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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

— Bristol Beacon

Moin in Bristol Tickets

Wed 5th November

— Bristol Beacon

John Maus Plus special guests in Bristol Tickets

Wed 3rd December

— Strange Brew

SANAM in Bristol Tickets

Sun 26th April

— Bristol Beacon

Mammal Hands in Bristol Tickets

Mon 10th November

— Strange Brew

TTSSFU in Bristol Tickets

Mon 23rd February

— The Prospect Building

The Fratellis in Bristol Tickets

Fri 20th March

— The Trinity Centre

From The Jam in Bristol Tickets

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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.

Sun 27th July

— Lost Horizon

Downbeat Melody Day Party in Bristol Tickets

Wed 17th September

— Strange Brew

Gruff Rhys in Bristol Tickets

Fri 7th November

— Bristol Beacon

Daniel Avery plus special guests in Bristol Tickets

Sat 30th August

— Lost Horizon

REGGAE REGGAE .PT2 in Bristol Tickets

Today

— Lakota

Dancehall Karaoke in Bristol Tickets

Sat 27th September

— The Prospect Building

Lost Track Of Time presents Groove Armada in Bristol Tickets

Mon 3rd November

— The Wardrobe Theatre

Broadside Hacks - Goblin Band & Spitzer Space Telescope in Bristol Tickets

What's On: Featured Bristol Events

Tickets for our event recommendations

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 at The Trinity Centre.

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.

Indefatigable bard Andy Irvine returns to Bristol wielding mandolas, bouzoukis, and stories of worker’s struggles of bygone days. He threads personal tales with historical reckonings, quietly affirming his status as an Irish legend whose prophecies reverberate through modern folk. Andy Irvine at Bristol Folk House.

Wayne Snow’s Afrofuturist neo-soul and richly textured R&B are deeply shaped by icons like Marvin Gaye, Fela Kuti, Sade, Sun Ra, and King Sunny Adé. Expect glowing falsetto, cinematic atmospheres, and lulling club grooves that stir the spirit and soothe the spirit. Wayne Snow at The Jam Jar.

Live music and gigs recommended by our music team

Sell out warning! The PNW’s definitive slice of hxc gristle lands on your plates for the first time in 5 years, gobble it up children! Delay-drenched nihilism distilled into ugly AF mid-tempo sludgeries: Gag want war, no doubt you’ll give it to them. No-brainer: FFO: Iron Lung Recs, Poison Idea, Bib, Warthog, Spy, No Trend. Gag at The Golden Lion.

Folklore for the dancefloor! Buenos Aires’s digi-cumbia pioneer Chancha Via Circuito brings the Latinx bass melting pot for Movimientos' 20th birthday with all species of cumbia, South American folk, dub, dembow and environmental sounds reaching a fevered frenzy. Unmissable FFO: Meridian Brothers, El Búho, Dengue Dengue Dengue!, King Coya, Nicola Cruz. Movimientos 20: Chancha Via Circuito at The Jam Jar.

Sell out warning! Two of psychedelia’s most distant travelers unite for a live visionquest of unknown dimensions. Gong’s expansive, esoteric jazz fusion fuses with the gonzo electro druids of HENGE for a crop-circle generating, third-eye opening evening that’ll alter the very space-time fabric of the Trinity and all within it. Reserve your spot on this flying teapot well before take-off. Gong x HENGE at The Trinity Centre.

Sell out warning! The lushest triple harmonies in all of alt-folk mixed with delicate pluckings of harp, banjo and viola. Lady Maisery’s triumphant paeans for joy are utterly captivating FFO: Bella Hardy, Jackie Oates, The Rheingans Sisters. Lady Maisery at The Mount Without.

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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.

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Sat 26th July

— The Prospect Building

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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.