The Croft

The Croft

The legendary home of outsider bands and Bristol's dubstep heyday!


A Stokes Croft icon (formerly The Croft, then Crofters Rights) returns thanks to Music Venue Properties' 'Save Our Venues' Campaign + the team behind The Mothers Ruin, The Colosseum, The Crown and the live programming brains behind Exchange.

The lovingly revamped Croft will hold 140 sweaty gig-goers with a focus on live music - as well as carefully curated clubnights.

The doors will burst wide open on 12 September after a successful fundraising campaign. You can expect 14 beers on tap from local suppliers, 7 days a week. We can't bloody wait!

What's On At The Croft

Car Underwater at The Croft
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alternative pop emo pop
Leisure: Aeroflex + Mitsubio at The Croft
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disco funk house reggae soul
Dead Air at The Croft
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alternative rock grunge post-hardcore
THE MODERN ROOM at The Croft
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disco latin jazz soul
Hacktivist at The Croft
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alternative metal rap metal metal
Higher Level: Drumskull / Borai at The Croft
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breakbeat drum and bass jungle footwork
Myer U Clark at The Croft
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folk folk rock indie folk indie rock psychedelic rock
PDR Pres. Janaway, Rea + AÆE at The Croft
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breakbeat happy hardcore funk jungle footwork
Tony Bontana, Mary Sue, Cold Light, Oghost at The Croft
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dub experimental rap trip hop
Foxhole at The Croft
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indie rock post-grunge post-punk
DOGWATER - BAILE BLEND at The Croft
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electronic funk
Negative Frame at The Croft
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alternative metal metal hardcore-punk
Invicta Audio x In A Scuffed Style: Run Tune at The Croft
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drum and bass dub jungle reggae
Les Caravanes at The Croft
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folk
Dust Cup Release at The Croft
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alternative rock folk
The Croft Presents: Papa Nugs + Support at The Croft
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electro house techno tech house
Little Grandad at The Croft
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country rock indie rock
Lesbian Bed Death at The Croft
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goth hard rock punk
Clarion at The Croft
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alternative rock post-punk rock shoegaze
Drearleader at The Croft
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post rock post-punk progressive rock sludge metal noise
MAQUINA at The Croft
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alternative rock experimental experimental rock industrial rock rock
Sword II at The Croft
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Funebrarum at The Croft
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death metal doom metal sludge metal metal
ETHAN HODGES at The Croft
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singer-songwriter pop
Lucca Mae + Support at The Croft
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blues soul
Midding at The Croft
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alternative rock indie rock
Beware the Bears at The Croft
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indie pop indie rock
GIFT  + Oslo Twins at The Croft
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alternative rock electronic new wave shoegaze
Fools Game at The Croft
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punk metal hardcore-punk
SOAPBOX at The Croft
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punk
Orbiter at The Croft
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doom metal post-punk psych psychedelic rock metal
Yesterday's Girl at The Croft
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alternative pop indie rock new wave
20th anniversary show at The Croft
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alternative metal alternative rock anti-folk indie folk metal
CORY HANSON at The Croft
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folk indie rock
MARIPOOL at The Croft
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emo indie pop shoegaze
Club Brat at The Croft
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alternative pop post-punk punk pop noise
ANCIIENTS at The Croft
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metal
Indecision at The Croft
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alternative rock emo
SPARTA at The Croft
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post-hardcore
BÆST at The Croft
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alternative metal death metal metal
SHELF LIVES at The Croft
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post-punk
Black Coast at The Croft
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alternative metal metal
EYES at The Croft
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alternative metal doom metal post rock punk metal
BURGLAR at The Croft
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alternative rock
The Cheap Thrills at The Croft
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alternative rock indie rock
Gallus + Support at The Croft
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indie rock punk
Gallus at The Croft
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indie rock punk
Deep Forest at The Croft
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electronic
Gia Ford at The Croft
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singer-songwriter
KELLEY STOLTZ at The Croft
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garage rock indie rock lo-fi psych psychedelic rock
Camille Jansen at The Croft
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experimental rock
FORMAL SPPEEDWEAR at The Croft
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new wave synthpop
Burner at The Croft
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death metal hardcore-punk
Burner + Beyond Extinction at The Croft
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alternative metal death metal metal
COOTIE CATCHER at The Croft
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indie pop
COLIN MILLER & TOLD SLANT at The Croft
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indie folk indie pop indie rock
M/X at The Croft
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indie rock punk
BETTER HEAVEN at The Croft
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alternative rock indie rock
Lagrimas at The Croft
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emo hardcore-punk
Greg Mendez at The Croft
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indie pop indie rock lo-fi singer-songwriter
The S.E.T at The Croft
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punk hardcore-punk
Machukha at The Croft
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alternative metal doom metal punk sludge metal
Dear Tash at The Croft
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alternative pop alternative rock pop rock synthpop
SLAG at The Croft
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progressive rock
Deja Vega at The Croft
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alternative rock indie rock
Lavender at The Croft
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electro indie rock singer-songwriter pop
Vondré at The Croft
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alternative rock emo grunge shoegaze
Desperately Seeking Suki at The Croft
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indie rock pop
The Kaves at The Croft
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alternative rock indie rock
B-Sydes at The Croft
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punk singer-songwriter
Pyncher at The Croft
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alternative rock post-punk
OMO + special guests at The Croft
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doom metal
The Hi-Stakes + The Gin Bowlers at The Croft
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blues jazz swing

