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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alternative hip hop
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underground hip hop
jazz
soul
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house
tropical
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world
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house
reggaeton
drum and bass
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drum and bass
jungle
ska
swing
festival
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uk garage
jungle
hip hop
funk
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contemporary jazz
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Our recent recommendations for The Jam Jar
If you last til 4am you’ll be soaked to the bone by uncontrollable dancefloor fever with soca and bashment bruk-out anthems delivered by longtime Ruffnek Discoteque crewdem Atki2, Dub Boy, AAA Bad Boy and Josey Wales.
Terrain X Super Soca Show Takeover at The Jam Jar.
Lush next-gen tropicália, leaning on lilting pop samba rhythms and breathy bossa nova croon with unexpectedly giddy synth experimentation. Essential quirky and quietly-groundbreaking Brazilian sonics FFO: Céu, Tom Zé, Gilberto Gil, Arto Lindsay, Russo Passapusso, Luedji Luna.
Lucas Santtana at The Jam Jar.
Bristol’s brown-eyed baroque crooner plays a triumphant homecoming album launch, shot through with his singular vision of lounge music dissonance and downtown jazz noir. For the uninitiated, Bingo’s simulated the impossible - Thurston Moore and John Zorn covering Tom Waits on a bust-up after-hours bar room piano in 1950s Stokes Croft.
Homecoming headline show for Bristol's janky crooner.
Come hail the current ranking Queen of Digi Cumbia, showering you with electrifying Latinx riddims, smashing all trad / modern boundaries like time was no thing. Chamamé, carnavalito, dub, dancehall, whatever - La Yegros is a vital call to dance from all corners FFO: Bomba Estéreo, Sidestepper, Chancha Via Circuito, El Buho.
Live Folkloric-Electronic from Argentina's Queen of Nu-Cumbia
Hot, cinematic, skronkin’, 5 piece jazz-rocks to melt your ears off! Run Logan Run rip through similar terrain as Binker and Moses or The Comet Is Coming - fusing nuclear jazz fusion with a 21st century cosmic soul-vision.
Alpaca Presents | Circadia: A Night of Climate Activism and High-Energy Jazz