The Cube

The Cube

Independent cinema which also hosts regular gigs and music.


The Cube is a real asset to Bristol, an independent cinema run by volunteers with original programming. In addition to films and live music the 105 seat cinema is also used for workshops and discussions.

In essence The Cube shows the films you actually want to see, avoiding pure 'arthouse' programming. Expect to find Hollywood's (occasional) decent offerings listed alongside quality foreign and independent films as well as a few cult classics. Wednesday mornings (11am) is BabyCinema where babies are welcome while Wednesday evenings is BlueScreen - a sort of open mic night but for short films.

While often folk or indie based, gig listings for The Cube can really vary. The level of crowd interaction at the Cube can make it a great venue to catch one off shows from electronica producers to experimental artists.

For film times check www.cubecinema.com

What's On At The Cube

Boy Meets Girl  5pm at The Cube
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film
Vava Maudit + more TBC at The Cube
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experimental punk noise turbo folk
The Tempest - Retold, by Debs Newbold at The Cube
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theatre spoken word
PANEL DISCUSSION + SCREENING: THE FILM CAMERA at The Cube
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experimental workshops & classes exhibition film
Welcome to the Orchard of England - Bristol Premiere at The Cube
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folk traditional folk film food & drink sport & exercise
Shronk Shrek Retold and Swamp Party at The Cube
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lgbtq+ experimental pop hyperpop film soundtrack
Experimental Dating 5: BYO Turbo Dating at The Cube
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experimental dating
FreeJazz Gachapon at The Cube
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experimental contemporary jazz noise experimental rock
Monochrome Festival of Ugly Music at The Cube
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experimental metal noise death metal
Joff Winterhart: Dear Historian at The Cube
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talks spoken word
Like Static in the Dust at The Cube
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experimental lo-fi talks film
UNCANNY at The Cube
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theatre spoken word
Hellfire Video Club at The Cube
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film
UNDER THE PROPOSAL TREE at The Cube
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folk bluegrass anti-folk
LET SPIN at The Cube
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experimental contemporary jazz post-punk post rock
Pictureframes  + Louis O'Hara + More TBA at The Cube
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singer-songwriter indie pop indie folk folk rock folk-pop
Earth Ball and much more at The Cube
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experimental psych noise experimental rock freak folk
Bhajan Bhoy/ Zahra Haji Fath Ali Tehrani/ Double Pelican at The Cube
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experimental indie rock drone turbo folk
Erwan Keravec + @xcrswx at The Cube
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experimental contemporary jazz noise contemporary classical drone
BOOK OF CHURCHES at The Cube
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folk singer-songwriter
HYUNHYE SEO at The Cube
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experimental noise industrial neoclassical
Bristol Society of Magic - 2026 Stage Magic Championship at The Cube
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comedy family theatre spoken word cabaret
WORKSHOP The Peoples Puppet Opera at The Cube
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experimental open mic theatre cabaret festival
The People's Puppet Opera at The Cube
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experimental open mic theatre cabaret festival

Get a feel for The Cube

Our recent recommendations for The Cube

The ugliest weekend of the year or your ears back. Monochrome rises from the human cesspit, dragging 18 acts to shore for the freak metal cyberdance cvlt. Dare you miss the first visitation in 7 years from transcendent DMT death juggernauts Grave Miasma + Maurice de Jong donning industrial keller synth AND devotional dark ambient masks ++ Nerve Peel’s deadly digital hardcore x Darkthrone fusion? Nope. Monochrome Festival of Ugly Music at The Cube.

GET INTO MY SWAMP! An ogre-loving ode to collective brainrot and meme culture, Shrek Retold is an absurd scene-for-scene recreation of everyone’s favourite millennial artefact made by 200+ artists/animators/YouTube weirdos in wildly different styles – please bring your extremely offline friend and watch their head melt. Followed by an off-the-wall Shrek-themed celebration in the Cube bar (of course). Shronk Shrek Retold and Swamp Party at The Cube.

Those who missed their wassailing fix this year, fear not: you can still get your pomaceous kicks with a screening of this lovingly-made Heritage Fund documentary celebrating the humble apple and the centuries of human activity and folklore that surround it. Screened in suitably Cubey style with games, refreshments + more Welcome to the Orchard of England - Bristol Premiere at The Cube.

Bristol’s bastions of 16mm BEEF kick off their Doing It For Ourselves weekender at The Cube with a series of short films celebrating camera-led experimentalists alongside a knowledge-laden panel discussion. Expect meaty insights into DIY film labs, collective practice, and the past, present and future of analogue film culture in the UK. PANEL DISCUSSION + SCREENING: THE FILM CAMERA at The Cube.

Sell out warning! A fresh and accessible way into the Bard from award-winning writer, director and performance storyteller Debs Newbold. She transforms the Cube’s stage into the Tempest’s otherworldly isle in a playful, one-woman reimagining of Shakespeare’s most enigmatic work. The Tempest - Retold, by Debs Newbold at The Cube.