Live Music in Preston

54 gigs · 11 venues · 5 this weekend

Live music in Preston at a glance

FolkAir is listing 54 live music gigs in Preston over the next three months, across 11 venues including The New Continental, Stage City Preston and Chew's Yard. Next up is Rock am River 2026 at The New Continental on Fri 23 Oct at 5:15pm, tickets from £13.75. 5 of them fall this weekend. Every date, venue and price comes straight from venue and promoter listings and is refreshed daily, so this is what is genuinely on sale right now rather than a fixed editorial round-up. Below the gig list are the 11 venues those gigs are at, busiest first, with a link to the venue's own page wherever it has one. Every row links through to that gig's own page for the full details and, where the promoter published one, a ticket link.

Gigs in Preston

This weekend

Rock am River 2026 — Fri 23 Oct at 5:15pm at The New Continental · £13.75
Luke Combs UK - Preston — Fri 23 Oct at 7:00pm at Stage City Preston · £28
Local Band Night — Fri 23 Oct at 7:30pm at Chew's Yard · £6
Yard Sessions — Fri 23 Oct at 7:30pm at Chew's Yard · £6
Otis Jordan // Ike Goldman | Small Hours @ Snapes Printworks — Sun 25 Oct at 6:00pm at Snapes Printworks · £10

Next 7 days

Electronic Music Open Mic — The Ferret — Tue 27 Oct at 7:00pm (3 dates) at The Ferret

Coming up

Paul Quinn of Saxon The Ferret Preston 30/10/2026 — Fri 30 Oct at 7:00pm at The Ferret · £20
Tennessee Whiskey — Sat 31 Oct at 8:00pm at The Continental · £14
Bury Youth Big Band — Sun 1 Nov at 1:30pm at The Continental · £12
Shake Yer Hips — Sun 1 Nov at 2:00pm at Chew's Yard
Los Fastidios — Thu 5 Nov at 8:00pm at The Continental · £12
Callis plus Secret Admirer and Lottie Brazier — Fri 6 Nov at 7:30pm at Vinyl Tap Preston · £6
One Eighty Two: UKs #1 blink-182 Tribute — Fri 6 Nov at 8:00pm at The Continental · £12
Road to Nashville Indoor Rodeo Show | Stage City — Sat 7 Nov at 2:00pm at Stage City Preston · £18
Tyla's Dogs D'amour — Sat 7 Nov at 7:30pm at Vinyl Tap Preston · £20
Eddie and the Hot Rods + Department S & Sweet Knuckle — Sat 7 Nov at 8:00pm at The Continental · £12
YARD FEST All Dayer — Sun 8 Nov at 2:00pm at Chew's Yard · £4
THE FERRET OPEN MIC With Jamie Brewer — The Ferret — Tue 10 Nov at 7:00pm at The Ferret
Dave McCabe & James Jay Lewis — Thu 12 Nov at 7:30pm at Chew's Yard · £22.50
Live Electronic Music & Visuals - PRINTY Album Launch — Thu 12 Nov at 7:30pm at ARTCH Studios · £6
Dad Sabbath — Fri 13 Nov at 7:30pm at Vinyl Tap Preston · £10
Black Velvet: Guilty Pleasure Rock Indulgence! — Fri 13 Nov at 8:00pm at The Continental · £12
Whatever - Oasis Tribute — Sat 14 Nov at 8:00pm at The Continental · £10
Hawklords — Sat 14 Nov at 9:00pm at Vinyl Tap Preston · £19
China Crisis — Fri 20 Nov at 8:00pm at The Continental · £30
Straighten Out: The #1 Stranglers Tribute — Sat 21 Nov at 8:00pm at The Continental · £12.50
Soul of the North - Northern Soul Day Party — Sun 22 Nov at 2:00pm at The Continental · £10
Beans on Toast — Wed 25 Nov at 7:30pm at The Continental · £18
The Fear, The Ferret 27/11/2026 — Fri 27 Nov at 7:00pm at The Ferret · £10
Tuesday Night Whites - Preston — Fri 27 Nov at 7:30pm at 53 Degrees · £12
UB40 tribute- U340 — Fri 27 Nov at 8:00pm at Lea Social Club · £5
Eclipse: The Pink Floyd Experience — Fri 27 Nov at 8:00pm at The Continental · £16
Communiqué - Tribute to Dire Straits — Sun 29 Nov at 7:00pm at The Continental
Paul Heaton: Matinee Album Launch Show — Tue 1 Dec at 5:30pm at 53 Degrees · £19.77
Paul Heaton: Album Launch Show — Tue 1 Dec at 8:30pm at 53 Degrees · £19.77
John Bramwell of I Am Kloot — Thu 3 Dec at 7:30pm at The Continental · £25
Holy Coves Album Release Tour - Autumn/Winter 2026 — Fri 4 Dec at 7:00pm at The Ferret · £15
Mothership: Led Zeppelin Tribute — Fri 4 Dec at 8:00pm at The Continental · £12
The Kingshakes + Russ Bebop & the Roadrunnerz — Sat 5 Dec at 8:00pm at The Continental · £12.50
Blossoms: Matinee Album Launch Show — Wed 9 Dec at 6:00pm at 53 Degrees · £19.32
Hey Colossus — Wed 9 Dec at 8:00pm at The Continental · £15
Blossoms: Album Launch Show — Wed 9 Dec at 8:30pm at 53 Degrees · £19.32
The Script: Matinee Album Launch Show — Fri 11 Dec at 5:30pm at 53 Degrees · £19.77
A Very Bublé Christmas — Fri 11 Dec at 6:30pm at Stage City Preston · £18
The Hornbeats — Fri 11 Dec at 8:00pm at The Continental · £10
The Script: Album Launch Show — Fri 11 Dec at 8:30pm at 53 Degrees · £19.77
Christmas Concert — Sat 12 Dec at 7:00pm at Longridge Civic Hall
The Soul Federation Christmas Party — Sat 12 Dec at 8:00pm at The Continental · £12
Sinatra - The Spirit of Swing — Sun 13 Dec at 7:00pm at The Continental · £20
Classic Queen — Thu 17 Dec at 8:00pm at The Continental · £12
Ultimate Rewind Party! — Fri 18 Dec at 8:00pm at The Continental · £15
GirlyPop Live - Zara Larsson Takeover| Stage City, Preston — Sun 27 Dec at 12:00pm at Stage City Preston
Silverwingkiller — Fri 8 Jan at 7:30pm at The Ferret · £12
Rich Chance — Fri 15 Jan at 8:00pm at The Continental · £20

