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• Music / Bristol gig listings

  Bristol’s month in Folk and Roots – May 2026

  May is the most folk of months and Bristol's exemplary live music scene doesn't let it down

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• Music / Folk & Roots

  Bristol’s month in folk and roots – January 2026

  This month presents a few select musical events to help blow the winter blues away

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• News / News

  Punks go head-to-head in autumn clash

  Summer's over; it's time to get real. By which we mean heavy.

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• Music / Save The Croft

  Grassroots unite in fundraising night for the Croft

  Cellar Door and Alpaca Presents are programming a fundraising night of music at the Louisiana

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• Music / In the Know

  In the Know: Matt Otridge, Music Venue Properties

  The man behind the campaign to reopen the Croft shares his full circle story and gig recommendations

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Felipe Baldomir, Exchange – ‘A deep breath out’

  Salt-and-sun idealism (with a side of sax)

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Dominie Hooper, Exchange – ‘Emotionally charged, raw and unfurled’

  Hooper premieres new songs from her debut album in an intimate environment

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• Music / Reviews

  REVIEW: NATI, The Exchange – ‘The folky NATI was nowhere to be seen’

  Gavin McNamara reviews the soon-to-be superstar NATI

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