The Ferret

The Ferret The home of live music in Preston! Your grassroots music venue. Event listings at: www.theferret.live Plus occasional Quiz nights and Spoken Word evenings.
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The Ferret is the most popular grassroots live music venue in Preston, Lancashire. With a 200 capacity live room, equipped with an excellent stage, lighting rig and sound system - The Ferret offers a range of gig nights each week covering many genres. From IDLES to Catfish and the Bottlemen, from Buzzcocks to Wheatus & Ed Sheeran... they've all been through our doors. We run upwards of 200+ gigs a

year, averaging 3 bands a show and giving chances to unsigned bands weekly - and we are not the only ones - Indie venues are the lifeblood of the music industry. Some of the bands who have appeared at the Ferret are notably: A Certain Ratio // alt-j // Badly Drawn Boy // Billy Nomates // Bob Vylan // Buzzcocks // Cabbage // Catfish & The Bottlemen // Circa Waves // Ed Sheeran // IDLES // Space // Terrorvision // The Amazons // The Orielles // The Sherlocks // Twisted Wheel // We Are Scientists // Wheatus // Wolfgang Flür (ex-Kraftwerk) // Working Mens Club // B. Dolan // Bodega // Bo Ningen // Discharge // Evil Blizzard // Fuzzy Sun // Ghostpoet // Ginger Wildheart // Gnod // Goldie Lookin Chain // Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage // Jehst // Justin Robertson // Lucy Spraggan // Ozric Tentacles // Peace // Peaness // Pete & Bas // Pip Blom // Pulled Apart By Horses // Rae Morris // Red Rum Club // Red Snapper // Ren Harvieu // Royal Blood // Scalping // She Drew The Gun // The Blinders // The Capital // The Goa Express // The Howl & The Hum // The K's // The King Blues // The Lottery Winners // The Lounge Society // The Lovely Eggs // The Primitives // The Skinner Brothers // The Wave Pictures // The Woodentops // Thomas Headon // We Were Promised Jetpacks // Average Sex // Bull // Calva Louise // Chris Helme (The Seahorses) // Deco // Deja Vega // Do Nothing // Henge // JOHN // John Bramwell (I Am Kloot) // Jon Gomm // Mark Morriss (The Bluetones) // Misty’s Big Adventure // Nathan Fake // Nick Harper // Nigel Clark (Dodgy) // Panic Shack // Part Chimp // Strange Bones // Young Guns... to name but a few! The Ferret also hosts regular open Mics and Open Decks giving local talent a chance to use the great facilities. The venue is situated opposite 53 Degrees and very close to the University, town centre and railway station. The Ferret supports UCLAN Students, Improvised Jazz Festivals and Preston City Arts Festivals, it also supports Play for Cuba Medical and Music Charity. The Ferret has Disabled and Baby Changing Facilities located on the ground floor. Also available for Private hire for Bands, Parties, DJ Events, Graduation parties etc.

What’s your favourite scary movie? 👻🍿This Halloween, The Great Pop Culture Revue takes over The Ferret for a night of li...
05/09/2026

What’s your favourite scary movie? 👻🍿

This Halloween, The Great Pop Culture Revue takes over The Ferret for a night of live music, puppetry, cinema nostalgia, horror favourites and gloriously geeky pop-culture chaos.
Featuring Blues Harvest, bringing their high-energy mix of movie, TV and pop-culture music to the stage, alongside The Puppet Folk Experience, a frog-hosted live show combining puppetry, banjo and some suitably spooky surprises.

🎃Join us for a Halloween party packed with live music, puppetry, pop-culture favourites and music inspired by horror, sci-fi, film and television🎃

👀Fancy dress is strongly encouraged, with a costume competition on the night. The winner will receive a £50 Ferret bar tab plus a bundle of Blues Harvest and Puppet Folk merchandise.

🎫£12 ADV - The Great Pop Culture Revue Halloween Special ft. Blues Harvest & The Puppet Folk Experience!

Right you lot. Here’s what’s in store for you for the weekend here at 👀🫵🪩On Friday 4th catch yourself at a 7 hour part...
03/09/2026

Right you lot. Here’s what’s in store for you for the weekend here at 👀🫵

🪩On Friday 4th catch yourself at a 7 hour party - PITCH. - With music from BUCKO, COREO, JAKE WHOO, RABISU, SO ONLY, and WILL GOODE, plus FLEX will be coming up from Manchester with a bag full of records.
There’s limited capacity on this one so arrive early to guarantee entry! - £5 entry (cash only).

