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What's On Today

— Thursday 23rd July 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.

Events on Thursday 23rd July

“dreamcastmoe’s beats are a mirror to his life lived and experienced there. “I would not be where I am today if I weren’t from DC,” he says. “You can hear DC in the way that I talk. Certain runs in my voice are rooted to the soul of DC because I listen to a lot of Donny Hathaway and Marvin Gaye. I would say DC has a role in my approach to my music and sets the tone. I’m one of those people that could work with anyone. I always try to bring the best out of people. That’s just how I grew up. I grew up in a smorgasbord of a city where one block could be hood shit and the next block could be the White House. You have to know how to move accordingly through all those spaces.””
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“Reload Sound are a DJ soundsystem collective, production crew and event curators founded by Sam LOUDD joining the dots between Hip Hop, RnB, Dancehall, Afrobeats, UK Rap, Reggae, Neo Soul, Amapiano, Grime, Future beats, soundsystem culture and global bass music. Connecting genres, scenes and eras. Drawing for the most impactful tunes of today, alongside exclusive edits, remixes and dubplates, whilst digging deep for selections from back in the day.”
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“**H.P. Lovecraft** was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1890. He was self-educated and lived in his birthplace all his life, working as a freelance writer, journalist, and ghostwriter. His best work - including some sixty or so short stories - was published from 1923 onwards in the pulp magazine *Weird Tales*. He died in 1937, in poverty and virtually unknown; today he is recognised as one of the great masters of supernatural fiction, the dark father of modern horror with a unique, singular vision. His personal reputation, however, is tainted by his infamous bigotry and bountiful prejudice and misogyny.”
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“Controversial on release and still capable of shocking today, *Bad Lieutenant* is an uncomfortable, unforgettable piece of early ’90s independent cinema anchored by a performance that feels less acted than survived.”
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For all 17 events on Thursday 23rd see the listings below.

CMYK: A Celebration at The Island
— The Island
exhibition-opening exhibition
Films for solidarity at BASE social center
— BASE social center
world film protests & marches
Youth Music Day - ages 13-18 at Ham Farm Festival
— Ham Farm Festival
Sold out
Bristol Speed Friending: No Small Talk at ClubHaus Harbourside, Bristol
— ClubHaus Harbourside, Bristol
workshops & classes talks lgbtq+ dating
Legends of the Redlands: An Evening of Devonian Cider, Song, and Lore at Windmill Hill City Farm
— Windmill Hill City Farm
Event Cancelled
folk comedy spoken word food & drink talks
Loose Ends Jam at PRSC
— PRSC
workshops & classes
KERTECZ#39 at L'Étoile Studio
— L'Étoile Studio
spoken word poetry
The People’s Comedy at The Tobacco Factory Garden
— The Tobacco Factory Garden
comedy stand-up comedy
The Maccabees at Bristol Amphitheatre & Waterfront Square
— Bristol Amphitheatre & Waterfront Square
Sold out
At The Stake at The Croft
— The Croft
alternative rock indie rock psychedelic rock rock
LOVELOST - Picking Petals By Your Graveside EP release show + Support at Exchange
— Exchange
alternative rock emo post-hardcore progressive metal metal
Long Cat Presents at The Star and Dove
— The Star and Dove
folk indie folk indie rock singer-songwriter traditional folk
FLUMP at The Louisiana
— The Louisiana
alternative rock indie folk indie rock
MACHINE MIRAGE + Better Dead + Chamfer at The Thunderbolt
— The Thunderbolt
alternative rock indie rock
Trust Exercises at The Love Inn
— The Love Inn
deep house dub house techno tech house