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Gigs this month in the UK

October 2026 · 1,153 gigs listed · 5,942 upcoming in all

United Kingdom

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1,153 gigs

Genre Alternative2105 Rock1541 Metal900 Punk542 Indie402 Hardcore230 Ska106 Emo71 Grunge45

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1,153 gigs are listed this month in the UK (October 2026). First up: Scouting For Girls Live in Durham Cathedral at Durham Cathedral, Newcastle, from 19:00.

Thursday 29 October 2026

38 gigs

19:00 Scouting For Girls Live in Durham Cathedral Durham Cathedral, Newcastle · Rock £46.50–£87.50 Tickets
19:00 Overpass Newcastle University Student Union, Newcastle · Alternative Tickets
19:00 Birdvox Tunnels Aberdeen, Aberdeen · Alternative £20 Tickets
19:00 Maunders Halloween Gig Fuel Café Bar, Stockport · Punk £6 Tickets
19:00 Shed Seven: 'A Maximum High' Live Roadmender, Northampton · Rock £28.41–£47.05 Tickets
19:00 Pet Needs KOLA, Portsmouth · Punk Tickets
19:00 Swervedriver O2 Academy2 Oxford, Oxford · Alternative Tickets
19:00 MuddiBrooke KK's Steel Mill, Wolverhampton · Alternative Tickets
19:00 Spineshank + South of Salem Nightrain, Bradford · Metal Tickets
19:30 TEMIC Manchester Club Academy, Manchester · Metal Tickets
19:30 Max Fry YES, Manchester · Alternative £15.50 Tickets
19:30 Max Fry YES (Pink Room), Manchester · Indie Tickets
19:30 Temic Manchester Academy, Manchester · Metal £8 Tickets
19:30 Modern Woman The Abbey, Manchester · Indie Tickets
19:30 BITCHCRAFT + THE STRAND + MAYA + TOWNHOUSES The Troubadour, London · Grunge Tickets
19:30 villagerrr Paper Dress Vintage, London · Indie Tickets
19:30 Alas De Liona People's Leisure Club, Edinburgh · Alternative Tickets
19:30 Gooseberry Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham · Alternative £12 Tickets
19:30 China Crisis - Warped 2026 Hare and Hounds, Birmingham · Alternative £30.60 Tickets
19:30 Kerrbang! Brighton Concorde 2, Brighton · Punk £7 Tickets
19:30 CancelledThe Karma Effect - The Carlisle, Hastings - 26th February 2027 The Carlisle, Brighton · Rock
19:30 Penelope Isles Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds · Alternative Tickets
19:30 Cj Pandit, Two Blinks i Love You, Tonia The Cardigan Arms, Leeds · Indie £12 Tickets
19:30 The Klittens Fulford Arms, York · Indie Tickets
19:30 FOREVER NU - 25th anniversary of Toxicity & IOWA special Chinnerys, Southend-On-Sea · Metal Tickets
19:30 The Shamrocks Venue Cymru Theatre, Llandudno · Alternative Tickets
20:00 Bitchcraft + the Strand + Maya + Townhouses The Troubadour, London · Alternative Tickets
20:00 Courteeners: Album Launch Show The Middlesbrough Empire, Newcastle · Rock £21.14–£45.23 Tickets
20:00 John Bramwell (I Am Kloot) The Flowerpot, Derby · Rock £25 Tickets
20:00 #154 Spooky Special - Body Crisis / NIHILITH / STERNUMS The Deco, Portsmouth · Metal £6.40–£8 Tickets
20:00 Bernard Butler - 29/10/26 The Horn, St Albans · Alternative Tickets
20:00 Man Of The World - The Music Of Peter Green Backstage at The Green Hotel, Kinross · Rock Tickets
20:30 John Bramwell (I Am Kloot) The Flowerpot, Derby · Alternative Tickets
21:30 Duffy & the Goods Bluedog, Glasgow · Rock £16.13–£27.04 Tickets
21:30 Connection Indie Night The Dockyard, Portsmouth · Alternative £16.13–£27.04 Tickets
22:00 Nightmare on Broad Street Barbaras Bier Haus, Birmingham · Indie £8–£10 Tickets
22:30 Taking Back Thursdays: Clowning Around Halloween Special Suburbia Southampton, Southampton · Metal Tickets
23:00 Whip-Round | HALLOWEEN HORRORSHOW Deaf Institute, Manchester · Punk £1–£6 Tickets

