Grime Nights in Bristol

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Bristol's Grime Scene

From room-two staple to warehouse-filler, Bristol’s blossoming grime scene neatly reflects the genre’s encroachment of the UK mainstream. In the late 2000’s it took a mix of ingenious programming and innovative promotion to bring grime to Bristol’s larger venues; Sh*t The Bed broke down the boundaries between traditional dance music snobbery and introduced a whole new generation of ravers to grime and urban dance music. Just a few years later Bodynod would proceed to host some of the biggest grime events Bristol will ever see, with past guests including Wiley, EZ, Skepta and JME. While Sh*t The Bed may be no longer, The Blast’s excellent curation continues with grime/crossover bookings including Stormzy, Oneman and Plastician

Homegrown grime productions are also on the rise. Under the direction of long-standing Bristol MC, Koast’s Durkle Disco imprint pushes Bristol grime and UK garage. Kahn and Neek are Bristol’s current success story with recent releases on local experimental label Young Echo.

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Sell out warning! Following 5 years of sold out parties and what we thought would be their biggest event ever, Brown Excellence are taking over The Boxing Gym with this truly mahooosive celebration of South Asian culture. 4 rooms fusing live ragas, sitar club heat, percussive dek bass, Bollywood disco, food stalls and much more - ain't nothing else like it! Brown Excellence 5th Birthday Festival at The Boxing Gym.

Sell out warning! Rave renegade and Berghain icon, DVS1 breathes life into the techno machine with DNA grafted from his Fabric, Blueprint, Klockworks and Ostgut Ton family. One of the true titans of the Teutonic school of precision, Danielle’s worked some serious magic to land him in such a teeny tiny space. Fists will be a-pumping, don’t sleep…. Soft Raw presents DVS1 & Danielle at Strange Brew.

Sell out warning! Industrial hardtek heads: if you miss EXRCISM your year was wasted. Inside the 6 hour Thunderdome: Rotterdam’s meanest Krista Bourgeois unleashing raw live modular hell, The Teknoist & Tokky Horror underground icon Mollie Rush linking for big fuck off vocal rave annihilation + 00s Deathchant / Rebelscum rotter Deathmachine inna darkside crossbreed meltdown. EXRCISM: Chapter One at The Trinity Centre.

Bristol Dub Club dials in another spesh at the immortal Kuumba with the mighty Jah Lokko veteran sound. Representing Frontline International, Jah Sufferer and Coxsone, London's undisputed dubplate king Natty Frontline links with Lokko for the first time in 40 years: rootical selections, ruffneck riddims, and heavy steppas inna community fashion! Jah Lokko & Natty Frontline – Bristol Dub Club at Kuumba Centre.

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“These two have been known for making waves for quite some time now. With an extensive catalogue of heavyweight UKG & 140 bangers, this will be a sought-out event. Room 2 features a 140/grime cypher with some insanely talented local MC's & DJ's. Intimate settings & unforgettable times. Lineup: XDBR B2B Bawler Neev OT Arou Room 2: Bea b2b Gail Nado w/ Mulot [& Friends] Meg AM w/ Draper + Grio See you in the dance.”
From: Phased Thursdays: XDBR B2B Bawler, Neev, OT, Arou, OCO

“Croft Tuesdays returns this September - we'll teaming up with some of our favourite local club brands to bring you the best in UKG, Breaks, 140 + more - free entry and all. Neev & Friends lands at The Croft for a night of UKG, Bassline, Grime & 140! This time Neev is joined by the Templates gang bringing their usual UKG and 140 flavours, Basscat with an exclusive grime set with Kizza and Big Asian Guy on mic duties, and Contraflow with UKG, Bassline, 140 and everything in between. [A-Z] Basscat Big Asian Guy Contraflow Kizza Neev Templates DJ Set Free entry - no tickets needed.”
From: Croft Tuesdays: Neev + Friends w/ Basscat, Big Asian Guy, Contraflow + more

“No Fixed Tempo is a multi-genre party accessible for everyone. Expect dubstep, garage, grime, jungle, hardcore and DnB all night long, with the energy and BPMs building as the night goes on. Made for the people skipping Boomtown this year, bringing together big energy, heavy sounds and good vibes! Come as you are. No Fixed Tempo, no fixed expectations. [A-Z] CUTMESUM.FLAC IZZLA ORCHID SHADDOWS SPINELLI BRAVO Free entry all night - no ticket needed.”
From: No Fixed Tempo: CUTMESUM.FLAC, IZZLA, ORCHID, SHADDOWS, SPINELLI BRAVO

“We are fully taking over The Fox in BS2 0UT Outdoors we have the Half Broken Kru fine tuning the vwybez with an insane line up of pure sillyness. Meanwhile Vybe Voyage gear up to open the indoor venue for a serious dive into the UK underground. OUTSIDE 3pm till 11am HBK (full roster), Ogstan & Geronimo, Goosey, DJ Booty Shake, Princess Charming, Mazda Sport - bassline, donk, bounce, hardcore, dnb, jungle, footwork, hard-tek, gabber and many, many more. IIINSIDE 8pm till 1pm Alpengeist, Sounds of Fia, Jaymo, Diversion Crew, Phonetix - high energy drums, heavy dark rollers, grime, dubstep, garage, jungle, hardcore”
From: Half Broken Kru x Vybe Voyage - Multi Genre Madness

“GET WEIRD X COSIES : GRIME CYPHER Get Weird are back at Cosies for a head to head grime cypher with a bit of jungle & electro thrown into the mix to keep you on your toes. Along side the Get Weird residents expect to see some local legends including big asian guy / ch1ppy / cheb / dylate / forza / frosty / meg am / ruiyn / serious ty / slimnoshad3 10pm - 3am Last entry 2 am £5 on the door”
From: GET WEIRD GRIME CYPHER