Cloak
Intimate queer-run venue and diy space.
RIP the Cloak and Dagger, long live Cloak! Opening to the public in September 2023, Cloak offers a glimmer of hope for Bristol's venue scene. Queer owned, for everyone, Cloak is run by Sparky (27) and a team of creatives. Cloak is a community space first and everything you see has been done by the penny and by the skills and passion of Bristol's thriving Queer scene.
Upstairs you'll find 'The living Room' as a cafe during the day from 12pm Tuesday-Sunday and 4pm on Mondays - with a full working fireplace! The space hosts local Radical Roasters immaculate coffee blends, local pastries and sweet treats and subs, bagels and more from The Dough Kitchen. With walls covered by local artists and decked in greenery you can sit back and relax or visit their sister store Collectors Cave (with a 20% discount on Cloak goodies with Collectors Cave purchase).
As night falls you'll be tempted to venture to the best kept secret. Downstairs 'The Closet' is where you'll find an intimate venue space, hosting local breweries such as Wiper and True and Arbor, as well as a newly curated Cocktail and Mocktail bar. Surrounded by psychedelic plants, funky lamps and light reactive art you'll find the upstairs vibes have merged into a space of liberation to dance all night long. Powered by Dharma Hifi, whether you're in the mood for the Italia of 'Don's of Disco', some heavy baseline from Foto Sounds or want to zen out with Queer Haus Yoga + Meditation. This unique space has room for every idea, no matter how big or small.
With monthly film screenings from GAY24 to bi-weekly jam nights with Space Jams, get ready to hear and see it all and leave refreshed and connected. This place is guaranteed to feel like home.
Upstairs you'll find 'The living Room' as a cafe during the day from 12pm Tuesday-Sunday and 4pm on Mondays - with a full working fireplace! The space hosts local Radical Roasters immaculate coffee blends, local pastries and sweet treats and subs, bagels and more from The Dough Kitchen. With walls covered by local artists and decked in greenery you can sit back and relax or visit their sister store Collectors Cave (with a 20% discount on Cloak goodies with Collectors Cave purchase).
As night falls you'll be tempted to venture to the best kept secret. Downstairs 'The Closet' is where you'll find an intimate venue space, hosting local breweries such as Wiper and True and Arbor, as well as a newly curated Cocktail and Mocktail bar. Surrounded by psychedelic plants, funky lamps and light reactive art you'll find the upstairs vibes have merged into a space of liberation to dance all night long. Powered by Dharma Hifi, whether you're in the mood for the Italia of 'Don's of Disco', some heavy baseline from Foto Sounds or want to zen out with Queer Haus Yoga + Meditation. This unique space has room for every idea, no matter how big or small.
With monthly film screenings from GAY24 to bi-weekly jam nights with Space Jams, get ready to hear and see it all and leave refreshed and connected. This place is guaranteed to feel like home.
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Bristol’s best kept secrets assemble for a dank evening of goth cloud-hall rap, chthonic chamber music and heads-down drill-esque mutations. Plus some experimental & oddball techno bits thrown in for good measure and god knows what else. If you know, YOU KNOW.
Debut night bringing the experimental take on trap, cloud-rap and plugg Bristol's been wanting..
Free entry! Gay24’s provided an indispensable fountain of overlooked queer cinema and trans narratives on film - we’re gonna miss them! For their final act: the unforgettable life story of trans icon Charlotte von Mahlsdorf. I Am My Own Woman’s a moving and experimental meta-documentary weaving a tale of sexual liberation (and antique furniture) during Nazi Germany, East Germany and ‘Unified’ Germany.
GAY24 & tgirlsonfilm team up to present Rosa von Praunheim's films on the life of German trans icon Charlotte von Mahlsdorf.
Sell out warning! Never-to-be-repeated dystopian world-building + I Know What You Did Last Summer inspired improv for starters? This is definitely a comedy evening for twisted souls, think Curb meets Mad Max, SNL meets your worst nightmare ….
An improvised post-apocalyptic adventure comedy.
Sell out warning! Vulnerable, tender and epic, seemingly all at once, Piglet pair gorgeously emosh pop music with masterfully disciplined arrangements. Think Caroline and Shovel Dance Collective meets Phoebe Bridgers and you’re getting warm... it’s gorgeous.
piglet's ep launch supported by EJ:AKIN and The Fullwit Pop Up Trio !
Free entry! Dare you enter cross-continental film club GAY24’s house of queer horrors??? Their Halloween special is a double feature of 80s/90s Japanese video nasties: slapstick camp meets medical malpractice nightmare in Devil Doctor Woman, back-to-back with the maximalist depravity of erotic gore-fest Ballads.
GAY24 screens a double dose of Japanese queer horror trash for Halloween.