Raise the Bar's 5th Birthday Party at Thekla

A gig held at Thekla on Tuesday 15th October. The event starts at 19:00.


Raise the Bar are throwing a 5th birthday party at Thekla, featuring live Hip-Hop, awesome Booty Bass DJs and enthralling Spoken Word. Featuring the best of local and national wordsmiths.

The celebrations take place at the iconic boat nightclub Thekla Bristol!

15th October || 7pm - 11pm
Tickets: £5 / £6 / (or £7 on the door) (hdfst.uk/rtb)

Live hip-hop from acclaimed lyricists Tony D (Poisonous Poets / Undefeated UK battle rap champion), Press1 and Shay D Rap.

Live music all night including DJ NGAIO and 2HONEYS from Booty Bass.

Pop up performances from phenomenal spoken word artists including Harry Baker Poetry, Muneera Pilgrim (Poetic Pilgrimage Music), Tom Sastry, Melanie Branton, Sam J. Grudgings, Buddy Carson and Daniel Piper.

Performances from the Raise the Bar team Craft-D, Kat Lyons and The Blissful Nomad.

What more could you possibly want? Come along and join the party as we celebrate 5 years of Raise the Bar!

Twitter/Insta: @rtbspokenword

**This is a standing event (no seating).
Information on wheelchair accessibility. Access is via the upper deck (from which the show is viewable), but unfortunately there are no wheelchair accessible toilet facilities:
https://www.theklabristol.co.uk/info/677-access

Entry requirements:

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