The Ferret

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.