Nitelife May 2014 by NITELIFE

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INFLUENTIAL VENUES // ESSENTIAL EVENTS AND PARTIES // monthly guide MAY - 2014

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INTERVIEW

GOTSOME Adam: It’s gone through this thing of being a very underground track, and throughout this year it’s got bigger and bigger and now it’s become commercially acceptable. It’s been a natural progress from the underground, so that’s been good for us. Do you think that if you’d released ‘Bassline’ when you wrote it two and a half years ago it would have exploded in the same way? Adam: I don’t think it would. Alex: We could say, oh we’re always trying to be thinking of the future and writing future music, so maybe something we’ve written now will be really big in two years time. Alex Holmes and Adam Gorsky are Bristol’s house and bass production duo, GotSome. Their debut track ‘Bassline’ featuring The Get Along Gang has become a certified club anthem, climbing to a very respectable number 4 on the Beatport chart after its release last year. Its catchy hook and inescapable bassline, which nods to Adonis’ house classic ‘No Way Back’ appeals, unusually, to both underground and commercial audiences; getting airplay on Nick Grimshaw’s Radio 1 Breakfast Show and picked up for remixes by the likes of Kenny Dope, Friend Within and Chocolate Puma Adam and Alex have been writing together for years, combining their separate skill sets and different musical influences from hiphip to techno to create their own genre-blending sound. A DJ and sound engineer respectively, Alex currently keeps to more behind-the- scenes role in the studio, while Adam, a seasoned DJ, takes the tracks out on the road. The pair look set for another massive year, with a host of festivals lined up including Love Saves the Day in Castle Park this month, another EP due for release on Defected Records and plans to start work on an album. Can you give us a bit of the history behind GotSome? Alex: We’ve actually been writing music together for maybe 8 years, probably longer. We’ve worked together on a load of different of projects, writing all kinds of different music. Last year, we decided we wanted to give the music a bit of a harder edge, and just write some bangers really, some big club tunes. We’ve been working together for a long time so we know how each other works in the studio. Adam: We’ve gone through so many different styles of music and it’s kind of been organic through the times. We had a band once as well, but downscaled it more and more and more, and now we’re just us two kind, of banging our heads, doing our music. Bristol has a strong house and bass music heritage. Has growing up in Bristol influenced your sound? Adam: For me it’s mainly been bass music. From a very young age I was brought up on dub and reggae and hip-hip, and obviously Bristol music. Portishead were massive. Alex: I think we were both clubbing to drum and bass, and Adam was DJing as well at various clubs, around the 2000s and I think to an extent a lot of those big jungle basslines have crept into Bristol house music. And the same with us - we want to take influence from a lot of different things. Like a lot of the music that was around in Bristol before, like dub, hip-hop, and drum and bass; and just kind of feed that in. So it’s not just the kind of regular house that’s been around for years, but trying to infuse a bit of Bristol into it. Generally, like Adam says, it’s mainly bass music that’s what Bristol loves. Adam: Bristol is a hub for bass music. At the moment, in a lot of press they’re saying it’s a house city but it’s not, we’ve had bass right from the start. Right from when all the Africans and Jamaicans came here years and years ago, and it’s progressed through trap and trap scenes. Your track Bassline has become a huge hit, after getting picked up by Defected. How did that all come about? Alex: We actually wrote that tune about two and a half years ago. We were working with the Get Along Gang that did the vocal, and we kind of put our spin on and developed the backing and the rest of the track, and we weren’t really sure what to do with it. But then B.Traits played it on Radio 1 late at night and it just happened to be that some of the guys from Defected were driving home from a gig and heard it. It was just one of those really nice chance moments, where it happened to be on the radio, they happened to be listening to it and they got in touch with us. That’s probably about a year ago that all happened, it’s just taken a while for it to all come together. 20

