Exeter Cavern

Dates through 2026, Exeter Cavern

The Exeter Cavern Club is one of the city’s most iconic live music venues and a cornerstone of Exeter’s alternative culture. 

A former Victorian post office, the venue was founded with a clear aim: to bring exciting national and international acts to Exeter while supporting emerging local talent. Over the years it has built an impressive legacy, hosting early performances from now world-famous artists including Coldplay, Muse and Biffy Clyro, and earning a reputation for its fiercely independent spirit.

Located on Queen Street in the city centre, the Cavern is renowned for its intimate atmosphere and up-close live music experience. With a busy programme of gigs, club nights and DJ events, it remains a vital hub for students, creatives and music lovers, continuing to champion grassroots music and vibrant nightlife in Exeter.

DISINTEGRATION - GOTH NIGHT

Friday, 10 April 2026
Doors: 10:00pm
Tickets from: £5+ booking fee £0.50
DISINTEGRATION - GOTH NIGHT

All the best new wave of new grave at our favourite goth night!
Big goth playlist past and present featuring Christian Death, Skinny Puppy, Depeche Mode, Bauhaus, Type O Negative, Sisters of Mercy and more!

BYRONIC SEX AND EXILE + THE WATTINGERS

Friday, 10 April 2026
Doors: 7:00pm
Tickets from: £10+ booking fee £1.00
BYRONIC SEX AND EXILE + THE WATTINGERS

‘SONGS FROM THE BLOOD' TOUR (PART TWO)

Byronic Sex & Exile is a project formed by Joel Heyes (Action Directe/Quasimodo/1919) in 2015, committed to reconnecting goth music to its romantic and revolutionary roots and the cultural legacy of the gothic. Musically epic and deep, with strong influences from '90s gothic rock such as the Horatii, Nosferatu. Suspiria, and London After Midnight, lyrically the project deals with themes of passion, insurrection, and doomed personal ambition, and leans heavily on the gothic literary tradition....

Westside Cowboy as the Velvet Underground

Saturday, 11 April 2026
Doors: 7:00pm
Tickets from: £5+ booking fee £0.50
Westside Cowboy as the Velvet Underground

Spinning Sister are pleased to announce their third annual tribute night with friends returning to provide fitting homages to the greats.
Doors at 7:00
Tickets £5.00
Tickets available otd or online.

INDIE CLUB

Saturday, 11 April 2026
Doors: 9:00pm
Tickets from: £6+ booking fee £0.60
INDIE CLUB

INDIE CLUB DJs playing The Smiths - The Cure - Jamie T - Bastille - Royal Blood - Kaiser Chiefs - Klaxons - MGMT - Fratellis + much more!!!

CHAINED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN

Sunday, 12 April 2026
Doors: 7:00pm
Tickets from: £9+ booking fee £0.90
CHAINED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN

Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean is a death doom metal band based out of Massachusetts known for extreme volume and unrelenting live shows. Chained has toured the US and Canada both headlining shows and supporting bands including: Sumac, The World is a Beautiful Place, The Acacia Strain.

Support from ROW OF ASHES and TENDRILS

Faze

Tuesday, 14 April 2026
Doors: 7:00pm
Tickets from: £14+ booking fee £1.40
Faze

Freakscene presents FAZE (Montreal)
Faze are a hardcore band from Montreal, Canada. Hardcore with psychedelic influences. Maximum Rock n Roll said “ A fantastic listen....

MUSIC IS MURDER LIVE BANDS

Thursday, 16 April 2026
Doors: 7:30pm
Tickets from: £5+ booking fee £0.50
MUSIC IS MURDER LIVE BANDS

An evening dedicated to the weird and beautiful, from Exeter's finest purveyors of experimental and avant garde sounds  Music Is Murder. Featuring Antisocial Services , Acid Kev and A Waste Of Damnation. Followed by DJs, after the bands, spinning the cream of EBM,Post Punk,Alt Dance,Industrial,Electroclash,Aggrotech,Brain Dance and Harsh Noise and all for five pounds

DISGRACELAND + PIECE WORK + THE WATERBOARDERS

Friday, 17 April 2026
Doors: 7:00pm
Tickets from: £7+ booking fee £0.70
DISGRACELAND + PIECE WORK + THE WATERBOARDERS

DISGRACELAND play Sleazy Punk 'n' Roll, often compared to The Stooges, Dead Kennedys, and Reverend Horton Heat.

Support from PIECE WORK and THE WATERBOARDERS (Instrumental Surf Rock).

BLACK PARADE - EMO NIGHT

Friday, 17 April 2026
Doors: 11:00pm
Tickets from: £6+ booking fee £0.60
BLACK PARADE - EMO NIGHT

The UK's biggest emo night! Emo party anthems from My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Taking Back Sunday, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, Blink-182, The Used, All American Rejects, Jimmy Eat World, Linkin Park, All Time Low, Enter Shikari, You Me At Six, Hawthorne Heights, Pierce The Veil and loads more.

INDIE CLUB - AFTER THE BANDS

Saturday, 18 April 2026
Doors: 9:00pm
Tickets from: £6+ booking fee £0.60
INDIE CLUB - AFTER THE BANDS

INDIE CLUB DJs playing The Smiths - The Cure - Jamie T - Bastille - Royal Blood - Kaiser Chiefs - Klaxons - MGMT - Fratellis + much more!!!

