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
ambient
electronic
techno
electro
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techno
tech house
trance
deep house
progressive house
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experimental
noise
industrial
electronic
techno
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workshops & classes
theatre
sport & exercise
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experimental
house
techno
dubstep
Get a feel for The Island
Our recent recommendations for The Island
PWYC entry! Bristol DIY heads Grama pull together another winning assemblage of local underground heroes. Lock in for Moli’s dreamy ambient techno and weightless dubwise explorations, Dan Thorman & Winkles’ deeper-than-deep vinyl obscurities and Mackenzie dialling up the dungeon club pressure.
Grama06: Dan Thorman & Winkles, Mackenzie, Moli at The Island.
Dense, hypnotic and seriously weighty stuff from Rome’s prime techno mover DJ Red, stepping into The Probe’s next immersion chamber from the ashes of her much-missed residency at Goa Club (RIP). She’s locking heads seamlessly with Negative Affect’s haunting, introspective late-night tekkers, flipping The Island into an infinite Tresor-esque wormhole of tessellating 4/4 dankness.
DJ Red, Negative Affect, and Probe DJs at The Island.
RTN are taking the techno marathon reins in a bank holiday sesh for the books! 12 hours of pure 4/4 grit with the sounds of Surgeon Girl’s synth-driven atmospherics, industrial kinetics from Livid, Öspiel’s textural EBM live ‘n direct + abrasive sculptural sonics from Sorcery and Rommek’s b2b debut.
12 hours at The Island with the key artists reshaping the language of techno.
Gun fingers at the ready! Headset returns on Good Friday with mega 140-whompers and an all-star lineup. Bandulu titans Kahn & Neek unleash thunderous dubstep and grime-steeped steppas, while Just Jane drops dark, angular bass cuts, and Neffa-T sparring partner Zukki brings his punishing sino-grime chops. This one’s gonna shake the walls!
Round 2, after the immaculate vibes at our Xmas party!
PWYC! Grama are back for their monthly all-star Island takeover with Bristol’s most underrated sonic warriors. At the helm: Idle Hands’ Chris Farrell – armed with an encyclopedic arsenal of bumpin’ house and garage-leaning rattlers – alongside Jonny Chorley’s razor-sharp minimal techno and R.E.D.’s low-slung, leftfield oddities.
Grassroots clubnight supporting the abundance of local bristol talent