What's On in Bristol This Weekend

Trending live music in Bristol this weekend

There are more than 59 gigs happening in Bristol this weekend and we've managed to collect them all onto this one page. The event listings below include all the local bands and musicians playing on both Friday and Saturday evenings. If you are planning on going to any of the larger gigs and concerts this weekend we strongly recommend buy tickets in advance from our ticket shop.

Friday

Fri 27th March

— Strange Brew

Joan Shelley in Bristol Tickets

Fri 27th March

— The Trinity Centre

Dubquake 20 x Teachings in Dub Tickets

Fri 27th March

— DOCUMENT

RECORD presents: Captain Wallop, Nay Barr Tickets

Fri 27th March

— Lakota

ACCESS: Drum & Bass Rave Tickets

Fri 27th March

— Lakota

UN.KNOWN Tickets

Fri 27th March

— Thekla

90s House Party Tickets

Saturday

Sat 28th March

— Various Venues

Ritual Union 2026 in Bristol Tickets

Sat 28th March

— Bristol Beacon

One Mississippi in Bristol Tickets

Sat 28th March

— The Trinity Centre

Pangea Presents ~ Soundsystem music from around the globe Tickets

Sat 28th March

— Strange Brew

Ritual Union: Afterglow feat. Ninajirachi, KAVARI and more Tickets

Sunday

Sun 29th March

— Thekla

The Underdog 2026 | Semi-Final A in Bristol Tickets

Sun 29th March

— Bristol Beacon

Poppy Ackroyd in Bristol Tickets

Sun 29th March

— Lost Horizon

Downbeat Melody COURTYARD SESSION Tickets

This Weekend's Trending Clubnights

We started Headfirst in 2008 and since then we have seen Bristol's weekend nightlife programme week upon week. Currently Bristol's clubnights are some of the most diverse and innovative in the UK, ranging from small venues like Cosies and The Island to larger clubs like Motion and Blue Mountain. The best of this weekend's club events are below.

Friday

CINEMA TRANSEXUÀL PRESENTS - CHALLENGERS ON A IMAX SCREEN

— IMAX - Bristol Aquarium

lgbtq+ film

Dear Diary: Diary Cinepoems screening + Workshop

— KIT FORM

experimental world workshops & classes film

Billionaires & Guillotines Game Night

— The Spark Space, Redfield

workshops & classes talks

Cosy Collage Workshop

— Lost Horizon Coffee Shop & Roastery

workshops & classes

Spotlight Tours: Phillip Lai 'RAIN / RUIN' and Olukemi Lijadu 'Feedback'

— Spike Island

exhibition

EXHIBITION: Progress In Process

— Rear Door, Maze House, 18 Maze Street, Barton Hill Trading Estate, BS41 8JZ

folk ambient industrial exhibition exhibition-opening

Grounded Comedy

— Grounded

comedy stand-up comedy

Predicted: A Wickedly Good Parody

— Bristol Improv Theatre

lgbtq+ comedy theatre

Paul Hilleard & Joe Riley Work in Progress

— The White Bear

comedy stand-up comedy theatre festival food & drink

Los Dedos - Farewell Gig & Party + The Mudd Club in Bristol

— The Jam Jar

rock-and-roll blues-rock garage rock rockabilly soundtrack

JAKABOL - Record Release Show w/ EAB in Bristol

— The Croft

alternative rock psych folk rock progressive rock

THE ROB LEAR BAND in Bristol

— Cotham Parish Church, Cotham Road ( top of St Michael’s Hill ), Cotham, Bristol, BS6 6DR

