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 28 August 2023:
| When? | Where? | Where?? | Who? | How/Why? |
| Monday 28 August | London (Bethnal Green) | Victoria Park | Haim + Girl In Red + Tove Lo + lots more | The final day of the ‘All Points East’ weekender Tickets |
| Tuesday 29 August | Brighton | The East Street Tap | SlutBomb + Comeback Clit + more | Fast hardcore from Ohio and Hastings in a very small venue! Tickets |
| Tuesday 29 August | London (Shoreditch) | Rough Trade East | Be Your Own Pet | Taking a day out from their tour with Fraulein to play an instore and to sign copies of their new album ‘Mommy’. Tickets |
| Wednesday 30 August | York | The Crescent | Sleeper | Their ongoing tour tour continues, with support this week from Honey Moon – more dates below Tickets |
| Wednesday 30 August | Nottingham | The Rescue Rooms | Be Your Own Pet + Fraulein | The penultimate show of the tour before BYOP head back to Nashville… Tickets |
| Wednesday 30 August | Bristol | The Exchange | The Courettes + support | The hardest working small band in the solar system bring their invigorating mix of the Ronettes and the Ramones back to the UK for another trailblazing two week tour. Catch ’em where you can – but catch ’em! Tickets |
| Wednesday 30 August | Newport | Le Pub | Witch Fever + support | WF’s Autumn tour resumes after a 12 day break. This show is close to selling out at time of writing. More dates below! Tickets |
| Wednesday 30 August | Belfast | The Limelight | Muna + ARXX | ***GIG OF THE WEEK*** Los Angeles meets Brighton at the crossroads of pop! Last date of the tour, close to selling out and may have done so by the time you read this… Tickets |
| Wednesday 30 August | Cardiff | The Moon | Rhoda Dakar + support | The former Bodysnatchers/Special A.K.A frontsperson starts a 2 week tour in support of her ‘Version Girl’ album. More dates below… Tickets |
| Thursday 31 August | Manchester | The Deaf Institute | Be Your Own Pet + Fräulein | Final date of the tour, another show that’s close to selling out and may have done so by the time you read this… Tickets |
| Thursday 31 August | Brighton | The Green Door Store | Eville + Grunt Work | Two exceptional up-and coming Brighton bands supporting Dumfun. Pay on the door, admission is just £2 |
| Thursday 31 August | Reading | The Face Bar | Witch Fever + support | See Above! Tickets |
| Thursday 31 August | St. Leonard’s | The Piper | The Courettes + support | See Above! Tickets |
| Thursday 31 August | Bridgewater | Cobblestones | Rhoda Dakar + support | See Above! Tickets |
| Thursday 31 August | London (Dalston) | The Victoria | A Void + support | Camille & co. launch a new single ‘Save Yourself’ tonight. Tickets |
| Thursday 31 August | Dumfries | The Venue | Sleeper | See Above! Tickets |
| Thursday 31 August | Liverpool | The District | Divide And Dissolve | Part Cherokee, Part Maori and this is the first in a week of shows by this highly regarded duo. Tickets |
| Friday 1 September | Leeds | Headrow House | Divide and Dissolve | See above! Tour continues next week. Tickets |
| Friday 1 September | Galashiells | Mac Arts | Sleeper | Last show of the Scottish leg of Sleeper’s tour Tickets |
| Friday 1 September | Brighton | The Pipeline | UrgentSea + Teiger + more | UrgentSea feature I, Doris’ guitarist Doris and are very good indeed Tickets |
| Friday 1 September | Brighton | The Prince Albert | The Courettes + support | See Above! Tickets |
| Friday 1 September | Brighton | The Green Door Store | Pussyliquor + The Atom Jacks + lots more | A fundraiser for a good cause – pay what you can afford on the door (suggested donation £10) |
| Friday 1 September | London (Leytonstone) | The Luna | The Other Ones + more | First show in many moons for TOO – it’s out in the wilds of east London, but it’s free to get in! |
| Friday 1 September | Norwich | Karma Kafe | Gemma Cullingford & Luke Wright + more | 50% of Sink Ya Teeth plus poet Luke launch their new EP ‘FOMO’ tonight. Tickets |
| Friday 1 September | London (King’s Cross) | The Water Rats | A Void + Healthy Junkies + Adalia + English Garden + lots more | Day 1 of the Punk ‘n’ Roll Rendezvous weekender across 3 days and 3 different London venues Tickets |
| Friday 1 September | Bridgewater | Cobblestones | Witch Fever + support | See above! Tickets |
| Friday 1 September | Bedford | Esquires | Rhoda Dakar + support | See above! Tickets |
| Saturday 2 September | Manchester | The Retro Bar | The Red Stains + lots more | 9 bands in total, event runs from 1700-2300 Tickets |
| Saturday 2 September | Newport | Le Pub | The Darling Buds + lots more | A hometown show for these re-born 80s favourites, headlining the ‘Love Spreads’ all-dayer. Free to get in! |
| Saturday 2 September | Brighton | Chalk | ARXX + Witch Fever + lots more | The ‘Bad Pond Festival’ all-dayer. Free to get in, but RSVP required. Tickets |
| Saturday 2 September | Manchester | The Lion’s Den | Tay Temple + more | Tay is promoting her forthcoming EP, and supporting non-LW act the Jimmy Page XI (of whom there are only V – get there early! Tickets |
| Saturday 2 September | London (Camden Town) | The Dublin Castle | PollyPikPicketz + Flesh Tetris + lots more | Day 2 of the Punk ‘n’ Roll Rendezvous weekender across 3 days and 3 different London venues Tickets |
| Saturday 2 September | Winchester | The Railway Inn | Rhoda Dakar + support | See Above – Rhoda’s tour continues next week. Tickets |
| Sunday 3 September | Hull | The Adelphi | The Courettes + support | See Above – Flavia and Martin’s tour continues next week. Tickets |
| Sunday 3 September | London | The Post Bar | Mango In Euphoria + Nouveau Bleach + lots more | The final day of the Punk ‘n’ Roll Rendezvous weekender across 3 days and 3 different London venues. Tickets |