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Live Gigs in Bristol
238 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, and you can see what’s on in Bristol over the next four weeks. 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 find a band in Bristol. Or jump to nearby UK cities: London, Glasgow and Manchester.
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Todd Rundgren
Bristol Beacon·Central, Bristol
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Charlotte Church
Electric Bristol·Central, Bristol
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Dance Gavin Dance
The Prospect Building·Lawrence Hill, Bristol
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Dance Gavin Dance
Bristol The Prospect Building, Bristol
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Spy & Drysocket + More
Exchange·Lawrence Hill, Bristol
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Oasis Tribute - Live in Bristol
Lakota·Ashley, Bristol
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Circu5 & Forgotten Gods
Exchange·Lawrence Hill, Bristol
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Arcy Drive
Rough Trade Bristol·Central, Bristol
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Brigitte Calls Me Baby
Electric Bristol·Central, Bristol
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Day We Ran
Rough Trade Bristol, Bristol
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- GenreAlternative Rock
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Talib Kweli Live in Bristol! Plus after party with Talib DJ Set!
Lost Horizon HQ·Lawrence Hill, Bristol
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Pond Life Bristol - 3WA b2b DASEPLATE + 100% Community b2b + Hom
Greenworks Bristol·Brislington East, Bristol
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Pond Life's 11th Birthday | Bristol
Greenworks Bristol·Brislington East, Bristol
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Primal Scream, Escape-Ism
Electric Bristol·Central, Bristol
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Primal Scream
Electric Bristol, Bristol
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SARCOFAGO, Damim, Born Again Concerts
Thekla·Central, Bristol
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Flamin' Groovies, Langkamer
Trinity·Lawrence Hill, Bristol
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Flamin' Groovies
Trinity, Bristol
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Flamin' Groovies
The Trinity Centre·Lawrence Hill, Bristol
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Gaerea, Conjurer
The Fleece·Central, Bristol
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Gaerea
The Fleece, Bristol
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Maya Lane
The Louisiana, Bristol
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- GenreIndie Rock, Alternative Rock, Folk
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Saint Etienne
Bristol Beacon, Bristol
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Feng
Electric Bristol, Bristol
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- GenreHip-Hop, Rap
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Bristol Gig Directory FAQs
Common questions about grass-roots gigs in Bristol, answered with live data.
The What’s On in Bristol page narrows this directory to the next four weeks — 23 of them are in the next 7 days — with the same date, entry and ticket filters, plus the Bristol venues and open mic nights alongside. This page stays the evergreen listing of all 238 upcoming gigs.
238 upcoming gigs listed for Bristol. 23 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. Venue looking for a band? find a band in Bristol shows available acts. 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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