Friday 30 October 2026

22 gigs, more on the next page

07:30 Temic The Welly, Hull · Metal £3–£4 Tickets
11:00 Tomorrow's Ghosts Festival Whitby Pavilion, Hull · Punk £10 Tickets
13:00 Psychobilly Freakout 2026 New Cross Inn, London · Rock £32.50–£80 Tickets
13:00 Psychobilly Freakout 2026 New Cross Inn, London · Punk Tickets
16:30 Second Speed Accelerate: VIEZE ASBAK (ALL DAY LONG) Gateshead International Stadium, Newcastle · Hardcore £50 Tickets
17:30 Archspire O2 Academy2 Birmingham, Birmingham · Metal Tickets
17:30 Soil + Finger Eleven + Adema Chalk, Brighton, Brighton · Alternative Tickets
18:00 Alabama 3 Acoustic | Manchester, New Century Locker Manchester New Century Hall, Manchester · Alternative Tickets
18:00 BLACKGOLD Underworld, London · Metal Tickets
18:00 L.A Guns O2 Academy Islington, London · Metal £3–£4 Off sale
18:00 Basht. KOKO, London · Alternative Tickets
18:00 Big Condo Records Presents Monster Mash The Shipping Forecast, Liverpool · Punk £10 Tickets
18:00 Suede & Manic Street Preachers - Venue Premium Tickets Leeds First Direct Bank Arena, Leeds · Alternative Tickets
18:00 Suede & Manic Street Preachers Leeds First Direct Bank Arena, Leeds · Alternative Tickets
18:00 Just Like Heaven: Alt 80's Halloween Night (Leeds) HiFi Club, Leeds · Rock £10–£12 Tickets
18:00 Korn - Venue Premium Tickets Utilita Arena Newcastle, Newcastle · Metal Tickets
18:00 Korn Utilita Arena Newcastle, Newcastle · Metal Tickets
18:00 Revenant IV - Whitby Goth Weekend (WGW) - Autumn Royal Hotel Whitby, Hull · Punk £45–£115 Tickets
18:00 Leo Sayer: Can't Stop Loving You - Venue Premium Tickets York Barbican, York · Rock Tickets
18:30 Chloe Qisha Heaven, London · Alternative Tickets
18:30 The Rock Orchestra: Arena of Fire The Brighton Centre, Brighton · Rock Tickets
18:30 Overpass Stylus, Leeds · Alternative Tickets

Gigs in the UK: the basicsAnswers from today's listings

What gigs are on this month in the UK?

1,153 gigs are listed this month in the UK (October 2026). The earliest is Scouting For Girls Live in Durham Cathedral at Durham Cathedral in Newcastle, from 19:00. See the gig.

How much do gig tickets cost in the UK?

Of the 2,698 listed gigs with a published price, the typical ticket is £15 and the cheapest is £2. The breakdown by genre, city and month is on UK gig ticket prices.

Which UK cities have the most gigs?

London (144), Manchester (124), Glasgow (99) lead the listings. 64 UK cities have at least one upcoming gig.

Browse gigs by city64 cities with something on this month

London

London144

Midlands

Birmingham85 Norwich5 Nottingham26

North

Leeds64 Liverpool75 Manchester124 Newcastle41 Sheffield31

Scotland

Edinburgh42 Glasgow99

Wales

Bristol34 Cardiff19

South East

Brighton36

More cities

Aberdeen13 Ashford2 Belfast30 Blackpool2 Bournemouth4 Bradford4 Cambridge1 Carlisle12 Chester1 Cumbria1 Derby19 Dundee7 Dunfermline2 Ely1 Exeter4 Gateshead2 Grimsby1 Guildford1 Hertford4 Hull22 Inverness5 Kinross3 Leamington Spa3 Leicester10 Llandudno3 Luton1 Margate1 Milton Keynes8 Morecambe3 Northampton18 Nuneaton1 Oxford7 Plymouth16 Portsmouth8 Preston18 Reading4 Southampton25 Southend-On-Sea2 St Albans2 Stockport11 Stockton-on-Tees5 Sunderland1 Swansea2 Torquay2 Tunbridge Wells3 Warrington16 Whitby2 Wolverhampton10 Wrexham2 York3

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