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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indie rock
post-punk
art rock
psych
experimental
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alternative rock
indie rock
post-punk
post rock
shoegaze
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alternative rock
indie rock
post-punk
post rock
shoegaze
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post-grunge
rock-and-roll
alternative rock
post-punk
garage rock
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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
Newsflash: brash, loud yet very approachable blokes make freakish noise rock, bad acid psych and goofy fuzz metal feel totally fresh again. None of them are called Michael but they reallllly bring the dirt alongside ever-reliable ear-ripping skronk noise unit Repo Man. Essential FFO: Sex Swing, Butthole Surfers, Melvins, Gnod, Sleep.
MICHAEL // Repo Man at The Golden Lion.
Nothing says ‘I love you darling’ like a four-headed barrage of caustic sludge. Row of Ashes and Gnasch smooch your ears with a piledriving noisecore fusion that could give Indian or Will Haven nightmares. Plus Urzah’s post-stoner punishment has reached such epic proportions that we’re now just going to call them Bristol’s Neurosis.
ROW OF ASHES+ GNASCH+ URZAH+ TENDRILS
Gruelling, chaotic, pitch-black crossover fury. Melding death metal shred with bile-filled post-hardcore propulsion, this is exactly what metalcore should sound like: a feral soundtrack to the end of days. Total ripper FFO: Converge, (early) Lamb of God, On Broken Wings, Jesus Piece.
Blowout Presents Cruelty, Blade, Plague Pit and Born in Dissonance at The Golden Lion, Bristol
Sell out warning! Lush legend and anti-pop heroine Miki Berenyi returns revitalised after her much-acclaimed confessional memoirs with a new trio playing classic Lush tracks and new material. Essential for all dreampoppers, shoegazers and 90s kids.
A Grey Muzzle Promotions event
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.
UK hardcore punk gig - benefit for Bristol Kurdistan Solidarity Network