The Oil Basin Brewhouse - Venue for Worcester Music Festival

11th to 13th September 2026

The  Oil Basin Brewhouse

Address and Information

The Oil Basin Brewhouse
7 Copenhagen Street, Worcester, WR1 2HB

Beer and Whisk(e)y bar in Worcester with a wide range of constantly rotating beers & spirits.

Venue Type: Pub

Accessibility: Downstairs stage is accessible, but the upstairs stage isn't

Age Restrictions: Under 18's welcomed until 9pm

Food: Yes

Wi-Fi Available: No

Friday's Bands at The Oil Basin Brewhouse

OUD

Layered shoegaze guitars and cinematic strings beneath washed vocals

Tor Pingree

Folk-pop artist and the Mayor of Worcester, original and acoustic tunes

Karl Ficarotta & Molly Dibley

Quietly desperate folk songs for people who feel stuck in their own loves

Connie Gordon

Mix of chilled acoustic covers and originals

Dog of Man

Innovative, genre-mashing freak punk maximalism

Left To Reign

Hard rock, bouncing riffs and high energy

Farrows

Warm earthy folk with a strong acoustic backbone, raw and unapologetic

Raggedstone Crawler

A 3 piece heavy rock band playing gritty riffs and dirty grooves

Sam Gwinnell

Sam Gwinnell is an acoustic singer-songwriter, based within Worcester

Saint Senara

Spellbinding songs spanning dirty blues rock to dark folk

Ruben Seabright

Acoustic folk / grunge covers and originals

Foxpalmer

A unique blend of rock, Americana style folk and lush indie

Saturday's Bands at The Oil Basin Brewhouse

Wife Material

We are old enough to remember when punk rock had punk and rock

Ösiris

A young and fresh five piece groove metal band

Keghammer

High energy punk with an 80s horror theme

George Tombs

George is a young acoustic instrumentalist known for his emotive melodies

Hannah Michell

Soulful singer-songwriter blending Folk, Blues & Americana

Saymar

Real, raw emotions with energy

Riché

Alternative indie soul, acoustic noodlings with thoughtful soulful vocals

Bloodslugs

BLOODSLUGS Slidebox grunge-punk-noise two-piece from Cardiff

Mount Slatra

Mount Slatra is an aggressive thrash metal band delivering crushing riffs

Deuteronomy

Hey we are Deuteronomy, a Thrash Metal band from Birmingham

Nova

Acoustic duo, performing a mixture of originals, and covers with a twist

Patched Up Parachutes

Thoughts, fears & nonsense, played scuzzy on electric or acoustic guitar

Benjamin Hiorns

Miserable solo musings from White Noise Cinema frontman

Bitter Kisses

Pop music you can beat your friends up to

Azaleas

AZALEAS fuse powerful screams and choruses with energetic riffs

The Fidgets

The Fidgets play energetic covers and melodic originals

Head Dent

High-intensity Punk from Stoke on Trent

Kyle Parsons

Indie folk singer-songwriter. Raw and heartfelt acoustic storytelling

Sunday's Bands at The Oil Basin Brewhouse

Janique James

Janique's music leans into intricate guitar lines and wry humour

Blake Davis

A mix of originals and covers in the alternative / emo genre

Abi F Jones

With over 30 mil streams, Abi's clever melodies and wordplay will stick with you

Flashhearts

3 piece rock band from the midlands

Milky & Liv

A modern acoustic Duo offering acoustic indie covers done to our own style

Joel the Custodian

Melodic, playful, dark, experimental, heart-on-sleeve rap music

Lickshot

Four mates from the G-Shire playing a fusion blend of the sounds from their youth!

BaYkA

Alternative Rock / Post Hardcore / Biffy Clyro / Fightstar / Inme

Dave Boddison

Melodic original songs, with intricate guitar picking, and versatile vocal

Amphibious Priests

Well-crafted psychedelic, indie, punk pop featuring soaring choruses

Counterpoint

6 members original Alternative rock and punk band we play noisy music

Pete & Sim

Guitar solos, cheese and two part harmonies

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