folk blues country bluegrass folk-pop

Mulholland B2B D.A.D in Bristol

— The Gallimaufry

soul hip hop disco house uk garage

The Scribes + DJ George Oscar in Bristol

— The Canteen

hip hop

Blue Amber + Guests in Bristol

— Exchange

jazz punk art rock alternative hip hop big band

Tinderbox in Bristol

— Exchange

Still Interfere + POP PARTY in Bristol

— Cafe Kino

jazz

Spirited Jazz Club in Bristol

— Spirited Bristol

FAILED , SYSTEM OF SLAVES, LEVEL THREAT, ABSOLUTE UNIT in Bristol

— The Golden Lion

punk metal hardcore-punk

Rah - atmospheric free jazz in Bristol

— St Anne’s church, greenbank

jazz contemporary jazz contemporary classical ambient drone

GURP + The Big However+ Mike Dennis in Bristol

— The Louisiana

pop folk rock punk grunge

Aynur Doğan in Bristol

— St George's Bristol

world

GRIGG / HITCHENS / KELLY / MARINO in Bristol

— L'Étoile Studio

experimental noise drone

Dead Bars + Back Teeth + Kinellmun in Bristol

— Zed Alley

rock punk

Digsby in Bristol

— The Hen & Chicken

alternative rock indie rock indie pop alternative pop country rock

Gabriel Templar + Parliament Of Wolves + Mondays Monsoon in Bristol

— Mr Wolfs

indie pop

The Dead Royals in Bristol

— The Bristol Fringe

alternative rock indie rock indie pop soft rock

Dulcie @ The Red Church in Bristol

— The Red Church

funk soul hip hop northern soul disco

Big Feelings in Bristol

— The Sugar Loaf

afrobeat house uk garage dancehall

Sounds of the Shed Ft DJ Slimzee tickets

— Exchange

drum and bass jungle

NSC Presents: Paula Koski + Gloria Rose tickets

— Loco Klub

techno

Ten 2 One w/ Gabby Ochoa tickets

— The Jam Jar

dub reggae roots reggae jamaican-ska

Disco Isn’t Dead with Luke Una + Safiye tickets

— Strange Brew

disco disco house house deep house chicago house

Beautiful People DJ Residency with Angel Mel tickets

— Wiper and True Old Market Taproom

house

BRISTOL BASS EXCHANGE tickets

— Green Works

Nutria & Merty tickets

— The Old Stillage

house tech house electro breakbeat

Livity Sound w/ Erika and Peverelist tickets

— The Love Inn

house electronic techno electro

Get Weird Presents: Flaat Face, Heyza, Kaimeera, Sumi + YGF Dex tickets

— The Crown

funk electro 140 dubstep

Cock & Tail Bar / Miray's Birthday tickets

— Cock and Tail Bar / Electronic Dance Music Night / Miray's Birthday

drum and bass electronic tech house trance deep house

80s Night at The Drawbridge tickets

— The Drawbridge

pop rock glam rock tribute acts disco

Kaleidoscope XXL - Friday night tickets

— Lost and Found

pop lgbtq+ hip hop electronic festival

DJ SOULCIAL tickets

— Stokes By The Orchard

funk soul jam session disco tropical

Sourdough Disco tickets

— Renato’s

soul jazz funk lovers rock disco house

Trafic's Jam tickets

— The Full Moon & Attic Bar

drum and bass uk garage bassline

Bristalo w/ Bob YT & Deniz & Indiescotheque tickets

— The Cider Box Tap Room

funk disco disco house house

Disrupta, Atmos & More tickets

— Clock Factory

drum and bass jungle

MicroTherapy tickets

— Basement 45

tech house minimal tech house

Education Sessions presents Pitch Shift tickets

— Cosies

drum and bass jungle breakbeat

The Boxing Gym's 3 Stage Spring Fiesta Chimpo b2b Strategy tickets

— The Boxing Gym

drum and bass jungle uk garage 140 speed garage

Insieme Festival x MASS: Nathan Worm + More tickets

— Exchange

world house electronic techno

Boogie Café w/ Sarah Sweeney tickets

— The Croft

disco house deep house footwork

Saturday

Coach to Together Against the Far Right

— Anchor Road

protests & marches

Together Alliance National Demo in London

— Anchor Road - Bristol

protests & marches

A Watershed Moment for Black Filmmaking? An Exhibition

— PRSC

exhibition talks film

International Anglo-Somali Poetry | Anthology Workshop

— Easton Community Centre

workshops & classes poetry spoken word

BASE Library Open Day

— BASE

workshops & classes family poetry

Spilt Milk Collective X The Orchard: THE FIRST POUR

— The Orchard (Stokes Croft)

bossa nova house uk funky workshops & classes

Back to 1848: The Robin Hood Immersive Tavern

— The Robin Hood

theatre

'ONE TIME, ONE MEETING.' Exhibition - MARTHA FOX

— D–UNIT

exhibition

Michael Shafar - Inappropriate

— The Gaffe Comedy Club

comedy stand-up comedy

Rue Cases-Nègres | 1983

— PRSC

exhibition film

Modern Queers Closing Party

— KIT FORM

pop disco lgbtq+ exhibition talks

Spring Equinox Embroidery

— Windmill Hill City Farm

folk traditional folk workshops & classes family

Foli - West African Dance & Djembe

— The Jam Jar

Fragrance Design Experience

— The Bristol Hotel

workshops & classes

River Avon & Leigh Woods Walk | Bristol Social Hike

— Ashton Gate Stadium

lgbtq+ talks dating

The Pipe Record Fair

— The Pipe & Slippers

Abolitionist Healing Workshop x Page of Swords

— The Mazi Project

workshops & classes

Medieval Tile making

— Windmill Hill City Farm

folk experimental lgbtq+ goth workshops & classes

SHESENSU® Fitness Pop‑Up Class

— The Island

yoga

MuziKation

— Bristol Folk House

jazz contemporary jazz latin jazz jazz funk big band

Deep Listening Workshop

— Arnolfini

noise minimal techno workshops & classes soundtrack

The Improv Lab

— Bristol Improv Theatre

experimental lgbtq+ open mic comedy theatre

Burn Bristol Burn

— Pickle Factory

Spotlight Tours: Phillip Lai 'RAIN / RUIN' and Olukemi Lijadu 'Feedback'

