Gigs are what we do best.
We are delighted with our line up of great live music and entertainment.
Nearly all gigs are ticketed, the exception is when it’s a Bank Holiday, Saturday or our Beer Festival.
Please do book tickets in advance. We recommend doing this as many of our gigs sell out.
If you are a carer, please access a ‘CARER’ ticket on the event ticket page. Most gigs will have three carer tickets available. If you can’t see it on offer they may have gone. You can contact us
If you want a ‘CONCESSION” ticket then have one. Most gigs have ‘concession’ tickets. You don’t have to show anything, or prove anything to access them. Student /Skint*/Teacher/Blue lightworker/ Old/Young.
If you are coming as Gig Buddies - tell the bar and claim a free portion of chips
*If you are really skint and want to come to a gig, let us know in advance, we may be able to sort something.
Email lotte@theprincealbertstroud.co.uk, maybe you can help by putting up posters
Recently added gigs

Amnesty Quiz Night
Fundraising quiz for yje local Amnesty International Grou who help raise awareness in inhumanities and atrocious action by authorities around the world. Tables of no more than 4 people, and booking highly advised by calling the pub on 01453 755600

Crazy Pony
Free entry tonight, the return of Frank and Lea . Playing traditional songs and tunes with some original compositions in a bluegrass style, featuring a lot of dynamics and a slice of jazz.

India Electric Company
After four years in the making India Electric Company are delighted to share our third album Pomegranate.

JUSTIN ADAMS & MAURO DURANTE
Guitarist, vocalist, producer and composer Justin Adams’ teams up with southern Italian vocalist, violinist and percussionist Mauro Durante

May Bank Holiday Beer Festival
This year we will be selling tickets for Saturday night for the RAMONAS - early bird tickets available now, who knows for how long, get them now as they will go up in price very soon.

COUNT BOBO
Friday night of the beer festival - with also Albino Tarantino Duo and Chasing Dolls



THE BAGELITES
The Bagelites are performing an afternoon gig at our Beer Festival to close the weekend down. It is to raise funds for Stroud Valleys Project, so if you’re free on the day, why not check out them out. Their genre is world music, with an emphasis on Klezmer and Eastern European, with brass, wind, strings and percussion.
Folk Session
Friendly informal folk session with music played from around the British Isles.

The Deadlians
Irish folk songs and punk rock, free entry. A real treat with this awesome Irish outfit taking the festivals by storm

BOCI
“Disarmingly fresh and life affirming” - Tom Robinson, BBC 6 music
“Transcendental” - Songlines

Chartist Event
The Chartists were a nineteenth century group of working-class people who campaigned for the vote and for the creation of a more inclusive democracy (‘The People’s Charter with its Six Points).
In May 1839, 5,000 people met on Selsley Common at a Chartist gathering.
The weekend will celebrate that momentum happening in Stroud and the movement that was a very important event ib history.

The Other Way
If there is another way – for this inspiringly unique mix of musical voices – then it lies beyond easy categorisation. While elements of jazz, folk and soul coalesce here, The Other Way have a chemistry that’s more than the sum of its parts. Rowan, Emma, Guillame, Billie and Elly return for an intense evening of music.
TICKETS

Los Domingos
Los Domingos are back …for a Bank Holiday Saturday stint - all welcome, family friendly and food served until 9.30pm

Liz Ikamba
‘Congolese-tilted Afro-Soul-Folk to make your heart soar and your body groove! This is genre-bending and timeless music’

LO HI LO
Lo-Hi-Lo are making our first album. Come and help us celebrate the launch at one of our very favourite venues!
It's a free event, The Albert will be open as normal. We'll have an excellent support act confirmed very soon.

Anna Howie
Anna Howie is a veteran live performer and has spent time in Nashville honing her craft, she has written with legendary writer Gretchen Peters, and also teamed up with producer and multi instrumentalist Lukas Drinkwater to create ‘The Friday Night Club’.

