The Lanes
Retro bowling alley meets music venue in Bristol city centre.
The 'Live at the Lanes' concept takes the bowling alley into the night with regular events and parties that incorporate dining, bowling and dancing. The venue utilises its kitsch, retro status to host regular disco, ska, reggae and Motown events. Promoters like Pop Bubble Rock, Department S and Dub Voyager bring local and occasional national talent to the Lanes where the focus is firmly on good times.
What's On At The Lanes
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alternative rock
indie rock
post-punk
grunge
psych
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house
disco
disco house
deep house
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metal
rock
classic rock
alternative rock
punk
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alternative rock
punk
post-punk
noise rock
experimental
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Our recent recommendations for The Lanes
Free entry / PWYC sparkling indie rock from Alex G-approved Antipodean band-of-besties smol fish, here to set The Lanes swooning; think Courtney Barnett-style drawl and fuzz landing on a soft bed of dreamy hooks and warm harmonies. Total charmers FFO Girlpool, Frankie Cosmos, illuminati hotties, Chastity Belt, Cherry Glazerr.
smol fish + Hamburger + Sweet Juno at The Lanes.
Free entry / PWYC biting Melbourne post-punk streaked with grunge and shoegaze from former electronic singer-songwriter Enola Gay. Balancing unrestrained ferocity with brooding introspection, this ain’t your everyday crankwave FFO: Suicide, Drab Majesty, Boy Harsher, The Soft Moon, Drahla.
ENOLA live at The Lanes.
Bushbby gets right to the sauce on the decks, distilling the soundsystem cultures of Colombia and the UK from Manu Chao to dancehall riddims, dembow and steamy pop cuts. With Booty Bass prime mover Ngaio and RepresentAsian's Yusuf on the bill too, Gasolina’s your new destination for regular reggaeton fire.
Vamos a Bailar! Turning up the heat with a night of latin flavours
Free entry! Shimmering sentimental jangle-rock from Glaswegian four-piece The Plastic Youth, here to croon nostalgic sweet nothings into your eager earholes. Balancing Frankie Cosmos-style indie pop with 60s-tinged garage-psych, pretty much a perfect springtime discovery FFO: Alvvays, Men I Trust, Beach Fossils, Foxygen, Woods, Whitney.
THE PLASTIC YOUTH live at The Lanes.
Free entry / PWYC! Spellbinding bubblegum haze and girl group spook rocketing straight outta Detroit with retro psych-pop perfection. Sure to be a woozy garage runaway hit FFO: Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, La Luz, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Beach Boys.
SHADOW SHOW live at The Lanes.