Adam: Being creative is like that. We’ve talked about this before, if you’re a fashion designer you’re constantly thinking a year ahead. But being a musician you don’t think, I’m going to make the next hit that’s next season. You’re just making music that comes from your heart. Alex: I think with that tune, it’s not some crazy cutting-edge tune. It’s just a really solid, catchy tune that works really well in the clubs. I think having ‘Jack’ by Breach come out last summer paved the way for the more talking-house kind of thing. Adam: Originally that came out in the late 80s anyway. Franky Knuckles, who just passed, that was the originality of that whole sound. Your tracks are fairly progressive, but still probably more accessible than others in a similar genre, getting a lot of airplay on mainstream radio and in clubs. Is that what you are aiming for with GotSome? Alex: Yeah, I think so. We just want to write bangers! Write tunes that people can really enjoy. I think going forward, down the line we’ve got ideas for an album that will be in the next year or so, on that will be where we can really spread our wings and

do things a little bit more interesting, creatively, and be a bit more experimental. But to start off with, I think it’s just good to get people’s attention. And that doesn’t mean it has to be really obvious, you can still be quite quirky and do interesting things but you can do it in such a way that people will just enjoy it. I think it’s got a lot to do with groove. If you’ve got a good groove, you could have a crazy tune but if people can dance to it they’ll enjoy it - they get it. Adam: For me as a DJ as well, it’s really important to me to make those tunes that people are just going to go crazy to. Before we were writing all this incredibly musical stuff and it was really progressive and really fun, but it just lacked that thing for me as a DJ to just go and put it on and go, “yeah, have it!” The other day we had MistaJam call us up and say he’s got a folder for our tunes which are just party bangers, and that’s just a nice thing to hear. That’s what we want to do, we want to make tunes that people and DJs are going to want to play and go crazy to the max. That’s the goal. Did you ever expect you would hear ‘Bassline’ played on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show? Alex: It was weird! I had a text from my mum saying she’d just heard me on the radio. There was one thing that really got me, all these nurses phoned in from a ward and they were all dancing around to it. It’s just a really weird mental image of all these nurses dancing to your tune that you wrote two years ago. Adam: And it’s weird ‘cause when you write these tunes, you don’t think of the outcome of it. You don’t think Nick Grimshaw’s going to really love it. Alex: I think with that tune we maybe pictured some people shocking out in a club, but you don’t really picture your gran dancing in the kitchen. But I guess that’s a good example of the appeal of a tune, people just enjoyed it.

Do you think there’s a bit of a general move towards the mainstream for underground electronic and bass and house music? Adam: I think that it’s progressed naturally and that’s a good thing. Every five to ten years it happens anyway. It happened with dub step, it happened with drum and bass and it’s happened with house music in the 80s as well. So I think it’s just a constant thing. Also, I believe the underground has changed quite a lot. Before, I feel like more commercial people would stay to commercial things and underground people would stay in certain underground clubs, but now it’s more amalgamated and people are just happy to jam together. Alex: I think it’s interesting the way the more you take the music of the underground and put it into more commercial space, it’s a good way to push the creativity of all the other underground people that maybe don’t want to be in that space. It’s a bit negative that it turns them off the music in a way, but then it pushes them onto creating something new and different. It’s like a constant cycle. There’s a lot of people that want to be constantly ahead of the curve, riding the wave just ahead of the commercial kind of thing. Hopefully we want to do a bit of both. Adam: Yeah. We just want to be creative with our sound as well. At the moment we are writing dance floor music, when we come to do our album we want to work with different people, we want to write different music. As I said before, we’re from hip-hip, drum and bass, and stuff like that, so you’ve got to expect that’s what we’re going to be doing in the bigger picture. Alex: I think it’s important not to try and write commercial music though. Try and write something you love, that you think is good and you enjoy, and if it turns out that loads of other people like it and it becomes big that’s great. There’s definitely a negative thing of people forcibly trying to copy someone else’s style to just get in the charts and that’s not a good thing.

