Bristol Live Music

• Music / Reviews

  Review: the Beta Band, O2 Academy – ‘As playful and wilful as ever’

  The band return for an emotional reunion 12 years after their split

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• Music / Music Venues

  The Croft gears up for big opening weekend

  The Stokes Croft venue is reopening its doors at 4pm

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: George Clanton, Strange Brew – ‘Drunken bliss and full-blown chaos’

  The vaporwave romantic reveals a wholly different side on stage

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• Music / folk and roots

  Bristol’s month in Folk and Roots – September 2025

  After a summer of flying free at festivals, Bristol gigs are back with a vengeance

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• Reviews / Shambala

  Review: Shambala 2025 – ‘Still the future of festivals’

  Kambe Events prove once again that it's possible to do the right thing while having the best time

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• Music / Get To Know

  Get to Know: Âellin

  Multi-instrumentalist Siân Magill talks feminism, Proust, soundworlds and so much more

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• Reviews / Forwards 2025

  Review: Forwards 2025, Sunday – ‘Emotional rapport between stage and crowd’

  Day two of Bristol's festival of future-facing music and thinking on the Downs

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: BBC Proms in Bristol: Italian Summer – ‘From rousing crescendo to aching sunset’

  The last of five BBC Proms concerts at the Beacons sends postcards from Italy

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