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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experimental
techno
electro
trance
footwork
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experimental
house
tech house
deep house
bassline house
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dub
house
electro
breakbeat
minimal techno
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techno
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electro
dubstep
breakbeat
Get a feel for The Island
Our recent recommendations for The Island
Calling all baddies looking to shake a$$! Get down to The Island for grime MC and hi-NRG DJ Jolie P serving a ghettotech special, itoa bringing the juke + footwork bounce and further jungle heat from Betsy Mae.
Call of Booty - Itoa - Jolie P at The Island.
Huge booking for this PTS and Maximum Euphoria Halloween link-up! Pontillistic trance architect Lorenzo Senni descends upon The Island to recalibrate your very being armed with his trusty Roland JP-8080. The Warp-affiliate excels at piercing melodic tension and spiralling arpeggiated bliss that will send chills down your spine.
PTSxME ϟ Lorenzo Senni + AFTERPARTY at The Island.
A new party for FLINTA+ trance and techno fans! Helming the first edition, Technomate’s Olesia brings their sassy acid-rave rollers, and Noods regular R.E.D serves up deep, glitchy grooves complimented by Occyx’s spacey bass and melodic breaks.
Debut FLINTA+ night for experimental trance & techno
Free / PWYC entry! A new club night representing the Bristol locals who keep this city’s sound alive. Amber's raw, driving house is paired with Belacqua’s mind-warping braindance, plus a wildstyle b2b featuring slow-mo grunge master Yokel and Talking Drum’s downtempo psychedelia.
Grassroots clubnight focused on supporting the abundance of forward thinking local bristol artists
Exceptional club dread! RTN invites Berlin’s Phase Fatale for a night of ground-shaking techno laced with gothic EBM, industrial post-punk, italo sleaze and machine-funk mechanics. Essential 5am haunting FFO: Vatican Shadow, Helena Hauff, Silent Servant, Broken English Club.
Berghain & Khidi resident Phase Fatale makes their Bristol debut with a 3 hour set and extended license