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Indie Gigs in Bristol
— 59 upcoming gigsBristol's Indie Scene
Bristol has a decent spread of indie venues for both big names (keep your eye on the O2 Academy listings) and local up-and-coming indie bands. Perhaps the most important mid-sized indie venue is The Louisiana whose "played-here-before-they-were-really-famous" list boasts Bloc Party, Kings of Leon, Fleet Foxes and Muse.
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Other key indie venues in Bristol include The Cooler, Start The Bus and The Thekla all with regular bands and live music.
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To The Moon
Bang November 2018
Bang is back dropping an all vinyl set of underground indie, northern soul, alternative 80s, sixties garage, ska, punk, electro, glam & more
Exchange
Charmpit, Wolf Girl, Cat Apostrophe, DJs.
Live music gig followed by DJs and an afterparty
Exchange
Eat Up! For Starters Launch Event!
Workshops to learn and try out instruments
Cafe Kino
Luke James Williams & Atlum Schema
Luke James Williams, Atlum Schema, Ellie Gowers & Rebecca Shelley
Crofters Rights
BABii
BABii is one girl, using every limb available to make ethereal yet tough electronic music.
Mr Wolfs
SongSmith @Mr Wolf's
SongSmith @Mr Wolf's ft The Kelly Line / LosFeliz / Eddie Mole
Crofters Rights
IdleGod 0.5 EP Launch W Dante Miller & JAM FACTORY
Bristol solo artist IdleGod's debut gig which will be showcasing the release of his first EP "0.5"
Hy-Brasil Music Club
Bdrmm
A masterclass in bedroom pop
The Balloon Bar
Coffee House Sessions
Each Wednesday Coffee House Sessions takeover the stage at the Balloon Bar to host pop-up sessions featuring some of the freshest new talent
Rough Trade Bristol
Kississippi / Tancred / The Winter Passing
Live at Rough Trade Bristol
Mr Wolfs
The Last of The Wonder Kids + The Cat Magic
An evening of Fuzz Pop.
Zed Alley
Chris Webb (full band gig) with Jack Cookson
Chris Webb teams up with Company of Thieves members to play one-off full band gig!
Crofters Rights
Blue Orchids/Flux Capacitors/Short Stories
Founding member of The Fall, Martin Bramah, with his band Blue Orchids.
Cafe Kino
Speak Brother - Meet Me In The Chaos Tour
Speak, Brother come to Bristol for the first time to celebrate their new single "Meet Me In The Chaos"
Lakota
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody
Cafe Kino
NAUT with Lost on Me and The Noise & Naive at Cafe
Live Post-Punk in Bristol
To The Moon
IT: Night Ride (FrEe!)
We're back on the 1's and 2's in To The Moon playing a mix of Rock 'n' Roll, Indie, Funk and Soul bangers!
Mr Wolfs
The Tin Pigeons + The Lasting Days
Tin Pigeons play Mr Wolf's - Bristol on their 'You're No Fun' Uk Tour.
Mr Wolfs
SongSmith @Mr Wolf's
SongSmith @Mr Wolf's ft Glass Angel / Attic O’Matic / James McFadden
The Balloon Bar
Coffee House Sessions
Each Wednesday Coffee House Sessions takeover the stage at the Balloon Bar to host pop-up sessions featuring some of the freshest new talent
The Stag And Hounds
Erektronica 8 - The pub is ours
Hoo wee, 2 rooms of hoonin uptempo grooves
The Louisiana
Still Corners
Dreamy Sub Pop outfit, soon to release their fourth LP 'Slow Air'
Cafe Kino
Pill Fangs / Karl Band / Daniela Dyson / BPC
Live music, poetry and botanical print making from Bristol Print Collective
At The Well
Benoit + Jemima Coulter Live at the Laundrette
Warm, melodic indie folk in a real life laundrette
The Brunswick Club
Hen Ogledd + Glorias Navales
Richard Dawson's band project with harpist Rhodri Davies and friends present their album 'Mogic' out in November on Weird World/Domino
Rough Trade Bristol
The Rupees
In association with Sailor Jerry. ***Free drink on entry***
Anson Rooms
In:Motion / Friendly Fires Live
St Albans trio Friendly Fires return to Bristol with some special guests in tow - tickets on sale from Fri 19 October
Anson Rooms
In:Motion / Friendly Fires [Live]
In:Motion goes on tour this December bringing Friendly Fires to The Anson Rooms!
