Carlisle

Metal, rock, punk and alternative listings. 82 upcoming gigs across 16 venues, next on 3 October.

82Upcoming gigs

16Venues

£5Tickets from

£20Typical ticket

Carlisle currently has 82 upcoming metal, punk and alternative shows across 16 venues, including Old Fire Station, The Brickyard, The Source Collective. The next gig is Metal Militia - Metallica Tribute at The Brickyard, Carlisle on October 3, 2026. Tickets start at £5 and typically run £20. Moshradar tracks the Carlisle underground scene — gig listings, venue guides — updated as new shows are announced.

Overview

What's onThe next 8 of 82

All gigs

Sat 3 Oct Metal Militia - Metallica Tribute at The Brickyard, Carlisle The Brickyard £14 Tickets
Sat 3 Oct A Foreigners Journey Old Fire Station £20 Tickets
Tue 6 Oct Cowboy Hunters + Melanie Baker + icheeTeef at The Brickyard The Brickyard £12.50 Tickets
Wed 7 Oct Walter Trout : Live in 2026 Old Fire Station £30 Tickets
Fri 9 Oct 'The Rozzers' A Tribute to Sting & The Police Old Fire Station £25 Tickets
Sat 10 Oct The Polis: A Tribute to The Police. The Venue Dumfries £13 Tickets
Sat 10 Oct Chris Hill's Dirty DC at The Brickyard, Carlisle The Brickyard £14 Tickets
Fri 16 Oct CODA - A Tribute To Led Zeppelin at The Brickyard, Carlisle The Brickyard £17 Tickets

Where they playBusiest rooms in Carlisle

All venues

Old Fire Station45 The Brickyard20 The Source Collective5 The Venue Dumfries5 Border Park Rugby Club1

