Grassroots music venue · Warrington

Original music.
In Warrington.

Peggy McCools is a small grassroots music venue on Erwood Street in Warrington, built around a love of original music. We give new bands and artists somewhere to play their own material, find an audience and become part of a growing local scene.

And we sell decent beer too.

  • Original music
  • No pay-to-play
  • Everyone welcome
Red-haired guitarist with a turquoise guitar and skull-shaped smoke
Artwork by Eaten Alive Illustrations
Original musicCraft beerCommunity focusedWarrington

Coming up

Next at
Peggy's

Here are our next confirmed dates. Please check the event details before setting off because times can sometimes change.

Poster for Head Dent, Fordton Leisure and Clancy at Peggy's
Event artwork via Peggy McCools / Fatsoma
At Peggy's

Head Dent + Fordton Leisure + Clancy

Tickets / details
Postponed

Brickhouse + Support TBC

New date TBC
Poster for Dirty Laces and John Denton at Peggy's
Event artwork via Peggy McCools / Fatsoma
At Peggy's

Dirty Laces + John Denton

Tickets / details
All dates

How Peggy's started

It wasn't meant to be a music venue.

Peggy's started in January 2017 as an antiques and vintage business, run from our living room. It moved through a shed, two shipping containers and a unit at Welch Mill before arriving at The Stables in August 2021.

When the antiques trade took a bit of a mad turn after Brexit, we had to think fast. We put on a few small gigs, people enjoyed them and Peggy's slowly began to evolve into the venue it is today.

Read the full story ↗
Peggy's grew because people kept playing, helping and turning up.

Inside the room

This is what the room
actually looks like.

These are photographs taken at gigs here. It's a small room and we're not pretending otherwise. That's part of what makes it Peggy's.

See the gig photos ↗

Words from Peggy's

Interviews, reviews
and other bits.

We're starting a section for conversations with bands, honest gig reviews and writing about Peggy's and grassroots music. We'd especially like young writers and photographers to get involved.

Go to the journal ↗

Bands · artists · promoters

Want to play
at Peggy's?

Send us your music, a few details about the band or night, and the dates you're looking at. Replies can take a while, but we do read everything.

Play Peggy's ↗

Erwood Street · Warrington

The Stables
Erwood Street
Warrington · WA2 7NW