The Boxing Gym

The Boxing Gym

Versatile mid-size BS5 venue with a soundsystem focus


For one weekend each month Boxing Gym transforms from fitness centre and youth community space by day to underground club venue at night, sprawling across four rooms and a 1200 capacity outdoor area.

The Boxing Gym specialises in drum & bass, jungle, house, techno, disco and dub, as well as hosting local favourites like AnExperience’s Proper Jungle Night and Rave On Avon.

What's On At The Boxing Gym

UPSIDE SOUND at The Boxing Gym
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techno jungle dub circus
AnExperience ~ Big Fat Feral Fiesta at the boxing gym
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dancehall jungle cumbia samba world
AnExperience ~ School night community party at the boxing gym
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ska world soul gospel workshops & classes
AnExperience Presents ~ A Proper Jungle Night at the boxing gym
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breakbeat dancehall jungle ska world
RIGS OUT FOR GAZA at The Boxing Gym
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techno trance drum and bass jungle happy hardcore

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Our recent recommendations for The Boxing Gym

AnExperience descends on the Broad Plain boxing gym with their own righteous take on amen culture, taking us back to 92-96 with an all-vinyl crew running pure junglist/hardcore euphoria through Scotland Yard’s ‘so loud it’s psychedelic’ soundsytem. 100% deconstructed-rave free zone. AnExperience Presents ~ A Proper Jungle Night at the boxing gym.

Sell out warning! The cult of AnExperience keeps swelling with an army of followers behind the ‘all tribes / all genres’ soundsystem experience. With a dedicated festival now in bloom, they return to the Broad Plain Boxing Gym with 4 rooms bursting with everything from samba to jungle to gospel to acid, all run at utopia-inducing volume. AnExperience ~ Big Fat Feral Fiesta at the boxing gym.

Three room StepTwice knock-out at the Boxing Gym: Rinse’s titan of 140 fusion, Oblig, bringing his signature grime / drill / techno sidesteps with MC Sox on the mic. Plus hardcore energy from Rea and Brazen’s breakbeat mutant Janaway, bassline and speedy G from Lily Huu and Fonzo + much much much more. Join us on the 27th September for our biggest party to date...

We can’t believe our eyes and ears: Johnny Clarke’s in Bristol! The vanguard voice of roots reggae heads a posse of local soundsystems in this admittedly massive ‘Back A Yard’ micro-edition of the St Pauls cultural blowout. Rally round the revelries, food, crafts, parades and community vibes - it’s all raising funds to secure the full return of the Carnival in 2025. Expect the epic sounds of Carnival and a community atmosphere at this celebration day

AnExperience descends on the Broad Plain boxing gym with their own righteous take on amen culture, taking us back to 92-96 with an all-vinyl crew running pure junglist/hardcore euphoria through Scotland Yard’s ‘so loud it’s psychedelic’ soundsytem. 100% deconstructed-rave free zone. 4 rooms of old ruffage all played on wax