St George's Bristol

Radical troubadour Grace Petrie brings her unique brand of fist-in-the-air protest folk to a rapturous St George's, examining social and political issues of austerity-ravaged modern Britain with Bragg-approved anthems of solidarity and solace. 21st century icon FFO: Frank Turner, Laura Jane Grace, Kirsty MacColl, Onsind. TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE ON ST GEORGES WEBSITE

Sell out warning! Canadian-American experimentalist claire rousay shapes extended soundscapes from field recordings, found sounds, and ethereal autotuned vocals, mining deep emotion from minimal materials. With stunning support from Lucy Railton’s unsettling electronic-flecked cello carvings, this is a no-brainer FFO: Laurel Halo, Kali Malone, KMRU, Tim Hecker. BNM returns in late April for five nights and days of rolling concerts, performances, audiovisual works and installations in exhibition spaces, venues, concert halls and unusual locations around the city, traversing the outer realms of contemporary music, sound and visual arts.

Poets from Gaza and the UK come together in grief, resistance and solidarity in this Lyra Fest showcase: Palestinian authors Haia Mohammed and Batool Abu Akleen share work from their acclaimed debut collections, while writers including Joelle Taylor, Zaffar Kunial and Alice Oswald give voice to poems written by children living under siege in Gaza. A powerful, moving and urgent hour of poetry from young Palestinian voices, whose poems centre hopes, dreams and unspeakable struggles and losses. Headlined by Haia Mohammed and Batool Abu Akleen, and featuring live readings from Alice Oswald, Peter Oswald, Zaffar Kunial, Ahmed Alnaouq and Joelle Taylor.