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Bristol's Experimental Music Listings
— 46 upcoming gigsBristol's Experimental Music Scene
It’s Bristol’s dance music that has earnt Bristol’s music scene international recognition, but the city’s playful experimentation between musicianship, electronics and sound art that is starting to gain the most traction. It's with a sigh of relief that we bid farewell to loop-pedal-powered hippies of the past and embrace the patch bays, compressors and modular synths of the future. All Bristol’s experimental music events are listed on this page.
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Bristol's Trending Live Music Venues
Exchange The Louisiana Start The Bus The Trinity Centre The Marble Factory
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Cosies
Teflon Hands w/ Slim Howl
Deep / Sultry / Techno
El Rincon Bristol
The Jellilalas
A genuine sonic adventure
The Canteen
Strobes
"A sonic triangle of electrified polyrhythms, spaced-out synth jams and off-kilter beats."
LEFTBANK
The Leftbank Jam Band
Our Open Jam hosted by the LBJBs
The Gallimaufry
Satta Lites w/ DJ Skint
Beats, bumps & bass
Crofters Rights
Repo-Man x Yellow6 x SALTINGS x Minus Pilots
Noise / Ambience / Snarling
The Canteen
Sublunary
Alun Elliott-Williams guitarist of Waldo's Gift solo show: a musical programme of cinematic proportions with a colossal sound and an arc of
LEFTBANK
The Leftbank Jam Band
Our Open Jam hosted by the LBJBs
Crofters Rights
Lost Ground / Wax Futures / Sugar Horse / Diving B
Blowout Presents
The Gallimaufry
Snazzback: OST - PI
Soundtracking the number-obsessed movie
The Canteen
Prudent Primate
Psychedelic jazz-funk band, with prog in there too. A shifting ground behind the tight grooves and exploratory solo playing - fresh and orig
Colston Hall
The Pool x Noods Terrace Session
Invisible City Sound System
Salt Cafe at The Spin Bar
Three Cane Whale
Cinematic multi-instrumental acoustic trio
Corner 77
Translations
Prudent Primate + Guest + Open Jam
The Old England Pub
Adam Stafford/Bit Miners/IcemanFurniss/Dead Pylons
More shows championing Bristol's eclectic improvised music and alternative jazz scene with special outside guests
The Gallimaufry
Satta Lites w/ Anina (Happy Skull)
Beats, bumps & bass
Corner 77
In The Machine "Free Analog for your Lugs"
Adrenomachine & Stephanovich Dj/Live Hardware sets
The Canteen
RADIAL BAND WITH SOUFIAN SAIHI
Combining Gris Sanderson’s Swedish nyckelharpa and Cypriot violinist Michalis Koloumis with Ricardo de Noronha’s Portuguese percussion ...
Crofters Rights
Inwards, EP/64 & King Monday w/ Irie Pixel visuals
"A childlike sound-world hides a slightly unnerving, psychedelic undertone, simultaneously pleasing restless feet and hazy minds."
Southville Crypt
Powerdove, FOQL + Copy Corpo & SWIR
Experimental folk from NY & Bristol, plus an AV installation from two Polish artists in an atmospheric crypt
LEFTBANK
The Leftbank Jam Band
Our Open Jam hosted by the LBJBs
The Canteen
Kinkajous
It’s contemporary jazz, think spacious electronica, with an ambient atmospheric flow, like maybe FlyLo in a smooth mood or Bonobo cutting...
Colston Hall
WLTP Terrace Session : BABA Stiltz
Terrace Sessions 2018: We Like To Party Presents BABA STILTZ + residents
St Thomas The Martyr church, BS1 6QR
Dark Alchemy III
triple headliner: Dead Space Chamber Music / New Haunts / Tommy Creep
Rough Trade
Electronic Music Open Mic in Rough Trade
Electronic Music Open Mic (EMOM) Tour | Hosted by This Human Condition | Rough Trade Bristol
Crofters Rights
JULIE'S HAIRCUT
Gravy Train: Julie's Haircut (Rocket Recordings) + guests
The Lanes
Waxslax Presents : The Blank Tapes + Dream Phases
The Blank Tapes + Dream Phases
The Stag And Hounds
Slack Alice - Ossia, Sunun, Grand Inquisitor
Ossia, Sunun, Grand Inquisitor
Crofters Rights
Dissolve 4: Sister Iodine (FR) & Ben Vince + More
A night of inconceivable noise and boundless saxophonic experimentation.
The Cube
DEAD MAN'S MONEY + Post + Don Mandarin + DJS
DEAD MAN'S MONEY is a documentary film about FAT PAUL being premiered tonight.
The Cube
Cinema of the Imagination: The King & the Corpse
Crick Crack Club performance storytelling brings its wild haven of fairytales for grown-ups , myth & epic to the Cube!
Crofters Rights
SPECTRES + BO GRITZ
Gravy Train present... Spectres + Bo Gritz + Support TBA
The Crypt of St John on the Wall, Bristol
Dead Space Chamber Music debut album launch event
Raising funds for the Churches Conservation Trust
Fringe Jazz
PERDATO
Jazz alchemists at work.
Dialogue
Dialogue
We return to Lawrence Hill for another all-night party.
Kuumba Centre
WDC + Manana Cuba present: Ariwo and Tezeta LIVE
Cuban, Iranian, Ethiopian and Jazz influences and beyond...
Take Five Cafe
Tales of Psychofonia presents _Episode #1
Techno Warriors
Various
Simple Things Festival - Daytime
ft. Slowdive, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, James Holden and the Animal Spirits and more.
Simple Things Festival - Nighttime
Simple Things Festival - Nighttime
Helena Hauff, DJ Stingray, Optimo, Jane Fitz and much more.
Crofters Rights
Naxatras [GRC] // More TBA
Greece's notorious hard psychedelic rock band, Naxatras finally grace Snuff Lane for a rare Bristol performance!
The Old England
Totality Fuckery Witchcraft Halloween All Dayer
Totality resurrects Fuckery Witchcraft with 13 completely rad bands from all over the fucking place. This will slay.
Exchange
Dead Meadow '20th Anniversary Show'
Fuzzy, garage-psych rockers DEAD MEADOW celebrate their '20th Anniversary'.
The Old Market Assembly
HENGE
WE COME IN THE NAME OF RAVE. WE BRING YOU THE GIFT OF COSMIC DROSS - A KIND OF MUSIC NEW TO YOUR WORLD.
The Gallimaufry
Mike Dennis (Edge in Wordways tour)
Bristol's rapping violinist on his hometown date
The Louisiana
Still Corners
Dreamy Sub Pop outfit, soon to release their fourth LP 'Slow Air'
The Cube
Cinema of the Imagination: Gilgamesh
Crick Crack Club performance storytelling brings its wild haven of fairytales for grown-ups, myth & epic at the Cube.