Dead Belgian
"The perfect re-imagining of Jacques Brel from a group of exceptionally talented musicians."
Andy Hillion, The Brunswick, Brighton & Hove
“ flippin’ awesome” Miles Connolly, The Albert, Stroud
TICKETS
New Album and Tour "Age of The Idiot" June 2025 stops here in Stroud tonight

Lukas Drinkwater and Tobias Ben Jacob
UK alt-folk duo Jacob & Drinkwater have been called “stand out new folk” by BBC6 Music and “inventive and thrilling” by R2 Magazine. Jacob's sweeping vocals never fail to captivate, delivering many a spine-tingling moment; the fluidity and precision of his finger-picking underpinned by Drinkwater's nimbly rhythmic double bass; at times sweetly soaring, haunting, percussive and driving, the layers of depth a perfect counterfoil.

Unlucky Drag Bingo
Get ready for a night of glitter, giggles, and good ol’ fashioned B-I-N-G-O! We thought when better to play bingo than Friday the 13th


'Gantigan'
We welcome this drumming troupe perform lively and uplifting djembe rhythms. Led by members of 'Bantaba' who regularly perform at Glastonbury festival. Tap your feet to the beat or jump up and dance if the moment takes you!


Helele
Free entry gig for this life affirming band combining afro beat, latin, funk and jazz. Music from 8.30pm

Joshua Burnside, Alexis Avena
Re-scheduled date. Ticket holders from original date still applicable. Support from Alexis Avenis


Brian Wilcox Album launch
Brian brings his blend of heartfelt and observational lyrics with simple guitar to the Albert. Expect no fireworks or glitter cannons but do expect to be charmed and captivated by thought provoking and engaging songs”. “He will be accompanied by acoustic guitarist Nick Brooks”


Dryadic
Fabulous Dryadic are back. Always a heart warming and life affirming evening .
"Vibrant, memorable folk-pop" Atwood Magazine
"Refreshingly bold.” FAMEmagazine
An infectious blend of rootsy folk with a melodic pop flair on strings and keys, peppered with heart soaring vocals and vibrant fiddle licks.


Earl Temple Foundation
Five the coolest dudes in all the five valleys bring their music to a saturday night top banana Albert gig

Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver
Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver, a dynamic duo, fuse their deep-seated love for English and Irish folk traditions into a vibrant project that's as grounded in tradition as it is daring in innovation. With their latest album, HINTERLAND, receiving five star reviews everywhere tis is gong to be one of THE gigs of the year here.

Sam Brookes
One of our favourite performers returns with his solo project . Tickets coming soon.

Ray Cooper
Ray Cooper is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He played cello, bass and sang backing vocals with Oysterband for 23 years before leaving to go solo in 2013. Since then he has recorded five solo albums and made over 40 tours in Europe, the UK and Canada.
Ray has lived in Sweden since 2000 where he records in his own studio in a log cabin close to the forest.
Returning to the Prince Albert, Ray will showcase songs and tunes from his latest album, ‘Even For A Shadow’ as well as favourites from his previous four solo albums.



Chateau Plateau on an Easter's afternoon
A sophisticated afternoon of jazz standards with John Graham and his friends
Bosstrich, SM^SHER
Bosstrich make Easter a bit less sickly sweet with their proper right good music.
Support from SM^SHER.
free entry, serving food from 1 until 9.30pm



Los Mythos
https://good-show.co.uk/events/2176
Mara Simpson, Emma Kernahan and JLM Morton perform their show. This is a ‘scratch’ performance, tickets are free - but please do RSV by obtaining one, or call he pub on 01453 755600 to say you are coming. The kitchen will be open 6 until 8pm

Samantics and Nick Parker
Samantics and Nick crash into the Albert with their two solo projects

Kraut Rock Night
It’s a birthday night, and you are invited to the party. Lederhosen warmly discouraged.

Monthly Quiz
booking essential for our monthly pub fun quiz, call the pub to book your table (up to 6 people) and £2 in person. 7pm start

Damn Tall Buildings
“Bluegrass at heart, but pulling from a wide range of influences including swing, ragtime, jazz, and even a hint of contemporary perspective in the songwriting, they offer virtually unmatched energy and enthusiasm, underpinned by intelligent songs that don’t skimp on the infectiousness…” —Saving Country Music
Damn Tall Buildings are a folk-bluegrass band celebrated for their soulful melodies and intricate instrumentals.

