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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disco
tropical
afrobeat
soul
funk
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experimental rock
progressive rock
psychedelic rock
experimental
jazz
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techno
electro
post-punk
dark wave
industrial
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experimental rock
shoegaze
psych
experimental
noise
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contemporary jazz
neo soul
disco
soul
funk
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Our recent recommendations for The Lanes
Free entry / PWYC! Unapologetically 90s inspired Melbourne two-piece Mannequin Death Squad meld grunge, metal, skater punk and riot grrrl into a blistering elixir of high-energy, heavy riffing thrash pop. Alt anthems perfected FFO: Paramore, Delilah Bon, Royal Blood, Veruca Salt, Chelsea Manor.
MANNEQUIN DEATH SQUAD + BEX + MISS KILL at The Lanes.
Free entry / PWYC shout-along, 90 second indie-punk tracks to cure your modern emo ennui. Regal Cheer pack an unhinged post-hardcore tinged punch FFO: Meat Wave, Gender Roles, Chalk Hands, PUP.
REGAL CHEER + SOOT SPRITE live at The Lanes.
Free entry / PWYC! From the much-wept-upon ashes of Gender Roles comes Really Big Really Clever. Channelling the demented indie punk of their predecessors into new high-octane incarnations FFO: PUP, Pixies, Bad Nerves, Jay Reatard.
REALLY BIG REALLY CLEVER live at The Lanes.
Say it ain’t so! Come witness the dying of a local legend as My Octopus Mind announce the final curtain for their demented post-jazz-math-prog circus. Last chance saloon FFO: Deerhoof, Frank Zappa, Snõõper + tickets are PWYC so no excuses….
MY OCTOPUS MIND live at The Lanes.
Free entry / PWYC! Former Ulrika Spacek frontman Astrel K sways dreamily between electronica, art rock, chamber pop and soul; fuzzy, funny songwriting that’s both uniquely eclectic and captivatingly timeless, like 70s pop from a parallel universe. Hard hitter FFO: Super Furry Animals, Mercury Rev, Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors.
ASTREL K live at The Lanes.