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The Island Events & Tickets
— 2 EventsForward-thinking arts and club venue in central Bristol.
About The Island in Bristol
While Bristol?s promoters have been using the underground space on Bridewell street for a few years now, it?s only since 2015 that The Old Police Cells became an official venue. Like the rest of The Island, The Cells venue is keen to continue supporting an eclectic variety of arts. As a Community Interest Company (CIC), it?s great to see an independent Bristol venue so dedicated to diversity and working with new Bristol artists.
As a club venue The Island excels, touting an industrial yet intimate feel found nowhere else. Having found favour with promoters like Room237 and TimeDance, the cells space has proven it?s worth amongst techno promoters - however dance music represents just a fraction of the venue?s programme. Experimental, noise and sound art musicians take advantage of The Island?s unusual acoustics while performance artists have split the space into multiple micro venues.
Occasionally large events combine the The Cells space with other parts of the Bridewell complex. The Station (The Old Fire Station), the Old Crown Courts and the courtyard space have all been used by enterprising promoters like Shapes and Simple Things.
Photograph credits: Sidz Photography, Khris Cowley for Here & Now
As a club venue The Island excels, touting an industrial yet intimate feel found nowhere else. Having found favour with promoters like Room237 and TimeDance, the cells space has proven it?s worth amongst techno promoters - however dance music represents just a fraction of the venue?s programme. Experimental, noise and sound art musicians take advantage of The Island?s unusual acoustics while performance artists have split the space into multiple micro venues.
Occasionally large events combine the The Cells space with other parts of the Bridewell complex. The Station (The Old Fire Station), the Old Crown Courts and the courtyard space have all been used by enterprising promoters like Shapes and Simple Things.
Photograph credits: Sidz Photography, Khris Cowley for Here & Now
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Snowballing percussive breakdowns, luminous synths, esoteric disco and bold, divisive samples, Tornado Wallace?s dj sets are loaded with risks that almost always pay off.
As a producer, releases on ESP Institute, Beats In Space and Running Back have steadily secured him as one of Melbourne?s finest dance music exports. Off the back of a well-deserved tide of hype, it?s no surprise that next week?s Soul Shake at The Island is set to sell out in advance.
Soul Shake taking over the Island cells
The Island Tickets
Friday 4th February 2022
Materials: Ploy, Surgeons Girl + Syz tickets
Materials host Ploy, Surgeons Girl & Syz to the transformed 20th-century prison named the Island.
Saturday 26th March 2022
The Dark Side V: Tommy Four Seven & IMOGEN tickets
T47 Extended set in the the Prison Cells
More Photos of The Island
Venue Details:
Nelson Street
Bristol
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