00
- Sat11:30–00:00
- Sun12:00–23:00
- PA system
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- Mon15:00–23:00
- Tue15:00–23:00
- Wed15:00–00:00
- Thu15:00–23:00
- Fri12:00–00:00
- Sat12:00–00:00
- Sun12:00–23:00
- PA system
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- Mon12:00–02:00
- Tue12:00–02:00
- Wed12:00–02:00
- Thu12:00–02:00
- Fri12:00–02:00
- Sat12:00–02:00
- Sun12:00–02:00
- PA system
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- Mon12:00–23:00
- Tue12:00–23:00
- Wed12:00–23:00
- Thu12:00–00:00
- Fri12:00–00:00
- Sat12:00–00:00
- Sun12:00–22:30
- PA system
- Drum kit
- Guitar amp
- Bass amp
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- Mon12:00–00:00
- Tue12:00–00:00
- Wed12:00–00:00
- Thu12:00–00:00
- Fri12:00–01:00
- Sat12:00–01:00
- Sun12:00–00:00
- PA system (TBC)
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- Mon10:00–17:00
- Tue10:00–17:00
- Wed10:00–17:00
- Thu10:00–17:00
- Fri10:00–17:00
- Sat10:00–17:00
- Sun10:00–17:00
- PA system (TBC)
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- MonClosed
- Tue17:00–23:00
- Wed17:00–23:00
- Thu17:00–23:00
- Fri17:00–23:00
- Sat14:00–23:00
- Sun14:00–22:00
- PA system (TBC)
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- Mon12:00–23:30
- Tue19:00–23:00
- Wed12:00–23:30
- Thu19:00–23:30
- Fri18:30–23:30
- Sat19:00–23:00
- Sun12:00–14:30
- PA system
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- Mon16:00–23:00
- Tue16:00–23:00
- Wed16:00–23:00
- Thu16:00–23:00
- Fri14:00–23:30
- Sat12:00–23:30
- Sun12:00–23:00
- PA system (TBC)
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- Mon18:00–20:00
- Tue18:00–20:00
- Wed18:00–20:00
- Thu18:00–20:00
- Fri18:00–20:00
- Sat18:00–20:00
- SunClosed
- PA system
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- Mon11:00–23:00
- Tue11:00–23:00
- Wed11:00–23:00
- Thu11:00–23:00
- Fri11:00–23:00
- Sat11:00–23:00
- Sun11:30–23:00
- PA system (TBC)
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- Mon12:00–02:00
- Tue12:00–02:00
- Wed12:00–02:00
- Thu12:00–02:00
- Fri12:00–02:00
- Sat12:00–02:00
- Sun12:00–02:00
- PA system
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- MonClosed
- TueClosed
- Wed12:00–00:00
- Thu12:00–00:00
- Fri12:00–02:00
- Sat12:00–03:00
- Sun12:00–00:00
- PA system
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- Mon12:00–23:00
- Tue12:00–23:00
- Wed12:00–23:00
- Thu12:00–00:00
- Fri12:00–00:00
- Sat11:00–00:00
- Sun11:00–23:00
- PA system
- Drum kit
- Guitar amp
- Bass amp
- Keys / keyboard
- 2 vocal mics
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- MonClosed
- Tue16:00–00:00
- Wed16:00–00:00
- Thu16:00–00:00
- Fri11:00–00:00
- Sat11:00–00:00
- SunClosed
- PA system (TBC)
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- Mon15:00–02:00
- Tue15:00–02:00
- Wed11:00–23:00
- Thu11:00–02:00
- Fri11:00–02:00
- Sat11:00–02:00
- Sun11:00–23:00
- PA system (TBC)
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- Mon09:00–17:00
- Tue09:00–17:00
- Wed09:00–17:00
- Thu09:00–17:00
- Fri09:00–17:00
- SatClosed
- SunClosed
- PA system (TBC)
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- Mon12:00–22:00
- Tue12:00–22:00
- Wed12:00–22:00
- Thu12:00–22:00
- Fri12:00–22:00
- Sat12:00–22:00
- Sun12:00–22:00
- PA system (TBC)
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- MonClosed
- Tue16:00–00:30
- Wed16:00–00:30
- Thu16:00–00:30
- Fri16:00–00:30
- Sat12:00–00:30
- Sun12:00–19:00
- PA system (TBC)
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- Mon10:00–23:00
- Tue10:00–23:00
- Wed10:00–00:00
- Thu10:00–00:00
- Fri10:00–02:00
- Sat10:00–02:00
- Sun10:00–00:00
- PA system (TBC)
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- MonClosed
- TueClosed
- WedClosed
- Thu17:00–01:00
- Fri15:00–03:00
- Sat12:00–03:00
- Sun14:00–00:00
- PA system (TBC)
- Drum kit (TBC)
- Guitar amp (TBC)
- Bass amp (TBC)
- Keys / keyboard (TBC)
- Vocal mics (TBC)
- In-house engineer (TBC)
- Mon10:00–22:00
- Tue10:00–22:00
- Wed10:00–22:00
- Thu10:00–22:00
- Fri10:00–22:00
- Sat09:00–22:30
- Sun09:00–21:30
Open mics in York
Unlike the gigs above, these come round every week or month: 27 open mic nights in and around York. Put your name down at sign-up, or just go and listen - most charge nothing.
