WHATS ON / BRISTOL /
Saturday 21st May 2022
What's On Saturday 21st May — in Bristol
A complete list of live music and nightlife for Saturday 21st May.
From today's events
“We're super happy to be returning to The Crofters Rights on Sat 21st May, the first event since our notorious New Years Eve party with the good people at Bodywork.”
Trending Gigs & Live Music
FREYA BEER + SU, I THINK in Bristol Tickets
Free show, presented by Gravy Train & BLG Promotions.
O.Love and The Affair + Badlands in Bristol Tickets
Expect future funk and neo-soul from this multi inspired artist.
IMPROV’s GREATEST HITS ALL DAYER in Bristol Tickets
t l k, Bliss Archive, Dan Johnson, Laura Phillips, Big Fuss, Vyvyanmar, Hooray for Decay, Ekstasis + Cajm and more celebrate musical improv
Shaku in Bristol Tickets
Full on joyous psych-rock with a jazzy grin and a prog vibration which runs through their veins like musical haemoglobin
KickinOff & VerbalHighz present RPK Demolushion EP in Bristol Tickets
RPK Demolushion EP Launch (hip-hop)
Babar Luck's East End Trinity in Bristol Tickets
Punk rock noise from a legend
Black Country, New Road LIVE in Bristol Tickets
Trying out all-new material, BCNR make an intimate Bristol return
Featured Clubnights & Electronic Music
For all 43 events on Saturday 21st — See the left hand column.
SHOW CALENDAR
LIVE MUSIC: 10 EVENTS
The Lanes
FREYA BEER + SU, I THINK
Free show, presented by Gravy Train & BLG Promotions.
Mr Wolfs
O.Love and The Affair + Badlands
Expect future funk and neo-soul from this multi inspired artist.
The Cube
IMPROV’s GREATEST HITS ALL DAYER
t l k, Bliss Archive, Dan Johnson, Laura Phillips, Big Fuss, Vyvyanmar, Hooray for Decay, Ekstasis + Cajm and more celebrate musical improv
The Canteen
Shaku
Full on joyous psych-rock with a jazzy grin and a prog vibration which runs through their veins like musical haemoglobin
The Old England Pub
KickinOff & VerbalHighz present RPK Demolushion EP
RPK Demolushion EP Launch (hip-hop)
Exchange
Babar Luck's East End Trinity
Punk rock noise from a legend
Strange Brew
Black Country, New Road LIVE
Trying out all-new material, BCNR make an intimate Bristol return
The Gryphon
Three Decades of Drawing Breath
Elliot Leaver's 30th Birthday Bash
B&A Church, Gloucester Road
2 Choirs: Bristol MAN Chorus and Heartwood Chorus
2 Excellent Choirs, Cheap Bar and Cake
The Stable, Bristol
Long Tonic
Five piece groovy blues band from Bristol
CLUB NIGHTS: 18 EVENTS
Motion
Rave on Avon 2022 - Return of the Rave
DNB/GARAGE/HOUSE/TECHNO/DISCO/GRIME/ELECTRO/JUNGLE
The Island
Amity x Canapé: Object Blue & Metrist
Brain-bending Techno, Electro & Jungle in Bristol's most beloved dungeon.
The Crown
Too Ill's Hyperpop Club
Too Ill head down to the crown for a night of Hyperpop, Nightcore, Garage, Breaks and more!
Basement 45
BEATSHIFT PRESENTS: IMMERSION
Multi-Genre Music Night in the Heart of Bristol
Strange Brew
space•lab with Jane Fitz
Jane Fitz returns to Bristol for an intergalactic rave up at Strange Brew
Mickey Zoggs
Stiff Pigeon
Bill Kilo + Bill the Dutch presents Stiff Pigeon
Exchange
Rave-On-Avon After Party: Dr Dubplate
Eminent and Sounds & Silences UK team up to bring you arguably the hottest name in the Bristol dance music scene!
The Old Market Assembly
This House has Roots presents Mr Mulatto
Delicious Deep House Grooves!
Crofters Rights
French Kiss: Resident DJs All Night Long
French Kiss residents all night long at Crofters.
The Love Inn
NBHD: For The Love Of Bristol
nbhd (neighbourhood) Bristol, your local community collective, are gassed to announce a bouncy Bristol line-up at The Love Inn on 21.05.22
The Lion, BS5 9BP
Optimystic & Friends Free Jungle/DnB Session 30
FREE ENTRY AND GOOD VIBES ALL NIGHT LONG!
The Lanes
SURE SHOT
Bring you the best in classic funk and hip hop!
Lakota
Wide Eyes DnB Day and Night Party: P Money, Turno
Join us for an outdoor DnB summer day party!
To The Moon
To The Moon's 6th Birthday (ft Bang!)
So who would have thought 6 years ago we launched To The Moon and after everything that has happened we are still here!
The Trinity Centre
Boogielands Summer Circus
Boogielands: Summer Circus!
Jubilee Lounge, Princess Hall, Clevedon
DonLife...Party Edition!
Come shake a leg to the DonLife sound!
The Hare on the Hill
On the Decks: Sammy Izri
Sammy Izri spins electronic, jazz, afrobeat, house
Beard and Sabre
80's Dance Party
80's dance party with DJ CK
NON MUSIC: 15 EVENTS
The Loco Klub
HoS & Queerky Present:The It's My Birthday Edition
Queer Immersive Party - Drag
The Cube
PROCESS:WORKSHOP
improvisation and creative process workshop as part of Improv's Greatest Hits All Dayer
Walking tour, Bristol City Centre
The Land's Heart Is Greater Than Its Map
An emotional, cartographic resistance piece by Ramzi Maqdisi & Olivia Furber. Who has the right to claim the history of places and objects?
Bristol Old Vic
Birthmarked
Brook Tate tells his story of a young gay Jehovah's Witness coming to terms with his sexuality and finds his feet (and high heels...)
Bristol Old Vic
A Crash Course in Cloudspotting
Raquel Meseguer Zafé leads an intimate audio journey exploring the depths of human connection and the subversive act of lying down
The Mount Without
Communion: Night Three
explores themes of anxiety, ecology, sexuality, gender, freedom and love through the magic of The Major Arcana tarot cards.
The White Bear
White Bear Comedy Club
The Best Comedians you haven't heard of yet. See them here first!
Arnolfini
Donna Huanca, Paula Rego, Polly Braden exhibitions
Exhibitions at Arnolfini
Arnolfini
Holding the Baby, A Conversation
Join us for a conversation about parenthood, photography, and sharing stories about this participatory project.
The Wardrobe Theatre
Dreamworld by Amelia Gann
Cathy works at the local leisure centre. She dreams of being a performer, but every time she gets on stage something dreadful happens
Trinity Centre, Bristol BS2 0NW
Be Part Of (UK Premiere)
Be Part Of is an explorative theatre performance led by Monika Truong asking whose voices are heard and represented in our society
Grow Wilder
Botanical Printmaking
Explore nature, gather foliage and produce beautiful prints.
Circomedia
ENSEMBLE
Ensemble, our second-year show, celebrates the idea of working together during a time when our society has been fractured.
The Trinity Centre
Crafts & Resistance: Screenprinting Workshop
Screenprint a custom radical tote bag
Glenside Hospital Museum
Glenside Hospital Museum
A museum of mental health treatment since 1861 in Bristol