Live Music in Sunderland

31 gigs · 3 venues · 2 tonight · 3 this weekend · 2 free

Live music in Sunderland at a glance

FolkAir is listing 31 live music gigs in Sunderland over the next three months, across 3 venues including Independent, The Bridge Hotel Vaults and The Ship Isis. Next up is Toploader Live in Sunderland at Independent on Fri 23 Oct at 6:00pm, tickets from £25. 2 gigs are on tonight. 3 more fall this weekend. 2 of them are free to get into. 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 3 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 Sunderland

Tonight

Toploader Live in Sunderland — Fri 23 Oct at 6:00pm at Independent · £25
90s Student Stock Exchange — Fri 23 Oct at 10:00pm at Independent · £5

This weekend

Definitely Oasis Live in Sunderland — Sat 24 Oct at 6:00pm at Independent · £15
Bill Banks DJ : Live — Sat 24 Oct at 7:00pm at The Bridge Hotel Vaults · Free
Haze Presents: Mitch Freeman [Upstairs @ The Sesh] — Sat 24 Oct at 10:00pm at Independent · £7

Next 7 days

Wired Up — Thu 29 Oct at 4:00pm at Independent

Coming up

Aphrodisiac — Fri 30 Oct at 7:00pm at Independent · £6
The Fry Ups — Fri 30 Oct at 7:00pm at The Ship Isis · £6
Lewis Taylor [Groovement] — Fri 30 Oct at 11:00pm at Independent · £10
Halloween Charity Gig — Sat 31 Oct at 6:30pm at Independent · £9
Interrobang?! & a.b.a.d.e @ The Ship Isis — Sat 31 Oct at 7:00pm at The Ship Isis · £10
Halloween Sesh — Sat 31 Oct at 11:00pm at Independent · £5
Critch w/ Trivia, Sterling Moon & Camaro — Fri 6 Nov at 7:00pm at Independent · £8
The Rolling People | Sunderland, The Independent — Sat 7 Nov at 7:30pm at Independent · £14
Red Line [Upstairs @ The Sesh] — Sat 7 Nov at 11:00pm at Independent · £3
Heavy Denim w/ Jackal — Fri 13 Nov at 7:00pm at Independent · £5
Good Grief #2 — Fri 13 Nov at 11:00pm at Independent · £5
World Cup Winners @ The Ship Isis — Sat 14 Nov at 7:00pm at The Ship Isis · £8
The Heavy North w/ special guests — Fri 20 Nov at 7:00pm at Independent · £13
Reef Live in Sunderland — Sat 21 Nov at 7:00pm at Independent · £35
Sunday Acoustic @ The Bridge Hotel Vaults : Mr Ben (solo) — Sun 22 Nov at 3:00pm at The Bridge Hotel Vaults · Free
Tearjerker w/ Still Dying & Trivia — Sun 22 Nov at 4:00pm at Independent · £10
San Sebastián @ The Ship Isis — Fri 27 Nov at 7:00pm at The Ship Isis · £6
Scarlet Rebels — Fri 27 Nov at 7:00pm at Independent · £19
The NE Street Band — Sat 28 Nov at 7:00pm at Independent · £15
The Cases — Sun 29 Nov at 7:00pm at Independent · £14
DEATH OF GUITAR POP WINTER TOUR 2026 — Thu 3 Dec at 7:00pm at Independent · £29.99
Trevor Horn: Playing the songs he produced, played & sang on — Fri 4 Dec at 7:00pm at Independent · £35
Courtney Hadwin — Sat 5 Dec at 7:00pm at Independent · £16
Fontaines CD — Fri 11 Dec at 7:00pm at Independent · £15
LOUDER THAN MENTAL HEALTH — Sat 12 Dec at 5:15pm at Independent · £4

Everything on in Sunderland this week

Free live music in Sunderland

Sat 24 Oct 2026, 7pm — Bill Banks DJ : Live at The Bridge Hotel Vaults · Free — We’ve got DJ Bill Banks taking over the booth down in the Vaults this Saturday 24th October. Expect the selection to…
Sun 22 Nov 2026, 3pm — Sunday Acoustic @ The Bridge Hotel Vaults : Mr Ben (solo) at The Bridge Hotel Vaults · Free — FREE ENTRY Sunday afternoon acoustic gigs at The Bridge Hotel Vaults. Live in the bar from 3pm Line up Sunday 22nd…

Live music venues in Sunderland

Independent — 25 upcoming gigs; next: Toploader Live in Sunderland (Fri 23 Oct at 6:00pm) — 27-28 Holmeside, Sunderland SR1 3JE, UK, Sunderland
The Ship Isis — 4 upcoming gigs; next: The Fry Ups (Fri 30 Oct at 7:00pm) — 26 Silksworth Row, Sunderland SR1 3QJ, UK, Sunderland
The Bridge Hotel Vaults — 2 upcoming gigs; next: Bill Banks DJ : Live (Sat 24 Oct at 7:00pm) — 145 High Street West, Sunderland, SR1 1UW

Live music in Sunderland: the essentials

Where is live music in Sunderland tonight?

2 gigs are on in Sunderland tonight: Toploader Live in Sunderland at Independent (Fri 23 Oct at 6:00pm) and 90s Student Stock Exchange at Independent (Fri 23 Oct at 10:00pm).

What live music is on in Sunderland this weekend?

3 gigs fall this weekend, including Definitely Oasis Live in Sunderland at Independent (Sat 24 Oct at 6:00pm), Bill Banks DJ : Live at the Bridge Hotel Vaults at The Bridge Hotel Vaults (Sat 24 Oct at 7:00pm) and Haze Presents: Mitch Freeman [Upstairs @ The Sesh] at Independent (Sat 24 Oct at 10:00pm).

Which Sunderland venues have the most live music?

Independent (25 upcoming gigs), The Ship Isis (4 upcoming gigs) and The Bridge Hotel Vaults (2 upcoming gigs) — 3 venues have live music listed in Sunderland over the next three months.

Is there free live music in Sunderland?

Yes — 2 of the 31 listed gigs are free to get into, including Bill Banks DJ : Live at the Bridge Hotel Vaults at The Bridge Hotel Vaults (Sat 24 Oct at 7:00pm) and Sunday Acoustic @ The Bridge Hotel Vaults : Mr Ben (solo) at The Bridge Hotel Vaults (Sun 22 Nov at 3:00pm).