Exchange

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.

What's On At Exchange

House of Boussé presents: MIDNIGHT MASS at Exchange
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techno experimental lgbtq+ drag cabaret
The School of Rock Experience at Exchange
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rock comedy film
Broken Numbers at Exchange
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experimental jazz
Punk Rock Stars in Their Eyes at Exchange
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metal emo punk pop punk ska punk
DRAGGERNAUTS: NEW YEARS RAVE -Night Of The God's at Exchange
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bassline donk drum and bass lgbtq+ drag
Subhumans at Exchange
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punk
Snake in the Footspa at Exchange
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pop indie rock
The Boys at Exchange
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Wolfgang Ayrton Trio Beta Test Release Show at Exchange
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grunge doom metal sludge metal
Blowout Hardcore Half-Dayer at Exchange
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metal post-hardcore hardcore-punk alternative rock post-punk
Desperate Journalist at Exchange
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indie rock post-punk
Skimmity Hitchers at Exchange
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punk anti-folk
Urban Resistance to Fascism at Exchange
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techno jungle hyperpop dub hip hop
Wrong Turn, Right Path at Exchange
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electronic lo-fi alternative rock post-punk shoegaze
Black Mound Sound Lab Presents at Exchange
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anti-folk folk experimental noise film
Dry Socket at Exchange
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metal post-hardcore punk
Milkfiz at Exchange
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punk post-punk art rock experimental noise
Julia Louiseknifefist at Exchange
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post-hardcore punk grunge shoegaze rap
Ladye + Yesterday's Girl at Exchange
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alternative rock indie rock shoegaze
Glossy Boy + Special Guests at Exchange
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pop indie rock singer-songwriter
King Awesome at Exchange
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metal rock classic rock alternative rock
Spill at Exchange
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Dylan Sinclair at Exchange
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alternative r&b R&B singer-songwriter
Danko at Exchange
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alternative rock indie rock
The Cactus Blossoms at Exchange
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country indie rock folk folk rock folk-pop
Away Fans at Exchange
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alternative rock indie rock funk
Skarlett Riot at Exchange
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rock alternative rock
Madball at Exchange
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post-hardcore hardcore-punk punk
LYDIA LUNCH & MARC HURTADO at Exchange
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electro synthpop punk noise rock industrial
Shilpa Ray at Exchange
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indie pop lo-fi indie rock experimental
Red Telephone at Exchange
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indie rock post-punk noise rock art rock experimental
Glare at Exchange
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alternative rock shoegaze
Phoenix-Flare at Exchange
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electro pop synthpop indie rock
Zetra at Exchange
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metal synthpop dark wave
Gao the Arsonist at Exchange
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hip hop rap
Bent Blue at Exchange
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metal post-hardcore hardcore-punk punk
The Baboon Show at Exchange
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punk pop punk ska punk
The Malefic Grip,Piss Drinker,inertia point,DJ JG at Exchange
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noise rock sludge metal experimental industrial noise
Luvcat at Exchange
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Vower at Exchange
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The Boo Radleys at Exchange
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alternative rock shoegaze
Flying Hearts at Exchange
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alternative rock indie rock punk
Saor at Exchange
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metal
Billy Lockett at Exchange
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singer-songwriter
AK/DK at Exchange
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electro
NEGATIVE GEARS, MACHIAVELLIAN ART, CAN KICKER.. at Exchange
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psychedelic rock hardcore-punk indie rock punk post-punk
Daytura at Exchange
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alternative rock
HEAT 1 at Exchange
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metal doom metal sludge metal
Gürl at Exchange
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alternative metal alternative pop metal emo alternative rock
High Llamas at Exchange
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pop folk-pop
George Gadd and Harrison Rimmer at Exchange
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anti-folk folk singer-songwriter
Bad Cabaret at Exchange
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house uk garage electro lgbtq+
Betty at Exchange
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Dancer at Exchange
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experimental pop indie rock punk post-punk
ULTRA SUNN at Exchange
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techno electro post-punk
DAD VIBES at Exchange
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prog rock metal alternative rock punk grunge
Sean Rowe at Exchange
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anti-folk folk singer-songwriter
Self Deception at Exchange
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rock alternative rock
Johnny Foreigner / Crywank co-headline at Exchange
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alternative rock indie rock punk anti-folk folk
Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer V Professor Elemental at Exchange
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hip hop rap comedy stand-up comedy festival
Bear Vs Shark at Exchange
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post-hardcore emo
KiLLOWEN at Exchange
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rap
Dopethrone at Exchange
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metal doom metal sludge metal
False Idah at Exchange
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indie rock folk folk rock singer-songwriter
KID BOOKIE at Exchange
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metal rock hip hop rap trap music
OVERSIZE at Exchange
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emo rock alternative rock punk grunge
Fishstock 2025 at Exchange
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hardcore-punk punk ska punk anti-folk
DirtBasement + Fifth Avenue at Exchange
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hardcore-punk emo punk pop punk grunge
The Lilacs at Exchange
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indie rock
Jools at Exchange
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post-punk garage rock
Eggfest at Exchange
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metal punk experimental noise festival
Hannah Grace at Exchange
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pop folk singer-songwriter jazz soul
Oh Hiroshima at Exchange
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indie rock post-punk post rock shoegaze
Blaze The Trail at Exchange
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metal alternative rock
Bridear at Exchange
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metal
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers at Exchange
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country rock country indie rock folk rock
Keywest at Exchange
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pop indie rock folk folk rock folk-pop
DILLINGER FOUR , RAT CAGE and GIMIC at Exchange
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post-hardcore punk post-punk pop punk
Blind Girls at Exchange
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alternative metal thrash metal post-hardcore emo punk
Nirvanher at Exchange
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grunge
Just Friends at Exchange
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indie rock punk
Christof van der Ven at Exchange
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folk singer-songwriter
Just Radiohead at Exchange
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rock alternative rock indie rock
Freak Slug at Exchange
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alternative rock indie rock
WHORES at Exchange
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stoner rock noise rock sludge metal
Laurence Jones at Exchange
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rock alternative rock blues
Lene Lovich at Exchange
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synthpop post-punk
The Nightingales at Exchange
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alternative rock post-punk
Nine Below Zero at Exchange
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blues-rock rock alternative rock blues
Mssv at Exchange
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experimental
Shonen Knife at Exchange
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punk pop punk
Bristol Punx Picnic 2025 - Saturday at Exchange
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metal post-hardcore hardcore-punk punk post-punk
Video Game Tribute Band at Exchange
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alternative metal soundtrack thrash metal metal doom metal
Pop Punk Party at Exchange
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pop punk
New Rock City - Friday at Exchange
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hardcore-punk punk pop punk ska punk
New Rock City - Saturday at Exchange
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Get a feel for Exchange

