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 11 September 2023.
Tickets available for all shows at time of publication:
| When? | Where? | Where?? | Who? | Why/How? |
| Monday 11 September | London (Shoreditch) | Rough Trade East | Coach Party | The Isle Of Wighters continue their instore gogs in support of their new LP ‘Killjoy’. Unlike the others this one is NOT unplugged! You’ll have to buy the vinyl or CD to gain entry… Tickets |
| Monday 11 September | Manchester | Yes (The Pink Room) | Pauline Murray | The frontsperson of 70s punk legend Penetration is plugging her new autobiography ‘Life’s A Gamble’ with a series of acoustic shows (followed by a Q & A) all this week and next. Tickets |
| Tuesday 12 September | London (Hackney) | The Moth Club | Daisy The Great | The folky pop of the Brooklyn based duo DTG can be heard across the UK all week this week. Tickets |
| Tuesday 12 September | Bristol | Rough Trade | Coach Party | Back to ‘unplugged’ for the rest of this week’s shows. Tickets |
| Wednesday 13 September | Manchester | Yes Basement | Daisy The Great | Tickets |
| Wednesday 13 September | Huddersfield | Parish | Witch Fever + Support | Last date of a lengthy tour by the Manchester quartet! Tickets |
| Wednesday 13 September | Nottingham | Rough Trade | Coach Party | Tickets |
| Wednesday 13 September | Glasgow | G2 | Pauline Murray | Tickets |
| Wednesday 13 September | Brighton | The Pipeline | Smoke Filled Room + more | The Brighton trio are back in business with a new bass player! First gig of 2023. Tickets |
| Thursday 14 September | Preston Park (Brighton) | The Hare & Hounds | Friend Of Franky + more | FOF take their sad bangers to a pub just outside of Brighton. Not to be missed! Tickets |
| Thursday 14 September | Bristol | Strange Brew | The Menstrual Cramps + support | A hometown gig for Emilia and her chums. It will be busy. Tickets |
| Thursday 14 September | Liverpool | The Jacaranda | Coach Party | The last of CP’s instore shows, full tour coming in October! Tickets |
| Thursday 14 September | St. Albans | The Horn | Rhoda Dakar + Support | The penultimate show of the former Bodysnatchers frontsperson’s tour in support of her ‘Version Girl’ album. Tickets |
| Thursday 14 September | St. Leonard’s | The Piper | Hypsoline | A short trip round the coast for the Brighton quartet. They are supporting October Drift, and thus are on first!. Tickets |
| Friday 15 September | Leeds | Headrow House | Rhoda Dakar + Support | Rhoda wraps her tour up tonight. Tickets |
| Friday 15 September | London (Dalston) | The Shacklewell Arms | The Early Mornings + more | A friday freebie from this engaging Mancunian trio. Won’t cost you anything to get in but you’ll need to RSVP. Tickets |
| Friday 15 September | Manchester | Canvas 2 | Dirty Blonde + Support | A hometown gig for Issy and Hayley. It’ll be a packer! Tickets |
| Friday 15 September | Bristol | Rough Trade | Pauline Murray | See Above! Tickets |
| Friday 15 September | London (Camden Town) | The Black Heart | Mango In Euphoria + more | MIE is a musical hybrid of Donna Summer, Lana Dell Rey and Marilyn Manson and is a recommended act to catch if you have not done so already. Get there early, she’s on first! Tickets |
| Saturday 16 September | London (Shoreditch) | Rich Mix | LOUD WOMEN FEST 2023: Breezy + Cowz + The Dollheads + The Empty Page + FFSYTHO? + Gold Baby + Hipersona + House Of Women + I, Doris + Jock + The Kut + LibraLibra + Pussyliquor +The Samba Sisters Collective + Shallow Honey + Sassyhiya + ShyGodwin + Vernon Jane + Vulva Voce + Where We Sleep + Wolfs + Yakkie | ***Gig Of The Week*** With a line up like this, how could LW Fest 2023 be anything else? 22 great bands from all over the UK (and the world) in 10 hours, works out at under a quid a band! An all ages gig too, with tickets priced at just a fiver apiece for under-16s. If you are only planning to go out once this month, Rich Mix is the place to go – and today. Come early, stay late, be part of the fun… Tickets |
| Saturday 16 September | Belfast | The Deer’s Head | Daisy The Great | Last show of Kelly and Mina’s UK tour before they move it to the EU… Tickets |
| Sunday 17 September | London (Deptford) | The Birds Nest | Rabies Babies + more | If LW Fest hasn’t worn you out, the Babies will be among those raising the roof at this matinee gig in SE London this afternoon between 1600 and 1900! Free to get in… |
| Sunday 17 September | London (Covent Garden) | Stereo | Pauline Murray | Pauline’s show moves south as it works its way around the UK… Tickets |