Gigs

• 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 / 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 / News

  The Croft releases launch party lineup tease

  Live acts and club nights have been announced for the first season of the reopening

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• Music / folk

  Bristol’s month in Folk & Roots – August 2025

  A quiet month for gigs means the more intimate events take the spotlight

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Les Caravanes, Bristol Folk House – ‘A folk revolution’

  A roving folk club drops in to Park Street

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Deerhoof, Strange Brew – ‘A sound uniquely theirs’

  The venue goes big guns with this superstar show, and it pays off

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Panic Shack, Rough Trade -‘An explosion of smudged mascara and female friendship’

  Girls having fun, getting wild, and thrusting sneering social commentary into the world

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• Music / News

  Idles’ huge gigs on Queen Square build on Massive Attack’s green legacy

  The Queen Square gig organisers say they're working to make the event as sustainable as possible

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