Robertson was world champion in 2010 and won the UK Championship three times.
The York Barbican will be open from 23 November to 5 December.
The UK Championship can be watched on the radio.
Neil Robertson was beaten by amateur John Astley in the first round of the UK Championship.
The Australian showed little of the form that helped him win the English Open earlier in the year.
Astley grew in confidence as the match went on and made breaks of 74, 83 and 118 to win.
Judd Trump andYan Bingtao won comfortably.
Mark Allen won his match against Michael Judge with five frames on the trot.
Trump defeated world seniors champion David Lilley 6-1 in the first round.
Trump raced into a three frame lead before Lilley made a break of 59 to make a game of it.
Trump had the better of two frames and had the better of several exhibition shots before closing out the match with a 132 clearance, which included several exhibition shots.
The former women's world champion scored just nine points in the first four frames as the current Masters champion made breaks of 67, 100, 107 and 92 to win the match.
Astley delivers command performance.
Robertson's defeat by a player that has fallen off the main tour and last reached the second round of the UK Championship in 2013 can be considered a huge upset.
The 2010 world champion arrived in York with a victory over John Higgins and a 21st ranking title fresh in his mind and confidently talked up his chances of repeating his 2020 success, when he triumphed 10-9 in an epic late-night finish against Judd Trump.
Astley became the second amateur to beat a UK champion this week after Murphy was knocked out by Si Jiahui on the opening day.
"It hurts," Robertson said. You don't want to give up the title easily, but you have to credit John.
He played a great match. He probably played the match of his life. He stood up to the crowd and played as if he had nothing to lose.
Astley made a 74 break to open up as Robertson struggled to find any rhythm.
The player who performed at the World Championship's regular venue in a play called The Nap knocked in a long pink to edge back ahead after Robertson leveled.
Astley made a nerveless 83 in the fourth frame of the match, but Robertson made a break of 124 in the fifth frame.
There was no chance of a comeback, with Astley making a break of 118 before his victory.
Trump does not agree with Murphy's stance on amateur players.
The two century breaks were made by Judd Trump.
Chris Wakelin will face Trump in the last 64 after Trump's convincing win over Lilley.
He said he could not support the view expressed by Mark Williams and Mark Murphy that amateur players should not play on the professional tour.
"I don't agree with it," he said.
It is not like they are bad amateurs and get a free ride on the Tour. They are under more pressure than any other player.
If you have amateur players like John Astley and Michael White, they are amazing. I think snooker is in a great place.
Allen advances.
Allen overcame a slow start to get the better of the Republic of Ireland's Judge.
Allen did not defend his title last week for what he described as "personal reasons" and initially looked a little rusty as a consequence of that, and his early exit from the English Open.
Despite winning the first frame, he fell 2-1 behind, but capitalised on some loose positional play from Judge to turn the match around, making a composed 69 in the seventh frame before rounding off his win.
The 2015 world champion Stuart Bingham won a final-frame decider to edge past Dean Young, while Martin Gould and Joe Perry both won by the same score against Fraser Patrick.
Ali Carter defeated Jimmy White 6-3, while former world champion Graeme Dott defeated Jamie O'Neill 6-3.
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