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

K’Chevere + DJ Kslice at The Old Market Assembly
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jazz latin jazz salsa world festival
PAPAYA Fest: Reggaeton Ceilidh Fiesta at The Old Market Assembly
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reggaeton folk festival workshops & classes lgbtq+
Forró com Papaya Fiesta at The Old Market Assembly
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folk latin jazz festival workshops & classes
LEI DI DAI + La Popelei + guest DJ at The Old Market Assembly
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dancehall reggaeton tropical jungle festival
HALLOWEEN FUNDRAISER AT OLD MARKET ASSEMBLY at The Old Market Assembly
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jungle comedy
BIG FAT 5 YEARS OF BELOW THE BELT at The Old Market Assembly
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art rock noise rock post-punk
The Twitching Ball at The Old Market Assembly
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drum and bass electronic freak folk hip hop ska punk

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Our recent recommendations for The Old Market Assembly

Papaya's glorious celebration of South American culture makes a mad welcome return with local salsa powerhouses K'Chevere leading the dancefloor charge through Cuban classics and searing originals + Latinx club movers from London's sensational K'Slice til 2am. K’Chevere + DJ Kslice at The Old Market Assembly.

Sell out warning! Riding high after The Cheeky Girls lit their Pride candles, Queer As F*ck reach peak Drag Race worship with their first gold medal queen, Isis Avis Loren! The Aussie goddess headlines the queerest, steamiest burlesque sideshow around, with lactose-loving milkman surrealism from the Dairy King, peak rodeo camp from sword swallowing uber-hunk Dale Woodbridge-Brown + loads more! Bristol's hottest cabaret club-night returns with more circus, drag, and DJs

Sell out warning! The queerest, steamiest burlesque sideshow around. Grounded Circus are selling that sizzle with Brighton’s macabre cabaret icon Joe Black hosting an all-star cast, including: Circomedia strongman Jamie Double, Brazilian Rocky Horror dragster Co Kendrah + RED firing up the go-go dancers from behind the decks. The sell out cabaret club-night returns with more outrageous circus, drag, and DJs.

Sell out warning! HBD to the queerest, steamiest burlesque sideshow around. Grounded Circus are selling that sizzle with trans Drag Race icon Dakota Schiffer, cabaret rocker and Queen of Pain Frances Widow, searing bad boy Snookie Mono swallowing the biggest sword you’ve ever seen + RED firing up the Bristol Ballroom Community from behind the decks. Bristol's legendary cabaret club-night celebrates 3 years with a stacked lineup of circus, drag, and DJs

Sell out warning! No one serves a raucous contortion and saucy drag cocktail quite like QUEER AS F*CK. They’re mixing a bumper NYE batch with sassy fireworks from local dramaturgic icon Tom Marshmann, lactose-loving milkman drag from the Dairy King + RED and RuPaul’s own Ginger Spice, Just May, leading the hi-NRG DJ charge. QAF sends out the year in the campest way possible at Bristol's hottest cabaret club-night.