Category: 2026
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Venue: Cardiff Castle, Cardiff Date: 2026-07-06T21:41:33.032Z The co-headline tour between Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls and Bowling for Soup was created in friendship, admiration and a magic syncing of schedules. Their musical styles don’t necessarily align but their shared defiance and punk rock ethos definitely do. As I stepped off the train, it felt…
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Venue: BRISTOL BEACON Date: Jun 4, 2026 Five albums in, and somehow I’ve never managed to see Aldous Harding live. But after hearing her new album’s first single One Stop I finally committed, headed to the Beacon and joined a devoted crowd. It was all Kiwi‑no filler from the start, with fellow New Zealanders and…
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Venue: TRINITY Date: May 12, 2026 I walked into the Trinity Centre battling hay fever and walked out with something far more powerful: Reggae fever. Toots and the Maytals have always held a special place in my heart. Their music has travelled through the generations of my family, becoming part of our shared soundtrack. Few…
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⚠️ Venue: not auto-detected – needs manual entry Date: 2026-04-16T19:13:52+0100 I arrived at Outertown 2026 full of hope and armed with a fluid, ADHD‑friendly map, the only sensible way to navigate Bristol’s most meandering day festival. Now in its fifth year, Outertown has grown into something beautifully unruly: a takeover of Old Market that floods…
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Venue: STRANGE BREW Date: Mar 16, 2026 It all started in 2004 when Jens Lekman sang: “If you ever need a stranger to sing at your wedding, a last-minute choice, I’m your man”. Except he’s no longer a last-minute choice, he is a wedding singer, meeting couples and writing them a song before performing it…
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Venue: ST GEORGE’S Date: Mar 9, 2026 If ever a venue was fit to stage two phenomenal artists, the grand surrounds of St. George’s is the one. Lucy Rose is in town in the middle of her UK tour, a prelude to the upcoming release of her sixth studio album. She’s invited Margaret Glaspy as…
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Venue: THE LOUISIANA Date: Feb 2, 2026 Sometimes a gig exceeds your expectations and sometimes your mate carries the drummer out of the venue. This was a secret gig wasn’t it? I’m not sure if it was or not, but it sold out, so it must have done the trick. Having two of Bristol’s finest…
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Venue: EXCHANGE Date: Jan 23, 2026 I’m no expert on refurbishment but when they managed to find both space and glamour in the Exchange’s basement, they mined gold. It’s now a bright, inviting venue. Less of a dungeon and more a creative space, where the band fit on stage: pure luxury, with rough edges still…