⚠️ Venue: not auto-detected – needs manual entry Date: 2023-09-05T15:01:39.000Z ⚠️ Artist: not auto-detected – needs review As the sun came down over a packed Forwards Festival on The Downs in Bristol, hundreds enjoyed the moment as Los Angeles-based DJ Bonobo dropped his hit Otomo – it was pure perfection. It was an incredible end…
⚠️ Venue: not auto-detected – needs manual entry Date: 2023-08-16T12:15:17.000Z ⚠️ Artist: not auto-detected – needs review The rain may have poured, but it did little to dampen the spirits at Valley Fest – the most instagrammable festival of the year with stunning views right across Chew Valley Lake near Bristol, plus some quite brilliant…
Venue: Bristol Sounds 2023 Date: 2023-06-23T09:40:35.000Z Bristol fans of pop sensation Mika went crazy when the singer leapt into the crowd during the first night of Bristol Sounds at the city’s harbourside on Wednesday night. With thousands of people inside Bristol’s Amphitheatre, Mika jumped from the stage and into the crowd while singing his biggest…
⚠️ Venue: not auto-detected – needs manual entry Date: 2023-05-30T16:30:29.000Z ⚠️ Artist: not auto-detected – needs review After a day of sun, cider and music, Ashton Gate was filled with anticipation as a packed-out crowd waited on the Arctic Monkeys to emerge for the start of their 2023 UK tour- yes, Bristol was well up…
Venue: SWX Date: 2023-04-30T09:32:49.000Z A sunny walk through a bustling Bristol for a much-anticipated Gaz Coombes gig. As the sun bathed the city l I met friends and we got their early to catch support act Lonelady. Fueled this time by a superb pizza from The Lanes, we were ready and excited – and very…
Venue: SWX Date: 2023-04-28T14:48:42.000Z Like all good evenings, this one started off with a reverse cow girl burger at Squeezed with the best fries in the universe – the perfect pre-gig meal before seeing New Jersey’s Indie Rockers at Yo La Tengo at SWX, as the band marked its newest releasee This Stupid World. The…
Venue: SWX Date: 2023-03-22T12:11:54.000Z ‘I love you Nick!’ – shouted a fan as Nick Mulvey took to the stage at SWX in Bristol for the launch of his UK tour. It was St Partick’s Day evening, and the crowd was in good spirits for the folk singer and his bad. I, myself, arrived after two…
⚠️ Venue: not auto-detected – needs manual entry Date: 2023-03-14T16:31:33.000Z ⚠️ Artist: not auto-detected – needs review It may have been wet and cold outside SWX but the venue quickly warmed up at this sell-out show. Energetic support act We Hate Change soon got the packed venue jumping and moshing but by the time band…
Venue: SWX Date: 2023-03-06T16:00:02.000Z ‘Young Fathers are f**king awesome’ said Bristol legend Big Jeff. It’s great that the Bristol legend – aka Jeff Johns – is back, and that his expertise on a good band is still with him, despite being sidelined for many months after a fire at his home. As if catapulted to…
⚠️ Venue: not auto-detected – needs manual entry Date: 2023-02-15T10:38:26.000Z ⚠️ Artist: not auto-detected – needs review There was a genuine buzz around SWX for this rare UK gig from Weyes Blood – a.k.a. LA-based Natalie Mering. Fans queued around the block before the show, some telling me they had driven from Swindon to see…