Gigs

Upcoming gigs in Carlisle82 listed

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Sat 3 Oct Metal Militia - Metallica Tribute at The Brickyard, Carlisle The Brickyard £14 Tickets
Sat 3 Oct A Foreigners Journey Old Fire Station £20 Tickets
Tue 6 Oct Cowboy Hunters + Melanie Baker + icheeTeef at The Brickyard The Brickyard £12.50 Tickets
Wed 7 Oct Walter Trout : Live in 2026 Old Fire Station £30 Tickets
Fri 9 Oct 'The Rozzers' A Tribute to Sting & The Police Old Fire Station £25 Tickets
Sat 10 Oct The Polis: A Tribute to The Police. The Venue Dumfries £13 Tickets
Sat 10 Oct Chris Hill's Dirty DC at The Brickyard, Carlisle The Brickyard £14 Tickets
Fri 16 Oct CODA - A Tribute To Led Zeppelin at The Brickyard, Carlisle The Brickyard £17 Tickets
Fri 16 Oct The Bluetones: 'Expecting To Fly' 30th Anniversary Tour Old Fire Station £27.50 Tickets
Sat 17 Oct Britallica : The Britney Spears Metal Tribute Old Fire Station £15 Tickets
Mon 19 Oct ASH: 30th Anniversary '1977' Stripped Back Album Show Old Fire Station £19.32–£45.23 Tickets
Thu 22 Oct The Sound of Springsteen Old Fire Station £21 Tickets
Fri 23 Oct An Evening With - Tom Meighan The Venue Dumfries £35 Tickets
Fri 23 Oct Antarctic Monkeys Old Fire Station £20 Tickets
Wed 28 Oct Hayseed Dixie Old Fire Station £26 Tickets
Sat 31 Oct Doctor Nut + TBK + Bay of Pigs The Source Collective £8 Tickets
Fri 6 Nov ELF JAW (Album Launch) + BossyKing + Deadly Pylons + birdseed. The Source Collective £10 Tickets
Sat 7 Nov Karnataka - Requiem for a Night The Source Collective £20 Tickets
Sat 7 Nov Hothouse Flowers Old Fire Station £32.50 Tickets
Sat 7 Nov Anything Goes Silent Disco at The Brickyard, Carlisle The Brickyard £10 Tickets
Fri 13 Nov Death of Guitar Pop Old Fire Station £25 Tickets
Sat 14 Nov One Step Behind (Madness Tribute) at The Brickyard, Carlisle The Brickyard £16 Tickets
Thu 19 Nov Jake Bugg: Acoustic Live Performance + Q&A Old Fire Station £19.32–£31.59 Tickets
Thu 19 Nov Young Knives Voices of Animals and Men 20th Anniversary Old Fire Station £25 Tickets
Fri 20 Nov Foo Fighters GB + Unreal Blood at The Brickyard, Carlisle The Brickyard £15 Tickets
Sat 21 Nov Monster of Rock - Brickyard (Carlisle - 21/11/2026) The Brickyard £15 Tickets
Sat 21 Nov Stars in the making The Venue Dumfries £5 Tickets
Sat 21 Nov Then Jerico Old Fire Station £25 Tickets
Sun 22 Nov These Wicked Rivers at The Brickyard, Carlisle The Brickyard £20 Tickets
Wed 25 Nov THE FEELING: Celebrating 20 Years of 'Twelve Stops and Home' Old Fire Station £35 Tickets
Thu 26 Nov The Skids and Theatre of Hate Old Fire Station £30 Tickets
Fri 27 Nov Live Wire The AC/DC Show Old Fire Station £20 Tickets
Fri 27 Nov The Rosadocs at The Brickyard, Carlisle The Brickyard £17.50 Tickets
Fri 27 Nov Atlas: Empire + Support The Source Collective £7 Tickets
Sat 28 Nov Outside The Original Prog Classics Show The Venue Dumfries £15 Tickets
Sat 28 Nov The Black Charade (My Chemical Romance Tribute) The Brickyard £15 Tickets
Sat 5 Dec PorkPie Live plus Pretty Green (The Jam) at The Old Firestation Old Fire Station £25 Tickets
Sat 5 Dec YOU Problem! + Someone Elses Radio + Botanys Sinister Sister The Source Collective £7 Tickets
Sat 5 Dec Kings Of Lyon plus The UK Strokes at The Brickyard, Carlisle The Brickyard £15 Tickets
Sun 6 Dec Jesus Jones Old Fire Station £22.50 Tickets
Wed 9 Dec Zutons' Dave McCabe with very special guest James Jay Lewis Old Fire Station £22.50 Tickets
Thu 10 Dec Lindisfarne Old Fire Station £32.50 Tickets
Sat 12 Dec The Cureheads/Siouxsie & the Budgiees at The Brickyard, Carlisle The Brickyard £18 Tickets
Mon 14 Dec The Wildhearts Old Fire Station £33 Tickets
Thu 17 Dec Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band at The Brickyard, Carlisle The Brickyard £25 Tickets
Sat 19 Dec The Big Indie Fest Old Fire Station £18–£21 Tickets
Sun 27 Dec Bon Jovi Forever - One Wild Night Old Fire Station £22 Tickets
Fri 15 Jan Talon The Best Of Eagles Old Fire Station £25 Tickets
Sun 17 Jan L1nkn P4rk & Fell Out Boy Old Fire Station £20 Tickets
Sat 23 Jan Money For Nothing Europe's No.1 Dire Straits Show Old Fire Station £28 Tickets
Sun 24 Jan Roxette UK - The Tribute Show at The Brickyard, Carlisle The Brickyard £16 Tickets
Sat 30 Jan The Phonics - The music of the Stereophonics Old Fire Station £16.50 Tickets
Thu 4 Feb Forever Nu 2027 Brickyard, The Tickets
Thu 4 Feb Moving Pictures - Rush tribute Old Fire Station £22.50 Tickets
Fri 5 Feb The Clone Roses & The James Experience Old Fire Station £22.50 Tickets
Sat 6 Feb MacBusted Old Fire Station £17.50–£60 Tickets
Mon 8 Feb Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg Old Fire Station £32 Tickets
Fri 19 Feb Maet Live & The Never Neverland Express Old Fire Station £22 Tickets
Thu 4 Mar Steve 'n' Seagulls Old Fire Station £25 Tickets
Fri 5 Mar Ultimate Coldplay Old Fire Station £24 Tickets
Fri 12 Mar UK Foo Fighters: Celebrating 20 Years (2007-2027) Old Fire Station £21.50 Tickets
Fri 19 Mar Generation Grunge UK Tour The Brickyard £17 Tickets
Sat 27 Mar U2.V2 The Venue, Dumfries The Venue Dumfries £12 Tickets
Fri 2 Apr Tim Burgess Old Fire Station £20 Tickets
Sat 3 Apr The Killerz Old Fire Station £15–£18.50 Tickets
Wed 7 Apr Travellers Tunes An Evening With Steve Cradock Old Fire Station £30–£75 Tickets
Sat 10 Apr Absolute Bowie: Greatest Hits Show Old Fire Station £20 Tickets
Sun 18 Apr UK Subs - The Final Farewell at The Brickyard, Carlisle The Brickyard £25 Tickets
Sat 24 Apr London Calling play The Clash Old Fire Station £22 Tickets
Fri 30 Apr Wigstock 2027 Border Park Rugby Club £15–£50 Tickets
Fri 30 Apr The Gorillaz Experience in Carlisle! Box Arena £18–£65 Tickets
Sat 1 May The Bryan Adams Experience Old Fire Station £15 Tickets
Fri 7 May Strong Enough-Ultimate Tribute Concert To Cher Old Fire Station £24 Tickets
Sat 8 May Oasis Supernova Old Fire Station £19 Tickets
Sat 22 May Rock Day Party Old Fire Station £15 Tickets
Sat 5 Jun Just Radiohead (Performing OK Computer & In Rainbows) The Brickyard £20 Tickets
Thu 10 Jun Eden Festival Raehill's Estate £5–£27 Tickets
Sat 26 Jun U2V2 - The Brickyard, Carlisle 26th June 2027 The Brickyard £12.50–£14 Tickets
Thu 8 Jul Eskfest The Woolpack Inn Tickets
Fri 23 Jul Gadabout Festival High Hall Farm Tickets
Thu 29 Jul Kendal Calling Lowther Deer Park Tickets
Sat 21 Aug Definitely Oasis - Carlisle 2027 The Brickyard £15 Tickets

