The Louisiana
Bristol's most important indie venue.
An essential tour stop for any emerging indie artist the Louisiana is Bristol's prime indie and folk venue. Literally everyone who's anyone has played the Lousiana on their way to the top, and I mean everyone. Muse, Kings of Leon, White Stripes, Bloc Party, Coldplay, The Libertines, The Strokes... all have graced the Lousiana's modest stage.
What's On At The Louisiana
— The Louisiana
electronic
noise rock
experimental
industrial
— The Louisiana
punk
post-punk
noise rock
garage rock
grunge
— The Louisiana
alternative rock
indie rock
grunge
shoegaze
— The Louisiana
progressive rock
post-punk
grunge
shoegaze
— The Louisiana
alternative rock
punk
post-punk
noise rock
— The Louisiana
alternative rock
post-punk
experimental
jazz
exhibition
Get a feel for The Louisiana
Our recent recommendations for The Louisiana
Intricate + intimate, Skydaddy (aka Rachid Fakhre of Spang Sisters) and live band take timeless Cohen/Reed/Dylan-style singer-songwriting to orchestral heights. A bullseye to the sweet spot between chamber pop and psych folk. FFO: Andy Shauf, Cate Le Bon, Aldous Harding, Cass McCombs.
SKYDADDY + BERT USSHER at The Louisiana.
Sell out warning! Independent Venues Week hits the ground running with a loaded Louis takeover! LICE take top billing with their signature blend of twisted riffs & surrealist satire - think Mark E. Smith reborn in an industrial swamp-rock fever dream - alongside the angular freak-folk meets heart-on-sleeve punk of Breakfast Records fave Blood Wizard. Huge FFO: Fat White Family, Pigsx7, Black Midi, King Krule, Ezra Furman.
Lice, Blood Wizard at The Louisiana.
Emotionally wrought sonic terrorism! Morgan Garrett’s a transcendent messiah toting a maniacal mix of ASMR dread, acoustic guitar, gonzo nu-metal and Orange Milk maximalism. With perfect support from ATC industrial gremlins Kelan and Monika Badly, this is unclassifiable weirdness on a knife-edge FFO: Throbbing Gristle, Bela, Shit and Shine, Korn, Klein.
Morgan Garrett + Kelan + Monika Badly at The Louisiana.
£5 dark ambient questing awaits you! Cave Walker’s glacial take on dungeon aesthetics feels like a lost Secret Stairway x Biosphere collab unearthed from the clutches of a frozen bogman. Cosmic oblivion FFO: Thomas Köner, Deathprod, Lustmord, Klaus Schulze, Cold Spring.
An evening of ambient, noise, and experimental
Feverishly noisy glitch pop at The Louis for your fix of mid-week weirdness: local instrumental experimentalists Socks & Ballerinas are a two-person kaleidoscope of fractured beats, lush loops, and improvisational swerves. Captivating and chaotic FFO: Matmos, Autechre, Tortoise.
Socks and Ballerinas + Omvros + Hexcut live at The Louisiana, Bristol. Thursday, 9th January 2025