Calling all activists, accomplices and the curious to Swansea’s Radical Community Festival!
We invite you to another day of conversations, workshops, ideas and sharing materials and resources. Gŵyl y Gwrthsafiad will be held at Down By Here on the 7th of November, 2026.
Future Blood is a Music Development Project for 14- 21 year olds held weekly on Wednesdays between 6-9pm.
The Down By Here Open Mic!
Full backline is available so whatever your setup we are confident we can cater for you - though if you are in a nine-piece funk band maybe just give us a heads up to let us know you are coming!
Free drink for every performer. 7.30pm start.
Big Flavours & Bold Brews. One Long Weekend. Join us November 12-15.
Raise a glass to Wales’s independent breweries, great live music, and a weekend made for beer lovers.
MWSOG are a seven-piece Welsh collective reshaping contemporary folk through a bold, ritualistic lens. Drawing deeply from Welsh traditional music, 1970s acid folk and psychedelic rock, they forge a sound that feels ancient in spirit yet resolutely modern - hypnotic, visceral and distinctly their own.
Following their triumphant debut performance, Around About Dusk return for a night of New Orleans-inspired folk, jazz & blues
Formed in 2022 and featuring ex-members of Prosperina & The 9ine, Night On The Sun is a powerhouse 4-piece band that draws inspiration from Psychedelia, Grunge, Progressive Rock and more.
With an energetic and powerful angle, they craft a sound that resonates with both nostalgia and innovation - as if your favourite 90s records got filtered through the lens of the 21st century.
Gaudy Orde deliver a raucous, wonderfully daft night of "Anarchic Acoustic Comedy." Fronted by UK Musical Comedy Award winner Jeff Japers, this South Wales 6-piece cooks up a chaotic live mix of ukuleles, bass, clarinet, spoons, washboard, and cajon (expect a drumming bunny and a tribute to Brian Blessed!).
“A once-a-generation talent” Henry Yates (NME, Guardian)
Growing up inside a cult, Katey Brooks found refuge in song. A rebellious artist that resists formula, the powerful (Evening Standard) award-winning singer, songwriter & producer brings a seamless blend of Americana, Folk and Pop to listeners’ ears, which has earned her radio play from BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, 6music, Canada’s CBC, Jazz FM, and Amazing Radio amongst many others.
Future Blood is a Music Development Project for 14- 21 year olds held weekly on Wednesdays between 6-9pm.
The Down By Here Open Mic!
Full backline is available so whatever your setup we are confident we can cater for you - though if you are in a nine-piece funk band maybe just give us a heads up to let us know you are coming!
Free drink for every performer. 7.30pm start.
Berlin/Lisbon based Aniqo joins French artist Love Supreme on this double bill - expect an intimate night based around voice, guitar, synth & subtle electronics
Learn Swansea’s songs in a relaxed environment/Dysgwch ganeuon Abertawe mewn amgylchedd hamddenol.
Bring your own instrument – all abilities welcome. £15 for a two-hour session/Dewch â’ch offeryn eich hun – croeso i bob gallu. £1 am sesiwn dwy awr.
Fortnightly on Saturday at 12:00/Bob pythefnos ar ddydd Sadwrn am 12:00
Cosmic Cornish psychedelia - six-piece collective Blind Yeo blend sun-bleached folk, desert blues, krautrock & north African trance-rock
Future Blood is a Music Development Project for 14- 21 year olds held weekly on Wednesdays between 6-9pm.
The Down By Here Open Mic!
Full backline is available so whatever your setup we are confident we can cater for you - though if you are in a nine-piece funk band maybe just give us a heads up to let us know you are coming!
Free drink for every performer. 7.30pm start.
Swansea Fringe returns for it’s 2026 instalment, and this year’s Funk @ The Fringe has a distinctly Afrobeat feel with N’Famady Kouyaté, Kasai Masai & Maryama Cham and Xempa, plus Funked Up! DJs until late!
South Wales’s funkiest DJs bring their stacked vinyl selections to Swansea Fringe, keeping the party going following Funk @ The Fringe!
Old Spot push the boundaries of stringband tradition; digging deeper into the roots of old-time while crafting a live show that’s equal parts intimate & electrifying
The Down By Here Open Mic!
Full backline is available so whatever your setup we are confident we can cater for you - though if you are in a nine-piece funk band maybe just give us a heads up to let us know you are coming!
Free drink for every performer. 7.30pm start.
A free, relaxed creative drop-in at Down By Here, Swansea.
Creation Station is a space for artists, musicians, performers, filmmakers, writers, makers and other creatives to come together, work on ideas, meet people and collaborate.
Learn Swansea’s songs in a relaxed environment/Dysgwch ganeuon Abertawe mewn amgylchedd hamddenol.
Bring your own instrument – all abilities welcome. £15 for a two-hour session/Dewch â’ch offeryn eich hun – croeso i bob gallu. £1 am sesiwn dwy awr.
Fortnightly on Saturday at 12:00/Bob pythefnos ar ddydd Sadwrn am 12:00
“High lonesome harmonies from the heart of the hills.”
Mountain Song is a hard-driving bluegrass duo bringing the sound of the genre’s golden era back to the stage.
The Down By Here Open Mic!
Full backline is available so whatever your setup we are confident we can cater for you - though if you are in a nine-piece funk band maybe just give us a heads up to let us know you are coming!
Free drink for every performer. 7.30pm start.
A very festive evening of your favourite seasonal songs, sung by Lyn Lawrence, and with singing along encouraged!
Strap are excited to announce the incredible Meg Ward!
Yorkshire-born, London-based DJ and producer Meg Ward blends bass-heavy club tools with euphoric synths.
R*E*P*E*A*T Tearfully Presents
MONET – The Funeral Party
One last chance to experience Monet, one of the most original, inventive and downright wonderful bands to emerge from South Wales.
The Down By Here Open Mic!
Full backline is available so whatever your setup we are confident we can cater for you - though if you are in a nine-piece funk band maybe just give us a heads up to let us know you are coming!
Free drink for every performer. 7.30pm start.
Described by Adam Walton (BBC Radio Wales) as a "peripatetic musical genius", Tom Emlyn crafts honest, swirling songs. Tall tales laced with dark jokes and words that cut straight to the bone.
The Down By Here Open Mic!
Full backline is available so whatever your setup we are confident we can cater for you - though if you are in a nine-piece funk band maybe just give us a heads up to let us know you are coming!
Free drink for every performer. 7.30pm start.
The Down By Here Open Mic!
Full backline is available so whatever your setup we are confident we can cater for you - though if you are in a nine-piece funk band maybe just give us a heads up to let us know you are coming!
Free drink for every performer. 7.30pm start.
To celebrate ten years of Lavender Sweep Records, founded in 2017, they are putting on a series of gigs throughout 2027. The celebrations kick off on 23 January with a shoegaze and alternative night at Down By Here, featuring some of the labels favourite bands on the South Wales music scene.
An exciting mixed bill of music encompassing electronica, rock, techno and lots, lots more!
Scotland's finest export? Probably. Don't miss insane funk-rockers High Fade - returning to the venue for the first time since our rebrand!
With support from Virgil & The Accelerators, this could be the gig of the year. Get your tickets now!
