The Old Market Assembly

The jewel in the crown of Old Market


From the team behind The Canteen and No1 The Harbourside, comes the Old Market Assembly, easily their most grand and ambitious project to date. Assembly Nights at Old Market Assembly present an ever evolving range of amazing performers in the heart of Bristol. Celebrating great music with renowned artists, and our LGBT+ heritage with dazzling drag, cabaret and performance nights every weekend!

Live performances Friday & Saturday Nights from 10pm. Tickets prices vary. Available from Headfirst.


What's On At The Old Market Assembly

QUEER AS F*CK: New Year's Eve at The Old Market Assembly
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lgbtq+ disco house drag cabaret circus
Bristol QPOC 35+ Social at The Old Market Assembly
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lgbtq+
Old Market Assembly 10th Birthday Party ft. The Bristol Hornstars at The Old Market Assembly
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funk jazz soul latin jazz big band
Burns Night Ceilidh & DJ at The Old Market Assembly
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folk traditional folk
Vegan Supper Club & Wine Tasting at The Old Market Assembly
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food & drink
Slipped Disco at The Old Market Assembly
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funk soul disco disco house house
QUEER AS F*CK: The Birthday Party at The Old Market Assembly
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drag disco house lgbtq+ cabaret circus

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Sell out warning! Queer AF acrobatic burlesque action packed with pure sass and sizzle. Grounded Circus dial up the collective heat with our current Drag Race obsession (Tayris Mongardi), the timeless soul of your songstress host Sadie Sinner, retro rollerskating gymnastics from Peachy Skater, RED leading the late night DJ charge + much much more! We're summoning a lineup of ghouls, expect the most star-studded coven of circus, drag, and burlesque icons.

Sell out warning! Queer AF acrobatic burlesque action packed with pure sass and sizzle. Grounded Circus dial up the collective heat with Brighton’s macabre cabaret icon Joe Black, boylesque aerialist extraordinaire Danny Ash, lactose-loving milkman / cow drag surrealism from the Dairy King + RED leading the late night DJ charge! Circus, drag, and burlesque come together in this unforgettable one-off lineup. Part cabaret, part club-night, all camp.

Sell out warning! Queer AF acrobatic burlesque action packed with pure sass and sizzle. Grounded Circus dial up the collective heat with Geordie star power from Drag Race UK runner up Michael Marouli, parody pop host Essex Lad Brent Would, dizzying hoop-work from Natasha Moonshine + RED leading the late night DJ charge! The iconic cabaret club-night returns with a star studded lineup of circus, drag, and DJs.

Gleefully chaotic and camp queer excellence for a very pertinent cause! Two of Bristol’s performance powerhouses join forces to bring a stacked evening of cabaret, drag, spoken word, comedy, circus prowess and much more from a whole host of local stars - all raising funds for NOT A PHASE’s vital work uplifting trans+ lives. SCRiTCH Cabaret and EDOLL Events team up to bring you a fundraiser for NOT A PHASE!

Essential one for fans of jazz-resplendent chill-hop as UK rap veteran Verb T rolls through for VooKoo’s next offering. Renowned as ¼ of The Four Owls with a hefty slew of releases on Low Life Records and High Focus, his socially-engaged, 90s-indebted rap is paired with the glacial hip-hop of Dublin powerhouse crew Outstraight Records. Verb T & Outstraight - Album Launch + Local legends