The Louisiana

The Louisiana

Bristol's most important indie venue.


An essential tour stop for any emerging indie artist the Louisiana is Bristol's prime indie and folk venue. Literally everyone who's anyone has played the Lousiana on their way to the top, and I mean everyone. Muse, Kings of Leon, White Stripes, Bloc Party, Coldplay, The Libertines, The Strokes... all have graced the Lousiana's modest stage.

What's On At The Louisiana

Kima Moon at The Louisiana
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indie rock punk psychedelic rock pop punk glam rock
Spin Class / Doomsday Orchestra / The Kruds at The Louisiana
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psych grunge psychedelic rock garage rock stoner rock
Marble Fires at The Louisiana
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folk soul singer-songwriter indie pop neo soul
Edward Granshaw at The Louisiana
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alternative rock indie rock indie pop
Vetna at The Louisiana
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alternative rock psych psychedelic rock post rock electronic
INTERIM | SOLAR SEASON | ONLY UP at The Louisiana
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jazz alternative rock contemporary jazz psychedelic rock classic rock
Paige Kennedy at The Louisiana
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alternative pop
Suds at The Louisiana
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folk emo
Department S Club Night with John The Mod at The Louisiana
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indie rock northern soul rock-and-roll new wave disco
Preacher Stone + Special Guests Revenant at The Louisiana
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rock blues-rock country rock classic rock
Big Long Sun - Valentine's Special at The Louisiana
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indie rock post rock art rock new wave experimental pop
BEACH BØNES at The Louisiana
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punk skate punk
John Blek at The Louisiana
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folk traditional folk
Voka Gentle at The Louisiana
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indie pop electronic
Indecision + Supermarché + Slak at The Louisiana
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alternative rock indie rock post-punk emo post-hardcore
Dream Nails at The Louisiana
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punk
Thousand Yard Stare at The Louisiana
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indie rock art rock
Pem at The Louisiana
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pop indie rock indie pop indie folk folk-pop
Lime Garden at The Louisiana
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indie pop alternative pop
A.S. Fanning at The Louisiana
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folk singer-songwriter
Man at Sea - ALBUM LAUNCH at The Louisiana
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indie rock singer-songwriter indie pop
FAZE / UNCERTAINTY / GORAM / CIRCUMVEMT at The Louisiana
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punk post-punk hardcore-punk pop punk skate punk
OSLO TWINS at The Louisiana
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indie pop alternative pop synthpop trip hop electronic
Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra + The Swamp Puppies at The Louisiana
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blues country swing new orleans blues rockabilly
Rob Clamp & The Ashmen at The Louisiana
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indie folk folk rock folk-pop

Get a feel for The Louisiana

Our recent recommendations for The Louisiana

Sell out warning! How do the Cellar Door team have time to sleep between these unreasonably stacked line-ups?! You lucky weirdo-rock goblins, wrap your ears around: experimental folk-pop whimsy from Truthpaste, The Slow Country’s swooning neo-Heartland indie, Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn’s hypnagogic rock loveliness, and ramshackle 60s-style singer-songwriting from Scuttlers frontman Myer U Clark. Sublime! Truthpaste + The Slow Country + Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn + Myer U Clark / Multi-media Art Exhibiton

Another year, another big Louisiana blow-out from the Brek Recs crew! Keep yr peepers peeled for the line-up drop – til then expect the usual cocktail of label darlings serving indie/alt/slacker rock shredders, surprise covers and end-of-year mischief til the wee hours. NEW YEAR'S EVE AT THE LOOOUUUIIS

Final face-ripper of 2025 courtesy of Gnasch’s NOLA-flecked corruption, Priest Crippler’s heinous anti-clergy deathgrind, Docile’s belligerent street thrash, and Życie’s ear-bleeding sludge doom. You can’t go wronger for £4, this is live-giving filth FFO: Wormrot, Iron Monkey, Grief, Pest Control, Knoll. An evening of relentless Doom, Sludge, Grind, & Crust

A one-off transmission from the singular Litronix, last seen supporting BEAK>’s farewell run, now helming Invada’s suitably experimental Xmas special. In character as a Big Pharma-hijacked 1940s android preacher, he’ll be beaming krautrocky avant synth-pop at a wide-eyed Louisiana congregation; imagine a Silver Apples, Suicide, SFA + Neu mash-up delivered by a sermonising cyborg (if you dare). Litronix (Only UK Show) + Lewis Floyd Henry with DJ sets from Billy Fuller and Charlie Romijn

Biiiig find for fans of the Windmill scene avant-garde as breakout Belfastian noise boys Stratford Rise take the wheel for the latest Cellar Door. Jostling in the backseat: warm-blooded power-emos Pushbike, grubby dance-punks Why Horses, fried dream-rockers New Build and Bristol’s own art pop oddities The Scuttlers, PLUS a multimedia showcase for good measure. Stacked! Stratford Rise + Pushbike + Why Horses? + Newbuild + Scuttlers