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Music Events, Gigs and Concerts in Bristol

Live music runs deep in Bristol's veins and the city has been home to some of the most influential and culturally relevant British musicians in the last 40 years including Massive Attack, Tricky, Portishead and Roni Size.

Bristol has a plethora of gigs going on at any given time, from big name touring acts to hot new bands. We've rounded up the gigs, concerts and music festivals in Bristol over the next weeks and months, so browse them below.

Music venues

The city’s music venues range from grand concert halls including Bristol Beacon and St George’s Bristol, to quirkier spaces such as Trinity and The Old Market Assembly in Old Market and The Folk House on Park Street. You can even watch live music on a boat aboard Thekla or The Grain Barge!

Some of Bristol's most iconic music venues include The Louisiana, The Fleece and city centre jazz pub The Old Duke.

Smaller arts and music venues hosting gigs and club nights include Dareshack, Zed Alley, Strange Brew, Mr Wolf's, The Jam Jar and The Exchange.

The O2 Academy Bristol and The Anson Rooms host some of the world's best-known bands, while record stores across the city host regular live music nights.

Music in Bristol

Stokes Croft and Gloucester Road have their fair share of gig venues too, whether you're watching bands at The Gallimaufry, The Full Moon, The Crofters Rights or The Love Inn. The Canteen also hosts free music several nights a week.

Bristol hosts heaps of music festivals across the year too, from Love Saves The Day in May to harbourside concerts throughout summer. Head just outside Bristol to enjoy lakeside performances at Valley Fest, or concerts in the forest at Westonbirt Arboretum's Forest Live.

Find out more about Bristol festivals

Clubbing and late night venues

Bristol loves to party, and boasts some incredible nightclubs, including Motion (which always features towards the top of the Top 100 Clubs in the World by DJ Mag) and the legendary Lakota in Stokes Croft.

Basement 45 is one of the city's most popular dubstep and techno clubs, while SWX hosts a range of big names throughout the year.

Nightclubs in Bristol

For more live music gigs and club night listings try 365Bristol.com and headfirstbristol.

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Bristol Beacon 2023/24 Orchestral Season

Bristol Beacon have announced their 2023/24 Reopening Orchestral Season, bringing symphonic orchestral music back home to Bristol.

Dates

From:

19 Dec 2023to7 June 2024
Bambalan Summer Sessions

Central Bristol

Bristol’s best day parties are back, with a lineup including The Nextmen, DJ Spoony and Krafty Kuts

Dates

From:

29 Mar 2024to25 Aug 2024
Music: Mickleson live at the Hen & Chicken

Southville

Scott Mickelson is an artist/producer from San Francisco.

Dates

From:

3 Apr 2024to4 July 2024

Price
Guide Price From £10.00 Per Ticket
Music: Peter Case with special guest Sid Griffin at Hen & Chicken

Southville

Peter Case graces the Hen and Chicken stage with special guest Sid Griffin

Dates

From:

3 Apr 2024to29 Apr 2024

Price
Guide Price From £17.50 Per Ticket
The Organ Project Exhibition at Bristol Cathedral

Central Bristol

You can discover how the instrument works, hear from Cathedral musicians, and explore fascinating history, dating back to the 1600s with the Cathedral's latest exhibition.

Dates

From:

22 Apr 2024to13 Oct 2024
Bristol New Music

Central Bristol

Returning for its fourth edition, from 5-8 May 2022, Bristol New Music proposes an adventurous exploration of the city through sound.

Dates

From:

25 Apr 2024to28 Apr 2024
Lie Down and Listen Bristol at The Mount Without

Central Bristol

Lie down & Listen' - the blissful Tibetan bowl sound healing and lying down classical concert experience is returning to Bristol's stunning and atmospheric Mount Without in sessions which help to guide you into the beautiful and expansive depths of…

Dates

From:

28 Apr 2024to28 Apr 2024

Price
Guide Price From £45.00 Per Ticket
Mothman, The Man at The Red Lion

Redcliffe

Mothman, The Man hit the road this April at the iconic punk pub and venue The Red Lion pub in Whitehall.

Dates

From:

28 Apr 2024to28 Apr 2024
Live Music: Peter Case & Sid Griffin at the Hen & Chicken

Southville

CRH Music presents Americana music from Peter Case, once leader of the band, The Plimsouls, touring with Sid Griffin of The Long Ryders.

Dates

From:

29 Apr 2024to29 Apr 2024
Faris Ishaq at Palestine Museum & Cultural Centre

Old City

Faris Ishaq will perform haunting, contemplative, and irresistible reed-flute music.

Dates

From:

3 May 2024to3 May 2024

Price
Guide Price From £5.00 to £10.00 Per Ticket
Bristol Folk Festival

Bristol Folk Festival returns with a breath-taking line-up of UK and world artists for the May Bank Holiday weekend.

Dates

From:

3 May 2024to5 May 2024
Pangea at The Trinity Centre

Old Market

Pangea is a night of joyous and hard hitting music from around the globe, all played through the belly rumbling RC1 soundsytem.

Dates

From:

3 May 2024to4 May 2024
Bands at Beeses with Bristol Ferry

Old City

Get to Beeses by boat on Fridays - what better way to kick-start your weekend than an evening boat trip to this legendary riverside venue.

Dates

From:

3 May 2024to3 May 2024
Triple Headliner at Zed Alley

Central Bristol

Three of the best male voices you will ever see in the same night.

Dates

From:

3 May 2024to3 May 2024

Price
Guide Price From £10.00 Per Ticket
John Spiers & Jon Boden, Frankie Archer at St George's Bristol

Central Bristol

Spiers and Boden headline the Saturday Night of Bristol Folk Festival, with support from Frankie Archer.

Dates

From:

4 May 2024to4 May 2024

Price
Guide Price From £25.00 Per Ticket
Ranagri, Rachel Baiman & Around About Dusk at St George's Bristol

Central Bristol

Bristol Folk Festival brings exceptional uplifting and blistering Americana to St Georges.

Dates

From:

4 May 2024to4 May 2024

Price
Guide Price From £16.00 Per Ticket
Beer Festival at Inn on the Green

North Bristol

Join for The Inn on the Green's Annual Beer Festival 2024! Get ready for a weekend of beer-soaked fun on 4th and 5th May from 12-9pm. ️

Dates

From:

4 May 2024to5 May 2024
Feel The Music - National Open Youth Orchestra at Bristol Beacon

Central Bristol

Join twenty-five brilliant young disabled and non-disabled musicians for an uplifting classical concert experience combining acoustic, electronic and accessible instruments

Dates

From:

4 May 2024to4 May 2024

Price
Guide Price From £1.00 to £8.00 Per Ticket
Summer Sessions After Party at Death Disco

Central Bristol

This year, the party doesn't stop after the exhilarating Bambalan's Summer Sessions – it continues into the night with an array of official after parties!

Dates

From:

5 May 2024to6 May 2024
Faris Ishaq x BEJE: In The Spirit Of 'Trane at St Paul's Church

Clifton

A masterful melding of 'spiritual jazz' and Palestinian folk. Unbeatable 'cosmic jazz' in the spirit of saxophone visionary John Coltrane, here deeply infused with traditional Palestinian melodies and rhythms.

Dates

From:

5 May 2024to5 May 2024

Price
Guide Price From £5.00 to £15.00 Per Ticket

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