Category: Bristol247
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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: 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…
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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: 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…
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Venue: THEKLA Date: May 24, 2025 There aren’t many evenings when you go from sleeping to being in a punk rock circle pit in the space of 15 minutes, but Thursday was one of them. I was confused, excited and ready to be infused by the night’s proceedings. I got in early to catch the…