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Bristol's Experimental Music Listings
— 87 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
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The Lanes
WS / BLG: Dream Phases + guests
A night of psych pop at the lanes with LA's Dream Phases + special guests
The Lanes
REV REV REV (Fuzz Club)
Gravy Train present: REV REV REV, plus guests.
The Gallimaufry
Waldo's Gift: Experimentations
Out of this world musicianship combines Hip-hop, Math, Jazz, Groove & Electronica
The Gallimaufry
Global Groove Experiment: Greatest Hits
Afro-funk & psych-jazz
The Old England Pub
No Future: DJ JM
Lithuania's hard drum export makes his Bristol debut
Cafe Kino
Electro Café
Three tantalising live performances showcasing the scope of experimental electro.
Cosies
Plaque 15 - Employee/ TBZ/ Funkycan/ Dj Neumann...
Plaque 15 - Employee/ TBZ/ Funkycan/ Dj Neumann/ Chrissley Benz
The Lanes
LUMER + FOSTER AND FOUND
Gravy Train & BLG present: Lumer, plus guests Foster and Found.
LEFTBANK
DUSKI
SYNTH LADEN GROOVE HEAVY JAZZ
Exchange
MELT BANANA
Melt Banana banana
Dawkins Ales
The Brunswick Club Presents: TBC Editions Launch
Rejoice in the launch of the latest Brunswick Club project: TBC Editions.
The Gallimaufry
Satta Lites w/ Peachin (Mix Nights)
Beats, bumps & bass
The Lanes
Ecstatic Vision! + 3 supports!
Trance inducing raw heavy psych. Ecstatic Vision is Doug Zabolchech, Kevin Nickles, Michael Field Connor and Ricky Culp.
The Old England Pub
Hailaker + Oro Swimming Hour
Right before their northern dates w American Football, Hailaker play an intimate show with support from the wonderful Oro Swimming Hour
Rough Trade Bristol
The Pop Group: Salon Y
An evening of assemblage, provocations & auto destructive sound art curated by The Pop Group
The Gallimaufry
Waldo's Gift: ft Harry Pope & Chelsea Carmichael
Out of this world musicianship combines Hip-hop, Math, Jazz, Groove & Electronica
The Lanes
BLG Promotions Presents: Princess Thailand
Psychedelic rock band born in 2011 and based in Toulouse, France
Fiddlers
The Mauskovic Dance Band (Soundway) + BaDaBoom!
Wonky Tropical Psych-Cumbia.
Exchange
PETBRICK + NAH + HARPOON + JACKSON VEIL PANTHER
PETBRICK - Wayne Adams (Big Lad) and Iggor Cavalera (Sepultura)
Rough Trade Bristol
No Me Coman + High Climbers + Psyence
Several faces of Psychedelia
Secret Location
Sean Addicott performs Tapesleep (Secret Show)
Bristol sound artist performs his latest work, 'Tapesleep' in an intimate location with limited capacity.
Cosies
Teflon Hands w/ Sound Condition
Vocal House - Dark Garage - Minimal
The Old England Pub
Halloween @ Old E
Free halloween party with bands + deejays
The Gallimaufry
Snazzback Presents
Afro-funk & psych-jazz
Crofters Rights
PTS x Illegal Data Halloween
DJ Paypal, Loraine James & more
The Island
The Dark Side III: Anetha (Halloween Special)
Anetha's Bristol debut + live modular & hardware sets
Cafe Kino
Knifedoutofexistence x BEHEADING plus more!
Curly fries, basement, noise, darkness, screaming (yours), more noise, you know the drill.
St George's Bristol
Kayla Painter
Immersive audiovisual soundscapes
The Cube
ATTUNED - INDIAN CLASSICAL RAGAS
INDIAN CLASSICAL RAGAS WITH MANISH PINGLE, GURDAIN RAYATT & JACK JENNINGS
The Stag And Hounds
SCARY SCIENCE! Halloween Disco Punk Party
A Very Spooky Edition of Bristol's Favourite New Wave Disco
The Gallimaufry
Satta Lites w/ Birthmark (Cold Light)
Beats, bumps & bass
Exchange
IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT
Gravy Train & Cacophonous Sarcophagus proudly present: IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT + guests
Crofters Rights
BLG / Wizzarding Promotions Present:10000 Russos
BLG & Wizzarding Promotions Proudly Present 10 000 Russos (Fuzz Club)
The Lanes
Mr Kitty + Support
BLG Promotions is very happy to host Mr Kitty in a short two date UK run.
The Gallimaufry
Dharma Blues presents: Pink Floyd Night
An evening dedicated to Pink Floyd
Fringe Jazz
PAUL DUNMALL QUINTET
Dunmall/Fletcher/Dvorak/Vosloo/Orrell
The Gallimaufry
Waldo's Gift Reworks: Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Out of this world musicianship combines Hip-hop, Math, Jazz, Groove & Electronica
Crofters Rights
JAKABOL - EP Launch w/ Hexcut / Qariaq
A celebration of all things weird and wonderful.
The Trinity Centre
Portico Quartet
Blending jazz and electronica to create mesmerising ambient minimalism
Exchange
Mausoleum
Goth • EBM • Post-Punk • Death Rock • Cold Wave • and more..
The Gallimaufry
Snazzback Presents
Afro-funk & psych-jazz
The Lanes
BONNACONS OF DOOM
Gravy Train & BLG are proud to present: Bonnacons of Doom + guests
The Trinity Centre
Sinkane
Upbeat Afro-funk, shoegaze and psychedelia to give sounds bursting with colour
Mr Wolfs
Delight A Thief With support from LYLE!
