live music

• 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 / Save The Croft

  The Croft fundraiser tips over £1m with one day to go

  The campaign hopes to reopen the venue under a community ownership model

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• Music / new releases

  Spin Class release EP bursting with ‘raw energy’

  The five track EP was recorded live to capture the full power sound the band brings to the stage

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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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• News / Old City Sounds

  Day festival brings jazz, brass and secret gigs to 13 venues

  Pubs, venues, a church and a theatre will all be joining the festivities

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• Music / family

  Music group for dads fundraising to stay afloat

  It is the 'most loved' session run by a community music organisation

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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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