What's On in Bristol

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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.

Sat 22nd February
Premonition Series | Skin Failure at Rough Trade Bristol
Wed 23rd April
Brown Horse at Rough Trade Bristol
— Rough Trade Bristol

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Wed 21st May
Oi Va Voi at Strange Brew
Sun 16th March
Peter Doherty at The Trinity Centre
— The Trinity Centre

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Wed 30th April
6161 + Annie Gardener + Surgenos Girl at Rough Trade Bristol
Fri 28th February
Foot Foot at Rough Trade Bristol
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Wed 5th March
Bitter Kisses at Rough Trade Bristol
— Rough Trade Bristol

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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.

Tue 4th February
Jon Udry's Having A Ball at The Wardrobe Theatre
Fri 21st February
Sweet Juno at Rough Trade Bristol
— Rough Trade Bristol

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Wed 12th February
M/X + More at Rough Trade Bristol
— Rough Trade Bristol

M/X + More in Bristol Tickets

Wed 19th March
BEX + more at Rough Trade Bristol
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Thu 8th May
Baths at Strange Brew
Sun 2nd March
Dery at Rough Trade Bristol
— Rough Trade Bristol

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Thu 8th May
Pom Poko at Bristol Beacon

What's On: Featured Bristol Events

Tickets for our event recommendations

Sell out warning! You’ve lost years of our life as Doomguy, saving the world repeatedly from Cyber Demons with absolutely no thanks from anyone. Now relive the trauma IRL with the UK’s only Doom tribute act playing those loading screen classics amid other franchise-friendly metal bands + gorey visuals and playable OG Doom machines. Video Game Tribute Band at Exchange.

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.

Live music and gigs recommended by our music team

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.

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.

Sell out warning! Celestial music’s principal earthly acolyte, Laraaji’s astral ambient revelations, devotional drones and cosmic zither sermons cascade with inner light and zen laughter. It’s an iconic sound bath FFO: Brian Eno, Alice Coltrane, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Arthur Russell, Mary Lattimore. Laraaji at Strange Brew.

Buy Bristol Gig Tickets

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 21st March
Wide Eyes: Efan + more at Lakota
Sat 1st March
Brown Excellence x Trinity at The Trinity Centre
Fri 31st January
Viva La Disco at Lakota
Fri 4th April
Reggaeton Party at Thekla
Sat 8th March
Crack Presents Modeselektor at The Underground
Fri 21st February
Area10 Presents: MK at The Underground
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Thu 13th February
AnExperience x Trinity Presents ~ Something Lovely at The Trinity Centre
Sat 6th December
BRISTOL NORTHERN SOUL CLUB ALLNIGHTER at The Trinity Centre

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.