Our recent recommendations for Exchange
Sell out warning! Attitude Fest gives you a frantic 9 hours to shovel three chord nutrients deep inside your ears. For starters: gobby Glaswegian turbo punx Soapbox, local queercore doom-grunge darlings GorZ, Belfast’s mad promising riot grrrl garage outfit Jock + all your new fav bands you haven’t heard of yet….
Attitude Festival 2025 at Exchange.
Big, brash femme/nb-powered mini-fest from our beloved Punka; spewing forth two stages of alternative antics with Lilith Ai’s anti-folk bubblegrunge, blunt as fuck feminist anthems from the Menstruarl Cramps, witchy alt-metallers Hawxx, Orla Bligh’s tender torchsongs + much much more.
LOUD WOMEN FEST BRISTOL at Exchange.
One of the shoegaze revival’s finest progenitors, Boston three-piece Horse Jumper of Love return to town, continuing their quietly thrilling evolution of woozy slowcore and languorous indie-rock fuzz. Utterly unmissable FFO: Duster, Codeine, MBV, Wednesday, Hotline TNT.
Horse Jumper of Love at Exchange.
High-camp antics await at Punka’s next event! Ever imagined punk versions of RuPaul bops? Well the Snatch Game - the world’s only Drag Race punk rock cover band - makes that a reality. And as if that wasn’t already enough, you’re gonna hear ‘Hot To Go’ and ‘Femininominon’ from Chappell Roan tribute band Pink Phony Club + the Punka house band serving iconic Riot Grrrl covers.
Snatch Game + special guests at Exchange.
Refill your Solo cup! Aussie skate-punk veterans Bodyjar emerge from the beer-soaked ecosystem of relentless pop-punk touring for their first Bristol appearance in over a decade. A ferocious high energy live show filled with half pipe hooks FFO: Bad Religion, The Offspring, NOFX, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3.
Bodyjar at Exchange.