Zed Alley
Punka: Martyrials, Monocle & Little Baby Sharks
Punka Presents gig with 3 bands and a drag queen host!
Exchange
Malcolm Middleton + support
Expert guitar-led songcraft from Arab Strap founder
The Tobacco Factory
Claire Northey
Looping violinist and singer songwriter
Hy Brasil Music Club
River Whyless
FREE: indie folk from Asheville, North Carolina
Anson Rooms
DMA's
Indie trio DMA's are heading out on a UK headline tour where they’ll flaunt the gloriously uplifting sound of their new album, "For Now".
The Balloon Bar
Coffee House Sessions
Each Wednesday Coffee House Sessions takeover the stage at the Balloon Bar to host pop-up sessions featuring some of the freshest new talent
Unitarian Hall
Eric Chenaux + The Declining Winter
Super double-bill
Thekla
The Wedding Present
The Wedding Present perform at Thekla
The Mothers Ruin
Lonely Tourist (full band) / Locks
Lonely Tourist with a full band
Crofters Rights
The Desert, Ålesund, Chaz Thorogood
Funnel present The Desert, Ålesund & Chaz Thorogood live at The Crofters Rights, Monday 10th December.
The Balloon Bar
Coffee House Sessions
Each Wednesday Coffee House Sessions takeover the stage at the Balloon Bar to host pop-up sessions featuring some of the freshest new talent
Cafe Kino
Miho Hatori (Cibo Matto, The Gorillaz)
Miho Hatori was one half of Cibo Matto, provided the vocals for Noodle on the Gorillaz debut LP and has collaborated with the Beastie Boys.
Mr Wolfs
The New Coast, SILAS & Asian Hawk
An evening of Soulful indie pop.
The Golden Lion
Imagine That's Christmas Party!
Free entry Christmas knees up! Live performances & DJs!
Bristol Folk House
Martin Callingham / Anna Kissell / Tony Almond
An end of year celebration of Bristol song craft, with three songwriters with their new bands bringing new and exciting materials!
Crofters Rights
Breakfast Records presents: Bodega Sisters
Breakfast welcomes Swedish indie wunderkinds all the way from Stockholm for a radical lil gig.
Crofters Rights
John MOuse and support
John MOuse, Millie Phipps, Tremelo Ghosts and Greg Stoddard
The Balloon Bar
Coffee House Sessions
Each Wednesday Coffee House Sessions takeover the stage at the Balloon Bar to host pop-up sessions featuring some of the freshest new talent
The Old Market Assembly
Bad Reputation Christmas Special
Bad Reputation is a club night dedicated to playing multi genre spanning, female fronted music ALL NIGHT LONG!
Crofters Rights
Breakfast Presents: Radiators, Gork & The Gin Birk
Breakfast Records are stoked to host local garage-rock rapscallions RADIATORS , in their debut outing as a headline band.
Cafe Kino
Ed Dowie/Josie Blakelock/Robin Allender
Lost Map's Ed Dowie returns to Bristol!
Crofters Rights
Breakfast Pres: SLONK Single Launch
Come celebrate the launch of SLONK's brand new 7" 'Holidays'
The Old England Pub
N0V3L
Canadian post-punk-funk from members of Crack Cloud / Women
Exchange
HER'S
Gravy Train presents... Her's, plus guests.
Crofters Rights
Air Waves
New LP 'Warrior' features Kevin Morby and Katie Von Schleicher
The Louisiana
The Howl & The Hum + support
Dark, hypnotic pop meets post-punk influences
Rough Trade Bristol
Free Cake For Every Creature & guests
Rough Trade Bristol Recommends...
Exchange
Chewing On Tinfoil
Best band in the world
Crofters Rights
Jerry Paper
Stones Throw avant-pop mind Jerry Paper to be doing his Bristol debut at The Crofters Rights!
Rough Trade Bristol
Ian Sweet
Boston based, Hardly Art signed alt pop
Crofters Rights
Leah Senior
Voice of King Gizzard's "Murder of the Universe" Leah Senior to be doing her Debut show at the Crofters Rights!