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Bristol's Experimental Music Listings
— 82 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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Crofters Rights
THEY CAN PLAY US, BUT WE WON'T BREXIT!
A Night of International Live Electronic Entertainment
Cosies
Teflon Hands w/ Billie George
Ambient/Broken/Techno/Community
Cosies
Evolve's 1st Birthday [Techno | Experimental]
Our 1st Birthday Celebration
LEFTBANK
The Leftbank Jam Band
Our Open Jam hosted by the LBJBs
The Stag And Hounds
Slack Alice: Spiritflesh, Copper Sounds, Tilly
Slack Alice: Spiritflesh, Copper Sounds, Tilly
The Red Lion, Bs5
No Shaman
Enter the Wave Cave
The Spin Bar
Dark Soft Freaky Beats
A night of International Live Electronic Entertainment
The Cube
Witch Please: Desire
Come build a queer hearth to warm our deepest desires
Crofters Rights
Footshooter (DJ set) / Solomon OB / The High Breed
"Fruit Palace is a dope, colourful explosion.." - Dizraeli
The Gallimaufry
Satta Lites w/ More Soup
Whitey's on the moon
LEFTBANK
Sefrial
Incredible Modern Jazz from All star Bristol Band
The Brunswick Club
BEEF Night In
A night of improv performances, screenings, installations and happenings with BEEF artists in the Brunswick Club.
The Lanes
Boy Harsher // Kontravoid
Minimal synth/EBM enthusiasts Boy Harsher to be doing a Bristol debut show, exclusive to the south of England
The Cube
Raiments/ Bell Lungs/ Tara Clerkin Trio/ Grey Area
Berlin-based experimenters
The Old England Pub
LL Presents: Etao Shin, Bruno Chávez, Shit Creek
You know the deal by now!
Cafe Kino
Silencio. An evening of ambient music.
The Grey Area presents an evening of ambient music from Bristol based artists.
Crofters Rights
Kitchen Sync: Volume V
Sybil causes a ruckus in Crofters.
LEFTBANK
The Leftbank Jam Band
Our Open Jam hosted by the LBJBs
El Rincon
Ciotach
Spellbinding improvising acoustic duo
Exchange
EP/64, Marcy, Droogs, Rainbow Yawn, Fat Paul DJ
Fund- raiser for the bands who lost gear in the Netham Rd. studios fire.
Crofters Rights
JESUITS + KINLAW & FRANCO FRANCO + SANS + INDIGOS
JESUITS X GRAVY TRAIN PRESENTS: VIRTUE 3
The Forge
Spindle Ensemble at The Forge
Spindle Ensemble
The Loco Klub
Curated by Batu (JASSS, Batu, Klein, Chekov)
Fractured, bass driven electronic music from some of the most distinctive sounds in underground music; JASSS, Klein, Batu, Chekov
The Old England Pub
Taupe / Snazzback / Brazen Head
IMPROV'S GREATEST HITS
The Gallimaufry
Satta Lites w/ Andy Payback (NTS)
Whitey's on the moon
Crofters Rights
Septabeat & Mutant-Thoughts
Live drum & bass and electronic music
Fringe Jazz
DUNMALL / ETHERIDGE QUARTET
Two giants of British Jazz & Improvised music unite in a new Quartet.
LEFTBANK
The Leftbank Jam Band
Our Open Jam hosted by the LBJBs
The Brunswick Club
Ossia presents Devils Dance
An album launch party set in the edgelands between dub, electronics, noise and post-punk, as Ossia (Young Echo) + special guests celebrate h
Crofters Rights
SCALPING plus Kinlaw & Franco Franco + Cruelty
SCALPING EP Release Show at Crofters Rights
Crypt Of St John On The Wall
Dark Alchemy Presents...Dark Ambient In The Crypt
Rare Form (LA) | Dead Space Chamber Music | Tommy Creep
The Stag And Hounds
Schwet with Dame Area & Harrga
An evening of tribal-wave and post-industrial dance.
The Loco Klub
Tactile Sound (Rian Treanor, Graham Dunning +)
Noise making, raw techno, mechanical dance machines and custom electronics
The Gallimaufry
Satta Lites w/ Sam Hall (Idle Hands)
Whitey's on the moon
Exchange
Foster / Grigg / Kelly / Sneddon & Gibbs / Telford
Free Thinking Sunday Sonics
Rough Trade Bristol
New Candys & guests
Fantôme & Rough Trade Bristol present
LEFTBANK
The Leftbank Jam Band
Our Open Jam hosted by the LBJBs
The Cube
The Last of England (Live Score) #PalaceFilmFest
Brexit Special: Derek Jarmans, The Last of England, presented with a live score by The Palace Artists.
Cafe Kino
BtB Presents... Denzler, Lash, Davis & Cooke
Acoustic free improvisation, electromagnetics, scrap metal & consumer electronics
Jam Jar
Worm Disco Club present: Fumaça Preta
Venezuelan psychedelic tropical fuzz legends return to Bristol!
The Cube
The Last of England (Orig Score) #PalaceFilmFest
Brexit Special: Derek Jarmans, The Last of England, presented with a live score by The Palace Artists.
