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Music👋 Meet peopleThu 17 – Sun 20 Sept · Tarland
Tarland Food & Music Festival
A free village-square food market and folk music festival in the heart of Aberdeenshire's Cromar valley.
Tarland Square, Tarland, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire AB34 4YNFree entry (market and square events)
Music👋 Meet peopleFri 18 – Sun 20 Sept · Durham
Durham Folk Festival
A new city-wide folk festival across Durham's cathedral, market place and miners' hall, with singing sessions, ceilidhs and river-cruise gigs.
Multiple venues across Durham City — Redhills Durham Miners Hall, Durham Cathedral, Palace Green & the MarketplaceTickets vary by event/day pass — see tickettailor.com/events/durhamfolkfestival
Music👋 Meet peopleSat 19 Sept · Exeter
Altered Images — Happy Birthday
Original singer Clare Grogan leads the band through their 1981 debut album in full at Exeter's much-loved independent arts centre.
Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter EX4 3LSFrom £30
Music👋 Meet peopleSat 19 – Sun 20 Sept · Lincoln
Lincoln Folk Festival
Two days of traditional and contemporary folk music, food and beer at a much-loved Lincoln pub venue.
The Jolly Brewer, 27 Broadgate, Lincoln LN2 5AQTicketed — see venue listing for current prices
Music👋 Meet peopleSun 20 Sept · Brighton
Sylvan Esso: Ow ∞ Album Launch In-Store
An intimate in-store performance from electronic duo Sylvan Esso marking the release of their new album, on the shop floor of Brighton's Resident Music.
Resident Music, 27-28 Kensington Gardens, North Laine, Brighton BN1 4ALFrom £20 (ticket includes the new album)
MusicMon 21 Sept · Gateshead
Death Cab for Cutie
US indie-rock veterans play the Glasshouse's main hall on their 'I Built You A Tower' tour.
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, St Mary's Square, Gateshead NE8 2JRFrom around £41
Music👋 Meet peopleTue 22 Sept · Edinburgh
Café Ceilidh
A free, drop-in afternoon of traditional Scottish song, tunes and stories in the Storytelling Court on Edinburgh's Royal Mile.
Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SRFree, non-ticketed
Music👋 Meet peopleTue 22 Sept · Glasgow
Pacific Avenue at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
Chart-topping Australian indie-rockers play the 300-capacity room that broke Coldplay, Blur and Biffy Clyro.
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272A St Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5RLSee kingtuts.co.uk for current price
MusicTue 22 Sept · Cardiff
The Tubs at Clwb Ifor Bach
Welsh power-pop favourites The Tubs play Cardiff's best-loved grassroots venue on their UK tour, in the heart of the city centre.
11 Womanby Street, Cardiff, CF10 1BRFrom around £16
Music👋 Meet peopleWed 23 Sept · Cambridge
Robyn Hitchcock at the Portland Arms
Cult songwriter Robyn Hitchcock plays an intimate solo show at Cambridge's much-loved back-room pub venue.
The Portland Arms, 129 Chesterton Road, Cambridge CB4 3BASee Cambridge Live for ticket price
Music👋 Meet peopleThu 24 Sept · Bristol
Sober Open Mic Night
A completely alcohol- and drug-free open mic — musicians, poets and first-timers all welcome — run monthly by Bristol Sober Spaces.
On The Hill, Bishopsworth Road, Bristol, BS13 7JWSuggested donation £3 on the door
Music👋 Meet peopleThu 24 – Sun 27 Sept · Burnham Deepdale
Deepdale Festival
A friendly folk, roots and acoustic music festival across three small stages on the North Norfolk coast, now in its 8th year.
Deepdale Camping & Rooms, Burnham Deepdale, North Norfolk PE31 8DDDay tickets from £15; weekend day ticket £30 adult / £15 under-16
Music👋 Meet peopleFri 25 Sept · Hertford
China Crisis at Hertford Corn Exchange
Eighties synth-pop favourites China Crisis play an intimate evening show at Hertford's historic Corn Exchange venue.
Corn Exchange, 39 Fore Street, Hertford SG14 1ALFrom £29
Music👋 Meet peopleFri 25 Sept · Nottingham
Sobar Social
A monthly alcohol-free night at the East Midlands' first sober bar — live music, poetry and open mic, 25% off food and drink all night.
Café Sobar, 24 Friar Lane, Nottingham NG1 6DQFree entry
Music👋 Meet peopleSat 26 Sept · Sheffield
Float Along Festival
Sheffield's inner-city, multi-venue day festival — one wristband hops between three venues from noon till late, headlined by White Lies and Sprints.
Multiple venues — Sidney & Matilda, Corporation, The Octagon Centre, SheffieldFrom £44
Music👋 Meet peopleSat 26 – Mon 28 Sept · Wells
Wells Jazz and Blues Festival
A free first-year festival sending 24 jazz and blues acts round four pubs and hotels in the middle of Somerset's smallest city.
The White Hart, The Swan Hotel, Blossom's & The Rose and Crown, Wells, Somerset BA5Free
Music👋 Meet peopleSun 27 Sept · Leeds
Hope & Social at the Brudenell
Leeds' beloved community-minded band play a full-band show at their spiritual home venue.
