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How can I find out what music shows will be happening while I'm traveling around Europe?

  • How can I find out what music shows will be happening while I'm traveling around Europe? I'm not really looking for big arena concerts, but smaller venues where indie-type bands will be playing. In a month I will be meeting up with my girlfriend in Europe. She will already have been there for a month and a half, and I think she might enjoy doing something like this. We will definitely be exploring other types of night life, but I think this would be a fun diversion for both of us. Ideally, I'm looking for something like http://jon.luini.com/thelist/date.html. Not so much the style of music, but the way that the information is presented. A "best of upcoming shows"-type feature (the kind that usually run in the music sections of weekly metropolitan newspapers) would also work. I also remember seeing a recent web 2.0-ish site that had a map that you could click on to see what was going on in a given area, but I can't remember the url (or whether it was US-only or not) For reference, I will be traveling to these cities: London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo. I know the music scene isn't strong everywhere, but I figure I could at least find something worthy to go to in London and Stockholm, for instance.

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    http://www.pollstar.com/ supports Europe.

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There's sooooo many venues in London, it's difficult to know where to start. I don't know of any sites that have the listings you're after, but here's some other salient info. Carling (the beer company) own loads of venues and they have http://www.carling.com/music/gigsearch. Also try http://www.seetickets.com/ - they have a "this week" link on the bottom left of their home page. http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/ have an "on or after" date filtering function on their site. The http://www.meanfiddler.com/ also have a fair-few venues around London (http://www.meanfiddler.com/displayPage_borderline.asp?PageID=353 is a really great venue that hosts some fantastic gigs, with a capacity of just under 200, and http://www.meanfiddler.com/displayPage_astoria.asp?PageID=250 (capacity about 2000 but a great venue, especially downstairs), just around the corner, is an all-time fave of mine). Also have a look at http://www.barflyclub.com/whatson/search.asp?vn=2 - they tend to get good stuff. The (Carling) Brixton Academy is a good venue and gets some great acts, but maybe slightly larger than you're after (capacity, I'd guess, around 3,000). Good luck with the gig hunting - you're bound to catch something really good in London.

TheDonF

The Borderline The Astoria The Barfly Yes indeed, these are good London venues. Also http://www.meanfiddler.com/displayPage_garage.asp?PageID=358.

ludwig_van

it's sort of all over the place-- not just music but all sorts of events-- but http://www.whatsonwhen.com/ could be a place to start. It does have the clickable map you mentioned.

eve harrington

Also try the http://upcoming.org/metro/uk/london/london/. If you have some favorite bands, check their websites to see if they're touring in Europe.

hazelshade

Forgot a couple: http://www.bushhallmusic.co.uk/ is small and has good gigs and http://www.spitz.co.uk/ has some good stuff on occasionally. If there's anything that tickles your fancy playing at http://www.unionchapel.org.uk/, then you should definitely go as it's a stunning venue.

TheDonF

There are tons of really good indie clubs in Berlin, but I couldn't find any comprehensive websites giving an overview over them in English. The official homepage of the city has an entertainment part with an event calendar though (http://www.berlin.de/english/entertainment/index.html) If you want to try your luck with German websites try http://www.zitty.de, it is the online version of a bi-weekly magazine with a focus on the alternative and off-scene in Berlin. If you could narrow down your musical preferences somewhat, I might be able to give you some specific club names too.

Glow Bucket

Thanks for all of the links, everyone. I'm going through all of these sites and see what's out there. I still haven't found any specific venues for Sweden though, so if anyone has a link or two that'd be great.

chimmyc

For Stockholm: Go to promoter http://www.luger.se/_turneoarr.asp and choose "Stockholm" in the dropdown menu under "Visa ort", then press "Sortera". You can also check ticket agency http://www1.ticnet.se/Start?changeLocaleTo=en_GB.

mr.marx

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