Evenitto's guide · the UK

Concert venues in the UK

From the big arenas to the Barrowland, Band on the Wall and the Cluny: the rooms that carry live music across the UK, with what makes each of them different.

The venues to know

London

KOKO

A music, arts and culture venue in London with live shows, electronic nights and a late-night jazz club, Ellen's.

Bristol

Bristol Beacon

A music charity on Trenchard Street in the city centre, with Beacon Hall and Lantern Hall for classical, rock, pop, folk, jazz and Americana.

Leeds

Brudenell Social Club

A club at 33 Queen's Road, established in 1913, that hosts gigs and events across music and art.

Manchester

Band on the Wall

A registered charity and live music venue at 25 Swan Street in the Northern Quarter. It has run for more than fifty years and is named for the stage built high on the back wall; jazz, post-punk and artists from every genre play there.

London

Union Chapel

A church and live events venue at 19b Compton Terrace, London N1, that hosts concerts and gigs.

Cardiff

Clwb Ifor Bach

A live music venue, nightclub and promoter on Womanby Street in the city centre, booking international, local and emerging artists across all styles.

London

The O2

An entertainment venue in London with an arena that hosts concerts, tours and live events.

London

Roundhouse

A registered charity that hosts gigs and electronic and club nights alongside its youth programmes and creative studios.

Manchester

Night & Day Café

A venue at 26 Oldham Street with live music, DJs, food, art exhibitions and a bar.

Birmingham

Symphony Hall

A hall run by the B:Music organisation that puts concerts and touring shows on its programme.

Glasgow

OVO Hydro

A venue at the Scottish Event Campus that hosts concerts, family shows and sport.

Glasgow

Barrowland Ballroom

A Glasgow music venue that hosts gigs and events.

Glasgow

King Tut's Wah Wah Hut

A venue at 272A St Vincent Street whose website lists its upcoming shows.

Glasgow

Sub Club

A venue at 22 Jamaica Street whose programme is club nights and music events.

Edinburgh

Usher Hall

An Edwardian performance hall in the city's cultural quarter, beside the Royal Lyceum and Traverse theatres, with classical music, rock and pop, dance and spoken word.

Liverpool

Cavern Club

A live music venue that calls itself the Beatles' legendary venue and presents live music and tribute shows.

Liverpool

Philharmonic Hall

A hall where the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra plays and contemporary music concerts are on the programme.

Liverpool

M&S Bank Arena

An arena on the waterfront that takes up to 11,000 people for live entertainment, conferences and exhibitions.

Leeds

first direct bank arena

An arena on Arena Way that hosts touring concerts, comedy and family shows.

Newcastle

The Cluny

A venue at 36 Lime Street in the Ouseburn valley with gigs in two spaces, The Cluny and Cluny 2, with food and drink.

Gateshead

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music

A music venue at St Mary's Square on Gateshead Quays with orchestral, classical and contemporary concerts and classes for all ages.

Sheffield

Sheffield City Hall

A venue with an Oval Hall and a Memorial Hall for concerts, tribute acts, comedy and tea dances.

Sheffield

Utilita Arena Sheffield

An arena that hosts music acts, comedy, ice hockey, boxing and family shows.

Cardiff

Utilita Arena Cardiff

An arena whose programme has music acts, comedians and sport.

Belfast

Ulster Hall

A Belfast hall that hosts live music, comedy, family shows, theatre, sport and dance.

Brighton

Brighton Dome

A charity that runs the Concert Hall, the Corn Exchange and the Studio Theatre, with music, theatre, comedy and circus.

Oxford

O2 Academy Oxford

A live music venue with concerts, DJ nights and album launches.

York

The Crescent

A venue at 8 The Crescent with gigs, comedy, club nights and community events.

York

York Barbican

A large music and arts venue that hosts touring bands, comedy, family shows and community events.

All venues with shows coming up

Every venue with live music coming up on Evenitto, by number of shows.

  1. Brudenell Social Club178
  2. The Jazz Cafe113
  3. New Cross Inn107
  4. Band on the Wall83
  5. The Fleece66
  6. Islington Assembly Hall64
  7. Thekla64
  8. The Lower Third60
  9. Union Chapel59
  10. 22956
  11. The Hope & Ruin56
  12. O2 Institute Birmingham55
  13. The Folklore Rooms55
  14. Rescue Rooms51
  15. The Underworld51
  16. Bristol Beacon50
  17. Concorde 250
  18. Kings Place (Hall Two)50
  19. The Louisiana50
  20. EartH49
  21. The Blues Kitchen Shoreditch48
  22. Scala46
  23. The 100 Club46
  24. Rough Trade Bristol45
  25. The Hare & Hounds Birmingham45
  26. Exchange (Bristol)44
  27. Clwb Ifor Bach43
  28. MOTH Club43
  29. The Limelight41
  30. Electric Bristol40
  31. O2 Academy Bristol40
  32. O2 Forum Kentish Town40
  33. Manchester Academy39
  34. The Blues Kitchen Camden39
  35. The Lexington39
  36. Toulouse Lautrec39
  37. Cambridge Junction38
  38. Green Note38
  39. The Garage (London)38
  40. The Prospect Building38
  41. Electric Ballroom37
  42. Hyde Park Book Club37
  43. SWG337
  44. The Deaf Institute37
  45. The Shacklewell Arms37
  46. Hare & Hounds36
  47. The Grace36
  48. Village Underground36
  49. KOKO35
  50. O2 Academy Birmingham34
  51. O2 Academy Brixton34
  52. The Black Heart34
  53. The Garage (Glasgow)34
  54. The Hairy Dog34
  55. The Prince Albert, Brighton34
  56. Albert Hall Manchester33
  57. The Cluny & The Cluny 232
  58. Sneaky Pete's31
  59. The Castle & Falcon, Birmingham31
  60. Tramshed Cardiff30