The Old England Pub

Night one of CJC’s Halloween Weekender sets the scene for Samhain with ritualistic folk and freakery! Find a Nikola Tesla-dedicated showcase of wyrd reveries from the local folkies above, while Discontent DJs summon uncanny bangers 'til the witching hour below. Support your local scene or risk the curse... ALL HALLOWS EVE & SAMHAIN at The Old England Pub.

A heavy triptych of alt-rock disturbance! JOaN SMiTH & the JaNE DOeS channel a storm of serrated chords and witchy incantations. Grave Danger steer effervescent bass bounce through synth-drenched dance-punk terrains. Cougar Mingus crack open their brew of doom, funk, and delirious grunge combustion. Big FFO: QOTSA, early PJ Harvey, The Strokes, Kyuss. Toronto’s Dance Rock Machine, JOaN SMiTH & the JaNE DOeS, make there way to Bristol with local firepower from COUGAR MINGUS and GRAVE DANGER.

Australian mystic singer-songwriter Ned Collette brings melancholy, Leonard Cohen-esque elliptical lyricism and musky, finger-picked chord progressions to the Old E; an intimate performance of uncanny ambience and epic story-songs FFO: Nick Drake, Bill Callahan, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Joanna Newsom, Cat Power. NED COLLETTE - UK TOUR! @ THE OLD E W/ Support from Bristol based LOAM & Izaak Hare (Folketronic Band)

Proper pedigree live roots and dub action from Nga Han outta St Ann Parish, JA (via California). It’ll be a real blessing to hear his meditative vocals over majestic nyabingi-tinged productions, with DJ support from longstanding local heavyweights Dub From Atlantis and the Essential Sounds crew. We are super excited to announce our next installment of Essential Sessions featuring a live performance from the rising star Nga Han - hailing all the way from St Ann's Jamaica, with support from local selectors outta Dub From Atlantis + Essential Sounds residents Natty Lee, 'Eyes' Isaac an Forwardup powered by Essential Soundsystem

Instrumental prog rock/jazz runaway-train act Z Machine bring their chunky jams to the Old E with loose, snakish saxophone coiling round acrobatic guitar scrawl; Inscape offer a grand tour through a disparate forest of modern rock styles and Cities conjure tranquil ambient post-rock vistas. Big FFO: Mahavishnu Orchestra, the midpoint between Of Montreal and Tool, Ex-Easter Island Head. Alternative and out there progressive rock and electronic music