Exchange
Forward thinking live music venue in Old Market.
Since opening its doors to the public in later summer 2012, Bristol's Exchange has proven itself to be a key player in Bristol's live music music scene. With ticketted events almost every night of the week, Exchange plays host to a wide variety of live bands and styles. That said, the venue's musical programming for bands that sit on the heavier side of the fence (post-rock, math rock, psych) is unrivalled elsewhere in Bristol.
The venue is set over two floors with the larger of the two stages upstairs found upstairs. While club promoters are able to run two concurrent soundsystems, gig promoters and all-dayers use the space to sequence bands and provide a constant programme of music.
Doors for live music events at Exchange are typically 7.30pm, while clubnights vary.
The venue is set over two floors with the larger of the two stages upstairs found upstairs. While club promoters are able to run two concurrent soundsystems, gig promoters and all-dayers use the space to sequence bands and provide a constant programme of music.
Doors for live music events at Exchange are typically 7.30pm, while clubnights vary.
What's On At Exchange
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experimental
noise
ambient
industrial
drone
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alternative rock
indie rock
indie pop
shoegaze
indie folk
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alternative rock
grunge
garage rock
stoner rock
hard rock
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punk
post-punk
hardcore-punk
garage rock
post-hardcore
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alternative rock
emo
experimental rock
progressive rock
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alternative rock
indie rock
grunge
psychedelic rock
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punk
hardcore-punk
noise
post-hardcore
noise rock
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folk
funk
indie rock
blues
hip hop
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lgbtq+
breakbeat
dubstep
happy hardcore
donk
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hardcore-punk
post-hardcore
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alternative rock
punk
post-punk
shoegaze
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hip hop
rap
comedy
stand-up comedy
festival
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alternative rock
pop punk
emo
post-hardcore
skate punk
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folk
alternative rock
indie rock
singer-songwriter
anti-folk
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indie rock
indie pop
indie folk
Get a feel for Exchange
Our recent recommendations for Exchange
Sell out warning! Enigmatic New York singer-songwriter Laura Stevenson brings her latest batch of catharsis - spanning motherhood, heartbreak, and hard-won clarity - to an intimate subterranean show in the Exchange’s newly refurbed basement. Trauma processing as songwriting FFO: Torres, S.G. Goodman, Hand Habits, boygenius.
Laura Stevenson at Exchange.
Portland’s latest scathing hardcore attack on the human disease, with Dani’s raging raw banshee vocal delivery leading a full-on assault on all senses. Please get this upgraded to the main room!?!? Unmissable, undiluted fury FFO: Gimic, Paint It Black, Gel, Spy, Punitive Damage, Buggin.
Dry Socket at Exchange.
Sell out warning! Louisville indie rock three-piece Wombo return to Bristol. Step into their murky, cavernous, post-punk-tinted haze, where cyclical basslines and combative drums shape slow-stalking tonal landscapes for Sydney Chadwick’s turbulent lyrics. Essential FFO: Truth Club, Dummy, Just Mustard, Water From Your Eyes.
Wombo at Exchange.
Calling all fuzz-fiends! On Mono returns with a second full-frontal blast of post-punk, shoegaze, and alt chaos. Noir-punk wrecking crew Grandma’s House headline the two-stage Exchange takeover - a wall-to-wall delirium featuring Bureau De Change, DYE, WYR, and more TBA. Buy-on-sight FFO: Witching Waves, Dry Cleaning, Enola Gay, Just Mustard.
On Mono at Exchange.
Sell out warning! Attitude Fest gives you a frantic 9 hours to shovel three chord nutrients deep inside your ears. For starters: gobby Glaswegian turbo punx Soapbox, local queercore doom-grunge darlings GorZ, Belfast’s mad promising riot grrrl garage outfit Jock + all your new fav bands you haven’t heard of yet….
Attitude Festival 2025 at Exchange.