Our recent recommendations for Exchange

Sell out warning! Stormy alt-folk, hewn straight from the earth. Sean Rowe’s bluesy soul-steeped ballads are utterly captivating, his deep, moody baritone and narrative chops effortlessly conjuring the spirit of Cohen & Waits. An emotional reckoning FFO: Iron & Wine, Gregory Alan Isakov, Nick Cave. Sean Rowe at Exchange.

Sell out warning! Don’t mistake them for a one-hit wonder: cult Britpoppers The Boo Radleys charmed us with their wall-of-jangle melodic brilliance in the 90s, and the indie/neo-psych anthems just keep coming. If you were around for Wake Up Boo, dust off your bucket hat now… The Boo Radleys at Exchange.

Cult Swedish powerpop-punks celebrating 20 years in the game! The Baboon Show’s high-energy, hook-laden anthems fuse the political charge of 70s punk rock with the glam swagger of hair metal - old school anarchy perfected. Big FFO: The Hives, Joan Jett, The Distillers, The Exploding Hearts. The Baboon Show at Exchange.

Sell out warning! Unsettling, experimental rap for fans of Danny Brown, Ghostmane and Odd Future. Gasmask donning Gao is setting fire to small minded hiphop circles with lyrical murder, melancholy and half-imagined extraterrestrial police-states Gao the Arsonist at Exchange.

Sell out warning! A date made in synth-punk heaven? The queen of downtown NY noir raises the ghosts of Suicide at the OG no-wave last chance saloon. And yes she can still fucking wail…. LYDIA LUNCH & MARC HURTADO at Exchange.