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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contemporary jazz
electronic
jazz
jazz funk
jungle
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deep house
disco
chicago house
house
progressive house
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reggae
roots reggae
ska
underground hip hop
festival
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ambient
post rock
progressive metal
metal
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alternative pop
art pop
indie pop
psychedelic rock
tribute acts
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folk
folk rock
folk-pop
indie folk
indie pop
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Our recent recommendations for The Jam Jar
Sell out warning! Crazed cumbia meets mutant surf, acid champeta and retro-future radiophonic SFX via Bogotá’s most notorious supergroup (ft. Meridian Brothers mastermind Eblis Alvarez). Astonishingly strange new instrumental worlds FFO: Romperayo, Dengue Dengue Dengue!, Ondatrópica, Frente Cumbiero, Fumaça Preta.
Los Pirañas at The Jam Jar.
Sell out warning! In an unmissable encounter of two souls, Ablaye Cissoko’s kora weaves ancient echoes through French accordion virtuoso Cyrille Brotto’s haunting drones. Their delicate interplay crafts a storytelling journey through grief, crafting ancient narratives into contemporary soundscapes.
Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto at The Jam Jar.
Sensuous Levantine neo-psych threading together hypnotic tarab melodies with soft pop grooves and a nostalgic nod to 70s Turkish rock, funk and soul. Kazdoura are set to drench The Jar with trance-inducing vocals, swirling rhythms and sun-washed instrumentation FFO: Khruangbin, Bedouin Burger, Altin Gün.
Kazdoura at The Jam Jar.
Who knew plastic tubing, flip flops and car parts could sound this good? The Congolese eco-punks deliver one of the most exhilarating live shows around, fusing raw rumba traditions and Afro-Cuban rhythms with the explosive experimental edge of Nyege Nyege. Pure percussive mania FFO: Konono N°1, Nihiloxica, Ndagga Rhythm Force.
Fulu Miziki at The Jam Jar.
Sell out warning! Life-affirming Balochi folk that can’t fail to stir something inside any member of the human race. At 79, Ustad’s fairytale rise to the global stage isn’t quite as remarkable as the first benju note you hear ringing through his junkshop amp. A dizzying melange of sound from classical raag to zahirook, Persia to Kurdistan, birdsong to Bollywood - an unmissable musical experience that transcends time and space.
Ustad Noor Bakhsh at The Jam Jar.