I guess that’s why when we come together we’ve got this amalgamation of sounds. As a teenager I used to work in drum and bass, so also people like Roni Size and Full Cycle and a lot of the early drum and bass and jungle movement. I guess that’s where our sound stems from. So a mixture of the two?

it’s mainly bass music - that’s what Bristol loves.” Who are your biggest musical influences right now? Alex: Our original musical influences are more from lots of 90s stuff. But right now... What’s our latest batch of things? Adam: I guess we’re quite heavily influenced by Dirtybird, like Claude VonStroke and Justin Martin. Something I’m really interested in - in the Midlands right now they’ve got a new house scene which is quite familiar to the scene they had in drum and bass. Like, Hannah Wants, who is a lady DJ, and a guy called Chris Lorenzo, they’ve got a really interesting scene which is very drum and bass and jungle, but they’ve moved into house. We’re so lucky in Bristol as well with all of the people that are here, there’s My Nu Leng here, a guy called Woz is here as well; they’re all signed to Black Butter. Eats Everything obviously, and then Lukas and Christophe who are on Futureboogie. So obviously they’re an influence on us as well, the people you are surrounded with. Also, there’s a new kid in Bristol called Troy Gunner and I’m pretty influenced by him as well. He’s really young and he’s really on it. Alex: And just to throw some older influences in there - originally mine come from Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, so I guess the more of an electronic techno-y kind of side of things. Adam: Mine’s more hip-hop based, so Basement Jaxx, and more typical 90s hip-hop like Timbaland, Dre and Biggie, stuff like that.

Alex: Yeah, sometimes we’ll have little battles in the studio where I’ll be trying to make it a bit more techno/ electro and Adam’ll be like, nah make it more hip-hoppy. It’s a healthy balance I think. Adam: I think that’s going to be the outlook of the album, a mixture of both. You’re in the middle of your Bassline Tour at the moment. How’s that going? Adam: It’s good. It’s pretty tiring, but it’s fun. For me, I’ve been DJing a lot in Bristol so it’s quite good to get out and just see what everyone else is doing. And I’ve been playing near enough the same sort of music at all of them, so it’s good seeing commercial crowds and underground crowds and the way that they like the tunes and get down. Alex: The general way that we work at the moment is that Adam actually goes out on the road and does all the DJing and my role is more in the studio engineering. So we’ll start the week, work on some tracks, then Adam will go off and get on the road whilst I fiddle away and tweak them. And then I’ll email something over and he can kind of test it out in a club that night. Adam: Yeah, it’s the best feedback tool in the world, the fact that we’ve got these two different roles at the minute. It’s so good to be able to get Alex to finish something off and then I go and road test it. And then I write him an email back saying exactly what worked and what didn’t. We’re looking forward to your set at this year’s Love Saves the Day. Do you enjoy playing to a home-crowd? Adam: Yeah! Although it’s actually more daunting playing to your friends. I can go to another town and play to like, two/ three thousand people and not worry but when you’re playing to your friends, they’re your biggest critics aren’t they? But I’m really excited. I can’t wait. Alex: Yeah, it’s going to be amazing. What else have you got lined up this year? Adam: A lot. We’re doing a bunch of festivals, and mainly we’re focusing on our next EP.

Alex: We’ve written two and a half tracks, we just need to finish it off. Hopefully that will come out in the next three months on Defected. And we’ve also been doing a lot of remixes which will come out over the next few months. Adam: We’ve just done two remixes for our friends’ projects. First one, basically one of our friends Sam is in a soca band and he’s hooked up with a guy from Trinidad, and they’ve started a crew project together called Jus Now. And their first single they’ve asked us to do a remix for them. It’s called ‘Tun Up’ and it’s due sometime in the middle of May. And we should be doing a show together at St Paul’s Carnival for Red Bull. The second one is a remix of a band called Sure Thing, it’s DJ Die and Christophe’s project. It’s kind of a funk/ boogie project and again, coming from Bristol musicians. We’ve done the remix for the first single, which is called ‘Holding You Tight‘ and it’s due at the start of June. We want to progress our sound as well. What people know us for is what we did two and a half years ago. So right now we’re kind of trying to tell people what we’re doing now - trying to get people to catch up with us! Alex: It just moves so fast though. I think that’s the whole thing with the electronic music world, you have to try and think ahead a bit. We were very lucky in the fact that ‘Bassline’ was written so long ago and managed to be successful, but quite often you could write something that takes influences from the recent scene and fits in, but then if it doesn’t come out for six months, sometimes things can move on. Adam: Especially in England at the moment, it’s so cutting edge. It’s really crazy when you DJ abroad a lot you notice how England and Europe on the whole is so at the front with stuff. And I think being in London and Bristol, you kind of get a bit of snobbery about it because it is so fast moving. Something that’s big here a year ago, is massive around the world and is like, totally cutting edge, but we’reAlex: Over it! Adam: Yeah, we’re moved on. We’re on to the next music, the next genre, the next shirt, the next trend, you know - it’s crazy. Alex: And hopefully we’ll be riding that wave. Adam: We’ve just got to move forward but be ourselves and not really worry about what other people are doing, because that’s where a lot of people go wrong. They’re constantly looking around them, but I think we’ll just stick to what we’re doing... Alex: And hopefully people will enjoy it.

