The toilet circuit is the network of small music venues in the United Kingdom which rising indie, rock and metal bands often visit to gain support and promote themselves.
[1] The name may refer to the size and often the cleanliness of the venue,[2] or a lack of dressing rooms leading to the band being required to change in the toilets.
[3] Most of Britain's large towns and cities are home to at least one toilet circuit venue, although a regular toilet circuit tour is only around 20 dates long at the most, meaning not all of the said venues are present in all toilet-circuit tours.
Frank Turner also references it in the song "I Still Believe", as "toilet circuit touring stops".
[5][1][6] Rock Sound TV has used the "Toilet Circuit" moniker to film a series of acoustic performances filmed in the grimiest locations at music venues across the UK, featuring bands such as The Blackout, Thrice, Futures, Lights, Vessels and Deaf Havana.