🎉Sat 5th brings you ‘Chess Fest’ from The Chess Club & friends. It’s a FREE ENTRY evening hosted by The Chess Club with sounds from Plexi Scrunch, Koja, Caroline ‘95 & Houseplant.

🙌Then Sun 6th gives you a FREE ENTRY Afro-Asian Showcase bringing together talented African, Asian and grassroots artists for a special showcase celebrating the diversity and harmony within communities.
With sounds from: Dr. AKP, Pottoski, Apex, Yinks, Aceix, Vein, Emario Williams & more… plus DJ Dee Dee will be on the decks after the live performances!

MC Devvo IS SOLD OOT‼️ If you can't make it and want your ticket to go to someone who can, please use the Skiddle Resell...
03/09/2026

MC Devvo IS SOLD OOT‼️

If you can't make it and want your ticket to go to someone who can, please use the Skiddle Resell system. There’s a waiting list of people ready to snap up a ticket so it can benefit both you and them if you return your tickets.
Go to your Skiddle order history and you can easily pop them back on sale for anybody waiting!

👉If you missed out on tickets, you can join the waitlist here: https://theferret.live/listings/devvo

🫵Please ignore the scammers in the comments. They're literally all liars &/or robots. Lying robots. We delete them when we catch them, but they're like a rash. Don't get caught out.

‼️New one for ya!congratulations are a hall of mirrors party troop. they are devils and tarts in equal measure. they loc...
01/09/2026

‼️New one for ya!

congratulations are a hall of mirrors party troop. they are devils and tarts in equal measure. they lock their horns and then spin round and round and round until dizzy cacophony erupts. sugar hooks vs. slaughterhouse screams. taut fizzing guitars & caustic electronics nipping at the heels of huge fuzz bass & booming percussive grooves.

The band’s lyrics explore themes of modern life, love, and self-discovery, delivered with a compelling honesty and emotion. congratulations’ fresh take on familiar sounds has earned them critical acclaim and a devoted and rapidly-growing fanbase, positioning them as one of the UK’s most exciting up-and-coming acts.

For fans of Gossip, Pom Poko, Jockstrap and Sleigh Bells.

congratulations | Thursday, 12th November, The Ferret, Preston

🗓️Thursday 12th Nov
📍The Ferret, Preston
🎟️£8 adv / £10 otd

Bands! DJs! Promoters! We are offering FREE HIRE of The Ferret this weekend - Friday 4th & Saturday 5th Sept.Due to vari...
01/09/2026

Bands! DJs! Promoters! We are offering FREE HIRE of The Ferret this weekend - Friday 4th & Saturday 5th Sept.

Due to various "factors", the Ferret's calendar is empty this weekend. So, get in touch now & book us for NOWT! We'll even throw in a live sound engineer if needed, and some backline equipment (we'll give you a list of what's available).

Promoters! Bands! Clubnights! Birthday Parties! Whatever!

You can do a free entry night, or sell tickets / charge on the door (we can help you with that). GET IN TOUCH NOW to book.

ANNOUNCEMENT! It is with great pleasure that I can announce the Album Tour Oct/Nov 2026! Get your Tickets.Edinburgh -...
01/09/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT!
It is with great pleasure that I can announce the Album Tour Oct/Nov 2026! Get your Tickets.

Edinburgh - 1st Oct - Sneaky Pete's
https://www.seetickets.com/event/aziz-ibrahim/sneaky-pete-s/3631431

Dundee - 2nd Oct - Clarks
https://www.skiddle.com/e/42363555

Dunfermline - The Brasshouse - 3rd Oct
https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Dunfermline/The-Brasshouse/Aziz-Ibrahim-Lahore-To-Longsight-Tour/42363146/

Glasgow - TBA

Leeds - Hyde Park Book Club - 7th Oct
https://www.seetickets.com/event/aziz-ibrahim-lahore-to-longsight-tour/hyde-park-book-club/3630246

Newcastle - Cluny 2 - 9th Oct
https://www.universe.com/events/aziz-ibrahim-tickets-MJ95TR

Coventry - The Tin Music & Arts - 10th Oct
https://events.humanitix.com/aziz-ibrahim-lahore-to-longsight-album-release

Stoke-u-Trent - Artisan Tap - 15th Oct
https://www.seetickets.com/event/aziz-ibrahim-lahore-to-longsight-tour/artisan-tap/3629025

Wrexham - Saith Seren - 16th Oct
https://www.saithseren.org/event-details/aziz-ibrahim-lahore-to-longsight-tour

