The Golden Lion
One of Bristol's key live music pubs.
Under the same management as the infamous Old Duke pub on Bristol's harbourside, the Golden Lion is another staple live music pub in Bristol.
Live music is served every night of the week except Sundays and entry is always free except for Friday (usually £3). The Golden Lion's listings are typically jazz, funk, blues or folk based, basically their music policy is pretty varied.
The venue can be a great place to catch new projects for established Bristol musicians so it's always worth checking whats on at the Golden Lion. Unlike The Old Duke in Bristol it's a larger pub and usually fairly easy to get a table on weeknights.
Live music is served every night of the week except Sundays and entry is always free except for Friday (usually £3). The Golden Lion's listings are typically jazz, funk, blues or folk based, basically their music policy is pretty varied.
The venue can be a great place to catch new projects for established Bristol musicians so it's always worth checking whats on at the Golden Lion. Unlike The Old Duke in Bristol it's a larger pub and usually fairly easy to get a table on weeknights.
What's On At The Golden Lion
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thrash metal
hardcore-punk
punk
post-punk
sludge metal
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indie rock
post-punk
art rock
shoegaze
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alternative metal
progressive metal
metal
doom metal
sludge metal
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glam rock
rock-and-roll
punk
post-punk
garage rock
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Our recent recommendations for The Golden Lion
Shitty Future give 2025 its first true teeth kicking - all in aid of Bristol Kurdistan Solidarity Network! Rolling out Tormented Imp for a rawpunk exorcism alongside the claustrophobic sludgecore of Second Death... utterly rotten, unbearably feral FFO: Poison Idea, G.I.S.M., Doom, Paranoid, Physique etc.
TORMENTED IMP, SECOND DEATH, DOCILE and GET FUCKED at The Golden Lion.
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