DIY music

• Features / in photos

  In photos: Outer Town 2026

  East Bristol's multi-venue festival of DIY music and indie venues celebrated its fifth birthday

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• Music / live music

  Interactive gig experiment considers the future of live music

  Live visuals will respond in real time to onstage sound and movement and audience input

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• Music / Get To Know

  Get to Know: the Flag Fen Project

  The duo explain their mysterious origins, their obsession with place and why they've ditched Spotify

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• Music / In the Know

  In the Know: Beth Roberts, Cuculi Records – ‘An alternative to hedonism’

  The DIY alt-folk label is carving out a new space for reflective communal listening

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• Music / Live Music Venue

  In the Know: Hadie Abido, the Jam Jar – ‘We do things because they feel good’

  The team behind the St Jude's global music venue have overcome a barrage of obstacles

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• Music / new releases

  DIY dream-pop LP is an ethereal escape

  The debut LP from Bristol artist herbal tea is both wistful and glistening

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