Bristol Beacon
Bristol's most famous concert and comedy venue.
Bristol Beacon is Bristol's most documented venue and there's little to write about it that hasn't been written tens of times already. To stick to the essentials, whats on at Bristol Beacon really varies, some nights you'll find comedy listings, other nights big name pop gigs. Music-wise, if a legend is going to play in Bristol, odds are they'll be in the Bristol Beacon listings.
A multi-million pound makeover in 2009 added not only a bling gold exterior but a new foyer performance space and bar which hosts occasional smaller or free entry events.
A multi-million pound makeover in 2009 added not only a bling gold exterior but a new foyer performance space and bar which hosts occasional smaller or free entry events.
What's On At Bristol Beacon
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alternative pop
pop
folk
folk-pop
singer-songwriter
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indie rock
folk
singer-songwriter
experimental
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indie pop
psychedelic rock
rock
indie rock
psych
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rock
alternative rock
punk
post-punk
pop punk
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contemporary classical
jazz
swing
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alternative pop
art pop
experimental pop
contemporary classical
folk
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country
folk
folk-pop
singer-songwriter
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experimental rock
hard rock
rock
alternative rock
post-punk
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ambient
contemporary jazz
downtempo
electronic
experimental
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new orleans blues
bluegrass
blues
singer-songwriter
gospel
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new wave
rock
alternative rock
punk
post-punk
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new wave
soft rock
pop
synthpop
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electronic
experimental rock
alternative rock
indie rock
psych
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progressive metal
progressive rock
electro
alternative rock
post rock
Get a feel for Bristol Beacon
Our recent recommendations for Bristol Beacon
The greatest living AV artist brings his dizzying sonic architecture to Bristol New Music with Jlin - the undisputed queen of footwork (and beyond). Ready your mind for rhythmical quantum entanglements, time-stretching sound art and the biggest dose of future shock you’ll get all year.
Ryoji Ikeda’s latest audiovisual live show mines material from his pulsating 2022 album of the same name
A full bill of uncanny AV experimentalism as avant-R&B innovator Klein brings her tripped out free jazz gospel drone mutations along with Aho Ssan’s cinematic, glitch-distortions and spectral improv hypnotism courtesy of a new collaboration between Dali de Saint Paul and Maxwell Sterling. Essential FFO: Mica Levi, EP/64, KMRU, AD93.
A triple bill featuring Klein, Aho Ssan and new collaborative performance Penumbra
The last true original of outsider gospel, spiritualist folk blues and astral synth wonderment! Lonnie Holley heads an inspired and adventurous triple bill with Jules Reidy’s trance-like American dream-primitivism and Elaine Michener’s glossal vocal acrobatics. Essential FFO: Sun Ra, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Emeralds, Grouper, Diamanda Galás.
A triple-header featuring Jules Reidy’s, Lonnie Holley and his band, and vocalist, composer and visual artist Elaine Mitchener
U wut? Grime royalty Manga Saint Hilare playing…for free? Always a favourite with the heads, one of Roll Deep’s unsung heroes - carving a solo path through the underbelly of UK rap with honest, soul-searching lyricism spat with full attack and silky flow. And you haven’t got a ticket yet because….?
Free CrossTalk Afterparty
Free entry! Grime finally gets the museum exhibition/recognition we all knew it deserved with the Museum of London, RiskyRoadz and Jammer presenting grime history relics, documentary footage, photographs and murals from Bow E3 and the East London renaissance ft. Skepta, JME, Slimzee and Rinse FM like you’ve never seen before.
Co-curated by: Museum of London and Roony ‘RiskyRoadz’ Keefe