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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.

Wed 29th October
Asere at Bristol Beacon
— Bristol Beacon

Asere in Bristol Tickets

Mon 15th December
James Yorkston at Strange Brew
Tue 21st October
Gurriers + special guests at Strange Brew
Sat 10th January
Getdown Services at The Trinity Centre
Tue 19th August
The Rifles at The Trinity Centre
— The Trinity Centre

The Rifles in Bristol Tickets

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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 24th October
The Spitfires at Thekla
Fri 1st August
Mannequin Death Squad at The Louisiana
Tue 7th October
Red Rum Club at The Trinity Centre
— The Trinity Centre

Red Rum Club in Bristol Tickets

Sat 28th February
Together Tour 2026 at Bristol Beacon
Fri 19th September
Poor Creature at Strange Brew
Sat 21st June
Jazz in the Loft - Liane Carroll at The Tobacco Factory

What's On: Featured Bristol Events

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Last chance to see the baroque existentialism of Porridge Radio! Fresh off a farewell tour announcement, the oft-transcendent Brighton band’s final Bristol show is unmissable. The formula is tried and true: Dana Margolin’s grimly combustible poetry of the everyday stacks up until set ablaze by her band’s serrated post-punk arrangements. Don’t miss the swan song of one of the UK’s most vital bands of the past decade. Porridge Radio at The Trinity Centre.

Sell out warning! Two of psychedelia’s most distant travelers unite for a live visionquest of unknown dimensions. Gong’s expansive, esoteric jazz fusion fuses with the gonzo electro druids of HENGE for a crop-circle generating, third-eye opening evening that’ll alter the very space-time fabric of the Trinity and all within it. Reserve your spot on this flying teapot well before take-off. Gong x HENGE at The Trinity Centre.

Sell out warning! The lushest triple harmonies in all of alt-folk mixed with delicate pluckings of harp, banjo and viola. Lady Maisery’s triumphant paeans for joy are utterly captivating FFO: Bella Hardy, Jackie Oates, The Rheingans Sisters. Lady Maisery at The Mount Without.

Sell out warning! Mali blues master, electrifying the Saharan desert like his father before him. Vieux Farka Touré’s blistering guitar-funk-roots-rock fusion and wizened vocals are the sound of a star being born. Outstanding musical wonder to behold FFO: Tinariwen, Tamikrest, Ali Farka Touré, Oumou Sangare, Bombino. Vieux Farka Toure at The Lantern.

Live music and gigs recommended by our music team

Sell out warning! Inventive jazz fusion ensemble melding afrofunk, afrobeat, gnawa and rumba into a fire-breathing 9-headed psychedelic beast. Muito Kaballa are a force to be reckoned with FFO: Fela Kuti, Tenderlonious, L'éclair, Surprise Chef, the Pyramids. Muito Kaballa at The Jam Jar.

Sell out warning! 3 days of animal print rockin’, double-bass slappin’ psychobilly meltdown at Old Market’s retro-dive bar destination, the Ill Repute, and the chrome tanked haven of Moor Beer. Frenzied rockabilly revival, diseased garage garbage and mutant surf licks FFO: Stray Cats, Tiger Army, The Cramps, Meteors, The Creepshow, Link Wray. Satan's Lair 2025 - Advanced WEEKEND TICKET at The Ill Repute / Moor Beer.

Sell out warning! We don't need a lineup announcement to know this'll be the best weekend of outer-reaches electronic goodness all year.... Festival Pass at Multiple Venues.

Never heard 'Ukrainian Ethno Chaos'? Then you haven't lived. Dakhabrakha's otherworldly, experimental, folk-imbued incantations can unlock primordial feels. Drawing on a wealth of vibrant inspirations (whilst being firmly rooted in their Ukranian heritage), every time they play Bristol it sells out in iconic fashion. DAKHABRAKHA at Electric Bristol.

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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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Sat 28th June
★ FAT LIP ★ Festival Special at The Lanes
Fri 11th July
1tbsp at Strange Brew
— Strange Brew

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Fri 12th September
Flexout X Vandal at The Coroner's Court
— The Coroner's Court

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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.

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