Brudenell Social Club, 33 Queens Road, Leeds LS6 1NY£22 advance
Music👋 Meet peopleSun 27 Sept · Bristol
Sober Hip Hop Night at Trinity
A completely alcohol- and drug-free hip hop night from Bristol Sober Spaces, with headliners MoYah and CW Jones plus a full local lineup.
The Trinity Centre, Trinity Rd, Bristol BS2 0NW£10–£12.50
Music👋 Meet peopleTue 29 Sept · Edinburgh
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
A weekly, all-welcome ceilidh at Summerhall with a live band and caller — no partner or experience needed, just come and be taught the dances.
Summerhall, 1 Summerhall Place, Newington, Edinburgh EH9 1PL£12
Music👋 Meet peopleFri 2 – Sun 4 Oct · Salisbury
Salisbury Musick Festival
A three-day festival of early music filling Salisbury's churches and halls with madrigals, lute songs and harpsichord.
Venues across Salisbury, WiltshireFree entry to community concerts; professional concerts and the closing event ticketed separately
Music👋 Meet peopleSat 3 Oct · Glasgow
Good Clean Fun
Glasgow's alcohol-free club night — a full sound system, proper DJs and dancing, with zero booze required.
Garnethill Multicultural Centre, Glasgow£15 advance / £18.50 on the door
Music👋 Meet peopleSat 3 Oct · London
House of Happiness: A Rave to Remember
London's best-known sober day-rave brings glitter, DJs and a fully alcohol-free bar to a Vauxhall clubroom.
Fire & Lightbox, 6 South Lambeth Place, Vauxhall, London SW8 1SPFrom around £15–£22
Music👋 Meet peopleSat 3 – Sun 4 Oct · Port Isaac
Port Isaac Shanty Weekend
A free weekend of sea shanties and folk harmony singing filling the pubs, cafés and church of the Cornish fishing village of Port Isaac.
Port Isaac village (Village Hall, Golden Lion, Slipway Hotel, Old School Hotel, Chapel Café, All Aboard Café and St Peter's Church), Port Isaac, CornwallFree — no ticket required
Music👋 Meet peopleSun 4 Oct · Birmingham
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Alina Bzhezhinska's HipHarp
An intimate Friday-night jazz gig above a Jewellery Quarter bar, as harpist Alina Bzhezhinska reworks the compositions of Dorothy Ashby.
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick Street, Birmingham B1 3HEAround £10 (see venue for booking)
MusicTue 6 Oct · Bristol
Robert Jon & The Wreck
California blues-rock band's UK tour stops at Trinity, a converted Victorian church turned community arts venue in Bristol.
Trinity Centre, Trinity Road, Bristol BS2 0NWSee venue for ticket price
Music👋 Meet peopleWed 7 Oct · Manchester
Sober Sunrise Silent Disco at Manchester Cathedral
Dance through decade-spanning hits on wireless headphones as dawn light floods Manchester Cathedral — no alcohol required.
Manchester Cathedral, Victoria Street, Manchester M3 1SXTicketed — see event page for current price
Music👋 Meet peopleThu 8 – Sun 11 Oct · Lancaster
Lancaster Music Festival
A grassroots, almost entirely free music takeover of an entire city — four days of gigs in pubs, churches, cafés and squares.
Citywide, over 50 venues across Lancaster city centre LA1Free (almost all shows; some ticketed extras)
MusicSat 10 Oct · Coventry
Aziz Ibrahim: Lahore to Longsight Album Launch
The Simply Red and Stone Roses guitarist plays his long-lost debut album live in Coventry's intimate converted coal-vault venue.
The Tin Music and Arts, Coventry Canal Basin, St Nicholas Street, Coventry CV1 4LY£13.20 general admission / £16.50 with Kitchen Club entry
Music👋 Meet peopleWed 14 – Sun 18 Oct · Norwich
Wild Paths Festival
Fifteen-plus venues across Norwich's old lanes and churches fill with new music, talks and late-night sets for one boundary-pushing autumn weekend.
Multiple venues across Norwich city centre, including Cinema City, St Laurence Church and the Octagon ChapelDay and weekend passes — see wildpaths.co.uk for current prices
MusicThu 15 Oct · Manchester
Candlelight: Queen and ABBA
A string quartet performs Queen and ABBA's biggest hits by candlelight inside Manchester Cathedral's soaring Gothic nave.
Manchester Cathedral, Victoria Street, Manchester M3 1SXFrom £21
MusicThu 15 – Sat 17 Oct · Cardiff
Sŵn Festival
Cardiff's beloved multi-venue new-music festival takes over the city's small stages for three nights of the best emerging Welsh and UK acts.
Multiple venues, Cardiff city centreSee swnfest.seetickets.com for ticket price
MusicThu 15 Oct · Leeds
The Bluetones at the Brudenell
The Bluetones play "Expecting to Fly" in full for its 30th anniversary, at Leeds' beloved Brudenell Social Club.
Brudenell Social Club, 33 Queens Road, Leeds LS6 1NY£27.50 advance
Music👋 Meet peopleFri 16 Oct · Portsmouth
Willy Mason at The Wedgewood Rooms
American singer-songwriter Willy Mason plays Portsmouth's best-loved small venue, a proper back-to-basics gig for people who like their music close up.
The Wedgewood Rooms, 147B Albert Road, Southsea, Portsmouth PO4 0JWSee seetickets.com for ticket price
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