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• Music / gig listings

  Bristol’s month(s) in jazz – June/July 2026

  When hot times call for cool jazz the Bristol scene obliges

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• Music / contemporary classical

  Review: Bristol New Music Festival, various venues: So – what’s new?

  the answer may be as elusive as ever but the quest for it certainly proved satisfying

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• Music / electronica

  Towering Inspiration

  Composer Dan Moore's obsession with a photo finally bears musical fruit

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• Music / contemporary classical

  The shock of the new?

  Bristol New Music Festival promises a kaleidoscopic journey through the unexpected

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• Music / world music

  Review: Beat Frequencies, St George’s – an atmosphere of meditative tranquility was instantly established.

  We could all understand why the traditional music of Bali has such a pull on these players

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• Music / contemporary classical

  Review: Hidden Notes Festival, Stroud – a sequence of difference and surprises

  This programme of unclassifiable outliers delivered a real breath of fresh air

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• Music / Jazz

  I’m really going to miss cheese!

  It's goodbye to cheddar as percussion virtuoso Harriet Riley swaps Bristol for Bali

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• Music / contemporary classical

  Coming out of hiding

  This year's Hidden Notes Festival offers another rich menu of genre-bending experimentalists

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