24th May, Love Saves the Day, Castle Park soundcloud.com/gotsome facebook.com/gotsomemusic Interview by Rachel Morris

// HIGHLIGHTS //

THE Reflex CLUB

Action Bronson Live Music

Hailing from Flushing, Queens, Action Bronson is one of the most iconic rap artists currently recording and performing. He returns to the UK with a headline date at O2 Academy Bristol.

Heavily championed by BBC6 Music’s Craig Charles, and one of the Guardian’s Top 3 Acts to watch this year, Big Chill welcomes The Reflex. Having established himself as one the best in his field, with two official compilations of his revisions in the works and gigs all over the world lined up, now is the time to jump aboard and see what all the fuss is about. There are literally thousands of people who can remix a track, but the fact of the matter is that nobody quite does it like The Reflex.

4th May // 9pm - 3am // Big Chill Bar

16th May // £16.50 + BF // Doors 7pm O2 Academy Bristol

Rave On Avon Festival

FESTIVAL - LIVE Music // CLUB

As part of Brisfest’s Stokes Croft Takeover, No. 51 Stokes Croft and SpeakEasy will be bringing you Live Music and the best DJs from 2.00pm - Late. Free before 6pm or wrist band entry to party through the night. Spring time sunshine (we hope!), Gorgeous beer garden, Drinking, Music, dancing, festival vibes, friends. The perfect Saturday.

17th May // £8 Adv. £10 // 2pm - late No. 51 Stokes Croft

Dub Theories

Bedmo Disco Presents Bonar Bradberry (PBR Streetgang)

Dub Theories’ Evermoor sound is a Bristol based Roots and dub reggae soundsystem. Producing original music and selecting vinyl always with a conscious message. Peace, love and dub.

One half of PBR Streetgang, Bonar Bradberry steps up, no doubt with a bag filled with the same sort of disco and house delights that have seen him rise to prominence in recent years.

10th May // 10pm - Late // £3 // Cosies

30th May // 9pm - 3am // Big Chill

LIVE Music // CLUB

Five Dollar Shake Club night

CLUB

De La Soul Live Music

CLUB

The Legendary Five Dollar shake are here. They promise to bring the best of breakbeat, ghetto funk, glitch-hop, house, garage and everything in between. “Expect proper fesivibes! GO HARD OR GO HOME!” Free entry.

15th May // Free Entry // 11pm - late // No. 51 Stokes Croft 22

Widely considered a hip-hop masterpiece, De La Soul’s debut album, 3 Feet High And Rising, was hailed as the future of the genre. A colourful burst of neo-psychedelic samples and playful wordplay plus the trio’s trademark witty skits and lyrics, the album sounded like nothing else in hip-hop. True pioneers, De La Soul, eschewed the obvious influences of old-school rap or funk and spread their net wider, taking in pop, jazz, reggae and psychedelia. 25 years on from its initial release, Pasemaster Mase & Posdnuos & Trugoy The Dove are back to remind us that 3 really is the Magic Number.

7th May // £25 + BF // Doors 7pm // O2 Academy Bristol

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Crinkle Cuts Live Music

Rainer Trüby Live Music // CLUB

Rainer Trüby, ex-member of A Forest Mighty Black & today’s master of rare vinyl & wine, is still busy with DJing around the globe, spreading his musical vision of “good music” delivering in between the different facets of house & electronic music & mixing it up with his beloved roots i.e. soul, boogie, jazz, funk, Latin.

