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 21 August 2023:
| When? | Where? | Where?? | Who? | Why/How? |
| Monday 21 August | Brighton (Hove) | The Brunswick | Everyday Saints + Starting Fires + Modessa | Saints are on first, get there early! Tickets |
| Monday 21 August | Leeds | Oporto Bar | Trunc + more | Supporting Vlure. A trip round the M62 for this upcoming Manc band, recently on tour with Calva Louise. Tickets |
| Monday 21 August | Brighton | The Green Door Store | The New Eves + more | Supporting Hollow Hand, the Eves are on first too! Tickets |
| Monday 21 August | Glasgow | The Hug And Pint | Cable Ties + support | Second date of a short UK tour by this joyfully noisy Australian trio. Tickets |
| Tuesday 22 August | Newport | Le Pub | Wild Flowers + Leela Crowther + more | ‘Retro-inspired rock ‘n’ roll three piece’ Wild Flowers come all the way from Portugal. Tickets |
| Tuesday 22 August | Leeds | The Key Club | Be Your Own Pet + Fräulein | The re-formed noughties Nashville cats and kitten continue their tour with three more shows this week, ably supported by Fräulein (see below for more dates) Tickets |
| Tuesday 22 August | Dundee | Fat Sam’s | Amyl and the Sniffers + Cable Ties | A huge Aussiepalooza up in Scotland tonight and tomorrow (see below for more dates) Tickets |
| Wednesday 23 August | Bristol | The Thekla | Be Your Own Pet + Fräulein | Tickets |
| Wednesday 23 August | Edinburgh | 02 Academy | Amyl and the Sniffers + Cable Ties | . Tickets |
| Thursday 24 August | Brighton | Concorde II | Be Your Own Pet + Fraulein | Tickets |
| Thursday 24 August | Birkenhead | Future Yard | Sleeper | First night of a 3 week tour for the reassembled Sleeper band with an assortment of supports. Tickets |
| Friday 25 August | Settle | Victoria Hall | Sleeper | Tickets |
| Friday 25 August | London (Bethnal Green) | Victoria Park | Amyl and the Sniffers, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Hotwax, Hannah Grae + many more | …all supporting the Strokes! Tickets |
| Friday 25 August | London (Dalston) | The Victoria | Cable Ties + Gen And The Degenerates | ***Gig Of The Week*** The only London show for Cable Ties with the bonus of Liverpool’s excellent Gen and the Degenerates, promoting their new big hit single, “Big Hit Single”! Get there early because it’s… Free To Get In! |
| Friday 25 August | London (Bethnal Green) | The Sebright Arms | Man/Woman/Chainsaw + more | A hometown gig for this slightly-delic sextet. They’re on early so get there early. Tickets |
| Friday 25 August | Hove | The Brunswick | Bugeye | Supporting Fragile Creatures Tickets |
| Saturday 26 August | Merthyr Tydfil | The New Crown | Collars + more | Playing the Crownload Festival Tickets |
| Saturday 26 August | Blackpool | The Bootleg Social | Sleeper | Last night of the first leg of the Sleeper band tour. Tickets |
| Saturday 26 August | Birmingham | Digbeth Deadwax | Dirty Blonde + more | Playing the What’s Happening Weekender Tickets |
| Saturday 26 August | Sheffield | Sidney And Matilda’s | Breakup Haircut, the Just Joans, Junodef + more | First night of the Sheffield Pop Weekender Tickets |
| Sunday 27 August | Brighton | The Pipeline | Playing Alice + Jo Jo and the Teeth + Flesh Tetris + lots more | ‘Girls Wanna Rock’ half-dayer – doors @ 1530, ends @ 2200 Tickets |