The Lanes
Bowling alley, karaoke bar and music venue rolled into one
The Lanes is a spacious and multi-functional venue situated in the city centre on Nelson Street, a stone’s throw from fellow live music favourites Rough Trade and Strange Brew. It offers a unique mix of bowling, karaoke, club nights, live bands, and a late-night diner.
In collaboration with Bristol promoters Gravy Train and BLG, the venue hosts weekly free entry gigs showcasing rising national and international indie and alternative rock artists. Club nights are also a staple, including regular favourites like emo and pop punk night Fat Lip, motown celebration Motorcity, and the Late Night Funk Club.
In collaboration with Bristol promoters Gravy Train and BLG, the venue hosts weekly free entry gigs showcasing rising national and international indie and alternative rock artists. Club nights are also a staple, including regular favourites like emo and pop punk night Fat Lip, motown celebration Motorcity, and the Late Night Funk Club.
What's On At The Lanes
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alternative rock
punk
rock
metal
hard rock
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pop
R&B
alternative rock
hip hop
alternative pop
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funk
pop
soul
new orleans jazz
disco
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funk
soul
northern soul
rock-and-roll
disco
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Our recent recommendations for The Lanes
Free entry! Tonight, Mikhail, the Lanes is going to be…. the Leningrad Rock Club. London-based cover collective Soviet Underground replicate the sound of 80s Russia’s musical revolution and the legendary bands that leapt from Western rock-imitating subcultural secret to mainstream phenomena. Unique and unmissable.
Soviet-era underground music
Free entry! Crystalline avant-pop for the ages! Dummy are a whip-smart tangle of twee, grunge, trip-hop and basically every staple 90s sound going… without a cliché in sight. Think The Pastels meets Sonic Youth meets Broadcast, injected with joyful nu-gaze maximalism. Essential FFO: Bowery Electric, Stereolab, Yo La Tengo, Melody’s Echo Chamber, @.
DUMMY live at The Lanes.
Mammoth Manc four-piece eruption of lager-soaked punk-funk! Loose Articles are aggy, fun and frenetic: think the B52s meets ESG meets The Bug Club… with extra cowbell. Banging support from local post-punk lovelies the unbeatably irreverent Slagheap and thunderous Bureau de Change.
LOOSE ARTICLES live at The Lanes.
Free entry / PWYC! Luscious prog-rock adventurism, sending you on an astral journey to the heart of the sun fuelled by wild jazz intricacies, muscular math-rock chug and ethereal dream melodies. Totally mesmerising FFO: Mercury Rev, black midi, Todd Rundgren, Get the Blessing.
PLANTOID live at The Lanes.
Free entry / PWYC! Singular East-meets-West sitar shredding ‘Raag and Roll’ from Karma Sheen, twisting Hindustani classical raga into spiritualised sonic psychedelia. Unmissable FFO: King Gizzard, Guruguru Brain, Acid Mothers Temple, Ravi Shankar, Pandit Pran Nath.
KARMA SHEEN live at The Lanes.