Every week we bring you our top pick of gigs that are too good to miss – featuring female, non-binary and queer bands that we love.
These are our top tips for week commencing 10 July 2023:
| When? | Where? | Where?? | Who? | What?/Why?/How? |
| Monday 10 July | North Shields | The Engine Room | The Darts (US) + support | The quartet’s tour continues all week – sadly for those who do not have a ticket, this one is sold out! |
| Tuesday 11 July | Manchester | Festival Square | The Red Stains + Heartworms + more | Part of the Manchester International Festival. Local heroes the Red Stains and London’s Heartworms are just two of the acts playing today. Free entry. |
| Tuesday 11 July | Glasgow | The Hug And Pint | The Darts (US) + support | Still tickets available for this one! Tickets |
| Wednesday 12 July | Glasgow | The Hug And Pint | Lungleg + Curdle | A rare gig for these reunited 90s Scottish indie heroines. Tickets |
| Wednesday 12 July | Brighton | The Green Door Store | Everyday Saints + Cowz + Coco and the Lost | Three of Brighton’s brightest upcoming bands for just £2! Pay on the door. |
| Thursday 13 July | Sheffield | Hatch | Nervous Twitch + Duck + My Lo Fi Heart | First of a couple of gigs this week for Leeds based long-time LOUD WOMEN favourites Nervous Twitch. Pay on the door. |
| Thursday 13 July | Manchester | Festival Square | Trunc + more | Excellent local Manchester band, recently on tour with Calva Louise. The Manchester International Festival continues. Free entry. |
| Thursday 13 July | London | The Water Rats | The Darts (US) + Jo Jo and the Teeth + The Molotovs | A superb line up for the Darts’ London show. Tickets |
| Thursday 13 July | St. Leonard’s | The Piper | Bugeye + Porcelain Doll + Phat Problem | ***GIG OF THE WEEK*** Bugeye are “the sparkliest disco rockers ever to come out of Croydon” – joined by Brighton’s Porcelain Doll and Phat Problem. Tickets |
| Friday 14 July | Brighton | The Green Door Store | Kuunatic + Support | Last date of a short UK tour by this interesting sounding Japanese trio Tickets |
| Friday 14 July | Birkenhead | The Swinging Arm | Nervous Twitch + support | A busy weekend for Erin, Jay and Ash. Pay on the door. |
| Friday 14 July | Worthing | The Factory | The Ramonas + Estelle Mey | Nice two hander with Estelle worth getting there early for. Tickets |
| Friday 14 July | Brighton | The Pipeline | Raising Ravens + Healthy Junkies + Livvy English | Solid bill headlined by highly touted Aussie band fronted by Jess Finlayson. London gig on Saturday. Tickets |
| Friday 14 July | London | Dulwich Hamlet FC Social Club | Romcoms + Toodles and the Hectic Pity + The Exhausts | Only the fourth gig for this charming queercore duo – and they’re on first! Tickets |
| Friday 14 July | Withington (Manchester) | The Fuel Cafe Bar | The Sewer Cats + more | A 5 band line up featuring Manchester’s own favourite fuzzy punk duo Cass and Josh. Tickets |
| Saturday 15 July | London (Deptford) | The Birds Nest | Raising Ravens + Yur Mum + more | A lot of great music here for absolutely no money! Free entry. |
| Saturday 15 July | London (Dalston) | The Victoria | The Early Mornings + Mazey Haze (NL) + more | Quirky London based Mancunian trio pitched somewhere between the Modettes and the early Cure! Tickets |
| Saturday 15 July | London (Hoxton) | The Old Blue Last | Blab + Claudia Kate + Henjila | Invigorating Essex girl Fran a.k.a. Blab is on first so get there early! Tickets |
| Saturday 15 July | Croydon | Wandle Park | Bugeye + more | The sparkly disco rockers play Croydon Pride (joined by our own Cassie Fox on BVs) Free entry. |