Basement 45

Basement 45

Underground dance music venue in Bristol's city centre.


Since opening its doors in February 2009, Basement 45's stature and importance to the underground music scene of Bristol has steadily grown. While established promoters such as Crazy Legs, Bedlam and The Blast have drawn large crowds to the venue, newer promoters including Torque, Applepips and Abstractions have developed their own audiences and given Basement 45 an identity.

Whats on at Basement 45 is a mixture of d&b nights, dubstep, UK funky, techno and house. Fridays are generally the preserve of dnb while Saturdays go across the board depending on the promoter.

Like Timbuk2 the club is cavernous, with low ceilings and arched gangways. The venue's distinctive main room is a large arched tunnel with the DJ booth and PA at one end and a bar at the other. When full it optimises the traditional Bristol sweat box. The second room is adjacent separated by a large seating area. With a 300 capacity, the club offers a balance between size and intimacy.

What's On At Basement 45

GARAGE FIX with BASSCAT at Basement 45
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uk garage speed garage future garage
JUICY JUNE: Dubstep Edition at Basement 45
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rap grime 140 dubstep grime
JUICY JUNE: Jungle Edition at Basement 45
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drum and bass jungle breakbeat breakbeat
Judy's Chari-Tea Dance at Basement 45
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pop disco lgbtq+ disco house house
JUICY JUNE: Hard Edition at Basement 45
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techno happy hardcore hardcore techno donk hardstyle
Dark Neon: Incantation at Basement 45
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post-punk goth drum and bass jungle breakbeat
Bass in the basement HARRY SHOTTA at Basement 45
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drum and bass jungle 140 dubstep

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The hard dance avengers assemble for Stoopid Events’ second explosion of silly rave catharsis! Going b2b2b2b2b, catch donk fairy goth-mom Alterum and hi-octane partystarter DJ Can’t Say No alongside a host of underground rave champions with plenty of hardcore, trance, tek and acid to keep the demons at bay. Head down to Basement 45 for some hard, silly, fast fun! Expect TEK, DONK, DNB, HARDCORE & HARDTRANCE/PSY

Bristol’s OG hard dance enthusiasts Nyce1 return once again to unleash their 90s/00 credentials on an unsuspecting Basement 45 daytime crowd. Big vibes inside with euphoric trance revival from Trancelation’s Gregg Livingstone, Darrell White on the walloping hard house revivalism and MC Buzz treating you to some old skool rave tongue twisters on the mic. Smileys all round then! Think beats old-school rave vibes, and a crowd that *gets it*. This one’s for the true heads.

Amen breaks for all! Resident at Swansea’s heroically named The Wob Mob, hardcore special agent and 160 connoisseur Grace Wolfe heads up Safe As F*ck’s next oldskool blowout. The golden era rave euphoria continues with a 3-hour odyssey from DJ Doubt + DJ Them topped off by Samurai Sounds’ Narad on the propa jungle stew. Bringing the 90s sound to 2026!

The definition of go hard or go home! Balter may be a distant memory now, but Bristol Goes Hard are here with all the trance, hardstyle, tek, donk, and jungle your raving heart could desire. Inside the place: DJ Soup dishes out that Devon bad acid, there’s donk-ified pop edit sacrilege from $id the Science Bxtch + Theo-3’s repping the local bassline bassbins of Riggy Stardust. Woiiiiiiiiii…. Hard and heavy dance music

Do you believe in life after donk? Expect 200bpm Cher, heart-racing happy hardcore and dnb wobblerz at this bass blowout for the hard dance luvvers, with a quintet of local donk enthusiasts going b2b2b2b2b all night long. Banging new events label in Bristol, bring you hard dance, donks, kicks and basslines!