The Golden Lion
One of Bristol's key live music pubs.
Under the same management as the infamous Old Duke pub on Bristol's harbourside, the Golden Lion is another staple live music pub in Bristol.
Live music is served every night of the week except Sundays and entry is always free except for Friday (usually £3). The Golden Lion's listings are typically jazz, funk, blues or folk based, basically their music policy is pretty varied.
The venue can be a great place to catch new projects for established Bristol musicians so it's always worth checking whats on at the Golden Lion. Unlike The Old Duke in Bristol it's a larger pub and usually fairly easy to get a table on weeknights.
Live music is served every night of the week except Sundays and entry is always free except for Friday (usually £3). The Golden Lion's listings are typically jazz, funk, blues or folk based, basically their music policy is pretty varied.
The venue can be a great place to catch new projects for established Bristol musicians so it's always worth checking whats on at the Golden Lion. Unlike The Old Duke in Bristol it's a larger pub and usually fairly easy to get a table on weeknights.
What's On At The Golden Lion
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hardcore-punk
doom metal
sludge metal
death metal
thrash metal
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noise
alternative metal
post-hardcore
sludge metal
progressive metal
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punk
metal
hardcore-punk
noise
sludge metal
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experimental
noise
doom metal
industrial
drone
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punk
metal
hardcore-punk
noise
sludge metal
— The Golden Lion
punk
metal
hardcore-punk
alternative metal
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noise
ambient
doom metal
sludge metal
progressive metal
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metal
grunge
alternative metal
hard rock
post-grunge
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alternative rock
punk
post-punk
hardcore-punk
post-hardcore
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alternative rock
metal
grunge
post-hardcore
experimental rock
Get a feel for The Golden Lion
Our recent recommendations for The Golden Lion
Triple bill of ass-kicking femme-punk! The Menstrual Cramps’ surely-iconic-by-now Bristol anthems meet Minnesota legends Menstrual Tramps’ red-lined street punk and metallic Brummie hxc squad Brassick. Major rager FFO: Dream Nails, Bikini Kill, Punitive Damage, Grandma's House, Vice Squad.
Menstrual Tramps / The Mentrual Cramps / Brassick at The Golden Lion.
Metal is just soooo much more metal when your hometown’s crawling with orthodox Christians. Cue OSDM deviants Overthrust: crazed Botswanan cowboys making seismic growls on the continent since 2008. You’re lucky AF to see them alongside the downright bestial grind of Obnoxious Concoction. Guaranteed brutality FFO: Bolt Thrower, early Sepultura, Witch Vomit, Knoll, Full of Hell.
OVERTHRUST , OBNOXIOUS CONCOCTION & more at The Golden Lion.
This isn’t a gig, it’s an 8 band hulking colossus of crushing riffage and guttural bellows. The highlight’s surely the unbeatably brutal grind of hardcore-sludge pack-leaders Mastiff, but doomsday death crust deviants Deathfiend aren’t far behind, nor’s Tumanduumband with their glacial-slow satanic dirges. A relentless cvlt-fest FFO: Full of Hell, Primitive Man, Godflesh, Sunn O))), Celtic Frost, Obituary.
Mastiff, Deathfiend, Indica Blues, Tumanduumband, Field Boss, Necronomicunt, Throb, Tharsis
What have we here? Demented hardcore? Dystopic thrashing? Gonzo goth? Eldritch synthwave? This sure ain’t your usual hxc meat-fest; hang onto your shoes Dorothy, you’re about to get your brain smoked. Uncompromising weirdness FFO: Anti Cimex, Warthog, Gag, 45 Grave, Fad Gadget.
Ruined virtue (SHEFFIELD), Bleaks (GLASGOW), + support
Anarcho-Speedcore-Euphoria’s Welsh acolyte whips you into a frenzy of distorted cybergoth and digital hardcore alongside Hatewire’s ungodly blackened terrorcore and Sophrosyne’s MIDIeval industro-metal. Hard, fast and dirty creatures FFO: Thunderdome, Atari Teenage Riot, Static-X, Agoraphobic Nosebleed.
Speedcore/ Technopunk / Gabber / Blackened digital hardcore & cybergrind!