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

4:30PM Tor Pingree

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

5:00PM Raggedstone Crawler

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

5:40PM Connie Gordon

Mix of chilled acoustic covers and originals

6:10PM OUD

Layered shoegaze guitars and cinematic strings beneath washed vocals

6:50PM Farrows

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

7:20PM Left To Reign

Hard rock, bouncing riffs and high energy

8:00PM Sam Gwinnell

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

8:30PM Foxpalmer

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

9:10PM Ruben Seabright

Acoustic folk / grunge covers and originals

9:40PM Saint Senara

Spellbinding songs spanning dirty blues rock to dark folk

10:20PM Karl Ficarotta & Molly Dibley

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

11:00PM Dog of Man

Innovative, genre-mashing freak punk maximalism

Saturday's Bands at The Oil Basin Brewhouse

1:00PM George Tombs

George is a young acoustic instrumentalist known for his emotive melodies

1:30PM Deuteronomy

Hey we are Deuteronomy, a Thrash Metal band from Birmingham

2:10PM Ewan

Ewan blends indie and folk genres to create a heart warming acoustic sound

2:40PM Wife Material

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

3:20PM Nova

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

3:50PM Ösiris

A young and fresh five piece groove metal band

4:30PM Patched Up Parachutes

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

5:00PM Mount Slatra

Mount Slatra is an aggressive thrash metal band delivering crushing riffs

5:40PM Benjamin Hiorns

Miserable solo musings from White Noise Cinema frontman

6:10PM Keghammer

High energy punk with an 80s horror theme

6:50PM Saymar

Real, raw emotions with energy

7:20PM Head Dent

High-intensity Punk from Stoke on Trent

8:00PM Hannah Michell

Soulful singer-songwriter blending Folk, Blues & Americana

8:30PM Bloodslugs

BLOODSLUGS Slidebox grunge-punk-noise two-piece

9:10PM Kyle Parsons

Indie folk singer-songwriter. Raw and heartfelt acoustic storytelling

9:40PM Bitter Kisses

Pop music you can beat your friends up to

10:20PM Riché

Alternative indie soul, acoustic noodlings with thoughtful soulful vocals

11:00PM Azaleas

AZALEAS fuse powerful screams and choruses with energetic riffs

Sunday's Bands at The Oil Basin Brewhouse

1:00PM Blake Davis

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

1:30PM Counterpoint

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

2:00PM Amy Hughes

Live keyboard and vocals, performing classics with a fresh twist

2:30PM Amphibious Priests

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

3:10PM Milky & Liv

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

3:40PM Flashhearts

3 piece rock band from the midlands

4:20PM Abi F Jones

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

4:50PM Joel the Custodian

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

5:30PM Dave Boddison

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

6:00PM Weatherhood

An alternative folk-rock band known for weaving enigmatic folk textures

6:40PM Pete & Sim

Guitar solos, cheese and two part harmonies

7:10PM BaYkA

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

7:50PM Janique James

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

8:30PM Lickshot

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

9:30PM Open Mic at The Oil Basin, Host - Ruben Seabright

Oil Basin will be finishing up the festival with their bi-weekly open mic

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