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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rock
alternative rock
indie rock
punk
garage rock
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post-punk
garage rock
art rock
psych
experimental
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blues-rock
new orleans blues
bluegrass
blues
delta blues
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rock-and-roll
rock
rockabilly
punk
garage rock
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post-punk
garage rock
art rock
psych
experimental
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indie rock
punk
post-punk
garage rock
art rock
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glam rock
hard rock
psychedelic rock
stoner rock
rock
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thrash metal
metal
punk
post-punk
psych
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electronic
new wave
post-grunge
post-punk
art rock
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metal
pop
rock
classic rock
alternative rock
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Our recent recommendations for The Golden Lion
Sell out warning! Everything Jim Jones touches turns to swampy gold. Now backed by a full horn section, he can still spew the finest punk rock blues and garage gospel with the swagger of the UK’s greatest undead Jerry Lee Lewis.
Jim Jones All Stars at The Golden Lion.
Nihilistic no-wave hxc NYC style! Pyrex’s pissed primal pummelling meets ES’ gothic synth-punk witchery in another gloopy Shitty Futures cauldron FFO: the Screamers, Wipers, Predator, Powerplant.
Punk and hardcore up the Golden Lion
Blistering crust, thy name is Shitty Futures. Bringing together a quadruple bill of buzzsaw guitar attack and barked anarcho red-lined reality ft. chaotic 90s Polish LEGENDS Sanctus Iuda and Perth’s apocalyptic rawpunks No Future. Big fix FFO: Nausea, Doom, Kromosom, Homomilitia.
Hardcore punk at the Golden Lion
Devastating and depraved punk venom! 10 years in and I think we can finally hand Long Knife Poison Idea’s vomit-soaked crown as kings of Portland hxc. Plus raw Montreal garage-punk from Puffer and Chaos U.K. adjacent rippers from FUK. Vital fury FFO: Fucked Up, Cancer Bats, Zeke, OFF!, Career Suicide.
Punk and hardcore from North America
Shitty Futures infect the Golden Lion with more snotty hxc than you can shake a sodden battle jacket at. Toronto’s Imploders make a redline amphetamine racket full of erratic hooks and the belligerent weirdness of classic Zero Boys or Angry Samoans. Plus crossover crust dirge from Layback and can’t-see-em-enough scene favs Gimic.
Hardcore punk at The Golden Lion