BRISTOL · GRASS-ROOTS DIRECTORY
Live Gigs in Bristol
210 upcoming grass-roots gigs at indie venues, basement bars and community stages in Bristol. Browse, filter, submit your own.
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Grass-Roots Gigs in Bristol
Bristol has a busy grass-roots circuit — small-venue shows, basement bars, residencies and one-off promoter nights. The directory below pulls every upcoming bill published on GigXchange for Bristol: dates, doors, ticket links and venue details, sorted by date.
Looking for related Bristol pages? Browse the Bristol live music hub, Bristol open mic nights for recurring weekly nights, the how to get gigs in Bristol guide, or bands for hire in Bristol. Or jump to nearby UK cities: London, Glasgow and Manchester.
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Life of Agony, Divergent Promotions
Thekla, Bristol
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Blowout UK: The Divided Kingdom Tour - Bristol
Exchange Bristol, Bristol
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Streets of Soul Vinyl Yard Party
The Full Moon And Attic Bar, Bristol
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RNB Mania
Electric Bristol, Bristol
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PorkPie Live at The Fleece, Bristol
The Fleece, Bristol
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Spouky Kids, Korn Again, NIN UK - Nine Inch Nails Tribute
Thekla, Bristol
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Soultasia
Bristol Amphitheatre & Waterfront Square, Bristol
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Outdoor Emo Festival Comes to Bristol!
Lakota, Bristol
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Current Joys, fantasy of a broken heart
Electric Bristol, Bristol
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Current Joys
Electric Bristol, Bristol
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Nation of Language
Electric Bristol, Bristol
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Nation of Language, Friko
Electric Bristol, Bristol
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ACIDFEST Bristol: mini psych fest with bands & visuals
The Louisiana, Bristol
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Jack White
Bristol The Prospect Building, Bristol
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Man In the Mirror
Bath Forum, Bristol
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downcast + Stay Safe + Special Guests
The Louisiana, Bristol
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The World of John Williams by the Mystery Ensemble
St George's Bristol, Bristol
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Emilio Santoro as Elvis
Chepstow Castle, Bristol
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Jaguar Sun
The Louisiana, Bristol
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New Kind Of Cramps: BRISTOL
The Fleece, Bristol
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Lily Fitts
Exchange Bristol, Bristol
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Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy
Thekla, Bristol
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james K
Trinity, Bristol
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Spaced + Defiance + more
Exchange, Bristol
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Bristol Gig Directory FAQs
Common questions about grass-roots gigs in Bristol, answered with live data.
210 upcoming gigs listed for Bristol. 4 are this week. Sorted by date — earliest first.
None of the listed Bristol gigs have free entry. Most are pay-on-the-door or pre-sold tickets.
A UK gig at an independent venue — typically capped under 600 capacity — by an artist who isn't on a major-label arena tour. In: pubs, basement bars, indie clubs, community halls, arts centres, and small folk / jazz / punk festivals. Out: arenas, stadiums, the O2 chain, Royal Albert Hall, Symphony Hall, the Barbican, premium dining-cabaret rooms (Jazz Cafe, KOKO, Boisdale), and mega-festival sites (Reading, Leeds, Glastonbury, BST Hyde Park). Major-artist 'World Tour' / 'Arena Tour' / 'Greatest Hits' shows are also excluded — this directory is for the early-career bands, local promoter nights and Tuesday-evening residencies the bigger aggregators tend to miss.
Promoters, venues and artists can submit gigs free via the submission form. Submissions are reviewed and verified within 48 hours before going live.
For recurring weekly slots, see the Bristol open mic directory. For the wider live-music scene, the Bristol live music hub. For artist booking advice, how to get gigs in Bristol. To hire performers, bands for hire in Bristol. Or browse the main UK gig directory.
Listings are compiled from public ticketing-platform APIs and direct submissions by promoters, venues and artists. Each listing carries a verification badge — verified means we've confirmed it independently; unverified means we sourced it from a publicly published event. For UK grassroots-venue context see the Music Venue Trust (industry body), PRS for Music (UK licensing) and Help Musicians UK (independent musicians' charity).
Beyond city pages, browse the UK open mic directory for recurring weekly nights, the UK city hub index for every covered city, the genre directory, the booking guides, or the GX Index for live UK gig rates and percentiles.
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