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Bristol's Drag Scene

With a strong LGBTQ+ scene and love of theatre/the arts, Bristol is a hotbed for drag events and all kinda of gender fluid action. Most nights of the week you can see someone lipsync til they drop at the Queenshilling, Old Market Assembly or Zed Alley's own Punka drag show.

Expect and inclusive environment at most drag events, Bristol tends to be a very LGBTQ+ friendly environment with due care built up around its drag nights. Some of our favourite drag queens and drag kinds include: Ursula Major, Brizzle Boiz's Isaac Dix - veritable Ru Paul's of the West.

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British folk iconoclast Chris Wood graces the candlelit hush of John Wesley’s New Room. His everyday epics sketch sharp-edged portraits of England’s many overlooked lives, from empty nests to minor league football teams to tragedies of industrial decay. Acute compassion ballads FFO: Martin Carthy, Karine Polwart, Billy Bragg, Richard Dawson. Chris Wood at John Wesley’s New Room.

Sell out warning! Granny’s Attic craft a mischievous folk playground, weaving original tunes into centuries-old reels and laments with effortless virtuosity. Crisp melodies, playful textures, and infectious energy celebrate the living, breathing pulse of the folk tradition. Joyous foot-stomping magic FFO: Jack Rutter, Eliza Carthy, Salt House. Granny's Attic - Greenbank Folk Club at St Anne's Church, Eastville.

Sell out warning! Kiss Facility unites Sega Bodega’s prodigious production alchemy with Mayah Alkhateri’s gossamer Arabic vocals, all refracted through a prism of shoegaze longing and soaring avant-pop emotivity. Prepare to be utterly transfixed by the ultimate creative power couple in an absolute no-brainer FFO: Erika de Casier, Eartheater, Nadah El Shazly Kiss Facility at Strange Brew.

Marauding Norsemen Agabas charge into town wielding their self-coined ‘deathjazz’: a pummeling uptempo rawk engine with a thrash gallop, horn blasts strafing through the noise, and shredding throat growls atop a storm of riffs and rhythms. A cataclysmic ruin ritual FFO: Kvelertak, Imperial Triumphant, Slipknot, Converge. AGABAS at Exchange.

What our editors say

“Get ready for a night that's all about the OG drag - no death drops stealing the show here! We're talking classic, old-skool drag where the talent is bigger than the stage itself! Expect laughter, sass, and performances that'll have you singing along and tapping those toes all night long.”
From: Thank Drag it's FriGay

“Join us for an evening filled with the kind of drag that's as legendary as a Dolly Parton high note! Our amazing talent is set to take the stage, followed by our resident DJ spinning tunes that'll keep the party going until the stars go to bed!”
From: Thank Drag it's FriGay

“So, gather your crew, leave those death drops at the door (because we like our stage intact!), and let's celebrate laughter, music, and the art of drag in its most fabulous form! Get ready for a night where the only drops you'll see are tears of joy from all the laughter!”
From: Thank Drag it's FriGay

“There will be spooky surprises, killer jokes, and enough laughs to raise the dead. Don’t miss out on the fiercest, spookiest, and most fang-tastic drag bingo of the season! WHEN: Saturday 31st October, 6:00pm Doors, 6:30pm start WHERE: The Crafty Egg, Fishponds COSTUME: Highly encouraged (but not mandatory!) PRIZES: A Fabulous £50 Bar Tab and plenty more!”
From: Halloween Drag Bingo

“Blending sardonic, confessional lyrics with hooky guitars, Aderyn mixes indie and pop into something she describes as ‘Beabadoobee if she had a lot of caffeine’. Inspired by love, dating and being skint, her music has the feel of a classic 90s movie soundtrack, while her live shows combine camp art-pop, indie and drag queens into something truly infectious. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ PRESENTED BY GRAVY TRAIN & BLG PROMOTIONS. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━”
From: MOON IDLE + GRACK MACK & THE PACK + ADERYN