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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punk
hardcore-punk
skate punk
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metal
hardcore-punk
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rock
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metal
hardcore-punk
post-hardcore
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psych
doom metal
sludge metal
stoner rock
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experimental
noise
industrial
noise rock
industrial techno
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punk
post-punk
hardcore-punk
noise
noise rock
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punk
post-punk
hardcore-punk
post-hardcore
drone
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doom metal
sludge metal
progressive metal
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Our recent recommendations for The Golden Lion
Stacked 8-band scuzz assault with monolithic, bleary-eyed Cardiff stoner doom icons Sigiriya. Revel in the cosmically heavy riffage alongside Field Boss’ agricultural dirge rock, pulverizing bass-and-drums doom-core duo Peacelily + Mr Sharp Noodle's Lazurus-like shoegaze resurrection show Thinking With Sand. Just what the ear doctor ordered FFO: Acrimony, Bong, Grandma's House, Unsane, Isis, MBV.
One last Sharp Noodle noiserock all dayer!
Bug-eyed electro-art-punk from the “Devo of the Valleys” – whatta crown! Head Noise lead the way on this giddy Golden Lion four-biller alongside Flux’s Depeche Mode-channelling dark disco, haunted DIY ambientronica from Loopingstar and Mr Sharp Noodle’s own noise-pop project Linus Fitness-Centre.
Electro punk/ Disco punk/ Electronica / Noise pop quadruple feature
A chugging stoner doombeast approaches from the deserts of … Cambridge! The Grey have ascended a cinematic, Mad Max-worthy peak with their epic riffing atmospherics, all mashed together with Row of Ashes’ post-sludge punishment and Ogives Big Band’s proggy post-everything propulsion. Proper head-banger FFO: Kyuss, Pelican, Bossk, Will Haven, Unsane, Conjurer.
Big Riffs on Gloucester Road
Richmond, VA must be seriously fucking depressing, cos it’s a proper breeding ground for some of the rawest Stateside hardcore around. Ultimate Disaster kick down the door with classic d-beat boots: buzzsaw stompers powered by world-crushing rage, sitting unpretty next to Sweet Fantasy’s pogo-friendly eggy power-core. Righteous rager FFO: Discharge, Disclose, Disaster, Destruct, Deathcharge (all the Ds), Gimic.
At The Golden Lion, Gloucester Road, Bristol
Weirdo queer art-punk beamed in from the Fantastic Planet! DRAAGS pack a radical sucker-punch of gloriously oddball freak-funk, jazzed-up alien pop and jagged dance-punk, joined by Scare Bears’ raw post-hardcore rage. The Golden Lion walls will be shaking FFO: Devon Rexi, Evil Sword, Blood Sport, Late of the Pier, Petrol Girls, The Menstrual Cramps.
The NO BRAINS NO GUTS! tour, plus local queer punk excellence