The lantern

• Things To Do / Bristol

  26 things to do in Bristol this week, September 15-21 2025

  Highlights include a craft and flea market, a Jane Austen pub quiz and wrestling

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• Music / Reviews

  Reviews: Beans on Toast, Bristol Beacon – ‘Political and tender’

  It's a double-header of stripped back, down to earth solo songstrels

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• Music / Jazz

  Review: Kamaal Williams, The Lantern

  Razzmatazz, chops and a sense of entitlement that the audience was only too willing to gratify

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• Music / Celtic

  Review: Band of Burns, The Lantern

  Sad to think this may have been the last chance an audience had to share this exhilarating project

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• Music / alternative

  Review: Julien Baker, The Lantern

  The alternative Tennessee singer pleases adoring fans

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• Music / country

  Review: Lankum, The Lantern

  A breath of fresh air and the real deal from the streets of the capital of auld Eire

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• Music / acoustic

  Review: Fenne Lily, The Lantern

  The young singer-songwriter proves herself once again as one to watch

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• Music / Colston Hall

  Review: Parker Millsap, Laura Gibson and Karl Blau, The Lantern

  A triple header of mesmerising acts make for a magical evening

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