LANDE HEKT + MUMBLETIDE + THE HEAVY BEAR

Wednesday, 22 April 2026
Doors: 7:00pm
Tickets from: £12+ booking fee £1.20
LANDE HEKT + MUMBLETIDE + THE HEAVY BEAR

Lande Hekt returns to the Cavern with a full band following the release of her new album Lucky Now! Indie pop somewhere between C86 and 90's indie rock. https://landehekt.bandcamp.com
Mumble Tide are a Bristol indie pop duo playing with a full band....

Jim Jones All Stars

Friday, 24 April 2026
Doors: 7:00pm
Tickets from: £22+ booking fee £2.20
Jim Jones All Stars

Rock ‘n’ roll is not dead! It’s just that more than often it’s in the wrong hands. Jim Jones has been a lone prophet for the form for decades and never once has he wavered....

EROTIC SECRETS OF POMPEI

Saturday, 25 April 2026
Doors: 7:00pm
Tickets from: £10+ booking fee £1.00
EROTIC SECRETS OF POMPEI

Erotic Secrets of Pompeii play wild, weird apocalyptic lounge music - a twisted amalgamation of angular art rock and transgressive post-punk, transmitted directly from the heart of the forbidden zone. Their music is populated by grotesque imagery and vivid symbolism, drawing from artists across different mediums, such as Lynch, Dali, Bacon, Blake, Cronenberg, Jodorowsky, Mapplethorpe. The band released their debut EP, Trash Jugular, at the end of 2022 which was followed by a UK headline tour in early 2023, appearances at major festivals including Boomtown and Bearded Theory, and a supporting slot with Electric Six on their UK tour....

INDIE CLUB

Saturday, 25 April 2026
Doors: 10:00pm
Tickets from: £6+ booking fee £0.60
INDIE CLUB

The best in indie anthems.

GET FUCKED + THE SPOILS COLLECTIVE

Friday, 1 May 2026
Doors: 7:00pm
Tickets from: £8+ booking fee £0.80
GET FUCKED + THE SPOILS COLLECTIVE

STEP IN TIME PROMOTIONS PRESENT... Get Fucked (loud & insane band from Bristol)
https://666getfucked.bandcamp.com/album/it-is-what-it-is
The Spoils Collective (Pop-punk, art-rock from the near arse end of Britain. Assured chaos....

THE WATTINGERS + OHRWURM

Saturday, 2 May 2026
Doors: 7:00pm
Tickets from: £7+ booking fee £0.70
THE WATTINGERS + OHRWURM

THE WATTINGERS are a 3 piece act performing against a backdrop of synchronized videos. The music is simply described as ‘Slaughterhouse Blues’; stripped down to the bare bones, inspired by old blues and prison ‘hollers’. Musically, The Wattingers are influenced by The Birthday Party, Screaming Jay Hawkins, The Bad Seeds, Gallon Drunk, Howling Wolf, The Butthole Surfers, the Beasts Of Bourbon, Jawbone, Captain Beefheart, and Tom Waits to name but a few....

KINTONA + Stormfell + Horizon's Demise + Demolition Anaconda

Sunday, 3 May 2026
Doors: 6:00pm
Tickets from: £8+ booking fee £0.80
KINTONA + Stormfell + Horizon's Demise + Demolition Anaconda

Kintona:
Kintona are a modern metalcore band with heavy inspiration from similar core genres such as deathcore and hardcore, mixing their blend of musical influences to birth a completely new and original sound of metalcore music. Stormfell:
Stormfell originated as a black metal solo project is now a blackened deathcore band with slamming brutal death metal influences. We have our debut single and album releasing early this year demonstrating our new and unique style....

ALTERN8 - METAL CLUBNIGHT - BANK HOLIDAY PARTY!

Sunday, 3 May 2026
Doors: 9:00pm
Tickets from: £5+ booking fee £0.50
ALTERN8 - METAL CLUBNIGHT - BANK HOLIDAY PARTY!

ALTERN8 - METAL/ROCK/ALTERNATIVE CLUBNIGHT
Exeter’s top rock/metal club night!

DJs playing the likes of Killswitch Engage - SOiL - Drowing Pool - S.O.A.D. Slipknot - RATM - Reuben, Slayer - Iron Maiden - Slipknot - Motorhead - Metallica - Pantera - Black Sabbath - Anthrax - Megadeth - Soundgarden - Korn - Dragonforce + much more


DOORS 9 £5

THE CAVERN
83-84 QUEEN ST EXETER

WWW.EXETERCAVERN.COM

CROOKED LITTLE SONS FINAL SHOW!

Friday, 15 May 2026
Doors: 7:00pm
Tickets from: £13+ booking fee £1.30
CROOKED LITTLE SONS FINAL SHOW!

"Crooked Little Sons return to the Exeter Cavern on Friday 15th May for one night only with the original lineup to say goodbye in style. They will be playing a very special set, with some special guests and surprises. Be ready for an emotional one, and a lot of beers....

METAL VS PUNK CLUBNIGHT

Friday, 15 May 2026
Doors: 9:00pm
Tickets from: £6+ booking fee £0.60
METAL VS PUNK CLUBNIGHT

Exeter, Devon and everyone in the South West, get ready for a Metal vs Punk party like never before! Hosted by Altern8 Rock & Metal Clubnights + Attitude Clubnights 🔥
You will be in the capable hands of Exeter legend Dogg from Altern8, alongside Attitudes spooky new resident DJ SCARYLIV, they'll both be spinning all the best alternative bangers all in one place. There's something for everyone, and all the cool stuff you wont hear at other alt clubnights!...

Address

  • Venue: Exeter Cavern
  • 83-84 Queen Street
  • Exeter
  • Devon
  • EX4 3RP

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