Music / gig listings
Bristol’s month in Folk & Roots – July 2026
With the big acts favouring festivals, now is the time to explore the more niche venues and sessions
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Music / Reviews
Review: Belinda O’Hooley, Downend Folk & Roots – ‘Clarity, honesty and heart-stopping freedom’
Could O'Hooley be the anti-Farage asks our reviewer
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Music / Bristol gigs
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