Fresh with a capital PH, Crinkle Cuts deliver you a blasting of tantric funk, smooth reggae and new-wave latin ska woven together in a bombastic psychedelic tapestry of good vibes for an eccentric, exotic and eargasmic live performance.

30th May // Be In Bristol

Foundation CLUB

16th May // 10pm // The Love Inn

After 2 huge nights Foundation:Bristol returns to the intimate setting of Dojos for another night of luscious liquid beats & jungle bangers. Drum & Bass legend Randall heads the bill alongside MC Carasel for a 90 minute set, supported by a whole host of talent from across the country. Pure vibes.

9th May // 11pm - 6am // £6 // Dojo

Batch Gueye Band Live Music

Courtney Love Singer, guitarist, writer and actress, but best-known as the lead singer of Hole, Courtney Love returns to the UK on a muchanticipated tour.

Batch Gueye brings the compelling music and dance of Northern Senegal to the UK with an new electric and groove-based band from the Bristol area. The musical mix is a blend of Senegalese M’balax with persuasive rhythms of Central Africa and even further afield. Batch Gueye Band consistenly deliver striking recordings and dynamic live performances and lately won the World Music Network Battle of the bands.

19th May // £24 + BF // Doors 7pm // O2 Academy Bristol

23rd May // Be In Bristol

Live Music

The Traps Live Music

Combining upbeat tempos, an anthemic synth based beat, and a hooky guitar motif that will keep any indie dance floor buzzing alongside a very cool vocal.

15th May // Be In Bristol

Mayfest at Golden Lion

Love Saves the Day After Party

As part of Gloucester Road’s leg of Mayfest, The Golden Lion will be offering live music, a market, & BBQ. With Dappa Don & The Playaz headlining in the evening.

The official Love Saves the Day after-party. Featuring Crazy P, PBR Streetgang & Futureboogie DJs at The Love Inn.

3rd May // All day // Free Entry // The Golden Lion

16th May // The Love Inn

Live Music

CLUB

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Mr Wolf’s Bank Holiday Special pt. 1 Live Music // CLUB

A night of the finest live music & DJs. One of Bristol’s favourite party bands, the 45‘s, Seb Hawley plus more live music TBC & DJs keeping the party alive until the early hours.

4th May // ‘til Late // £3 - £4 // Mr Wolf’s

Sticky Fingers Live Music

The five piece Newtown misfits are misspending their youth while we watch. A melodic, mega-hectic, mash of psychedelic, pop & roots. Music to throw shapes to.

The Crofters Rights Beer Festival - 30 years of Brewers Droop

2nd May // 8pm - 2am // free before 9.30pm £3 after Full Moon & Attic Bar

FESTIVAL

A three day spectacular of Beers, Brewing & Live Music. With food from Bristol Eats Street Food Collective, CHOMP Burger & The Crofters Roasts. Showcasing fantastic local breweries with opportunities to try them all. Home brewing Q&A presented by the team at Brewers Droop. Chat to the guys behind all your favourite local brews & find out what makes their beer so damn tasty. Drink delicious beer, eat delicious food, maybe have a dance.

16-18th May // 11am // Free Entry // Crofters Rights

The Recalls Live Music

Mr Wolf’s Bank Holiday Special PT. 2 Live Music // CLUB

Bo Ningen Live Music

The second bank holiday of the month bringing you more Live Music and the very best DJs. Live bands ‘Yes Rebels’ and ‘Three London Planes’ will be playing from 9.45pm, followed by your favourite DJs playing into the early hours of Monday Morning.

Live Music Returns to 117-119 Stokes Croft. The Crofters Rights newly bought sound system is a statement to all that live music will be on the agenda in a big way! The Recalls are an Geman-Chilean band formed in Stuttgart in 2011, consisting of lead vocalist & guitars Jonathan Neira , guitarist & keyboard Julius Haager, bassist Javier Neira & drummer & percussionist Mathias Fisel. Their music has been classified as garage rock & Beat Mod revival.

29th May // 7pm // Free Entry // Crofters Rights

25th May // ‘til Late // Mr Wolf’s

Bo Ningen arrived when Taigen & Kohhei’s bands played on the same bill. Bad news for their previous band-mates but each had found a kindred spirit, someone else who wanted to leave ‘rock’ behind & commit to something much weirder.

