The Jam Jar
Volunteer-led venue and live music haunt.
The Jam Jar isn't just a venue, it's a shining beacon attracting the most authentic artists from planet Earth. With boundary-pushing gigs and sweat-soaked clubnights from more corners of the globe than anywhere else: cumbia to ska, folk to salsa, afro-rap to acid techno. Bristol would be a much greyer place without that!
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Our recent recommendations for 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.
The most vital act to survive the 90s acid-jazz / trip-hop boom - Red Snapper’s electronic playfulness, instrumental virtuosity and disregard for genre boundaries blazed a path for the current Bristol jazz crossover scene (Snazzback, Waldo’s Gift etc.)
Red Snapper + Support at The Jam Jar.
Sell out warrning! Blazing guitars and psych-rock mutations collide with fully-loaded blistering rap and gnarly ruff-tuff-style beats as Dutchman ZEP plays his UK / EU tour. A wizard behind the drums, we hear his live show is EPIC.
EU Tour at The Jam Jar.
Freewheeling cultureclash orchestra traversing free jazz, post-punk highlife and minimalist classical with transcendental results. Think Sonic Youth + Glen Branca’s downtown NY guitar ensemble covering Fela Kuti and you’re not even close (maybe Sons of Kemet raiding the Philip Glass’ songbook is closer…but you’ll have to see for yourself).
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp at The Jam Jar.
Kiko Bun left unsuspecting Jam Jarrers weak-kneed with his silver-tongued lovers rock, now he’s back to serve the sound of his Panama youth for the Latin Link. Another damn fine dancefloor education from those-that-know, guiding you through searing típico, delectable salsa and snaking reggaeton heat.
The Latin Link w/ Kiko Bun at The Jam Jar.