
What we’re about
Love live music!? Welcome to Nottingham Gig Buddies, a group for likeminded people who like going to gigs! We plan to to see live music across the city, big bands, small bands, rock bands, punk poppers, indie kids, acoustic singers, anything!
Upcoming events
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CONFYDE//STAINED GLASS//SILKRATS//JIMI STRANGE
Mist Rolling Inn, 78 Derby Road ,, Nottingham, GBThis will be a great night! I saw Confyde at the D H Lawrence Festival and loved their set. I've also seen Stained Glass a few times and really rate them as well. And we have the fab Jimi Strange and Silkrats supporting too!
I wouldn't be surprised if this gig sells out quite quickly!
All are very welcome to come along
Tickets from: https://confyde.bandcamp.com/merch/18th-december-mist-rolling-inn-nottingham
More info about the gig...
Come and cap off 2026 in style with Confyde's final show of the year at the wonderfully intimate Mist Rolling Inn here in Nottingham! With a killer lineup of four acts, this promises to be an insane evening of live alternative music...
CONFYDE
...is a shapeshifting alternative rock project which has been tearing up and down the UK in 2025...combining the soaring melody of ALTER BRIDGE, the ambitious electicism of PORCUPINE TREE and the frantic intensity of SYSTEM OF A DOWN, they've been starting mosh pits and breaking hearts with songs from the brutally raw yet daringly creative "A COWARD'S STITCHES" EP. From the wildly successful launch show in February, to support slots with the likes of BLACK SPIDERS, GIANT WALKER and COLLAPSE THE SKY, their emotional rollercoaster of a live show has taken them into the RED ROOMS here at home and headline slots at NORTHANTS ROCKS festival's Oakley Stage and ROCKIN THE BOWL's official warm up party. What other way to celebrate than with a close-knit show here in Nottingham, where they will be performing some brand new material and maybe pulling out some surprises...
Support comes from some amazing alternative acts:
STAINED GLASS
...are Sheffield's latest offering of heavy music and pioneers of Third Wave, a new space wherein grunge, shoegaze and hardcore co-exist and grow together. Formed in 2023, they take influence from acts like Pixies and Nirvana and translate the resonant, raw grunge values and adapt it sonically to the modern heavy sounds. Combining roaring vocals with intricate, face-melting guitar parts and stomping, powerful breakdowns to create one united wall of sound the heavy music scene is not safe at all. The live setting is where Stained Glass are at their best. Their sets are loud, riotous yet executed perfectly. The essence of pre-naughties shoegaze lives on and the big wall-of-sound aesthetic has returned, now a part of the Third Wave.
SILKRATS
Born in the heart of Nottingham’s gritty live scene, Silkrats fuse the swagger of ’70s anthemic rock with the angst and edge of ’90s alternative. Their sound is raw yet melodic — a collision of stadium-sized riffs, defiant lyrics, and a pulse that hits like thunder.
Drawing inspiration from the likes of Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, and Pearl Jam. Silkrats channel the timeless energy of rock’s golden age through a modern, hard-bitten lens. Their songs burn with emotion — stories of struggle, escape, and resilience wrapped in roaring guitars and unshakable hooks.
Formed out of a shared love for the power and honesty of rock music, Silkrats have quickly built a reputation for high-octane live shows that turn every crowd into part of the performance. With one foot in the past and both hands pushing toward the future, they’re proving that the spirit of rock ’n’ roll is alive, loud, and louder than ever.
JIMI STRANGE
A chaotic blend of high energy Punk, Grunge, Rock and Metal, chuggy Blues, and melodic, bittersweet Country and Folk. Jimi is known for his powerful vocals, percussive guitar playing, clever, bittersweet lyrics, and catchy hooks. You're in for a treat.1 attendee
JT/Sonic Masala Xmas Party w/Irked, Hard As Nails, Knorke & No Peeling - 4 left!
JT Soar, Aberdeen Street, Nottingham, GBIt's JT Soar's Christmas Party, bought to you with Coffee Beat & Sonic Masala.
Only 4 tickets left for this, so be quick!
Here's the details from Phil himself:
Let’s bring another wildly fluctuating year to a close with a raucous party!
IRKED - rampaging punk from the North East. Couple small releases on Wrong Speed Records with an album on the way. Keep up the rage spirit, but keep it humane - they’re lovers, only sometimes fighters. FFO Pissed Jeans, ECSR, coffin Pricks. https://www.instagram.com/irked_69?igsh=dnAyemM3NmZydWt5
HARD AS NAILS - one of two Sheffield bands, HAN are a bit of an unknown to me, except that they supported the brilliant Delivery in the summer and have a release due in the New Year on Delicious Clam Records. Both of these facts are worth gold bars though I reckon. FFO (so I’m told and therefore can’t wait to hear) B52s, Artificial Go, 8-bit eggy rave to go
KNORKE - the Steel City’s quirky outlier post punks, lurking in Dearthworms’ shadow, now it’s time to play. Shifting time signatures, tempos, angular chord progressions and clanging nauseous guitars creating a sound that is wonkily queasy. I’m just waiting for the kraut-rock bell to toll. FFO Devo, Geo, Billiam, egg punk on the turn
NO PEELING - Nottingham’s finest purveyors of sub-minute egg punk blinders. No topic is off limits, no direction is stuck to - when yr a fork in a world of soup, you make your own function. Silly and oh so fun. FFO Feel It (funny that), snõõper, B-52s, Ritalin punks
£12 ADV
All Ages Show
Tickets avalable from:
JT Soar/Coffee Beat/Sonic Masala Xmas Party!
FB Event:
JT/Sonic Masala Xmas Party w/ Irked, Hard As Nails, Knorke, No Peeling | Facebook3 attendees
Past events
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