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What's On Today

— Tuesday 22nd September 2026
The best live music tonight in Bristol.

As part of Bristol's most comprehensive events guide, this page lists all gigs and live music happening in Bristol this evening.

One of the best things about Bristol's live music scene is that every day is different. Use the event listings on this page (see left hand column) to plan your day in Bristol. Headfirst includes the entire spectrum of bands playing in Bristol today - from local folk and jazz gigs to large concerts at venues like Bristol Beacon and Lost Horizon get ready for a musical journey.

Gigs In Bristol Today

Events on Tuesday 22nd September

“A hanging, a hanging, gather round for a Hanging!' is the opening lines of this immersive family comedy theatre show, set in 1726. Think Horrible Histories or Blackadder. Exploring the legends of 18th-century highway robbers, potatoes and inequality. Audiences become jurors, re-enact crimes, and debate verdicts. Blending history with farce. Social commentary and true immersion for the audience. It invites reflection on today's inequalilty—asking is it right? Is it just? To steal from the ultra rich to feed the poor. Funded by Arts Council England with integrated audio description”
From: Stand and Deliver

“Bristol Transformed is run by dozens of local people. Without new people coming in every year, we wouldn't be able to maintain the same standard of events that you enjoy. If you'd be interested in joining us, sign up as a BT volunteer today! https://cloud.seatable.io/dtable/forms/d3a761c9-4c79-4b10-b38e-50bbad501bcc/”
From: Education and Socialism - we want your ideas

“And if you know where to look, they still do. In Craftland, James Fox seeks out Britain’s last great craftspeople – those who are keeping our vanishing trades and traditions alive. Through them, we witness not only the living past but a deeper, more connected way of living today: one that is not yet lost and might still shape our future.”
From: Author Talk: Craftland with James Fox

“One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is an urgent and necessary reckoning about what it means to live in the West today. As an immigrant, Omar El Akkad believed the West offered freedom and justice for all. Over the past twenty years he reported on the various Wars on Terror, Ferguson, climate change, Black Lives Matter protests, and more. He won awards for his journalism and his fiction. But now, watching the unmitigated slaughter in Gaza, he comes to the conclusion that much of what the West promises is a lie.”
From: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This with Omar El Akkad

For all 19 events on Tuesday 22nd see the listings below.

A Way of Love launch with Peter Parker and Lurid Editions at Bookhaus
— Bookhaus
workshops & classes talks lgbtq+
Sunshine School of Pro Wrestling: Fundamentals Class at The Island
— The Island
workshops & classes theatre sport & exercise
David Correos: Noise Zealand at The Gaffe Comedy Club
— The Gaffe Comedy Club
comedy stand-up comedy
Stand and Deliver at Lost Horizon
— Lost Horizon
theatre
Crafts & Conversation ✨ at King Street Brew House, 13 Welsh Back, Bristol BS1 4RR
— King Street Brew House, 13 Welsh Back, Bristol BS1 4RR
workshops & classes talks lgbtq+ dating
Nathan Shingler Hybrid Drumming Clinic at Mickleburgh
— Mickleburgh
contemporary jazz hip hop jazz
Lord of The Rings Pub Quiz at Chance & Counters, Glouster Road
— Chance & Counters, Glouster Road
comedy film lgbtq+ drag quiz
The Veg Patch - An Open Mic at Redcatch Community Gardens
— Redcatch Community Gardens
singer-songwriter spoken word theatre open mic poetry
Bluebird + Special Guests at Exchange
— Exchange
jazz rock singer-songwriter soul pop
She Her Her Her's + special guests at Strange Brew
— Strange Brew
alternative rock indie pop shoegaze
Liam Bailey at Exchange
— Exchange
Event Cancelled
indie rock reggae soul R&B
Teletech Bristol: KIRSTY at Clock Factory
— Clock Factory
hardcore techno techno
Wide Eyes Tuesdays at Lakota
— Lakota
drum and bass house uk garage