The Jam Jar
Volunteer-led venue and live music haunt.
Known for its long open-ended jam sessions, this unique space in (you guessed) an old Jam factory on the edge of Old Market has been a well kept secret for live music fans in Bristol. Gigs are often free entry with the free-wheeling vibes of 70s loft parties but the versatile space also hosts exhibitions from local artists.
What's On At The Jam Jar
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dancehall
amapiano
afrobeats
cumbia
world
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hip hop
underground hip hop
rap
soul
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alternative hip hop
hip hop
underground hip hop
old school hip hop
rap
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contemporary jazz
singer-songwriter
jazz
soul
funk
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blues-rock
new orleans blues
country
swing
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hip hop
underground hip hop
old school hip hop
trip hop
jazz
Get a feel for The Jam Jar
Our recent recommendations for The Jam Jar
Wild Cypriot freak fuzz - mixing the Greek and Anatolian folk cultures of the island into a dizzying psychedelic Kool Aid of tzouras rembetiko riffing, bass clarinet blasts and organ vamps. Mind-blowing fusions FFO: Altın Gün, Monsieur Doumani, Baba Zula, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek.
Buzz’ Ayaz at The Jam Jar.
Not one to miss - a mind-meltingly mesmeric hotpot of Scandi synth-groove-Afrobeat brings sultry end of summer vibes to the Jam Jar. Big, playful energy defines seven member strong Flammer Dance Band’s unpredictable and psychedelia-tinged live set, rife with highly danceable winding rhythms and crispy beats.
La Bomba presents the FLAMMER DANCE BAND at The Jam Jar.
Sell out warning! Jam Jar host a complete legend of Somaliland’s resistance and musical activism. Sahra belts impassioned breaths of defiance and dignity over snaking tuareg guitar heroism and intoxicating ethio-jazz garage-funk fusion. A huge win for the human race, utterly essential FFO: Mdour Moctar, Dur Dur Band, BKO Quintet, Asmâa Hamzaoui.
Sahra Halgan at The Jam Jar.
If you go to one rap show this year, make this it. TrueMendous cuts through the clutter of UK hip-hop with sleek and soulful genre-bending tracks in a boom bap / rnb / jazz melting pot. Biggest flow in Brum since Lady Leshurr, this is damn essential FFO: Outkast, Lauryn Hill, Nappy Nina, keiyaA, Four Owls.
TrueMendous / Bear. / Or Rees - The M.A.D Tour at The Jam Jar.
Gargantuan rumblings approach the Jam Jar - they’ve managed to score São Paulo's Afro-Brazilian time travelling visionaries Bixiga 70! Witness their brass-based Latin acid jazz fusion with its epic sci-fi scope, thunderous polyrhythmic drumming and extended cosmic freakouts. Exuberant, audacious and utterly essential FFO: Fela Kuti, William Onyeabor, Banda Black Rio, Budos Band, ONIPA.
Bixiga 70 at The Jam Jar.