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Events in Bristol

Made famous by the legendary Lakota, Bristol's warehouse events are the keystone to the city's clubbing culture. These no-frills venues are the place to see Bristol's house and techno at it's best. If you need addmission to forthcoming warehouse parties, you can buy Dare2 tickets here.

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Events in Bristol

Headfirst is Bristol's leading gig guide with a freshly launched online ticket shop. We work directly with the city's promoters to provide the most up-to-date guide what's on in Bristol you'll find. The events calendar includes all events happening in Bristol tonight and for the forthcoming weekend. If you're a musician, band member or club night organiser be sure to add your event to the Headfirst Bristol calendar.

Tue 4th November
Strongboi at Thekla
Sun 26th October
Azamiah at The Louisiana
Sun 1st March
Monster Florence at The Trinity Centre
Sat 31st January
Relapse Punk Festival at Exchange
Mon 27th April
GoldLink at The Trinity Centre
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Mon 2nd March
Madison Cunningham at The Trinity Centre

Gig Tickets

Bristol has always had it's fair share of what's on resources. While paper-based listings magazines like Venue and forums like Hijack Bristol favoured certain musical niches, Headfirst was Bristol's first truly comprehensive what's on resource. Our listings not only go far into the future (click on a date in the calendar) but also provide some great last minute resources. If you're planning a night out at short notice please see our list of live music tonight and events listings for this weekend.

Venues like Bristol Beacon and Thekla usually get most of the attention when Bristol's gigs are discussed online. Headfirst aims to put the focus on Bristols smaller live music venues. Here, you can buy tickets for concerts at Bristol's Louisiana and Exchange or browse our entire Bristol gig list.

Sat 25th October
143 The Party at Bristol Beacon
Sat 15th November
The Northern Boys at Bristol Beacon
Thu 26th March
Aes Dana at Lost Horizon
Tue 3rd March
Hayseed Dixie at The Fleece
Fri 27th February
Dream Nails at The Louisiana
Fri 27th February
Courtney Marie Andrews at Bristol Beacon

What's On: Featured Bristol Events

Tickets for our event recommendations

Sell out warning! The last truly legendary Oi band (bite me) affront you with their lovable, yobbish and hooky-as-hell brand of delinquent streetpunk for the very last time. Historical tearjerker FFO: The Business, Angelic Upstarts, Red Alert, The Bruisers. HARD SKIN plus supports at Exchange.

Sell out warning! Enigmatic New York singer-songwriter Laura Stevenson brings her latest batch of catharsis ballads – spanning motherhood, heartbreak, and hard-won clarity – to an intimate subterranean show in the Exchange’s newly refurbed basement. Trauma processing as songwriting FFO: Torres, S.G. Goodman, Hand Habits, boygenius. Laura Stevenson at Exchange.

Celebrate ACAB day and support vital anti-carceral action! Grime experimentalist M.I.C. joins forces with bass and drill producer Nammy Wams, industrial dub dissenter Ossia links with improv luminary Dali, plus more live sets from punk rapper Taliable and a certain dykehall legend. Then there’s Alya L’s emotive club NRG and baile funk futurist Gus on DJ duties… SNOG and Grove are spoiling us. SNOG x GROVE: 13/12 fundraiser w/ Ossia, Alya L, Taliable, M.I.C. + more at Strange Brew.

Sell out warning! Dirty South Beatdown dragged screaming from the Florida swamps! Two-Piece lash plenty of homegrown death metal brutalism to their hxc slam in a sound engineered for Croft-sized pits. A violent awakening FFO: Sunami, Outta Pocket, Chain Gang, Madball. Two-Piece at The Croft.

Live music and gigs recommended by our music team

Sell-out warning! Nottingham’s freak-pop melodrama merchants Divorce bring their luminous tonic to Trinity. Serving up a smorgasbord of bitter and bright bedroom ditties that draw you in with an inviting glow then punt you right in the feelings. Unmissable FFO: Mitski, Black Country, New Road, Indigo De Souza, Grizzly Bear. DIVORCE + CURIOSITY SHOP at The Trinity Centre.

Sell out warning! Beirut’s most infamous crate-digger, Ernesto Chahoud has the rarest of rare groove and the most ethio-jazz smarts in the Middle East. Catch him flinging psychedelic cumbia or euphoric tarab across the dancefloor like it was bread to the pigeons. La Bomba present Ernesto Chahoud at The Jam Jar.

Experimental improv trio Modulus III summon immersive soundscapes stacked with hypnotic arpeggios, cello stabs, and sculpted percussion. Their performances drift from celestial minimalism to jagged, rhythm-driven bursts. Portishead’s Adrian Utley joins for an unpredictable second set of mesmerising sonic architecture – essential FFO: anything Jonny Greenwood, Supersilent, Fuck Buttons. Modulus III + I at Strange Brew.

Sell out warning! Last chance to see the baroque existentialism of Porridge Radio! Fresh off a farewell tour announcement, the oft-transcendent Brighton band’s final Bristol show is unmissable. The formula is tried and true: Dana Margolin’s grimly combustible poetry of the everyday stacks up until set ablaze by her band’s serrated post-punk arrangements. Don’t miss the swan song of one of the UK’s most vital bands of the past decade. Porridge Radio at The Trinity Centre.

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Headfirst is the most objective Bristol gig guide on the internet. With no editorial to write, bands to interview or advertisers to please, we can focus on creating the best music listings & ticket shop this side of the Avon. From Bristol University’s music graduates playing a concert at St Georges Hall to an intimate gig at The Louisiana - we believe these events are what make Bristol special.

Bristol Nightlife & Nightclubs

Electronic music produced in Bristol has a knack of rewriting the rules and penetrating the international club scene. From Tectonic to Apple Pips to Eats Everything & Arkist - Headfirst has seen Bristol’s music scene grow and evolve since our humble beginnings in 2008. Now Headfirst is working with Bristol’s best dance music promoters and providing a secure place to buy tickets for Bristol club nights. While Motion may catch most of the attention, Headfirst is the place to buy tickets for all Bristol's clubnights and maybe even the next Alfresco Disco party. Over the coming months we'll be adding buy tickets buttons to many of our what's on listings.

From Headfirst's Ticket Shop

Sat 7th February
10 Years of Wall of Bass | The Underground at The Underground
Fri 24th October
Beastwang at Lakota
Fri 12th December
Fleje Sounds: Lunar Breaks at Lakota
Wed 26th November
Bristol Student Fight Night - UWE vs UOB at Electric Bristol
Sat 1st November
Cirque Du Soul: Halloween at Lakota
New Years Eve
Moon Festival 2025 at Secret Venue
Fri 14th November
House & Techno Rave at Lakota

Bristol Experimental Music

The Headfirst music guide originally emerged from Bristol's blossoming experimental scene and our humble beginnings were as a what's on guide for Bristol's weirdest and most unconventional events.