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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.

Thu 3rd April
Pale Blue Eyes at Thekla
Wed 7th May
Modernlove at Thekla
Sat 12th April
Saturday Only at Strange Brew
Mon 7th April
Holly Macve at Rough Trade Bristol
— Rough Trade Bristol

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Sat 8th February
Spoonie Rave at The Trinity Centre
— The Trinity Centre

Spoonie Rave in Bristol Tickets

Gig Tickets

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.

Thu 5th June
Foxing at Thekla
Tue 27th May
Lael Neale at The Louisiana
Thu 17th April
Sea Power at The Trinity Centre
— The Trinity Centre

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Wed 19th February
Black Foxxes at Strange Brew
Thu 26th June
Horsegirl at Thekla
Mon 17th March
The Temperance Movement at The Trinity Centre
Sat 17th May
Inhuman Nature at Rough Trade Bristol
— Rough Trade Bristol

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What's On: Featured Bristol Events

Tickets for our event recommendations

Sell out warning! Get yer fill of scuzzy DIY punk across three days at Red Lion, Exchange and Moor Beer… the Punx return with Crass-approved melodic anarcho legends Zounds alongside queercore heroes The Menstrual Cramps, Welsh skate-thrashers Pizzatramp, riot grrrl ragers Pussy Liquor + looooads more TBA. Bristol Punx Picnic 2025 - Saturday at Exchange.

Sell out warning! Hazy country rock dreams will come true with Wooden Shjips / Moon Duo journeyman Ripley Johnson. Rose City Band’s gorgeous pedal steel, soothing harmonica and soft drumming mix the hushed, anthemic beauty of Mazzy Star or Yo La Tengo with the freewheeling cosmic pastoral of the Grateful Dead. Rose City Band at Strange Brew.

British folk music at it’s most beautiful. With every pluck of the guitar and bow of the fiddle, Kit and Aaron’s music beams humble integrity and inimitable prowess. Kit Hawes and Aaron Catlow at Bristol Folk House.

Sell out warning! Activist, comedian and radical troubadour Grace Petrie brings her unique brand of fist-in-the-air protest folk to the Trinity, examining social and political issues of austerity-ravaged modern Britain with Bragg-approved anthems of solidarity and solace. Big FFO: Frank Turner, Laura Jane Grace, Kirsty MacColl, Onsind, Mischief Brew. Grace Petrie at The Trinity Centre.

Live music and gigs recommended by our music team

Sell out warning! Like a delightfully broken Ben Webster, Alabaster dePlume's fragile, breathy saxophone playing is as immediately captivating as it is extraordinary. Expect delicate solo work, warm ensemble and spoken word in turmoil from the Mancunian's bitter tongue Alabaster DePlume at The Trinity Centre.

WARNING extreme trip music from the definitive freak-out group of the 21st century. Beyond-experimental psych, wildly improvised with extended atonal journeys through walls of noise. Unhinged music for unhinged fans of: Gong, Amon Düül, Stockhausen, Gnod, Bitches Brew, Comets on Fire, Frank Zappa. Acid Mothers Temple at Moor Beer Co.

Uplifting poetry melds with soul, spiritual jazz, dusty hiphop and rolling broken beat in the singular soundworld of Sons of Kemet wordsmith Joshua Idehen. Essential solo show FFO: Calabashed, Infinity Knives, Daedelus, Neue Grafik Ensemble. Joshua Idehen at The Jam Jar.

Future funk, astral jazz and bass-heavy trap combine in a swirling maelstrom of sound like BADBADNOTGOOD covering DJ Rashad’s greatest licks. Real hypnotising musicianship without a laptop in sight. ECHT + Support at The Jam Jar.

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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.

From Headfirst's Ticket Shop

Fri 17th January
A Bristol Fund:Raver at Lost Horizon
New Years Day
Raver Tots at The Trinity Centre
— The Trinity Centre

Raver Tots Tickets

Fri 7th February
5 years of EC2A at The Underground
— The Underground

5 years of EC2A Tickets

Fri 24th January
CHOKER: Broke AF Party at The Fleece
Fri 17th January
Wide Eyes: TNA at Lakota
Fri 27th December
The Great Wall Of Ligwa at Lakota
Thu 23rd January
Shutdown Re-Freshers at Lakota
Sat 8th February
Central Warehouse presents Barrioke at Central Warehouse
Sat 1st February
Born On Road x Wall of Bass at The Underground

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.