What's On in Bristol

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Events in Bristol

Made famous by the legendary Lakota, Bristol's warehouse events are the keystone to the city's clubbing culture. These no-frills venues are the place to see Bristol's house and techno at it's best. If you need addmission to forthcoming warehouse parties, you can buy Dare2 tickets here.

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Events in Bristol

Headfirst is Bristol's leading gig guide with a freshly launched online ticket shop. We work directly with the city's promoters to provide the most up-to-date guide what's on in Bristol you'll find. The events calendar includes all events happening in Bristol tonight and for the forthcoming weekend. If you're a musician, band member or club night organiser be sure to add your event to the Headfirst Bristol calendar.

Fri 9th August
MOSAIC plus Special Guests at Rough Trade Bristol
Sat 23rd November
Maruja + special guests at Strange Brew
Thu 13th June
José Almarcha Flamenco Trio at The Trinity Centre
Sat 14th December
Beak> at SWX
Fri 1st November
John Francis Flynn at Strange Brew
Thu 5th December
DIIV at SWX
Tue 5th November
Rachael Lavelle at Crofters Rights

Gig Tickets

Bristol has always had it's fair share of what's on resources. While paper-based listings magazines like Venue and forums like Hijack Bristol favoured certain musical niches, Headfirst was Bristol's first truly comprehensive what's on resource. Our listings not only go far into the future (click on a date in the calendar) but also provide some great last minute resources. If you're planning a night out at short notice please see our list of live music tonight and events listings for this weekend.

Venues like Bristol Beacon and Thekla usually get most of the attention when Bristol's gigs are discussed online. Headfirst aims to put the focus on Bristols smaller live music venues. Here, you can buy tickets for concerts at Bristol's Louisiana and Exchange or browse our entire Bristol gig list.

Fri 29th November
Katy J Pearson at SWX
Thu 5th December
Julia Holter at The Trinity Centre
— The Trinity Centre

Julia Holter in Bristol Tickets

Thu 19th September
The Allergies at The Trinity Centre
— The Trinity Centre

The Allergies in Bristol Tickets

Sat 21st September
On Mono Festival at Exchange
Fri 26th July
Ogives Big Band + Special Guests at Rough Trade Bristol
Tue 8th October
L'Entourloop at The Trinity Centre
— The Trinity Centre

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What's On: Featured Bristol Events

Tickets for our event recommendations

Sell out warning! Zeke weld snot-punk fury and bluesy hard rock riffage into their own time-honoured brand of demolition derby hardcore. Ain’t nothing faster FFO: Poison Idea, Motorhead, Dicks, The Bronx, Supersuckers, Dwarves. ZEKE plus Zero Again and Split Dogs at Exchange.

Sell out warning! Everything Jim Jones touches turns to swampy gold. Now backed by a full horn section, he can still spew the finest punk rock blues and garage gospel with the swagger of the UK’s greatest undead Jerry Lee Lewis. Jim Jones All Stars at The Golden Lion.

Sell out warning! A rapturous return for Bristol’s travelling post-post-punk / swamp-rock societal satire, careening back into our lives with their demeted disregard for personal health and conventional timing. This is biting and savage guitar Dada FFO: black midi, Fat White Family, Hey Colossus, PiL, the Birthday Party. LICE at Strange Brew.

Sell out warning! Melvins god in sinister singer-songwriter unplugged troubadour mode + Mr Bungle’s Trever Dunn on double bass. Nuff said. King Buzzo + Trevor Dunn at Exchange.

Live music and gigs recommended by our music team

Sell out warning! Japan’s most relentless yet loveable noise-core oddities - one of the most intensely future guitar bands of all time with a god-level live show not unlike an MSG epidural. Un-fucking-missable. Melt Banana '3+5 Tour' + special guests at Strange Brew.

Angular noise rock meets post-hardcore chaos in tight blasts of guitar discord and high-pitched yelps. Dead essential for fans of: the Locust, Daughters, Fugazi, Metz, Converge, Jesus Lizard, Big Black etc. Alpaca Presents | Tunic x Death Goals at Exchange.

Reverant folk blues played on 12 string guitar with the poetic fever of Townes Van Zandt, summoning the same ghosts of mental illness and the mundane country sprawl. Parr isn’t a revivalist - he’s one of the last of the true originals. Charlie Parr at Exchange.

Sell out warning! ATTN art punks!! Snõ​õper's high-velocity weirdo fuzz exploded out of Nashville from the pandemic sludge and hasn't slowed a minute since, winning namedrops from the likes of Henry Rollins and a scenewide rep for eccentric paper-mache use. Imagine a hardcore Devo presenting children’s TV at breakneck speed. Unmissable FFO: Ausmuteants, Gee Tee, Prison Affair, Powerplant. Snõõper at Exchange.

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Headfirst is the most objective Bristol gig guide on the internet. With no editorial to write, bands to interview or advertisers to please, we can focus on creating the best music listings & ticket shop this side of the Avon. From Bristol University’s music graduates playing a concert at St Georges Hall to an intimate gig at The Louisiana - we believe these events are what make Bristol special.

Bristol Nightlife & Nightclubs

Electronic music produced in Bristol has a knack of rewriting the rules and penetrating the international club scene. From Tectonic to Apple Pips to Eats Everything & Arkist - Headfirst has seen Bristol’s music scene grow and evolve since our humble beginnings in 2008. Now Headfirst is working with Bristol’s best dance music promoters and providing a secure place to buy tickets for Bristol club nights. While Motion may catch most of the attention, Headfirst is the place to buy tickets for all Bristol's clubnights and maybe even the next Alfresco Disco party. Over the coming months we'll be adding buy tickets buttons to many of our what's on listings.

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Bristol Experimental Music

The Headfirst music guide originally emerged from Bristol's blossoming experimental scene and our humble beginnings were as a what's on guide for Bristol's weirdest and most unconventional events.