What’s On in Liverpool in October 2026? The Best Gigs & Live Music

Looking for the best gigs in Liverpool in October 2026? It's another packed month for one of Britain's greatest music cities, with everything from rising guitar bands to huge arena shows and a particularly special hometown date to finish the month.

Here are some of the Liverpool gigs worth having on your radar this October.

The Skinner Brothers – O2 Academy2 Liverpool

Thursday 1 October 2026

The Skinner Brothers kick off October with a show at O2 Academy2 Liverpool as part of their biggest tour to date.

Their increasingly rowdy live reputation makes this a strong way to start the month, particularly if you like your British guitar music loud.

Venue: O2 Academy2 Liverpool
Date: 1 October

We Are Scientists – O2 Academy Liverpool

Friday 2 October 2026

Indie favourites We Are Scientists arrive in Liverpool at the very start of October.

The band are playing With Love & Squalor in full, giving fans the chance to hear one of the defining indie records of the mid-2000s live.

Venue: O2 Academy Liverpool
Date: 2 October

DON BROCO – Mountford Hall

Saturday 3 October 2026

DON BROCO bring their enormous live sound to Liverpool's Mountford Hall.

They've developed a reputation as one of Britain's strongest modern rock live acts, so expect this one to get suitably chaotic.

Venue: Mountford Hall
Date: 3 October

The Beat & The Selecter – O2 Academy Liverpool

Wednesday 7 October 2026

A serious double bill for fans of British ska and alternative music.

The Beat bring their Dance Crazed Too tour to Liverpool alongside The Selecter and DJ Rhoda Dakar, celebrating the 2-Tone sound that changed British music.

Venue: O2 Academy Liverpool
Date: 7 October

Blossoms – O2 Academy Liverpool

Wednesday 14 October 2026

One of Britain's biggest modern indie bands heads to Liverpool for a special album launch show.

Blossoms play O2 Academy Liverpool following the release of Songs From The Wedding Cake, with this considerably more intimate than the venues the Stockport band can usually fill.

Venue: O2 Academy Liverpool
Date: 14 October

Transvision Vamp – O2 Academy Liverpool

Friday 16 October 2026

Here's one you don't see every year.

Transvision Vamp return to Liverpool as part of their first UK tour since 1991, with Wendy James and the band bringing their catalogue back to British stages after more than three decades away.

Venue: O2 Academy Liverpool
Date: 16 October

The Proclaimers – Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Sunday 18 October 2026

Scottish favourites The Proclaimers arrive at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall midway through the month.

More than 40 years into their career, Charlie and Craig Reid have considerably more in the locker than the song you're already thinking of.

Venue: Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Date: 18 October

Heaven 17 – O2 Academy Liverpool

Thursday 22 October 2026

British synth-pop legends Heaven 17 head to O2 Academy Liverpool on 22 October.

The Sheffield band remain an important part of Britain's early electronic music story and should provide something slightly different among October's mountain of guitar gigs.

Venue: O2 Academy Liverpool
Date: 22 October

Duran Duran – M&S Bank Arena

Friday 23 October 2026

One of Liverpool's biggest concerts of the entire month.

Duran Duran take over the M&S Bank Arena on 23 October, bringing more than four decades of hits to the waterfront.

Few bands from their generation can still comfortably fill arenas, making this comfortably one of October's headline events.

Venue: M&S Bank Arena
Date: 23 October

The Coral – O2 Academy Liverpool

Saturday 31 October 2026

Now we're talking.

Merseyside heroes The Coral finish October with a hometown show at O2 Academy Liverpool as part of their first headline UK tour in almost three years.

Following the release of their thirteenth album 388, the band return home with a catalogue stretching back more than two decades.

And if there's anywhere you want to hear Dreaming of You live, Liverpool on a Saturday night probably isn't a bad answer.

Venue: O2 Academy Liverpool
Date: 31 October

More Liverpool gigs in October 2026

There's plenty more happening throughout the month, including The Amazons at Camp and Furnace on 1 October, Alison Moyet at Liverpool Empire on 5 October, Fat Dog at Rough Trade on 7 October, Van Morrison at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on 8 and 9 October, Dan Croll at The Jacaranda on 10 October, Dylan John Thomas at The Jacaranda on 12 October and Stornoway at Jacaranda Baltic on 15 October.

And this is Liverpool. More gigs will inevitably appear before October arrives.

We'll keep this guide updated as new shows are announced.