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Bristol's Experimental Music Listings
— 58 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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The Old England Pub
Fotgjengeren (Georgia) / Harry Furniss / Bella Unw
Georgian electro-acoustic architect is joined by jazz-punk hero Harry Furniss and Bella Unwin
The Lanes
FACS
Trouble In Mind Records & members of Disappears / Cat Power
LEFTBANK
OPEN MIC
Sing, strum, pluck, holler, rap - share your talents!
Jam Jar
Bethlehem Casuals
Chaotic Psych Funk all the way from Manchester
The Old England Pub
Coyote Records Bristol
Future Grime Instrumentals & more
The Cube
Wow, Robbie & Mona (Pet Shimmers) & Moldy Couple
An evening of Italian psych pop and garage rock'n'roll!
Crofters Rights
SXHWXO1
Aircode, Elvin Brandhi, O$VMV$M, Silver Waves, Viridian Ensemble, Yves
Exchange
Devon Welsh
Montreal-based singer, songwriter, and artist Devon Welsh presents his delicately crafted songs at Exchange.
The Old England Pub
SN#20: Norman Mixtape Launch
Twisted jazz balladry
Take Five Cafe
OPAK / NET SOUNDSYSTEM /// WHO NO'S 01
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Exchange
Dan Johnson + G K M + C L M
Basement Show. Noise / Free Improvisation / Sonic Weirdness
Various venues
Bristol New Music 2020: Festival Pass
4 days of concerts, exhibitions + workshops across the city
Arnolfini
Midori Takada - Bristol New Music Opening Concert
The opening concert of Bristol New Music 2020 is a rare UK performance by the masterful Japanese percussionist and composer Midori Takada.
The Island
Into The Wild: Nothing But Love
We're going Into The Wild with Dave Harvey and Christophe, for a truly intimate showcase of house, techno and electro all night long...
Various venues
Bristol New Music: Friday Day Pass
4 days of concerts, exhibitions + workshops across the city
The Lanes
SOMETHING LEATHER
Organ Driven Dark Trippy Alternative Rock
The Loco Klub
James Massiah / Alicia Carrera / Sunun
This Bristol New Music club session is put together with Noods Radio
Various venues
Bristol New Music: Saturday Day Pass
4 days of concerts, exhibitions + workshops across the city
Crofters Rights
GLUE TRIP
Brazil / Psychedelic Pop
Cafe Kino
Webster Larsen Lisle + Davis Grigg Lash + Yungylek
Basement Show. Noise / Free Improvisation / Free Jazz / other
Arnolfini
Laraaji / caroline / Jabu ft. Daniela Dyson
Bringing Bristol New Music to a close is a performance by charismatic New York ambient legend Laraaji
Various venues
Bristol New Music: Sunday Day Pass
4 days of concerts, exhibitions + workshops across the city
Victoria Rooms
BULO / Dominic Lash & Shirley Pegna: Earth Din
Voyage with your ears and imagination
Rough Trade Bristol
Rhys Lewis
Live + Signing (On Stage 7.30pm)
Exchange
Bonniesongs, Yumi and The Weather and qariaq
Dreamy experimental art-folk, psych-pop and dissonant avant-garde pop
Exchange
MSE2! PHARMAKON + SHOW ME THE BODY + MANY MORE
Pharmakon and Show Me The Body return to shudder the city, along with a line up pile up of Howling Owl proportions.
Rough Trade Bristol
VANISHING TWIN + YAMA WARASHI
London based psychedelic pop band / Fire Records
The Trinity Centre
Shabaka & the Ancestors
Uniquely spiritual and powerful
The Palace International Film Festival 2020
The Palace International Film Festival 2020
Bristol's LGBTQ+ Film Festival w/ Workshops, Panels, Outdoor Screenings + Clubnights.
Rough Trade Bristol
Happyness
Live & Signing
Crofters Rights
RAINBOW GRAVE
Founding Members of Napalm Death & Doom (Birmingham/God Unknown)
Jam Jar
Seas Of Mirth & Ushti Baba + PsychoAcoustic Goat
Bristol big banger double headliner! Get immersed in some downright wonky delights and some sub aquatic sensory fun.
Zed Alley
No Alternative: 17
A free night of post-punk, coldwave, goth, minimal-synth and italo
The Lanes
Spaceslug // Forming The Void // + More
Following unprecedented demand... Welcome from the depths of space - SPACESLUG.
Jam Jar
Erratic Batting & LowKey: Lunch Money Life + Suppo
London's awkward electro math-jazz collective debut in Bristol
The Lanes
Bdrmm
bdrmm (Hull / Shoegaze / Dream Pop) + guests
The Elmer's Arms
Sunburned Hand Of The Man + Don Mandarin + DJs
Psych-o-phunk-o-delia
Exchange
Sarathy Korwar
‘More Arriving’ was voted MOJO Magazines Jazz Album of the year.
The Lanes
Camilla Sparksss // Jennifer Touch
Damnatio Memoriae presents a new series of (dark) sounds to Bristol!
Exchange
HELEN MONEY, featuring Sanford Parker + Agathe Max
Helen Money (USA / Thrill Jockey Records) + Stanford Parker + Agathe Max
The Old England Pub
Satori, KOOE & more. The Old E. 21/05/2020
Satori and friends bringing you everything from harsh noise to dreamy soundscapes
Crofters Rights
tAngerinecAt on tour!
tAngerinecAt//This Human Condition//Theskyisthinaspaperhere
Exchange
Ward/Lash/Knedal-Andersen & Davis/Grigg/Minton
Two trios of improvised music
The Old England Pub
Fehlt + Damefrisør + Way Back When
Fehlt with support at The Old England 26.05.20
The Old England Pub
Inwards / Fears / Polymers
Inwards returns to The Old E for another night of electric-trickery and modular beauty, with Fears and Polymers
The Cube
Echoic Memory Presents: OCH (Rocket Recordings)
Swedish Psych from OCH (Rocket Recordings) + Massa Circles & Reidy/Scott Duo
Crofters Rights
Heavenstamp UK Tour
Heavenstamp UK Tour
Crofters Rights
SEX SWING
Rocket Recordings / London
Crofters Rights
FLYYING COLOURS
Club AC30 / Shoegaze / Australia
The Gallimaufry
HERONDRONE
A new project from the ever-exploratory Astral Tusk collective
Crofters Rights
Isolated Youth // Cruelty // Plastic Estate
Fabrika Records (She Past Away, Lebanon Hanover & more) Swedish post-punk Bristol debut!
SWX
Girl Band
“It’s a hellish noisy odyssey in vicious rock n roll” Crack
SWX
Viagra Boys
A bellowing, unstoppable force majeure of latter-day punk.
Exchange
Braids (Live)
Colston Hall presents at Exchange
The Loco Klub
[POSTPONED] Tuff Life x dBridge, Synkro & more
Tuff Life return in 2020 joined by dBridge, Synkro and Loraine James
The Loco Klub
[POSTPONED] Rhythmia II
Part II of RHYTHMIA: a two-day event showcasing some of the finest in electronic underground music.
Exchange
[POSTPONED] Rhythmia I
Part I of RHYTHMIA: a two-day event showcasing some of the finest in underground electronic music.
The Island
[POSTPONED] Pinch + Anina + Logos + Jay Glass Dubs
...an unmissable late-night lineup, at The Island, rooted in bassweight and sonic experimentation.