— Spike Island

exhibition

House Party

— Watershed

workshops & classes exhibition talks food & drink

The Goddess, the Moon and the Hare / Clay Class

— L'Étoile Studio

folk workshops & classes

The Memory Blocks

— Watershed

experimental talks film

REACH

— Trinity Academy Romney Avenue

theatre family

Lesbian Pub night

— Clubhaus Harbourside

lgbtq+ lgbtq+ lgbtq+

The Antics Joke Show: Improv Special Feat. Degrees of Error

— Bristol Improv Theatre

lgbtq+ comedy stand-up comedy theatre

Bristol Choral Society - Bach: St John Passion

— Bristol Beacon

classical

Hahahaggis #6 - Union of the Clowns

— Sidney & Eden

comedy stand-up comedy poetry spoken word

Trans Pride Bristol 2026 - gig in Bristol

— Loco Klub

alternative rock indie rock post-punk lgbtq+

UNDER THE PROPOSAL TREE in Bristol

— The Cube

folk bluegrass anti-folk

Mithras, Damim, Unburier & Deliberate Miscarriage in Bristol

— The Croft

metal death metal progressive metal thrash metal

Henry Ayling + Loam in Bristol

— Bridge Farm

folk singer-songwriter blues traditional folk

Fishstock 2026 in Bristol

— Exchange

punk hardcore-punk anti-folk ska punk

AFK , SHREDS, CYDERNIDE, SKELETAL FRAGRANCE in Bristol

— The Red Lion

punk metal hardcore-punk thrash metal

Dog of Man & Holy Popes in Bristol

— The Old England Pub

post-punk noise experimental rock

GALLI BIRTHDAY WITH BACANA FUNK in Bristol

— The Gallimaufry

Ya Freshness + DJ Rubba Riddims in Bristol

— The Canteen

ska jamaican-ska

Ritual Union 2026 in Bristol

— Strange Brew

indie rock electronic festival

Welsh Connection Vol 2 in Bristol

— Hippos

drum and bass jungle techno uk garage bassline

Janet Kay and Carroll Thompson - Bristol in Bristol

— Lost Horizon

reggae lovers rock

VERSAINTS in Bristol

— The Louisiana

alternative rock punk grunge garage rock noise rock

Champion Trees + Kaspar Hauser + Junction in Bristol

— Cafe Kino

indie folk

Heartwood Chorus > a cappella folk songs in harmony in Bristol

— St Annes Church

folk traditional folk a cappella anti-folk

GOODHOUND BLANG // The B Sides in Bristol

— The Thunderbolt

pop punk

Dana Robinson in Bristol

— Bristol Folk House

folk traditional folk bluegrass

Oswald Slain in Bristol

— Wiper and True Old Market Taproom

alternative rock

The Clean Up + Francesca Luker + 3DS Toad Circuit in Bristol

— Mr Wolfs

funk soul

Trans Pride Bristol 2026 - club night tickets

— Loco Klub

lgbtq+ jungle techno trance dubstep

THIS IS NOT ENTERTAINMENT VOL : 2 tickets

— Green Works

jungle techno

Grama05 - chris farrell, jonny chorley + r.e.d tickets

— The Island

tech house minimal tech house

Club Djembe's 9th Birthday w/ Kaval & Guests tickets

— The Love Inn

Barbie Inferno: Burn Bristol Burn Part 3 tickets

— The Pickle Factory

lgbtq+ disco house tech house family festival

NBM Sound tickets

— The Phoenix

hip hop drum and bass jungle breakbeat

DEEP FIELD x SAIN AUDIO: Kazza b2b Deselecta, The Jungle Connoisseur.. tickets

— The Cider Box Tap Room

Event Cancelled

drum and bass jungle techno breakbeat

Creatures Curates: OB1, CREATURES, LEDZ + ASTRALIS tickets

— The Crown

drum and bass

S-Line: Malicious Compliance, Neev, Priya + Zed Rex tickets

— The Mothers Ruin

house uk garage 140 breakbeat speed garage

TERRAIN: Bangers Without Borders w/ Somatic tickets

— The Jam Jar

cumbia bhangra afrobeats dancehall amapiano

Balter Forever tickets

— Sawmills

BDC PRESENTS: NAYSA'S BAD BIDDY VERSE < 3 tickets

— The Full Moon & Attic Bar

R&B hip hop grunge jungle techno

Kaleidoscope XXL - Saturday night tickets

— Ashton Court

pop lgbtq+ electronic festival

Misc tickets

— To The Moon