Venues

Venues in Carlisle16 listed, busiest first

Old Fire Station Peter Street · 45 upcoming The Brickyard Richmond Hall, 14 Fisher Street · 20 upcoming The Source Collective 3 Nelson Street · 5 upcoming The Venue Dumfries 6-7 Church Place · 5 upcoming Border Park Rugby Club Border Park Rugby Club · 1 upcoming Box Arena 7 Portland Place · 1 upcoming Brickyard, The 14 Fisher Street · 1 upcoming High Hall Farm High Hall Farm · 1 upcoming Lowther Deer Park Lowther Deer Park, Hackthorpe (nr Penrith), · 1 upcoming Raehill's Estate St Anns · 1 upcoming The Woolpack Inn Holmrook · 1 upcoming Carlisle Venue TBA Carlisle Muncaster Castle Muncaster Castle Smileys 70 Botchergate Sticklebarn Stickle Barn Tebay Sports And Social Club Church Street

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By genre

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Who's playing soonActs with upcoming Carlisle dates

A Foreigners Journey Absolute Bowie Antarctic Monkeys Ash Ask My Bull Bon Jovi Forever 1 Bossyking Britallica CODA - a Tribute to Led Zeppelin Chopsuey Clara Pople Cowboy Hunters

Gigs in Carlisle: the basics

How many gigs are on in Carlisle?

There are 82 upcoming gigs listed in Carlisle across 16 venues. The next is Metal Militia - Metallica Tribute at The Brickyard, Carlisle on 3 October 2026.

Are there any gigs in Carlisle this weekend?

Nothing is listed in Carlisle this weekend yet (25–27 September), but 82 gigs are listed further ahead.

What are the best live music venues in Carlisle?

The Carlisle venues with the most upcoming shows listed are Old Fire Station, The Brickyard, The Source Collective, The Venue Dumfries, Border Park Rugby Club.

Which bands are playing in Carlisle soon?

Acts with upcoming Carlisle dates include A Foreigners Journey, Absolute Bowie, Antarctic Monkeys, Ash, Ask My Bull, Bon Jovi Forever 1, Bossyking, Britallica, CODA - a Tribute to Led Zeppelin, Chopsuey, Clara Pople, Cowboy Hunters.

What genres of live music can you see in Carlisle?

Upcoming shows in Carlisle cover Rock, Punk, Metal, Indie.

How much do gig tickets cost in Carlisle?

Across the 78 upcoming Carlisle gigs with a published price, the typical ticket is £20 and the cheapest is £5. 46 of them are £20 or under, starting with Stars in the making at The Venue Dumfries on 21 November.

The basics

Country: United Kingdom
Upcoming: 82 gigs
Venues: 16
Next gig: 3 October 2026
From: £5
Typical: £20

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