How to Find Concerts Near You on Songkick

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Songkick is a live music discovery site that shows upcoming concerts and tour dates worldwide. To find concerts near you, set your location, then browse the "Concerts near you" list or filter by genre. You can also search for a specific artist or event, and sign up if you want results tailored to your music taste. The site requires JavaScript to display events, so enable it in your browser first.

Set your location

Songkick's homepage is built around a "Your city, your music" view, so the location setting is what drives every result you see.

  1. Open songkick.com and enable JavaScript if the page shows a "Sorry, you have to enable javascript to view this page!" message.
  2. Find the location control on the "Concerts near you" section and select Change location.
  3. Enter your city and confirm it.

Expected result: the "Concerts near you" list refreshes to show events in that city instead of the default location.

If you don't change it, you'll be browsing whatever location the site defaults to, which may not be near you at all.

Browse concerts near you

Once your city is set, the main "Concerts near you" list is your starting point. It shows upcoming events in your area, and you can work through it by date.

  • By date: scan the list in chronological order to see what's coming up soonest.
  • By genre: use the By genre section to narrow the list. Songkick groups events under Indie & Alt, Electronic, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Metal, Pop, R&B, and Rock.
  • Festivals: the Festivals section is a separate entry point if you're looking for multi-day events rather than single shows.

A practical approach: set your city, pick the one or two genres you actually listen to, and check that filtered list weekly rather than scrolling everything.

Search for a specific artist or event

If you already know who you want to see, skip browsing and search directly.

  1. Use the search field on the page ("Search for events or artists").
  2. Type the artist or event name.
  3. Open the result to see their tour dates.

This is the faster route when you're tracking one act, and it works for artists outside your local area too, since Songkick covers tour dates worldwide.

Sign up to personalize results

Browsing works without an account, but Songkick's personalization features sit behind sign-up.

  • Sign up creates an account so the site can tailor results to your music taste.
  • Log in returns you to an existing account.
  • Tracking artists is what powers the "instant concert alerts" the site describes — you follow acts you care about and get notified about their shows.

If you only want a one-off answer ("is anyone good playing this month?"), browsing is enough. If you want to stop missing shows by artists you like, signing up and tracking them is the point of the service.

Common snags

  • Blank page or no events showing: almost always JavaScript being disabled. Enable it and reload.
  • Wrong city in results: your location didn't save or you're viewing a cached default. Use Change location again and confirm.
  • No results for a genre: the genre filter is applied on top of your location, so a thin local scene can produce an empty list. Widen to a nearby larger city or drop the genre filter.
  • Language: the interface is available in English, Français, Español, Deutsch, and Português, switchable from the language menu.

What you can and can't do here

Songkick is a discovery and listing site: it shows tour dates and points you toward tickets. The homepage evidence covers finding concerts, tracking artists, alerts, and buying tickets, plus a separate Tourbox for artists path for musicians who want their dates listed. It doesn't document pricing, account limits, or ticket fees, so treat those as things to check on the individual event or ticketing page rather than assuming anything from the listing itself.