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Bristol’s best gigs

Every week, the Headfirst editors trawl through all of the live music listings on the website and pick the best gigs for you to go to. Our event selections range from classical music concerts at St George’s Hall to smaller, local musician’s gigs at The Canteen or the Exchange.

Check out this week’s Bristol gig selections over on the Headfirst Facebook page and don’t forget to join our weekly email list for ticket alerts and announcements about interesting bands coming to Bristol including our biggest venues like SWX.

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Tickets for Bristol gigs

In 2016, Headfirst Bristol launched an online ticket shop for live music events. Inspired by local cooperatives and community interest companies like the Bristol Cable and The Island, Headfirst provides an ethical and respectful place to buy tickets for gigs in Bristol. Our booking fees are low (usually 65p per ticket) and we strive to help support independent live music events as much as large concerts at venues like Bristol Beacon or Marble Factory.

Upcoming gigs in Bristol

Tue 24th February

— The Trinity Centre

Cam in Bristol Tickets

Sun 16th November

— Rough Trade Bristol

THE FÊTE OF BRISTOL in Bristol Tickets

Sun 2nd November

— The Tobacco Factory

Kay Grant Group in Bristol Tickets

Sat 21st February

— The Louisiana

John Blek in Bristol Tickets

Thu 30th October

— Lakota

Psycho City in Bristol Tickets

Live music venues in Bristol

Bristol’s gig venues play an essential and often overlooked role in the city’s music scene. A spectrum of venues provides a ladder for new bands and musical talent to ascend. DIY spaces like Lost Horizon and Strangebrew provide a testbed for the screaming synthesisers and the guitars that will undoubtedly become part of Bristol’s future. Check out Headfirst’s Bristol venues page to discover which kind of performances and concerts you can expect from each gig venue.

First live gig for one of Bristol's best guitarists.

Our editor's top live music recommendation

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.

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.

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.

Fabulous and filthy queer pagan-punk ritualism takes over the Kino basement as anarchogoth provocateurs Rites of Hadda bring their sax-fuelled psychedelia to town. Augmented by Hermeticus’ noise-rock + new wave, dub and punk from DJ Pete Webb on the decks to keep the punk spirit burning. Rites of Hadda, Hermeticus, DJ Pete Webb at Cafe Kino.

Recommended Gigs

Tue 28th April

— The Trinity Centre

Andy McKee in Bristol Tickets

Fri 28th November

— The Trinity Centre

LP Launch in Bristol Tickets

Fri 27th February

— The Trinity Centre

The Callous Daoboys in Bristol Tickets

Tue 3rd March

— The Trinity Centre

Boy & Bear in Bristol Tickets

Sat 3rd October

— Exchange

Attitude Festival 2026 in Bristol Tickets

Wed 25th February

— Strange Brew

Fly By Midnight in Bristol Tickets

Thu 5th March

— The Trinity Centre

Leith Ross in Bristol Tickets

Thu 19th February

— The Trinity Centre

The Cavemen in Bristol Tickets

Tue 4th November

— Thekla

Strongboi in Bristol Tickets

Mon 10th November

— Lost Horizon

SIDIKI DEMBELE & PERCUSSION D'ABOBO in Bristol Tickets

Gigs in Bristol today

Most of Headfirst’s visitors come to discover new bands and live music in Bristol. We’re proud to be Bristol’s most complete gig listings resource, complete with a full breakdown of gigs in Bristol today and tour dates for the next six months. A sterling selection of open mic nights (particularly along Gloucester Road), provide ample midweek entertainment for would-be talent scouts.

Sell out warning - buy tickets while you can!

Ninja Tune’s trip-hop fusionists UBO left an indelible mark on Bristol’s music scene, cut from the same visionary cloth as icons like Massive Attack and Portishead. Their ridiculously beautiful mutations of hip-hop merge Latin-American instrumentation, jazz textures and dub grooves. A hard group to pin down… catch ‘em while you can! Up, Bustle & Out 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.

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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.

Biiiig find for fans of the Windmill scene avant-garde as breakout Belfastian noise boys Stratford Rise take the wheel for the latest Cellar Door. Jostling in the backseat: warm-blooded power-emos Pushbike, grubby dance-punks Why Horses?, fried dream-rockers New Build and Bristol’s own art pop oddities The Scuttlers, PLUS a multimedia showcase for good measure. Stacked! Stratford Rise at The Louisiana.

Local bands and musicians

Local musicians are the lifeblood and new energy that constantly rejuvenates Bristol’s venues and performance spaces. Graduates from Bristol University’s Music course and BIMM provide regular injections of talent ranging from electronic music producers to classically trained pianists and orchestral musicians. Some of Bristol’s most successful bands are the first to point out that their inspiration comes from other local bands and gigs they’ve attended; with this in mind Headfirst is careful to include as much local talent as possible in it’s gig guide.

In addition to attending gigs you can also support Bristol’s musicians by buying their records from independent stores like Idle Hands Records, Shall Not Fade and Christmas Steps Records.