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 17 July 2023:
| When? | Where? | Where?? | Who? | Why/When/How? |
| Monday 17 July | Manchester | The Lion’s Den | Tay Temple + Fondabath + Allora | All profits go to local charity EveryMonth, supporting period poverty. Tickets |
| Tuesday 18 July | London (Putney) | The Half Moon | Ashley Campbell Trio | All the way from the USA, the daughter of Pop & Country music legend Glen Campbell plays a rare UK gig! Tickets |
| Tuesday 18 July | Leeds | Hyde Park Book Club | The Red Stains + Queen Cult + more | A lot of great Northern noise in a terrific venue for very little money! Tickets |
| Tuesday 18 July | Northwich | The Salty Dog | The Sewer Cats | Cass and Josh are supporting Authority Zero – they’re on early, so get there early! Tickets |
| Wednesday 19 July | Brighton | The Pipeline | Goldi + Antifa Super Soldier + Good Cop + Scab | A lotta Scottish noisiness headlines another solid bill from KNM Tickets |
| Thursday 20 July | Brighton | The Green Door Store | Friend Of Franky + more bands TBA | A special fundraiser, under the headline ‘Let Her Sing’ to help Brighton Electric Studios’ brilliant sound engineer (and all round good person) Phoebe Bentham raise money for her upcoming VFS. Pay on the door or donate to Phoebe’s GoFundMe |
| Thursday 20 July | London | The Lower Third | Margaritas Podridas + support | First date of a short UK tour by this interesting sounding Mexican outfit. Tickets |
| Thursday 20 July | London | The Camden Assembly | Calva Louise + Trunc + Gen and the Degenerates | It’s sold out, but here’s an optimistic ticket link anyway! Tickets |
| Friday 21 July | Oxford | Modern Art Oxford | Junodef | The excellent Swedish trio are supporting Kone, whose album launch night this is. They’re on early, so get there early! Tickets |
| Friday 21 July | Sheffield | The Record Junkee | The Early Mornings | A gig in a record shop for this quirky Mancunian trio – free to get in! |
| Friday 21 July | Derby | Dubrek Studios | Nervous Twitch + more | Perennially popular LW favourites NT play a freebie for the people of Derby – that’s right, it’s free to get in! |
| Friday 21 July | Cambridge | The Six Six Bar | Dirty Blonde + more | Supporting Lost Romantic. Tickets |
| Friday 21 July | Kingston On Thames | The Fighting Cocks | Bugeye + I, Doris + UrgentSea + Gilan | ***GIG OF THE WEEK*** LOUD WOMEN hosts our first show at this legendary venue with a killer line up. Truly unmissable stuff, be there from the off so you don’t miss anybody! Tickets |
| Saturday 22 July | London (Dalston) | Earth | Oi Va Voi with K T Tunstall | A 20th Anniversary celebration of the great folk-klezmer band’s debut album ‘Laughter Through Tears’ with the original membership and occasional member K T… Tickets |
| Saturday 22 July | Bristol | The Crofters Rights | Margaritas Podridas + support | Second date (of three) in this short UK tour by this interesting sounding Mexican outfit. Tickets |
| Saturday 22 July | London (Brixton) | The Windmill | Sun + Estelle Mey + A**hole | Three highly French acts on a must see bill! We can’t yet reveal who ‘A**hole’ is but we can tell you they are not a band you would want to ‘avoid’! Tickets |
| Sunday 23 July | London | The Dublin Castle | Helen McCookerybook + more | A doubtless delightful night in the company of the ex-Chef and Horn! Tickets |
| Sunday 23 July | Brighton | The Hope And Ruin | Margaritas Podridas + Everyday Saints | Third and final date of this short UK tour by this interesting sounding the Mexicans. Top tier support comes from fast rising local favourites ES, featuring Pip and Jade of the late lamented Muff. Tickets |
| Sunday 23 July | London | The Good Mixer | The Red Stains + support | A rare London show for this excellent Manchester band – free to get in! |