Winter Solstice punk party and Hunt Sabs benefit at The Lion BS5
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"5 bands for £10 in 2025?! The Lion are doing the lord’s work and raising funds for Bristol Hunt Sabs to boot, get yrselves in their rib-rattling pit for: ex-Constant State Of Terror/Flu Sniffers d-beat from Bömber, scrappy politipunk upstarts Hissy Fist, Thronk’s whip-fast old-school blasters, anti-fash crust from Burning Cows + new hxc kids Hag Reflex."

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£10 OTD but no one turned away for lack of funds

A gig on Saturday 20th December. The event starts at 19:30.


£10 OND. No one turned away for lack of funds!


Featuring...


Bömber
D-beat hxc from Brighton featuring membes of MTA, Substandard, Constant State Of Terror, Flue Sniffers and more

https://bombercommand.bandcamp.com/album/demo


HISSY FIST
Genre-straddling political punk from Bristol with heavy noise based riffs, ethereal bog witch harmonies and tribal drumming.


Thronk
Rapid-fire punk rock trio from Newport and WSM

https://thronk.bandcamp.com/track/theres-no-a-i-in-team-single


Burning Cows
Raging antifascist hxc punk from Bristol

https://burningcows.bandcamp.com/album/demo24


Hag Reflex
Brand new Bristol punx making waves and getting weird

Entry requirements: 14+

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