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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experimental
punk
reggae
comedy
donk
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anti-folk
experimental
folk
freak folk
traditional folk
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alternative rock
art rock
pop punk
post-punk
punk
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breakbeat
electronic
house
jungle
140
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experimental
hardcore techno
hardstyle
jungle
footwork
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bluegrass
country
folk
rock
rock-and-roll
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alternative rock
art rock
experimental rock
indie rock
post-punk
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alternative pop
art pop
indie pop
indie rock
singer-songwriter
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disco
disco house
funk
house
jazz
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alternative rock
emo
pop punk
pop rock
tribute acts
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garage rock
post-punk
punk
rock-and-roll
hardcore-punk
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electro
electronic
indie pop
synthpop
pop
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experimental rock
grunge
psychedelic rock
rock
stoner rock
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alternative pop
alternative rock
indie pop
indie rock
singer-songwriter
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bassline
dancehall
dub
reggae
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alternative rock
indie pop
indie rock
post-punk
punk
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alternative rock
folk
psychedelic rock
singer-songwriter
soul
Get a feel for Exchange
Our recent recommendations for Exchange
Sell out warning! Nothing's scarier than this 9 hour / 19 band pit-blender of gruelling hxc and battered Halloween costumes. The Blowout punk pulse is always impeccable, with Perp Walk-adjacent powerviolence from Mental Pressure, Proprioception’s end-of-days crust, the unholy dungeon rot triptych of Cryptbreaker / Plague Pit / Mortal Filth + stacks more across 2 stages.
Blowout Halloween All Dayer at Exchange.
Sell-out warning! Newcastle’s Geordie jazz trio have been absolutely cooking this past year, tearing through stages across the UK and Europe. Their latest album, co-produced by black midi’s Geordie Greep, is a gloriously wonky, punky spin on nu-jazz, part sonic fever dream, part aural memoir of the North. Insta cop if you dig Ezra Collective, Sons of Kemet, or Ishmael Ensemble.
Knats at Exchange.
A champion of the leftfield folk underground, Johnny Lynch has gone from Fence Collective origins to cult Lost Maps label owner and fabled Howlin’ Fling-er. All while knocking it out of the park with the ever-evolving Pictish Trail sound: lo-fi psych-folk meeting electro-indie-pop in a gloopy, cosmic hinterland. Iconic FFO: Animal Collective, Tunng, Hot Chip, Seamus Fogarty.
Pictish Trail at Exchange.
Sell out warning! Invisible Llama commandeers Exchange with an all-star celebration of the folk-punk-pop scene it helped build! Toodles and the Hectic Pity bring their beloved debut EP out of retirement, tenderly shredding alongside Auckland indie-poppers Dateline, sludge-noise two-piece Get Fucked + plenty more local legends in the mix. A veritable institution here, come give ‘em their flowers!
10 Years of ILM at Exchange.
Calling all bootscootin’ babies! High-camp country and western extravaganza Queer Cxntry gallops you into the Wild South West for one night only! Cabaret, music, line dancing and a costume competition, all deliciously delivered by Margate’s reigning queen Dame Jame, candyfloss-coloured country punks Pink Suits + a rodeo-worthy roster of drag performers. Your finest chaps, Stetsons and double denim only please…
Queer Cxntry at Exchange.