The Lanes

The Lanes

Retro bowling alley meets music venue in Bristol city centre.


The 'Live at the Lanes' concept takes the bowling alley into the night with regular events and parties that incorporate dining, bowling and dancing. The venue utilises its kitsch, retro status to host regular disco, ska, reggae and Motown events. Promoters like Pop Bubble Rock, Department S and Dub Voyager bring local and occasional national talent to the Lanes where the focus is firmly on good times.

What's On At The Lanes

R&B Revival at The Lanes
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R&B soul
★ FAT LIP ★ The Annual UV Party at The Lanes
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post-hardcore emo rock alternative rock pop punk
Motorcity- Motown, Soul, Funk, Disco, Rock ‘n’ Rol at The Lanes
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disco rockabilly soul northern soul funk
Latin Fever at The Lanes
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reggaeton salsa
Late Night Funk Club: Hot Piece of Brass + DJs at The Lanes
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house disco pop soul funk
Back To The 80s at The Lanes
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pop synthpop rock classic rock indie rock
Late Night Funk Club: Voodoo Brass Band + DJs at The Lanes
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house disco pop soul funk
Nashville Nights at The Lanes
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country rock country
Sounds of Soviet Underground at The Lanes
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post-punk post rock

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Our recent recommendations for The Lanes

Free entry! Crystalline avant-pop for the ages! Dummy are a whip-smart tangle of twee, grunge, trip-hop and basically every staple 90s sound going… without a cliché in sight. Think The Pastels meets Sonic Youth meets Broadcast, injected with joyful nu-gaze maximalism. Essential FFO: Bowery Electric, Stereolab, Yo La Tengo, Melody’s Echo Chamber, @. DUMMY live at The Lanes.

Mammoth Manc four-piece eruption of lager-soaked punk-funk! Loose Articles are aggy, fun and frenetic: think the B52s meets ESG meets The Bug Club… with extra cowbell. Banging support from local post-punk lovelies the unbeatably irreverent Slagheap and thunderous Bureau de Change. LOOSE ARTICLES live at The Lanes.

Free entry / PWYC! Luscious prog-rock adventurism, sending you on an astral journey to the heart of the sun fuelled by wild jazz intricacies, muscular math-rock chug and ethereal dream melodies. Totally mesmerising FFO: Mercury Rev, black midi, Todd Rundgren, Get the Blessing. PLANTOID live at The Lanes.

Free entry / PWYC! Singular East-meets-West sitar shredding ‘Raag and Roll’ from Karma Sheen, twisting Hindustani classical raga into spiritualised sonic psychedelia. Unmissable FFO: King Gizzard, Guruguru Brain, Acid Mothers Temple, Ravi Shankar, Pandit Pran Nath. KARMA SHEEN live at The Lanes.

Free entry! Tonight, Mikhail, the Lanes is going to be…. the Leningrad Rock Club. London-based cover collective Soviet Underground replicate the sound of 80s Russia’s musical revolution and the legendary bands that leapt from Western rock-imitating subcultural secret to mainstream phenomena. Unique and unmissable. Soviet-era post punk