Cafe Kino
Co-operative cafe with intimate performance space downstairs.
Cafe Kino is a collectively run vegan cafe and radical grassroots arts hub in Stokes Croft. Fiercely progressive and unapologetically queer-led, its 75-standing capacity basement hosts everything from DIY punk, hardcore and alt-folk gigs to arts workshops and avant-garde film screenings, all rooted in independence and collective care.
What's On At Cafe Kino
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punk
metal
post-punk
hardcore-punk
sludge metal
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jazz
alternative rock
post-punk
art rock
post rock
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alternative rock
indie rock
country
art rock
emo
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folk
experimental
traditional folk
workshops & classes
lgbtq+
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folk
psych
indie pop
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alternative pop
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punk
indie pop
post-punk
hardcore-punk
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alternative rock
punk
lgbtq+
hardcore-punk
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shoegaze
post rock
anti-folk
noise rock
lo-fi
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punk
hardcore-punk
emo
grunge
post-hardcore
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singer-songwriter
indie pop
post-punk
alternative pop
folk-pop
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alternative rock
art rock
hard rock
drone
drag
Get a feel for Cafe Kino
Our recent recommendations for Cafe Kino
We’re veeery here for Kino’s scene-saving new run of DIY punk shows for barely the price of a pint. Storming the basement this round: amp-blown Hanna-channelling femme rage from The Dollies, howling pync Cymraeg from Sold For Parts + glam garage newbies Quick Romance for starters. Mandatory FFO: Hole, Bad Cop Bad Cop, Team Dresch, Big Joanie, X-Ray Spex.
The Dollies + Sold For Parts + Quick Romance at Cafe Kino.
Hedonistic-as-hell garage punk from Arizona, Class hit Kino with driving rhythms, insanely catchy vocal hooks, and melodic joy cutting straight to the energetic heart of power-pop. Catch 'em splitting top billing with old-school lo-fi indie served by Missouri’s Soup Activists: psychedelic distortion, jangly guitars, and plenty of acerbic wit. Outsider bliss FFO: Exploding Hearts, Television Personalities, The Raincoats.
CLASS , STUPID WORLD and SEIZURE SALAD at Cafe Kino.
Guided by emotion and atmosphere, and formed by members from across Bristol’s DIY and avant-garde scenes, supergroup Sunglasz Vendor weaves a noirish mood. Jagged ’90s post-hardcore guitar tones anchor Rafi Cohen’s melody-averse drawl, lulling audiences into a hush before delivering knockout-punch climaxes. Essential FFO: Unwound, Sunny Day Real Estate, Karate, Ex-Agent, 90s Dischord.
Sunglasz Vendor + Bug Guts + Franny and Zooey at Cafe Kino.
A Stokes Croft triple-hitter of underground fire! Holy Popes channel post-garage punk into animalistic distortion and visceral noise; Vile Imbeciles gurgle experimental high-guitar hell with rhythmic jank; and Repo Man collapse rock into shards of sax, ping-ponging bass lines and plunking riffs. Relentless FFO: The Fall, The Stooges, The Birthday Party.
HOLY POPES + VILE IMBECILES + REPO MAN at Cafe Kino.
Humanity’s last gulp of aural Kool Aid! Toronto’s best-kept hardcore secret is finally unleashed on the world stage, their terrifying vision of phlegm-flecked devastation is howled in Farsi to a momentous martial stomp, cloaked in brutal feedback cyclones. So grim it’s positively psychedelic…
SIYAHKAL , DOCILE and CRYPTBREAKER at Cafe Kino.