Cotham Club Bristol
Community Through Music | Great Global Sounds
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COTHAM CLUB: A BRILLIANT, ECLECTIC, MONTHLY LIVE GLOBAL MUSIC CLUB WITH A PASSION FOR COMMUNITY AT ITS CORE.
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Music, with all its subtlety and spirit, has immense power to unite people. It is the universal language of mankind. The sounds of Africa, America, Eurasia and Oceania have always found a home in Bristol and there are few better examples of the city's cultural cross-pollination than Cotham Club, a celebration in sound of what unites rather than divides. Each month we showcase some of the most diverse and brilliant musicians from Bristol and beyond, linking audiences to great music and to each other.
'Community-focused gigs welcoming an array of global musicians and gig-goers of all ages, genders, neurotypes and ethnicities.' Bristol 24/7
epic gigs (+) grassroots vibes (+) warmest crowds (in) brilliant space (w/) unique atmosphere (+) intimate feel (=) great night out
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The 2025 Season dives into the world of sound unbound with a brilliant and eclectic programme of joyous musical experiences (tickets on sale now). On Friday 31 January 2025 the Shephali Frost Ensemble performs an elegant, transcendent Indo-British fusion of South Asian medieval folk, Indian classical music and modern jazz, blended with century-spanning Sufi poetry and ghazals from India, Pakistan, Persia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Chris Cobbson's African Jazz Quartet (Fr 28 Feb 2025) blows the house apart with its life-affirming interplay between infectious African rhythms and vibrant Western jazz sounds. Opa Rosa (Fr 28 Mar 2025) are dynamic and virtuosic exponents of klezmer and traditional styles from the Balkan, Greek, and Roma traditions - playing with maximum energy and a great sense of fun, they capture all the joy and sorrow that these traditions are so renowned for.
April sees a high-energy, wilfully eclectic, ridiculously fun - and danceable - live set by electrifying Brummie prog-folkers and world music maestros Bonfire Radicals (Fr 25 Apr 2025). In support, an exhilarating and evocative solo set by violinist Kenny Brady, a former member of iconic post-punk band the fall. Striking singer Chloë Rose Laing celebrates impassioned and adventurous songs from her forthcoming album, playing exhilarating, deeply melodic roots reggae-infused Afro-soul (Fr 30 May 2025). Eloquent Palestinian singer/bağlama virtuoso Zaid Hilal is supported by the rich ensemble playing of global-jazz collective BEJE/British European Jazz Ensemble on a spellbinding set spanning epic sound worlds and mesmerising songs resonating with meaning (Fr 27 Jun 2025). Marta Zubieta's fiery vocals drive a non-stop party of gloriously cool and sophisticated bossa nova, slinky samba-dance and hot and dynamic Latin-jazz; the epitome of 'alegria de viver' (Marta Zubieta & The Suaves, Fr 18 Jul 2025).
In a vibrant night of music, mood, and motion, Chai For All and dancers Oona La Luna and Jacqueline Jamal journey through passionate, powerful Eastern European, Middle Eastern, and Arabic music and dance (Fr 26 Sep 2025). Faris Ishaq and BEJE/British European Jazz Ensemble (Fr 24 Oct 2025) play mesmerising, transcendental 'spiritual/cosmic' jazz, channelling the spirit of saxophone visionary John Coltrane, deeply infused with traditional Palestinian melodies and rhythms. Philip Clouts South African Jazz Quartet performs sun-dappled jazz-y world-y groove music - waywardly eclectic and eminently danceable - steeped in the vibrant sounds of South Africa and Latin America (Fr 28 Nov 2025). And in December, The Dovetail Orchestra, an inspirational and adventurous ensemble of refugees and asylum-seekers, celebrates art over adversity with spirited transnational music (Fr 19 Dec 2025).
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Whether you're new to the Cotham Club or have been coming here from its beginning, thank you for your support and for helping us share Bristol's exciting cultural heartbeat with so many people.
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Music, with all its subtlety and spirit, has immense power to unite people. It is the universal language of mankind. The sounds of Africa, America, Eurasia and Oceania have always found a home in Bristol and there are few better examples of the city's cultural cross-pollination than Cotham Club, a celebration in sound of what unites rather than divides. Each month we showcase some of the most diverse and brilliant musicians from Bristol and beyond, linking audiences to great music and to each other.
'Community-focused gigs welcoming an array of global musicians and gig-goers of all ages, genders, neurotypes and ethnicities.' Bristol 24/7
epic gigs (+) grassroots vibes (+) warmest crowds (in) brilliant space (w/) unique atmosphere (+) intimate feel (=) great night out
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The 2025 Season dives into the world of sound unbound with a brilliant and eclectic programme of joyous musical experiences (tickets on sale now). On Friday 31 January 2025 the Shephali Frost Ensemble performs an elegant, transcendent Indo-British fusion of South Asian medieval folk, Indian classical music and modern jazz, blended with century-spanning Sufi poetry and ghazals from India, Pakistan, Persia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Chris Cobbson's African Jazz Quartet (Fr 28 Feb 2025) blows the house apart with its life-affirming interplay between infectious African rhythms and vibrant Western jazz sounds. Opa Rosa (Fr 28 Mar 2025) are dynamic and virtuosic exponents of klezmer and traditional styles from the Balkan, Greek, and Roma traditions - playing with maximum energy and a great sense of fun, they capture all the joy and sorrow that these traditions are so renowned for.
April sees a high-energy, wilfully eclectic, ridiculously fun - and danceable - live set by electrifying Brummie prog-folkers and world music maestros Bonfire Radicals (Fr 25 Apr 2025). In support, an exhilarating and evocative solo set by violinist Kenny Brady, a former member of iconic post-punk band the fall. Striking singer Chloë Rose Laing celebrates impassioned and adventurous songs from her forthcoming album, playing exhilarating, deeply melodic roots reggae-infused Afro-soul (Fr 30 May 2025). Eloquent Palestinian singer/bağlama virtuoso Zaid Hilal is supported by the rich ensemble playing of global-jazz collective BEJE/British European Jazz Ensemble on a spellbinding set spanning epic sound worlds and mesmerising songs resonating with meaning (Fr 27 Jun 2025). Marta Zubieta's fiery vocals drive a non-stop party of gloriously cool and sophisticated bossa nova, slinky samba-dance and hot and dynamic Latin-jazz; the epitome of 'alegria de viver' (Marta Zubieta & The Suaves, Fr 18 Jul 2025).
In a vibrant night of music, mood, and motion, Chai For All and dancers Oona La Luna and Jacqueline Jamal journey through passionate, powerful Eastern European, Middle Eastern, and Arabic music and dance (Fr 26 Sep 2025). Faris Ishaq and BEJE/British European Jazz Ensemble (Fr 24 Oct 2025) play mesmerising, transcendental 'spiritual/cosmic' jazz, channelling the spirit of saxophone visionary John Coltrane, deeply infused with traditional Palestinian melodies and rhythms. Philip Clouts South African Jazz Quartet performs sun-dappled jazz-y world-y groove music - waywardly eclectic and eminently danceable - steeped in the vibrant sounds of South Africa and Latin America (Fr 28 Nov 2025). And in December, The Dovetail Orchestra, an inspirational and adventurous ensemble of refugees and asylum-seekers, celebrates art over adversity with spirited transnational music (Fr 19 Dec 2025).
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Whether you're new to the Cotham Club or have been coming here from its beginning, thank you for your support and for helping us share Bristol's exciting cultural heartbeat with so many people.
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