The Undercover Hippy, support from Mad Apple Circus
The Undercover Hippy - The Last Stand: UK Tour 2025
SOLD OUT
As the planet hurtles toward what feels like a never-ending season finale—chaos, climate crisis, and a world leader or two you wouldn’t trust with a toaster—The Undercover Hippy are stepping up to do what they do best: make sense of the madness, one song at a time.
Join them on their mission to laugh in the face of disaster, dance through the doom, and remember that the fight’s not over until the last bassline drops.
Because if the world’s going to end, we might as well have a good time trying to save it. TICKETS

Finger in the Spring
More details coming soon, where to gather, and what to sing, how to dress and many other answers you didn’t know you need answers to.


Los Domingos
Stroud based DJ collective playing upbeat global grooves, apart night for dancing. Come with friends or make new friends.

England v Belgium - Live
England Women and Belgium Women kick off the first clash of their UEFA Women's Nations League doubleheader
Serving food until 9.30pm

Folk Session
Come and join the friendly ensemble that gather the first Wednesday of every month

Stick in the Wheel- SOLD OUT
Stick in the Wheel - experiments in London roots music
“Absolutely vicious” BBC Radio 3
“Raw, radical, spellbinding” Bandcamp
Working class artists.
We will be serving food from 5pm until 8.30pm. The bar maybe closed for sound check between 5 and 6pm, but the courtyard and garden will be open

Swill Odgers and Bobby Valentino
Legendary artist Swill Odgers finally makes it to The Prince Albert in Stroud along with the magnificent Bobby Valentino
Serving food until 8..15pm for ticket holders.

Hands on Harps
Learn to play the harp in a friendly informal environment , booking essential https://www.handsonharps.com/drink-and-plink/
Shanty Bants
Shanty Bants meet at the Albert the last Wednesday of every month. Come long and find out more, they also meet for days out and festivals.

TOUKI support from Sölskin
Who would have guessed that a chance encounter years ago between buskers in the streets of Bath, England would lead to a new musical adventure in 2020?
Amadou Diagne
from Senegal and French-American
Cory Seznec
hit it off that Spring day years ago, planting the seeds of a future collaboration in their minds. Life embarked them on different
touki
(journey in Wolof), but with the recent support of an Arts Council of England grant, Amadou and Cory have been able to see their seedling shoot up into the light.

Rodborough Fields Launch Night
PLEDGE HERE
For the first time in a generation an amazing opportunity has arisen to purchase the historically and environmentally important fields bordering the River Frome and north of Arundel Drive, Rodborough, giving the Stroud community a once in a lifetime chance to secure them for recreational use, to protect and encourage biodiversity, to provide educational opportunities and amenity value.

Clothes Sale
Come and find your new favourite outfit, that bused to be someone else’s! Loads of tables with quality second hand garb. All money raised will go to The Cheltenham and Gloucester Oncology Appeal for a new hospital wing.

Hands on Harps
Learn to playtime harp with Morwenna - booking essential https://www.handsonharps.com/drink-and-plink/

The Johnny Quinn Macs
The Johnny Quinn Macs are a trio comprising John McSherry, Brendan Quinn and Francis McIlduff.
This St. Patrick’s weekend we’re indulging in the magic of Ireland with a live performance of traditional Irish music with some of the most acclaimed musicians in Celtic music.
Known for their duelling uilleann pipes, soaring whistles, and rock-steady rhythms, The Johnny Quinn Macs bring their unique and energetic sound to the stage, weaving together traditional Irish melodies with innovative arrangements.
John McSherry (founding member of Lúnasa, Tamalin, Coolfin, and the olllam) has been a key figure in Irish music for over 20 years, collaborating with artists like Sinéad O’Connor and Rod Stewart. Brendán Quinn brings his world-travelled, singer-songwriter style, deeply influenced by the Irish language, while Francis McIlduff, from the legendary McPeake family, is known for his signature piping and contributions to bands like At First Light.
Whether you’re a long-time fan of Irish music or just looking to enjoy a night out, this is the perfect way to celebrate the spirit of Ireland.And that is all you need too know, get yer tickets now as they are only playing two gigs on this trip

Jaz Delorean-Matinee show
Jaz returns for what is always a fantastic evening in his company - the frontman of Tankus the Henge live and direct.
photo - Dom Thompson

Super Saturday -rugby all day
Open for all three games, serving food from 1pm until 9.30pm. No table bookings, family, female and dog friendly

Monthly Quiz
Legendary Monthly Quiz Night, booking 100%essential, book by calling the pub on 01453 755600 ideally, or email
Food served from4unril 9pm.