Old City Sounds will once again take over the old city in a free musical celebration for all ages. This family-friendly music event will celebrate the city’s songful soul on Saturday 24th August for the bank holiday weekend.
Plan your day at Old City Sounds
This year's event comes with a few twists as the performances move into some of Bristol’s most iconic venues, so you can enjoy them come rain or shine. The programme includes a Kids Zone at St Stephen’s Church with craft activities and workshops, a disco bottomless brunch at Blame Gloria, and a huge range of live performances and DJs across the Old City. All activities and performances are free to attend.
Kids Zone
The Kids Zone at St Stephen’s Church will be a hub of activity from 2 - 5pm, featuring crafts and face painting and a variety of workshops and performances for children and younger visitors.
- 14:00 – Circus Skills Workshop
- 14:30 – RSVP Dance - Bhangra Workshop
- 14:45 – Bubble Fairy
- 15:00 – Afidance Drumming Workshop
- 15:30 – Circus Skills Workshop
- 16:00 - RSVP Dance - Bhangra Workshop
- 16.15 – Bubble Fairy
- 16:30 – Afidance Drumming Workshop
- 14:00 - 17:00 - Face Painting
- 14:00 - 17:00 - Craft (make your own maracas) and colouring in for under 4's
King Street & Welsh Back
The Old Duke will be hosting its famous Jazz Festival across the whole bank holiday weekend. Renowned for its jazz heritage, The Old Duke will host top jazz artists, whilst the Bristol Old Vic will be hosting three top secret but very special gigs throughout the day. Dance with a waterside view as DJs take to the decks on board the 6 O’clock Gin Boat on Welsh Back.
The Old Duke Jazz Festival
- 12:00 - 14:00 – Trudgeon’s Trad Jazz Troubadours
- 15:00 - 17:00 – Ruby Jazz
- 18:00 - 20:00 – The Jiveaholics
- 21:00 - 23:00 – Jack Mac’s Funk Pack
The Pool at 6 O’Clock Gin at the Glass Boat
- 14:00 - 15:00 - Dominic Pipe
- 15:00 - 17:00 - Meggy Mac b2b Hans
- 17:00 - 19:00 - Sarah Sweeney
- 19:00 - 20:30 - Spice Route
- 20:30 - 22:00 - Ben Terry & Matty J
Bristol Old Vic
- 14:00 - 21:00 - Bristol Old Vic, secret gigs at 14:00, 17:00 and 20:00
St Nicholas Street
Mothers Ruin and The Crown are both hosting a packed line-up of alternative bands and DJ’s, or head to Mr Wolfs for a lively selection of DJ’s and bands.
Mother’s Ruin (The Rathouse)
- 16:00 - 18:00 - VooKoo
- 18:00 - 20:00 - Bristol Zoo
- 20:00 - 22:00 - Variable_self
- 22:00 - 23:00 - Sam Lester
Mother’s Ruin (Outside)
- 14:00 - 22:00 - live bands
The Crown
- 14:00 - 22:00 - Void Radio Takeover
- 21:00 - Silva
The Raven
- 21.30 - 00:00 - Love (Neo Soul)
Mr Wolfs
- 14:00 - DJ: Wooley
- 15:00 - Naughty Steps
- 15:45 - DJ: Wooley
- 17:30 - Chloe Et Al
- 17:00 - DJ: Wooley
- 17:30 - Karolina Griškutė Quartet
- 18:15 - DJ: Wooley
- 19:00 - The Dusk Brothers (Acoustic Set)
- 20:00 - DJ: Jambo
Seamus O’Donnells
- 14.00 - Woodchuck
- 18.00 - Just Jed
- 20.00 - Karaoke hosted by Just Jed
Corn Street, Small Street & Baldwin Street
Death Disco will be serving up slushies and tunes during the day, followed by live music and burlesque performances after sunset, while cocktail bar Dirty Martini get the party going with eclectic DJ sets. Blame Gloria will get everyone dancing with its ‘Lose Yourself To Disco’ Bottomless Brunch, with DJs on the decks all day. Over on Baldwin Street, Tonight Josephine will set the party tone with the ultimate in commercial house, R&B and chart-topping tunes. Check out the full line-up below
- 14:30 - Walkabout, Pete Hill
- 16:00 - 22:00 - Death Disco, Street party with live DJ’s and frozen margaritas
- 18:00 - 00:00 - Dirty Martini, DJs
- 18:00 - 00:00 - Blame Gloria, DJ Aly
- 18.00 - Cocktail Club, Live drums accompany commercial house, party classics, R&B and Chart Pop
- 19:00 - 22:00 - Walkabout, DJ Lee Haskins
- 19:00 - 01:00 - Tonight Josephine, DJs
Created by Bristol City Centre BID , this outdoor event will be free to attend.