Liverpool - ArchiveliverpooL - 17th Oct
https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Liverpool/Archive-Liverpool/Aziz-Ibrahim-Lahore-To-Longsight-Tour/42362786/

Sheffield - Factory (Sydney & Matilda) - 18th Oct
https://fatso.ma/fqk6f

Hull - The New Adelphi Club - 22nd Oct
https://www.theadelphi.com/?post_type=cpt_events&p=49046&preview=true

Leicester - the International - 23 Oct
https://the-international.gigantic.com/aziz-ibrahim-lahore-to-longsight-tour-tickets/leicester-the-international/2026-10-23-19-30

Atherton - The Snug Coffee House - 24th Oct
https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Manchester/The-Snug-Coffee-House/Snug-Live-Sessions-wAziz-Ibrahim/42359758/

Birmingham - The Asylum Venue 2 - 6th Nov
https://www.theasylumvenue.co.uk/events/aziz-ibrahim-asylum-birmingham/

Preston - The Ferret - 7th Nov
https://theferret.live/listings/aziz-ibrahim

London - The Half Moon Putney - 13th Nov
https://tickets.halfmoon.co.uk/events/325acac1-13ec-4440-84aa-8ee8a6141163

Manchester - Stage & Radio - 14th Nov
https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Manchester/Stage-And-Radio/Aziz-Ibrahim-Lahore-To-Longsight-Full-Band--MANCHESTER/42364155/

Darwen - Sunbird Records - 20th Nov
https://www.fatsoma.com/e/6rlgzahc/aziz-ibrahim-lahore-to-longsight-tour

Marple - The Strines Nightingale - 21st Nov
https://www.seetickets.com/event/aziz-ibrahim-lahore-to-longsight-/the-strines-nightingale/3628826?src=event-page-share

REVOFEST I Sat 10th Oct lineup!Amazing day of music! Tickets Fatsoma
01/09/2026

REVOFEST I Sat 10th Oct lineup!
Amazing day of music! Tickets Fatsoma

We're going to be a bit quiet next week whilst we recover the venue and our staff from Glastonferret 2026: The ORIGINAL ...
30/08/2026

We're going to be a bit quiet next week whilst we recover the venue and our staff from Glastonferret 2026: The ORIGINAL INDOOR TURFED Festival! 4 days of live music & more. But, if you're ready for more action by Thursday, how about this over at The Continental

The mighty GNOD are here Thursday 3rd September! 👁️🍄

Plus special guests dull. and Milk Eyed Sigh. Nuff said?

Link in comments 👇

GNOD + dull. & Milk Eyed Sigh - The Continental, Preston

Some snaps from Friday here at with Clarion, Black Foxxes, Gen and the Degenerates, Florentenes & Lois 🎉👉We’re open fo...
30/08/2026

Some snaps from Friday here at with Clarion, Black Foxxes, Gen and the Degenerates, Florentenes & Lois 🎉

👉We’re open for our FINAL DAY, so come on down and catch a mix of live music from SLAP RASH, Wax Head, Be Nice, B E X and WITCH FEVER, plus Nodding Dog Disco, Jazzin' the Park + Bolts for our B**r garden Sessions, and then our After Party from 11PM ft Rave with Bowie 🫵

See you on the turf! 🌱💃🪩

📸: Mambo Photography

We’re not done with Saturday yet (still going off until 2AM tonight!), but here’s tomorrows stage times so you lot can g...
29/08/2026

We’re not done with Saturday yet (still going off until 2AM tonight!), but here’s tomorrows stage times so you lot can get down nice and early to catch some sweet sweet sounds from this crew…

👉From 12:30PM, FirstnameFrank kicks off the Sunday service, then we’ve got Bailey moore, the Dave Shurr duo, The Outers, Material Goods, SLAP RASH, Wax Head, Be Nice, Labyrinthine Oceans, B E X, & WITCH FEVER 🤌👀

☀️[Outside] - Enjoy our B**r Garden Sessions from 12PM til late with Sabbath Soundsystem, Cuba Ferret Tribute, Nodding Dog Disco & Jazzin' the Park + BOLTS

🌚THEN from 11PM, stick around for the After Party with Rave With Bowie all the way through til 2AM

See you on the turf! 🌱💃🪩
Glastonferret 2026: The ORIGINAL INDOOR TURFED Festival! 4 days of live music & more.

Address

55 Fylde Road
Preston
PR12XQ

Opening Hours

Tuesday 7pm - 11pm
Wednesday 7pm - 12am
Thursday 7pm - 12am
Friday 4pm - 2am
Saturday 4pm - 2am

Telephone

+441772200017

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