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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world
cumbia
electronic
tropical
reggaeton
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alternative hip hop
underground hip hop
grime
grime
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blues-rock
rock-and-roll
garage rock
rockabilly
soundtrack
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jungle
drum and bass
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hip hop
alternative hip hop
old school hip hop
underground hip hop
lgbtq+
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post-punk
hardcore-punk
noise
doom metal
post rock
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house
techno
electro
minimal tech house
progressive house
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world
indie pop
alternative pop
indie folk
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Our recent recommendations for The Jam Jar
Sell out warning! Your annual booster of sonic ritualism and spiritual liberation from psychedelic funk, hip-hop and Afro-punk luminaries BCUC. The Soweto seven-piece returns to Bristol on rapturous waves of adoration with a two date show due to ever-popular demand - don’t sleep on it.
BCUC at The Jam Jar.
A new night of genderqueer finery is here! Helmed by tangerine dream Coren, Nonbinarave is carving out a haven of fluidity and expression, joined on the decks by Soft Butch’s LEXX for sweet, soft ‘n sensual dancefloor heaters to let loose (and still be in bed by midnight). Dreamy stuff.
NONBINARAVE at The Jam Jar.
Sell out warning! The majestic trad/not-trad fiddle of Mikey Kenney is a real treat: giddy strings steeped in 1,000 years of rich UK ballads, peppered with Mikey’s own urban Merseyside compositions and influences from bluegrass to Italian folk and beyond. Plaintive delights FFO: Tommy Peoples, Aidan O'Rourke, Aaron Catlow, Band of Burns."
Mikey Kenney + Âellin at The Jam Jar.
Sell out warning! It’s a beachside burial for local twanging surf-xotica institution Los Dedos, bowing out in Jam Jar appropriate environs with one last wash-out of reverb-drenched tremolo shredding. With trashy garage-billy scuzzers The Mudd Club for starters, this is totally unmissable FFO: Link Wray, Duane Eddy, Tarantino, La Luz, The Cramps.
Los Dedos - Farewell Gig & Party + The Mudd Club at The Jam Jar.
Bass femmes to the front! Wink Collective returns in full force with Phia500 serving up deep 140 bliss with all the sexy wubz, classic UKG and liquid dub trimmings. Expect further booty-shaking amapiano, dancehall and jungle heat from the FLINTA crew’s resident DJs to banish any lingering winter chills.
Wink Collective w/ Phia500 at The Jam Jar.