LIVE MUSIC & EVENTS
A wide range of amazing concerts are presented with a bar, often with food.
Ticket sales and bar profits raise money for Upfront Arts Charity.

WHAT’S ON
Dub N Grub presents Aba Shanti i & North Fire Sound
We are pleased to welcome back Aba Shanti i The last time he performed at Upfront he blew the roof off the place. He will be playing a set on...
Kris Drever (solo) support from Polly Paulusma
Kris Drever is among Scotland’s most acclaimed and distinctive contemporary musicians, celebrated for his warm voice, virtuosically expressive guitar playing and imaginative and evocative songwriting. Raised in the Orkney Islands,...
Will Barnes Trio (Jazz Night)
Biography: Following the critical acclaim of their debut album Source of the Severn, the Will Barnes Quartet returns with Outside the Light—a bold and expressive new chapter in their artistic...
The Breath
The Breath is Manchester-based guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer/flautist Ríoghnach Connolly. They met on the city’s gig circuit in the late noughties. An unlikely pairing though it was, he an...
Past Music & Events
Nancy’s Orange + The Butterfly Collector
IN THIS UNIQUE double-bill, two actor-writers—GRACE KIRKBY & PETER MACQUEEN perform their own one-person shows, each directed by the other. Grace Kirby as a put-upon but compassionate NHS delivery driver, carrying...
An Evening of Music & Food with Upfront Kitchen Ft Blanty
Blantys enthusiasm for music & life is contagious, his songs are very catchy, his music is distinctly individual in a wonderful way. The dynamics of Blantys guitar playing & songs...
Dub N Grub presents Messenger Sound System Ft Ista Lion & Afrikan Simba
We kick off the Dub N Grub after summer season. Inviting guest sound system Messenger all the way from Edinburgh Scotland. Stevie Messenger has been promoting and playing roots sound...

