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Live music runs deep in Bristol's veins and the city has been home to some of the most influential and culturally relevant British musicians in the last 40 years including Massive Attack, IDLES, Tricky, Portishead and Roni Size.
Bristol has a plethora of gigs going on at any given time, from big name touring acts to hot new bands. We've rounded up the gigs, concerts and music festivals in Bristol over the next weeks and months, so browse them below.
The city’s music venues range from grand concert halls including Bristol Beacon and St George’s Bristol, to quirkier spaces such as Trinity Centre in Old Market, The Folk House on Park Street and Lost Horizon near Cabot Circus. You can even watch live music on a boat aboard Thekla or The Grain Barge!
Some of Bristol's most iconic music venues include The Louisiana, The Fleece and city centre jazz pub The Old Duke.
Smaller arts and music venues hosting gigs and club nights include Dareshack, Zed Alley, Strange Brew, Mr Wolf's, The Jam Jar, Rough Trade and The Exchange.
The O2 Academy Bristol and The Anson Rooms host some of the world's best-known bands, while record stores across the city host regular live music nights.
Stokes Croft and Gloucester Road have their fair share of gig venues too, whether you're watching bands at The Gallimaufry, The Full Moon, The Crofters Rights or The Love Inn. The Canteen also hosts free music several nights a week.
Bristol hosts heaps of music festivals across the year too, from Love Saves The Day in May to harbourside concerts throughout summer. Head just outside Bristol to enjoy lakeside performances at Valley Fest, or concerts in the forest at Westonbirt Arboretum's Forest Live.
Bristol loves to party, and boasts some incredible nightclubs, including Motion (which always features towards the top of the Top 100 Clubs in the World by DJ Mag) and the legendary Lakota in Stokes Croft.
Basement 45 is one of the city's most popular dubstep and techno clubs, while SWX hosts a range of big names throughout the year.
For more live music gigs and club night listings try 365Bristol.com and headfirstbristol.
Known as the birthplace of ground-breaking music from legendary acts such as Massive Attack, Portishead, Roni Size and more recently, IDLES and George Ezra, Bristol is world-famous for its vibrant and varied music scene (listen to this Bristol playlist to hear some of the tunes to come from here).
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As the city that gave the world acts such as Portishead, Roni Size and Massive Attack, Bristol has a well-deserved reputation for an incredibly varied, thriving music scene.
Bristol is a festival city and there is a diverse and eclectic mix throughout the calendar year. Discover the Bristol festival for you and browse through the list.
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Bristol has a vibrant music scene beating behind the doors of its many characterful venues
Love nothing more than geeking out over vinyl at a good record store? In keeping with the city's musical reputation, Bristol is home to stacks of friendly record shops, run by staff with encyclopaedic music knowledge.
Bristol's performing arts and theatre scene is gripping, diverse and truly original. You will never be short of live music, dance, theatre, comedy or magic performances during your visit to Bristol.
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