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

Bruise Control at The Croft
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indie rock punk hardcore-punk
S-Line x sad 2 see u go | MATTIK + SUPPORT at The Croft
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house uk garage 140 breakbeat speed garage
Good Bit Of Kit Presents: THE BPM ROLLERCOASTER at The Croft
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house jungle uk garage speed garage
SIS:DEM Curates Halloween: Amy Kisnorbo, Debba, DARCY, GEM + SIS:DEM at The Croft
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uk garage 140 breakbeat uk funky grime
Alpha Male Tea Party at The Croft
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alternative rock post rock
Taipan Trax: Phasmid, K-65 + Muna at The Croft
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techno electro breakbeat footwork
Lacerta at The Croft
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Bodybag at The Croft
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metal hardcore-punk thrash metal
Fringe’s Bonfire Night at The Croft
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house uk garage electro breakbeat minimal tech house
Pulse Presents: Now That's What I Call Bristol at The Croft
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house uk garage 140 breakbeat speed garage
Truck Violence at The Croft
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punk folk rock hardcore-punk shoegaze
Down To Earth x Embody: Eoin DJ, Milly On Air, Ollie Kirk at The Croft
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house techno trance tech house progressive house
Sam Wills at The Croft
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soul hip hop neo soul electronic
Crippling Alcoholism at The Croft
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post-punk noise noise rock
Frail Body at The Croft
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Event Cancelled
alternative metal post-hardcore
Hangover Square at The Croft
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country rock electronic
Nightbus at The Croft
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Waterflower +TG Edwards + Jake Healy at The Croft
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experimental ambient noise art rock electronic
Laura Groves at The Croft
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folk indie folk
Chrome Plaza at The Croft
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uk garage techno electro breakbeat
From A Buick 6 play the songs of Bob Dylan at The Croft
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folk blues folk rock blues-rock delta blues
Negative Frame at The Croft
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metal hardcore-punk thrash metal
Broadsheets - Album Fundraiser Show at The Croft
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indie rock alternative rock post-punk post rock trip hop
Doomsday at The Croft
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metal hardcore-punk thrash metal
IDestroy at The Croft
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alternative rock
Bloomtide at The Croft
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punk metal alternative metal
Headset w/ ??? at The Croft
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jungle 140 lgbtq+ uk funky trap music
Elly Hopkins at The Croft
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alternative rock indie folk folk rock country grunge
Dim Wizard, Cheerbleederz & Hamburger at The Croft
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indie rock rock punk indie pop pop punk
The Kabins + Special Guests at The Croft
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indie rock rock indie pop garage rock
Last Hounds at The Croft
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hip hop punk
Bohemian Betyars at The Croft
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folk punk indie folk anti-folk
Two-Piece at The Croft
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metal
WAKEY WAKEY RISE & SHINE + SUPPORT at The Croft
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indie rock psych new wave
ABSOLVA at The Croft
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Sugar Horse at The Croft
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metal alternative metal doom metal sludge metal
Dub Club Xmas Parties - Beatles Dub Club & 60s Dub Club at The Croft
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dub reggae ska house drum and bass
Dub Club Xmas Parties - 70s Dub Club & 80s Dub Club at The Croft
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dub reggae ska house drum and bass
Dub Club Xmas Parties - 90s Dub Club & 00s Dub Club at The Croft
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dub reggae ska house drum and bass
Dylan LeBlanc at The Croft
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folk indie folk country
Sunflowers + Green Milk From The Planet Orange at The Croft
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psychedelic rock garage rock hard rock experimental rock prog rock
Beauty School at The Croft
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indie rock alternative rock pop punk emo
Ricardo Camembert presents Pavor Nocturnus at The Croft
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experimental noise industrial drone electronic
PLANTOID at The Croft
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jazz psych psychedelic rock progressive rock prog rock
Dead Pioneers at The Croft
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punk spoken word
CONGRATULATIONS at The Croft
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indie rock post-punk art rock
Lesbian Bed Death at The Croft
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punk goth hard rock

Get a feel for The Croft

Our recent recommendations for The Croft

Touching Shoulders makes a welcome return with this 2nd birthday bash! Taking over The Croft, they’ve got PTS and Livity Sound mainstay Jurango serving up bass pressure and percussive club heat to celebrate, alongside joyful grooves from Fern b2b Gini and TS’ own WINK. 2 Years of Touching Shoulders: Jurango, Fern B2B Gini + WINK at The Croft.

Americana-electronica duo Hangover Square seduce with stately charisma and otherworldly arrangements that shimmer with operatic tenderness and digital flourishes... come join their haunting tour of gauzy transcendence through nightmarish worlds. Ethereal shadow play FFO: This Mortal Coil, Marissa Nadler, Kate Bush. Hangover Square at The Croft.

Milly On Air’s Embody party combines brains with Down To Earth’s tessellating techno trips for a night that unites old school rave energy with contemporary club pressure. Headed up by Berlin’s sonic hypnotist Eoin DJ, expect trance and otherworldly breakbeat FFO: Eris Drew, Angel D’lite, CCL. Down To Earth x Embody: Eoin DJ, Milly On Air, Ollie Kirk at The Croft.

Rounding off Halloween weekend with a club rattler at The Croft, Taipan Trax boss Phasmid, joins K-65 and Muna for a night of dark, hard-hitting electro, breaks and footwork. Intense sub-bass energy in full force! Taipan Trax: Phasmid, K-65 + Muna at The Croft.

A free entry Halloween shubz courtesy of SIS:DEM, the Bristol bass-melting hot pot that pushes femxles to the front. This night showcases razor-sharp sounds from UKG, breaks and UK funky to bass-heavy techno, headed up by Amy Kisnorbo fresh from a killer summer at Outlook and We Out Here. SIS:DEM Curates Halloween: Amy Kisnorbo, Debba, DARCY, GEM + SIS:DEM at The Croft.