The Jam Jar
Volunteer-led venue and live music haunt.
The Jam Jar isn't just a venue, it's a shining beacon attracting the most authentic artists from planet Earth. With boundary-pushing gigs and sweat-soaked clubnights from more corners of the globe than anywhere else: cumbia to ska, folk to salsa, afro-rap to acid techno. Bristol would be a much greyer place without that!
What's On At The Jam Jar
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alternative rock
experimental
noise
industrial
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alternative rock
indie rock
psychedelic rock
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salsa
cumbia
electronic
reggaeton
tropical
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funk
world
afrobeat
salsa
disco
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R&B
blues
alternative pop
neo soul
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acid jazz
disco
electro
breakbeat
lgbtq+
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jazz
psych
jazz funk
disco
afrobeats
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techno
electro
acid house
hardcore techno
industrial techno
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folk
traditional folk
country
family
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Our recent recommendations for The Jam Jar
Grab your Stetson and a Thatchers tinnie and prepare to sway with Brek Recs’ prolific poster boys summoning West Country boogie ballads from the mysterious slackersphere. Americana-flecked indie rock bops FFO: Parquet Courts, MJ Lenderman, Big Thief, Courtney Barnett, Ratboys.
Langkamer at The Jam Jar.
Sell out warning! Beirut’s most infamous crate-digger, Ernesto Chahoud has the rarest of rare groove and the most ethio-jazz smarts in the Middle East. Catch him flinging psychedelic cumbia or euphoric tarab across the dancefloor like it was bread to the pigeons.
La Bomba present Ernesto Chahoud at The Jam Jar.
Ninja Tune’s trip-hop fusionists UBO left an indelible mark on Bristol’s music scene, cut from the same visionary cloth as icons like Massive Attack and Portishead. Their ridiculously beautiful mutations of hip-hop merge Latin-American instrumentation, jazz textures and dub grooves. A hard group to pin down… catch ‘em while you can!
Up, Bustle & Out at The Jam Jar.
Wayne Snow’s Afrofuturist neo-soul and richly textured R&B are deeply shaped by icons like Marvin Gaye, Fela Kuti, Sade, Sun Ra, and King Sunny Adé. Expect glowing falsetto, cinematic atmospheres, and lulling club grooves that stir the spirit and soothe the spirit.
Wayne Snow at The Jam Jar.
Sell out warning! Nora Brown’s rhythmically idiosyncratic Appalachian banjo and guitar carve jagged, sun-dappled pathways through tradition. Joined by award-winning Chicago fiddler Stephanie Coleman, the pair summon forgotten tunes and obscure ballads, dragging them into the anxious present. Magnetic old-world charm FFO: William Tyler, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Joan Shelley, Six Organs of Admittance.
Nora Brown with Stephanie Coleman at The Jam Jar.