Category: 2025
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Venue: ELECTRIC BRISTOL Date: Dec 23, 2025 When I grow up, I want to be in Doreen Doreen. For a band founded in 1982 they are full of childlike mischief, maintaining the wonder and still ecstatic to be together on stage after all these years. The Bristol legends brought their annual Doreen Doreen party two…
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Venue: ELECTRIC BRISTOL Date: Dec 15, 2025 “We outdate Myspace!” Frank Turner exclaims with a grin. Million Dead are back, for one tour only. 20 years have passed since the band split – but not before building a hardcore following for the post hardcore band that means the world to a lot of people. The…
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Venue: O2 Academy, Bristol Date: 2025-11-14T14:57:44+00:00 I can’t be the only one who looked in disbelief and excitement when they saw a bill with both Kae Tempest and recent Mercury Prize nominee Jacob Alon set to share the same stage. Every type of intense beauty covered then: ideal. I’m pretty new to Jacob Alon’s music,…
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⚠️ Venue: not auto-detected – needs manual entry Date: 2025-11-12T20:33:51+0000 Bristol’s genre-hopping day festival SIMPLE THINGS returned with a bang, threading punk, jazz, electronica and spoken word through the city’s most beloved venues. From the Beacon’s grandeur to the Sportsmans’ sticky floors, Simple Things was a celebration of sonic contrast and community spirit. There’s something…
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Venue: Jam Jar Bristol Date: 2025-11-12T12:27:01+0000 There’s something about firsts — first gigs at new venues, first albums from rising bands, first moments when music hits you in the chest and makes you move. On November 6th, Oswald Slain delivered all three in one glorious swoop at Bristol’s Jam Jar, a venue I’d somehow never…
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⚠️ Venue: not auto-detected – needs manual entry Date: 2025-10-03T13:36:04+00:00 Groove Village brings a day of wild live music to Weston Super Mare, including highlights from Meryl Streek, Bureau De Change and many more Grove Village became Groove Village as a collection of pubs were transformed into live venues and Weston Super Mare was transformed…
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Venue: Strange Brew Date: 2025-09-06T17:54:57+0100 It’s a strange sensation when a band’s debut album feels like a reunion. Divorce may have only just released Drive To Golden Hammer , but their presence has long lingered in the playlists and hearts of fans who packed out Bristol’s Strange Brew for a sold-out celebration. From the moment…
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⚠️ Venue: not auto-detected – needs manual entry Date: 2025-08-28T08:42:44+0100 If Bristol were a song, Forwards Festival would be its chorus—bold, brilliant, and impossible not to sing along to. Since its debut in 2022, Forwards has become a fixture on the UK festival circuit, and rightly so. It’s a celebration of Bristol’s rich musical heritage,…
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Venue: QUEEN SQUARE Date: Aug 2, 2025 One question was on everyone’s lips in the lead-up to this event: how can you fit 15,000 people in Queen Square safely and happily? Well, let’s have a look! The sun was shining on a resplendent King Street awash with AF Gang members with every IDLES t-shirt in…