Zed Alley
NO ALTERNATIVE
Post-punk//coldwave//minimal synth//goth//italo
The Gallimaufry
Satta Lites w/ Sunun (Bokeh Versions)
Whitey's on the moon
Arnolfini
Olivia Block, Sarah Hennies, Sonic Luz
Audiograft festival tour, 2019
The Louisiana
EBU (Album Launch), Manonmars, Fever 103
Launch of experimental artist EBU's debut album, with support from Young Echo rapper Manonmars and Fever 103
The Lanes
Pink Turns Blue // Bleib Modern
Legendary post-punk/coldwave Pink Turns Blue from Germany are coming to Bristol!
Crofters Rights
Woman's Hour
Kendall based synth-gloom-pop
LEFTBANK
The Leftbank Jam Band
Our Open Jam hosted by the LBJBs
Exchange
Noods: MXMJoY
Post-punky dubbed out disco
Lawrence Hill
Dialogue
A sweaty, heavy and queer-friendly techno night
Crofters Rights
Lapis Lazuli // Snazzback
Lapis Lazuli + Snazzback - progressive-jazz / fusion / experimental
The Stag And Hounds
APR x BKX v PTS
Astral Plane Recordings x Bokeh Versions x Psychotherapy Sessions
The Cube
Group Listening
Two friends ambient re-workings with woven hums, space echos, analogue weaves, void fold and the like
The Gallimaufry
Satta Lites w/ DJ Skint
Whitey's on the moon
LEFTBANK
The Leftbank Jam Band
Our Open Jam hosted by the LBJBs
Fiddlers
Worm Disco Club: Ruby Rushton + iLL Considered
UK Jazz double headline show
Crofters Rights
Breakfast Presents: Twisted Ankle, Big Slammu & Tw
The circus is in town.
The Gallimaufry
Satta Lites w/ D.Ham (Noods)
Whitey's on the moon
The Lanes
DÄLEK + ANTA + MXLX + SANS
Gravy Train x BLG presents: Dälek, plus support from Anta, MXLX & Sans.
Crofters Rights
Seven Colour Drive / Sean Addicott / Glacial Pace
Seven Colour Drive (improvised set), Sean Addicott, Glacial Pace
The Loco Klub
Acrylic x Super Kitchen: KODE 9
Amy Becker's Acrylic teams up with Bristol's Super Kitchen to bring Hyperdub Records founder Kode9 to the ash-pits.
The Cube
Alex Rex/ Hladowski + Joynes/ The Silver Field
Triple Bill of Incredible Music
The Lanes
FAZI / 法兹乐队
One of the best darkwave bands right now, FAZI are coming straight from China for another free show at The Lanes on us!
Crofters Rights
HOUSEWIVES + BO GRITZ
Gravy Train presents... Housewives + Bo Gritz
Rough Trade Bristol
Spill Gold
Fantôme & Rough Trade Bristol present
The Island
Noise Test: UVB-76 Music Takeover II
As 2019 rises UVB-76 Music teams up with Noise Test for a night of subterranean sonics..
The White Rabbit
LIPS + special guests
Falmouth fuzz-pop from LIPS, alongside local support
Rough Trade Bristol
Repo-Man, Twisted Ankle & Radiators
A noisy psych punk rock night at Rough Trade Bristol!
Rough Trade Bristol
Rakta & Deafkids
Brazilian Proto-Noise and Drone
The Lanes
The Underground Youth
Fuzz Club bright black stars are finally playing their first ever Bristol show!
Zed Alley
DF: RIP • Sergeant Thunderhoof [Zed Alley]
Fuzzy Street Doom from the States
Exchange
Flamingods
Sounds from across the world blended for your dancing pleasure...
The Lanes
Be Forest. // Tallies
An international dream pop night at The Lanes with Be Forest from Italy and Tallies from Canada!
The Lanes
SPECTRUM (Peter Kember / Spacemen 3)
Gravy Train x BLG presents: Spectrum, plus guests
The Lanes
Kikagaku Moyo 幾何学模様 - The Lanes May 20th
Stolen Body Records/Astral Festival and The Grey Area are delighted to finally work together to bring you the amazing Kikagaku Moyo / 幾何学模様
The Lanes
Erratic Batting present; Mildlife
Australian Cosmic Jazz & Electronica - UK Tour
Crofters Rights
BLG Presents King Champion Sounds /Kuunatic /+more
BLG Promotions are proud to announce King Champion Sounds (NL), Kuunatic (JPN) & more
Exchange
The Necks
Here Comes Midnight presents legendary trio The Necks playing a rare Bristol show. Don't miss them.
The Wardrobe Theatre
Stanlaey - The Human Project - Album Launch plus A
Stanlaey is the musical moniker of Bristol based singer, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Bethany Stenning, performing her origi
SWX
Hang Massive - Luminous Emptiness
Hang Massive are the worlds most well known Handpan players and are now touring with a brand new audio visual show.
Crofters Rights
Alternative TV (ATV),The Flux Capacitors & Otalgia
Seminal punk band, formed in 1977 by Mark Perry, editor of 'Sniffin Glue' fanzine
Exchange
TRIPTYCH
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