Music / gig listings
Bristol’s month in Folk & Roots – June 2026
Music forges a path that leads us into the summer months
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Music / Reviews
Review: Jon Doran & the Northern Assembly, the Folk House – ‘Joyous, delicate, glorious’
Shade-loving folkies chose to spend the sunniest weekend of the year in a dark-wood room
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Music / Reviews
Review: Charlotte Carrivick, Downend Folk & Roots – ‘Electricity crackles from her fingertips’
The flatpicking guitarist extraordinaire comes to Christchurch
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Music / Reviews
Review: Bristol Folk Festival – ‘Community, inclusion and an overwhelming feeling that everything is OK’
An inclusive weekend proved folk is a broad church with something to offer everyone
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Music / Bristol gig listings
Bristol’s month in Folk and Roots – May 2026
May is the most folk of months and Bristol's exemplary live music scene doesn't let it down
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Music / Reviews
Review: Sam Kelly Trio, Downend Folk & Roots – ‘Utterly irresistible’
A Bristol artist on the rise was in support
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Music / folk
Bristol’s month in Folk and Roots – April 2026
Sea shanties, 70s folk-rock superstars, incredible singer-songwriters and homages to the greats
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Music / Reviews
Review: Sherburn Bartley Sanders, Downend Folk & Roots – ‘Old-fashioned, no-nonsense folk’
A night in Downend feels like a celebration of simpler times