A night of Psychedelic Rock
Cafe Kino
Cardboard Club Nights Presents: RRS' Sweet 17
The Cardboard Princes bday bash, the biggest diva in noise
The Lanes
SWEDISH DEATH CANDY
Gravy Train x BLG present Swedish Death Candy, plus guests Sun Tzu.
The Old England Pub
Inwards // Orryx // Rainbow Slicer
The Old England in association with Small Pond present Inwards, Orryx and Rainbow Slicer
The Gallimaufry
Satta Lites w/ Simon G (Runaway)
Beats, bumps & bass
The Lanes
Kælan Mikla
Icelandic ghostly friends are coming back to Bristol!
The Cube
Qujaku + IMPATV + group A
An original audio-visual collaboration between Qujaku and IMPATV + Special guests group A.
The Gallimaufry
Waldo's Gift & Animal Society
Out of this world musicianship combines Hip-hop, Math, Jazz, Groove & Electronica
Exchange
Xiu Xiu
Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist Jamie Stewart brings Xiu Xiu back to Bristol.
The Gallimaufry
Snazzback does 140
Afro-funk & psych-jazz
At the Well
Webster / Serries - Pigeon - Tim Hill
Free Improvisation, Noise, Free Jazz
The Cube
Graham Dunning Mechanical Techno
Mechanical Techno banger at the Cube with support from ADI & Guy Metcalfe
The Gallimaufry
Satta Lites w/ Matt Light (Plaque)
Beats, bumps & bass
Exchange
Soot Sprite / Lande Hekt / Cherym
Soot Sprite touring in support of their new EP Sharp Tongue!
Exchange
The Howl & The Hum
The York-based four-piece return to Bristol for a headline show...
The Gallimaufry
Seedling Sessions w/ MYLA
support from Shuwan-Fey
The Gallimaufry
Waldo's Gift Open Collaboration
Out of this world musicianship combines Hip-hop, Math, Jazz, Groove & Electronica
The Old England Pub
Jabu + Serpente
Jabu performing new material (featuring PMS Casualty) + Serpente's Bristol DEBUT...unmissable.
The Gallimaufry
Snazzback Presents: Theo + China Bowls
Afro-funk & psych-jazz
The Old England Pub
Livia Rita: Kissing Futures
Be transported to a synthesiser-drenched world of Livia and her gang of eco-witches + local support
Basement 45
Space Jams: Tales From The Crypt (Limited Tickets)
A darksynthwave evening in the crypts of Bristol.. First of it's kind
The Old England Pub
Blueshift 4 Squarms // Withdrawn x Birthmark +Neek
The new castle alt rap duo are joined by Blueshift residents
The Cube
QWAK club #5: Graham Lambkin + Mark Vernon
An evening of free improv, experimental sound art and performance.
St George's
Saltings / Sean Addicott
Andrew Cooke’s pastoral-horror-soundscape project SALTINGS, with Sophie Jackson on cello; and Sean Addicott’s Tapesleep
To The Moon
EPI-FIED 2
A night of deep autonomic grooves.
Liberty House Bristol
KUTUMBA
YOGA, FOOD, CACAO, MUSIC DAY AND NIGHT EVENT!
The Gallimaufry
Satta Lites w/ Birthmark (Cold Light)
Beats, bumps & bass
St George's
Radiohead's A Moon Shaped Pool by The Fantasy Orch
The Fantasy Orchestra present Radiohead's luscious masterpiece + a brief history of exotica
The Gallimaufry
Waldo's Gift & Luo
Out of this world musicianship combines Hip-hop, Math, Jazz, Groove & Electronica
The Gallimaufry
Snazzback's Global Groove Experiment: Poland
Afro-funk & psych-jazz
Spike Island
AMRA (Imran Perretta and Paul Purgas)
An evening of experimental music and spoken performance headlined by AMRA (Imran Perretta and Paul Purgas)
The Island
Cylon Recordings x Noise Test II
Loxy's Cylon Recordings and Noise Test meet again for a night of unleashed works
The Gallimaufry
Satta Lites w/ Birthmark (Cold Light)
Beats, bumps & bass
The Black Swan
Noods 4th Birthday: Orpheu The Wizard & Tilly
Noods Radio's 4th Birthday Celebrations.
Crofters Rights
THE TELESCOPES
The Telescopes celebrate the 30th anniversary of their groundbreaking debut 'Taste'.
The Loco Klub
Cykada & Danalogue - '10 Ragas To A Disco Beat'
A Worm Disco Club double headline show.
The Cube
The Utopia Strong (Steve Davis, Kavus Torabi)
Prog guitarist Kavus Torabi and former snooker player Steve Davis team up with Michael J. York to form The Utopia Strong
Crofters Rights
BLG / Wizzarding Promotions Presents: Kristof Hahn
BLG & Wizzarding Promotions Proudly Presents: Kristof Hahn (Swans) plus support
Rough Trade Bristol
BLUE HAWAII
Trance, acoustic, UK garage, trip-hop and house, lighthearted and groovy.
The Cube
VANISHING TWIN
Gravy Train proudly present: Vanishing Twin, plus guests.
The Cube
Red River Dialect + guests
Shifting musics, heart wenching vocals, this is wild and touched folk making songs with a burning soul
Crofters Rights
Mai Mai Mai
Italian noise industrial finest is back to Bristol!
Exchange
Dystopian Future Movies x Grave Lines
Double-headline show for the gloom-ridden apocalypse
O2 Academy
Cigarettes After Sex
O2 Academy Bristol