Everything on in Preston this week

Live music venues in Preston

The Continental — 23 upcoming gigs; next: Tennessee Whiskey (Sat 31 Oct at 8:00pm) — South Meadow Lane Preston, PR1, Preston, PR1 8LA
53 Degrees — 7 upcoming gigs; next: Tuesday Night Whites - Preston (Fri 27 Nov at 7:30pm) — Brook St, Preston, PR1 7HN
The Ferret — 6 upcoming gigs; next: Electronic Music Open Mic — The Ferret (Tue 27 Oct at 7:00pm) — 55 Fylde Road Preston, England, PR1 2XQ United Kingdom
Chew's Yard — 5 upcoming gigs; next: Local Band Night (Fri 23 Oct at 7:30pm) — 103-111 Market St W, Preston, Preston, PR1 2HB
Stage City Preston — 4 upcoming gigs; next: Luke Combs UK - Preston (Fri 23 Oct at 7:00pm) — 53 Tithebarn Street, Preston, PR1 1DJ
Vinyl Tap Preston — 4 upcoming gigs; next: Callis plus Secret Admirer and Lottie Brazier (Fri 6 Nov at 7:30pm) — 28-30 adelphi street , Preston, PR1 7BE
The New Continental — 1 upcoming gig; next: Rock am River 2026 (Fri 23 Oct at 5:15pm) — South Meadow Lane , Preston, PR1 8JP
Snapes Printworks — 1 upcoming gig; next: Otis Jordan // Ike Goldman | Small Hours @ Snapes Printworks (Sun 25 Oct at 6:00pm) — 9-11 Bolton Court, Preston, PR1 3TY
ARTCH Studios — 1 upcoming gig; next: Live Electronic Music & Visuals - PRINTY Album Launch (Thu 12 Nov at 7:30pm) — 22-24 Gradwell Street, Preston, PR1 8SD
Lea Social Club — 1 upcoming gig; next: UB40 tribute- U340 (Fri 27 Nov at 8:00pm) — 872 Blackpool Road, Preston, PR2 1XN
Longridge Civic Hall — 1 upcoming gig; next: Christmas Concert (Sat 12 Dec at 7:00pm) — 1 Calder Avenue, Longridge, Preston, PR3 3HJ