Best place to find out about live music?

[alpine4ever]

Hi all
I'm currently learning guitar and was wondering what you guys would suggest for finding live music around me, besides by chance!

I sometimes stumble across things which is great, but I'd love to know what happens round me. How do you guys do it?

Nick

[JonG]

Well it depends. Do you live in or near a city? Many cities have free weekly newspapers that have concert listings. Some also have websites. Most venues have websites with their show schedules. If you're a last.fm member it has an "events" page. Although that's not the main reason to join and is just a bonus. Those are the three main ways I find out about concerts.

[supersoad1]

there's a widget on mac that's pretty good...forgot what its called

[Jen Stevens & The Hiccups]

The metro paper that you get free on public transport is great for gig listings. Searching on the net too. gig-listings.co.uk is ace.