The Island
Former police station turned creative playground
The Island is a vibrant multi-use venue in the heart of Bristol city centre. Once occupied by Bridewell Police Station, it’s been in the hands of community arts charity Artspace Lifespace since 2008.
Home to over 100 resident artists, The Island boasts a diverse mix of spaces and facilities including dance and circus training studios, a sewing room and an art gallery, while doubling up as a thriving events venue – covering live music, workshops and classes, immersive performance art, and more.
After dark the Edwardian cells come alive with experimental club nights, recent highlights including Timedance’s forward-thinking techno and bass nights, jungle, soul and Afrobeats from Nightspace, and late-night sessions from leftfield festival En Masse.
The 300-capacity venue is at basement level and is not wheelchair accessible. Free tickets are available for personal assistants. See https://artspace.uk/venue/the-island/ for details of the different event spaces within the building.
Home to over 100 resident artists, The Island boasts a diverse mix of spaces and facilities including dance and circus training studios, a sewing room and an art gallery, while doubling up as a thriving events venue – covering live music, workshops and classes, immersive performance art, and more.
After dark the Edwardian cells come alive with experimental club nights, recent highlights including Timedance’s forward-thinking techno and bass nights, jungle, soul and Afrobeats from Nightspace, and late-night sessions from leftfield festival En Masse.
The 300-capacity venue is at basement level and is not wheelchair accessible. Free tickets are available for personal assistants. See https://artspace.uk/venue/the-island/ for details of the different event spaces within the building.
What's On At The Island
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techno
electro
uk funky
footwork
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workshops & classes
sport & exercise
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dub
grime
uk garage
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dubstep
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exhibition-opening
Get a feel for The Island
Our recent recommendations for The Island
Razor-sharp club futurism at its finest! Local spinner Severine has been busy carving out the Bristol circuit with discombobulated rhythms delivered in a thrillingly uncanny, disorienting style. Their latest venture brings together Rhyw and Yushh – two of the slickest selectors shaping sleek, contemporary club sounds FFO: Timedance, Livity Sound, CCL, Wisdom Teeth, Fever AM.
Forma: Rhyw, Yushh, Dom Carlo & severine at The Island.
Spectacular footwork-not-footwork hybrids collide with heavy, wall-shaking UK bass as Addison Groove and Fonzo assemble for a huge b2b. Percussive skankers and low-end wobblers inside, with support from Amy Kisnorbo’s high-speed pulsations and YSL groovin’ techno and electro. Big FFO: Om Unit, CCL, Martyn and Yushh.
StepTwice Presents: Fonzo B2B Addison Groove at The Island.
PWYC! The Grama crew serve up another deliciously twisted locals lineup for their next if-you-know-you-know Island session. Tilly and EC Ryder crank out 80s synth-pop, Dirtytalk-grade house and disco oddballers in true Noods fashion, accompanied by Mica’s soulful slow jams and Ongo’s deep psychedelic downtempo.
Grassroots clubnight supporting the abundance of local bristol talent
Sell out warning! Lovebirds, attune your senses! Conjurer of mercurial dance minimalism Call Super takes over The Island with his V-Day party soup: a briny blend of typewriter pops and clicks, effervescent synth spirals and warped thrum, served in ultra-high-def. Velveteen dreams FFO: Ricardo Villalobos, Ben UFO, Luomo, Oscar Mulero.
Call Super takes us on a night-long journey through their deep record collection.
The Grama folks are back for their first PWYC musical outing of the year, dialling in some of Bristol’s finest low-key sonic operators. In the mix: Jackin’ Patz serves top-tier Dirtytalk-style italo chug and balearic house, Selice brings low-slung, percussive rollers, and Junior drifts through smudged dub-downtempo psychedelics. Tip!
Grassroots clubnight supporting the abundance of local bristol talent