Exchange
Forward thinking live music venue in Old Market.
Since opening its doors to the public in later summer 2012, Bristol's Exchange has proven itself to be a key player in Bristol's live music music scene. With ticketted events almost every night of the week, Exchange plays host to a wide variety of live bands and styles. That said, the venue's musical programming for bands that sit on the heavier side of the fence (post-rock, math rock, psych) is unrivalled elsewhere in Bristol.
The venue is set over two floors with the larger of the two stages upstairs found upstairs. While club promoters are able to run two concurrent soundsystems, gig promoters and all-dayers use the space to sequence bands and provide a constant programme of music.
Doors for live music events at Exchange are typically 7.30pm, while clubnights vary.
The venue is set over two floors with the larger of the two stages upstairs found upstairs. While club promoters are able to run two concurrent soundsystems, gig promoters and all-dayers use the space to sequence bands and provide a constant programme of music.
Doors for live music events at Exchange are typically 7.30pm, while clubnights vary.
What's On At Exchange
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noise rock
sludge metal
experimental
industrial
noise
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psychedelic rock
hardcore-punk
indie rock
punk
post-punk
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techno
breakbeat
trance
jungle
happy hardcore
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metal
noise rock
grunge
experimental
lgbtq+
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alternative rock
indie rock
punk
anti-folk
folk
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hip hop
rap
comedy
stand-up comedy
festival
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indie pop
lo-fi
indie rock
punk
post-punk
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experimental rock
alternative rock
post-punk
art rock
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experimental rock
hard rock
psychedelic rock
stoner rock
alternative rock
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punk
experimental
drone
industrial
noise
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metal
post-hardcore
hardcore-punk
punk
post-punk
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alternative metal
soundtrack
thrash metal
metal
doom metal
Get a feel for Exchange
Our recent recommendations for Exchange
Sell out warning! Get yer fill of scuzzy DIY punk across three days at Red Lion, Exchange and Moor Beer… the Punx return with Crass-approved melodic anarcho legends Zounds alongside queercore heroes The Menstrual Cramps, Welsh skate-thrashers Pizzatramp, riot grrrl ragers Pussy Liquor + looooads more TBA.
Bristol Punx Picnic 2025 - Saturday at Exchange.
Sell out warning! Matinee mastery at Exchange ft legends of the UK DIY scene! Brummie indie-punk powerhouses Johnny Foreigner unite with Manchester’s premier sadcore merchants Crywank for a double-header of raw anti-folk storytelling and anthemic emo catharsis. Dream combo FFO: AJJ, Modern Baseball, Los Campesinos!, Toodles & The Hectic Pity.
Johnny Foreigner / Crywank co-headline at Exchange.
Sell out warning! The dungeon revival gets very real in the Exchange basement with synthesized quest music and live campaign drumming from A Stranger Leads the Dance, stargazing goblin majesty from Spife and stoned eldritch mythmakers Flickers of the Fen. Unmissable digi-medieval fantasy realms FFO: Mortiis Era 1, Klaus Schulze, Camelot, Runescape, urban LARPing.
Spife at Exchange.
Sell out warning! Stormy alt-folk, hewn straight from the earth. Sean Rowe’s bluesy soul-steeped ballads are utterly captivating, his deep, moody baritone and narrative chops effortlessly conjuring the spirit of Cohen & Waits. An emotional reckoning FFO: Iron & Wine, Gregory Alan Isakov, Nick Cave.
Sean Rowe at Exchange.
Sell out warning! Don’t mistake them for a one-hit wonder: cult Britpoppers The Boo Radleys charmed us with their wall-of-jangle melodic brilliance in the 90s, and the indie/neo-psych anthems just keep coming. If you were around for Wake Up Boo, dust off your bucket hat now…
The Boo Radleys at Exchange.