Get a feel for The Croft

Our recent recommendations for The Croft

HI-NRG crew assemble for another class edition of PDR, exploring the cracks between South American club futurism. Inside: Brazen’s breakbeat badman Janaway delivering baile funk-bolstered junglism + SWU.fm’s REA blessing the ‘floor with her hi-speed wubz, bumpin’ UK funky and jagged breakbeat, inna head on collision with AÆE’s percussive slammers. PDR Pres. Janaway, Rea + AÆE at The Croft.

Where were you in ‘92 eh? Nevermind, Elysium’s euphoric revisioning of classic rave utopia ruptures the Croft inna retro-future Fantazia smiley stylee. Inside: the young and deadly DJ Doubt goes b2b with in-house trio Interlude for a joyous, historical romp through bleeps, breaks and acid squelch, with scattershot lasers and visuals to get you to cloud9. We're back at The Croft for another journey through rave...

Damn fine debut line-up from B2F! Centering Black and POC musical history from Chicago footwork to UK funky with two eyes firmly on the future, DJ Nøthińg slings cyberphonk electro and stargazing breaks with Heyza wiping the floor inna ghettotech stylee. Need 2 know local selectors inside FFO: Stingray, Tim Reaper, Dance Mania. Blak 2 Future is a multi-genre club experience exploring the past, present and future of Black electronic music. Expect a high-energy journey through techno, UK bass, electro and footwork, spotlighting Black and POC artists whose innovations continue to shape underground dance culture. Taking us through the night will be Hella known for his visionary high pressure sound. Dj Nøthing’s bass warping power and Heyza’s booty shaking groove. Coupled with Stacy’s Juicy Pum high energy multigenre flow.

Free entry! Tucked away in the Attic Bar, Void’s giving Bristol's DIY radio scene a real shake-up. For the weekly listeners and unfamiliars, they’re putting their cards on the table with this Croft offering of global booty-shakers: Stormy J cutting shapes to jab house, soca and Caribbean flavas, with WINK bringing the femme bass baile and amapiano NRG + Dowdle’s itchy 140 stylings. At this price, it’s hard to miss... Void Radio land at The Croft providing you guys with some global bass goodness!

Like Poison Ivy and Lux all in one gal, Sadie Morningstar wades her Mudd Club through the garage-billy trash-heap straight to your heart, with added ol’ time Americana from street-tested troubadour Joe Strouzer and the ragtime ragamuffins of Kai Carter's OTT. Can I get a yeeeeehaw FFO: White Stripes, Best Coast, Horrorpops, Tom Waits, Uncle Tupelo? Bristol Music Agency presents: The Mudd Club, Joe Strouzer Band, Kai Carter's Old Time Trio