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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alternative metal
post-hardcore
progressive metal
progressive rock
prog rock
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alternative metal
indie rock
post-hardcore
post-punk
metal
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anti-folk
drone
folk
indie folk
traditional folk
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post-hardcore
post-punk
punk
skate punk
hardcore-punk
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post-hardcore
post-punk
punk
skate punk
hardcore-punk
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alternative rock
emo
post-hardcore
progressive metal
metal
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post-hardcore
post-punk
punk
metal
hardcore-punk
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art rock
grunge
indie rock
post rock
post-hardcore
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doom metal
psychedelic rock
rock
sludge metal
metal
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alternative rock
noise rock
stoner rock
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alternative pop
indie pop
indie rock
new wave
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alternative rock
indie pop
indie rock
post-punk
rock
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alternative rock
grunge
psychedelic rock
rock
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alternative rock
art rock
experimental rock
indie rock
post-punk
Get a feel for Exchange
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Sell out warning! Shit-splattered Czech goregrind greats come to shower you in punishing riffs, hella catchy cricket vocals and digestive tract samples. What else do you need to know? Big goofy scat metal fun incoming FFO: Spasm, Ahumado Granujo, Impetigo, Dead Infection, Rompeprop.
Gutalax at Exchange.
Sell out warning! Co-signed by Corey Taylor himself, Slipknot’s nu-metal classics meet devilish burlesque seduction! Iconic genius in name and concept, Stripknot head up this absolute feast of alt cabaret delights alongside dazzling drag deviant Dis and smooth operator Unknown Amazon’s captivating one-king spectacle.
STRIPKNOT - An Alternative Cabaret at Exchange.
A hot slice of Antipodean egg!!! Take your best power-pop melodies, drench them in burnt-out fuzz and wriggling modulation, and you’ve got bubblegum synth-punk brats Gee Tee. Catch 'em in this hemisphere while you can! Unmissable stuff FFO: Prison Affair, Snõõper, Powerplant, Tee Vee Repairman.
GEE TEE at Exchange.
Sell out warning! Today’s the day the punky bears have their piiiiiiicnic. Get yer Docs filled by DIY scuzz with 20 bands across 2 days including 90s street thrash/trash icons The Restarts, metallic Brummie hxc squad Brassick, treasured anti-fascist Valleys Oi brigade The Oppressed, Zero Again’s potent stenchcore + loads more.
Bristol Punx Picnic 2026 - Day Two at Exchange.
Sell out warning! Today’s the day the punky bears have their piiiiiiicnic. Get yer Docs filled by DIY scuzz with 20 bands across 2 days including 90s street thrash/trash icons The Restarts, metallic Brummie hxc squad Brassick, treasured anti-fascist Valleys Oi brigade The Oppressed, Zero Again’s potent stenchcore + loads more.
Bristol Punx Picnic 2026 - Day One at Exchange.