- Sign-up19:30
- Slots12 min
- EntryNo fee listed
- PAProvided
- Backline—
- Open toMusicians
- Sign-up19:00
- Slots—
- EntryNo fee listed
- PAProvided
- Backline—
- Open toMusicians
- Sign-up19:30
- Slots12 min
- EntryNo fee listed
- PAProvided
- Backline—
- Open toMusicians
- Sign-up19:30
- Slots12 min
- EntryNo fee listed
- PAProvided
- Backline—
- Open toMusicians, Poets
- Sign-up19:00
- Slots12 min
- EntryNo fee listed
- PAProvided
- Backline—
- Open toMusicians, Poets, Comedians
- Sign-up19:30
- Slots12 min
- EntryNo fee listed
- PAProvided
- Backline—
- Open toMusicians
- Sign-up19:30
- Slots12 min
- EntryNo fee listed
- PAProvided
- BacklineFull
- Open toMusicians
- Sign-up19:30
- Slots12 min
- EntryNo fee listed
- PAProvided
- Backline—
- Open toMusicians
- Sign-up—
- Slots—
- EntryNo fee listed
- PAProvided
- Backline—
- Open toMusicians
- Sign-up19:30
- Slots12 min
- EntryNo fee listed
- PAProvided
- Backline—
- Open toMusicians
- Sign-up—
- Slots—
- EntryNo fee listed
- PAProvided
- Backline—
- Open toMusicians
- Sign-up19:30
- Slots12 min
- EntryNo fee listed
- PAProvided
- Backline—
- Open toMusicians
Support grassroots music in York
Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. York still has 48 of them.
York keeps its music close to the old streets: Micklegate rooms for touring bands, Castlegate and Goodramgate pubs for acoustic nights, and a folk club that has met at the same inn for decades.
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.
Everything here comes from the venues and promoters themselves, refreshed every day: 14 gigs in York over the next four weeks, plus the 48 grassroots venues and 27 regular open mic nights we track. Nothing is ranked or sponsored - if we know it is on, it is listed. Most of it happens at The Crescent, York Acorn RLC and Fulford Arms, and the sound leans rock and tribute act.
So go. Pick a night you would not normally choose, buy a ticket and a drink, and bring a friend. The sign-up below sends York listings to your inbox each week, and if you run a room here, claim your venue page to keep it accurate. The The Hop York open mic on Sundays is an easy first night out.
Go to one this month
York has 14 gigs in the next four weeks and 27 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms. If you only go out once, Saturdays have the most choice.
Help keep grassroots venues open in York
—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 York. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
What lands in your inbox. Every Monday at noon, one email of York gigs for the week ahead - out of roughly 4 a week here, never more than two on the same night, so a packed Saturday does not crowd out the quieter evenings. When fewer than four York 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. The Crescent has the most coming up here, with 7 dates - the email means you see them in time to go. Right now York leans rock and pop. One click unsubscribes, any time.
Planning ahead? Gigs in York come and go each week; festivals are planned months ahead. One festival timeline holds the UK music festivals we have date-checked, by month, region and genre, and flags clashing weekends.
What's on in York — FAQs
Common questions about live music in York, answered with this week's live data.
Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages
What's On across the UKNearby: Harrogate, Leeds, Wakefield, Bradford
Play or put on gigs in York?
List a gig free, claim your venue, or join as an act - 14 York gigs are already on GigXchange this month.