pop disco lgbtq+ house techno

Stepped Presents - Azaad + Wodda tickets

— After Dark

uk garage tech house deep house minimal tech house speed garage

TRiBE of FRoG Space Frog 2026 tickets

— Lakota

drum and bass techno trance minimal techno donk

Clock Factory Presents: Window Kid tickets

— Clock Factory

uk garage dubstep grime

LS3D LAUNCH PARTY tickets

— Cosies

techno uk garage breakbeat minimal techno acid house

COTTAGE tickets

— The Coroner's Court

electronic

Balter Forever - Afterparty tickets

— The Boxing Gym

BASS IN THE BASEMENT tickets

— Basement 45

drum and bass jungle dubstep jump up

No Signal - Opening Night tickets

— Shredenhams

house tech house deep house progressive house

★ FAT LIP ★ Bristol's legendary emo party tickets

— The Lanes

pop alternative rock rock emo pop punk

Breakin Science | Back to Bristol 2026 tickets

— Electric Bristol

drum and bass jungle jump up

Propaganda Bristol - Indie Club Night tickets

— The Fleece

rock indie rock indie pop emo pop punk

Sunday

Brizzle Boyz - Drag King Cabaret XXXIX - Night of 1000 Fluxxes

— Strange Brew

lgbtq+ drag drag cabaret

Love Inn Film Club #03 - Sisters with Transistors

— The Love Inn

film

Slow Fashion Social - Spring Fabric Flowers

— The Canteen

workshops & classes

A Farewell Fundraising Feast

— The Mazi Project

food & drink

Django

— The Ill Repute

film

South Bristol Community Breakfast

— Windmill Hill City Farm

workshops & classes talks family food & drink protests & marches

Sapphic Sundays: mindful colouring social

— Cafe Commune, One Castlepark, BS2 0JA

lgbtq+ dating

Made in Bonnington: Spring Flower Champagne & Cleaver Tonic brewing

— Bonnington Walk community building and garden off Greengage Close/ Merryweather Avenue

workshops & classes

Wasteman Weeklies #549

— The Lanes

Hustle Dance Workshop

— UNIT8 Studios

funk R&B disco house

Collage Club: Spring Vision Board making

— Commune Cafe

lgbtq+ workshops & classes life drawing poetry exhibition-opening

REACH: Lost Stories

— Trinity Academy Romney Avenue

theatre family

The Mount All Dayer

— The Mount Without

soul northern soul

Natalie Cassidy: with Nat

— The Gaffe Comedy Club

comedy

What the Spring Brings - A seasonal connection workshop

— Bridge Farm

workshops & classes

Listening Circle

— La Ruca

lgbtq+ workshops & classes talks

Kuan-wen: Andrews Are the Worst

— The Robin Hood

comedy stand-up comedy

Danny and Paul's Intimate 40-Seater Tour

— The Robin Hood

comedy stand-up comedy

Sludge Sunday V in Bristol

— The Gryphon

metal alternative metal doom metal sludge metal death metal

Last Hyena in Bristol

— Exchange

art rock experimental rock post rock progressive rock prog rock

Ecstatic Dance and Jam in Bristol

— Bridge Farm

soul jam session trance

Lino bleach in Bristol

— Exchange

Shashank Subramanyam and Prattyush Banerjee in Bristol

— St George's Bristol

world traditional folk contemporary classical classical neoclassical

Roswell Road in Bristol

— Bristol Folk House

folk indie pop indie folk

Man at Sea-ALBUM LAUNCH in Bristol

— The Louisiana

singer-songwriter indie rock indie pop

Redh3rring + Nile Robinson in Bristol

— L'Étoile Studio

folk singer-songwriter ambient electronic trap music

Songwriter's Showcase in Bristol

— The Bristol Fringe

singer-songwriter

Zoggs Sunday Sessions : Andy Payback tickets

— Mickey Zoggs

soul hip hop dub dancehall soundtrack

Melting Wax W/ R.E.D, Plantera, Castles, Cam.ron, Lew Fras tickets

— La panza

ambient house techno electro downtempo

Darts Tournament tickets

— The Volunteer Tavern

Kaleidoscope XXL - Sunday night tickets

— SouthBank

pop lgbtq+ electronic festival