The Rigger Venue

23/06/2026

⚠️ Multiple announcements alert ⚠️ We've been busy behind the scenes, upgrading existing gigs and booking new exciting ones!!! Here we go:

📌 Friday 17th July || NEW GIG: Reliquia, Dierotica & The Glass House Museum || post-punk gothic doom metal/grunge gaze/rock || Tickets here: gigantic.com/reliquia-tickets/newcastle-under-lyme-the-rigger/2026-07-17-20-00

📌 Friday 21st August || NEW GIG: NU CALL - Nu-Metal Tribute Band || does what it says on the tin || Tickets here: gigantic.com/nu-call-tickets/newcastle-under-lyme-the-rigger/2026-08-21-20-00

📌 Saturday 24th October || SUPPORT ANNOUNCEMENT: Hostile Aggression Towards Everyone are joining Doomsday Sun in supporting the legendary The Fiend Club Band UK- A Living Deadication to The Misfits || Tickets here: gigantic.com/the-fiend-club-band-tickets/newcastle-under-lyme-the-rigger/2026-10-24-20-00

🎶 Good times coming up gang, go ahead and check our website and socials for more events and announcements!

23/06/2026

✨️ It's festival time ✨️ Everywhere at Once hits this weekend, and boy oh boy is it a goodun!!! Here's what we've got on our stage:

📌 Friday 26th June | Everywhere at Once Festival ft. Yur Mum, supported by The Indestructibles & HEAD DENT
⏰️ Doors 8pm
🎟 Get your tickets here: https://www.gigantic.com/yur-mum-tickets/newcastle-under-lyme-the-rigger/2026-06-26-20-00
📲 Click GOING on the event here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1Dq2sKFMaJ/
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📌 Saturday 27th June | Everywhere at Once Festival ft. The Grunge Addiction
⏰️ Doors 7pm
🎟 Get your tickets here: https://www.skiddle.com/e/42411019
📲 Click GOING on the event here: https://facebook.com/events/s/the-grunge-addiction-the-rigge/1830192190945142/
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📌 Sunday 28th June | Everywhere at Once Festival ft. Kira Mac, supported by MothKeeper & Plastic Heart
⏰️ Doors 4:30pm
🎟 Get your tickets here: https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Newcastle-under-lyme/The-Rigger/Everywhere-at-once-festival/42436586/
📲 Click GOING on the event here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1H3Ps3hkpp/

This summer, the UK’s biggest music festival is happening on your doorstep, powered by The National Lottery and Music Venue Trust.

Across one weekend in June, hundreds of grassroots music venues across the UK will become one collective stage. EVERYWHERE AT ONCE brings together over 400 venues and more than 1,200 gigs from the 26th to 28th June.

These are the spaces where artists grow, communities connect and live music thrives year round.

Tap those ticket links, and let's party!!! 🥳

22/06/2026

Today!

Tami will be speaking at the Stoke Music Industry Workshop & Networking Day!
Join us at Victoria Hall from 11am for an insightful day of panels, open discussion and networking with industry pros. Whatever stage you're at in your music industry career, this event will have something for you.

Still time to get vour free tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stoke-music-industry-networking-workshop-tickets-1991561145999

See you there.

20/06/2026

‼️Last call to save some pennies and get your advance ticket for UKFooz tonight‼️

Get ready to hear the best of the best, the closest you'll get to having the Foo Fighters at your doorstep!

Buy tickets and see event information for UK Fooz.

19/06/2026

⚠️ Last chance for advance tickets for Sherry Counsellors, Cassidy Rising & The Liabilities tonight ⚠️

This one's gonna be RAMMED, so hurry up and get your ticket below 👇👇👇

Back with new tunes and always an electrifying set.... Sherry Counsellors bring it....

16/06/2026

GRUNGE ADDICTS! The Grunge Addiction will be playing at The Rigger Venue / The Rigger Upcoming Events on Saturday 27 June as part of the Everywhere at Once Festival at The Rigger (Day 2)

Get your fix!

£10 in advance: https://www.skiddle.com/e/42411019

📅 Saturday 27th June
📍 The Rigger Venue
⏰️ Doors 7pm

Bringing Seattle and beyond to the UK, The Grunge Addiction celebrate the best Rock & Grunge bands of the 90s & 00s!
From the iconic grunge pioneers to the era's defiant fury and sleek grit, The Grunge Addiction deliver anthem after anthem from one of rock’s greatest eras featuring songs from:
🔥 Pearl Jam
🔥 Nirvana
🔥 Soundgarden
🔥 Rage Against the Machine
🔥 Alice in Chains
🔥 Stone Temple Pilots
🔥 Audioslave
🔥 Incubus & more!

Everywhere At Once Powered by The National Lottery will see hundreds of gigs staged at more than 400 grassroots music venues. The massive event, which will be held on 26th - 28th June 2026, is a collaboration between The National Lottery and leading UK charity Music Venue Trust (MVT).

For one amazing weekend, hundreds of music venues right across the UK, will stage performances by major artists as well as an array of local talent. The result will be a diverse, curated program of live music in the intimate rooms that are the heartbeat of communities right across the nation.

Everywhere At Once Powered by The National Lottery is not a festival in a field; you won’t need a tent and you can forget the trek, the traffic, and the campsites. This summer’s most exciting live music experience is coming to a venue near you.

15/06/2026

📻 Tune in to the Steve Lamacq Show to hear us talk about Everywhere at Once: The UK's Biggest Festival, powered by The National Lottery & Music Venue Trust

Listen live to Radio 6 Music on BBC Sounds

15/06/2026

Time for our favourite Monday question: What's On This Week at The Rigger⁉️
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📌 Thursday 18th June | Metal Mania ft. Virtue In Vain, Fabrikator & Malicious Compliance
🎶 Metal
⏰️ Doors 7pm
🎟 £5 Entry OTD / £3 with a valid Keele or Staffs Uni ID
📲 Click GOING on the event here: https://facebook.com/events/s/metal-mania-live-at-the-rigger/1939649750007178/
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📌 Friday 19th June | Sherry Counsellors, supported by Cassidy Rising and The Liabilities
🎶 Indie
⏰️ Doors 7pm
🎟 Get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sherry-counsellors-tickets-1988357711440
📲 Click GOING on the event here: https://facebook.com/events/s/indie-night-with-sherry-counse/1372086761410181/
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📌 Saturday 20th June | UKFooz - Foo Fighters Tribute
🎶 Hard Rock, Metal
⏰️ Doors 7:30pm
🎟 Get your tickets here: https://www.gigantic.com/uk-fooz-tickets/newcastle-under-lyme-the-rigger/2026-06-20-19-30
📲 Click GOING on the event here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1GqDaYvjfg/

✨️ See you all there ✨️

14/06/2026

‼️Guest speaker announcement‼️

Jo has spent her career learning to listen. To a dancefloor. To a survivor. To the thing someone isn't quite saying yet.

Today at 3.30pm she joins us live, virtually at The Rigger for a conversation with Taz on her journey from the music industry to care, resilience, and creating spaces where people can show up authentically.

Free refreshments all day; free tickets here: https://www.gigantic.com/the-power-shift-part-2-tickets/newcastle-under-lyme-the-rigger/2026-06-14-13-30

Sunday 14th June. The Rigger, Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Show up. Leave ready for the revolution!

13/06/2026

⚠️ Last chance to get your advance STANDING ticket ⚠️ This is the one gig you don't wanna miss guys, up close and personal with Tom Robinson! There will be music, laughs, stories and more music ✨️

Supported by the absolutely incredible ROB.GREEN!

See you all there!

Buy tickets and see event information for Tom Robinson .