8th May // 6.30pm // £10 +BF // Thekla

We Are Enfant Terrible 4to theFloor CLUB

Live Music

If you like your kick drum steady, your hi-hats funky & your bassline booming then it probably means that you’re a fellow house lover & that definitely means that you should get down to 4to theFloor. Spanning the various sub genres of House with a variety of fresh Bristol talent & local legends, programmed to enlighten, entertain & elevate.

Based in Lille, We Are Enfant Terrible is an explosive melt of 8-bit sounds, electro music & punk/pop/rock. After a first album released in April 2011 on Last Gang, the label of Chromeo, Metric & Crystal Castles, the band played across the world (Toronto, Shanghai, Austin, Moscow, Lausanne, Roubaix). We Are Enfant Terrible are back with a second album, Carry on, released last September and they willoffer their brand new tunes to Bristol. Get ready for a massive night!

2nd & 16th May // 11pm - 6am free before 12am £5 after // Dojo

10th May // 8pm - 2am // Free before 9.30pm £3 after Full Moon & Attic Bar

The Apples Live Music

The Apples are a 9 piece funk, jazz scratch collective mixed to a fresh style that’s making heads turn across the globe. They are a musical metropolis, evoking international urban landscapes, built on traditional foundations, breathing hectic traffic, perpetually expanding, creatively progressing.

23rd May // 9pm - late // £10 // The Lanes

// HIGHLIGHTS //

The Travis Waltons Bar Boca 45 live with Digga Please? CLUB

Live Music

Scott “Boca 45” Hendy is the Bristol UK beatsmith who’s been at the forefront of funky breakbeat music for well over a decade.

The Travis Waltons are a seething trainwreck of a rock band from Bristol & London. With support from national radio & earning the interest of fans, peers & notable musicians, the stage has been set for TTW’s sophomore offering.

30th May // 9pm - 3am // Big Chill

25th May // Free Entry // The Golden Lion

In Fine Style CLUB

In fine style was launched in March’ 12 to bring the vibes of 90’s and early 2000 garage to Bristol. Come to celebrate their 2nd birthday at Cosies with J Da Flex (GHOST) Facta (IDLE HANDS) and E-Roy (IN FINE STYLE).

24th May // 10pm - Late // £5 // Cosies

Backbeat Sound System

The Swellers

Live Music

The Swellers return reinvigorated on their No Sleep Records debut, which is packed with highly memorable tracks like “Should,” “Becoming Self-Aware,” “High/Low” & “Big Hearts,” that speak directly to fans with an open heart about growing up, learning from your mistakes & moving forward, something the band has a lot of experience with lately. Produced by The Swellers & recorded by Marc Hudson (Saves the Day, Taking Back Sunday) at Rancho Recordo in Fenton, MI & with Mark Michalik (Into It. Over It., Fireworks) in Chicago, IL, The Light Under Closed Doors is a raw collection of ten punk rock sing-alongs that strips the band down to their core with a sound that’s pure & honest.

8-piece funk reggae outfit Backbeat Sound System are a band laden with groove, their up- tempo song craft drawing from numerous influences in creation of a tight, elated sun- clasped sound. Since forming in the charming Cornish idyll of St Austell, Backbeat have been smashing up stages all across the UK.

2nd May // 8.30 // £4 adv £5 door // The Golden Lion

7th May // 7.30 // £7 + BF // The Fleece

Department S PRESENTS KEYS

Thekla 30 weekend

Fat Lip 1st Birthday Party

Quadrophenia marks 50 years of all things mod. Expect a night of full on mod sounds, the jazz grooves of the late 50s, the RnB Motown, soul sounds of the mid 60s. Featuring Cardiff’s, Keys.

Celebrating 30 years in Bristol Harbour. Featuring Gravenhurst, Dub Mafia, The Zen Hussies, Seasfire, The Other Tribe & many more.

Bristol’s finest Rock DJ’s playing all the best in pop, punk rock, party & alternative anthems.

2nd - 4th May // 6.30pm // Weekend tickets £20 +BF Thekla

31st May // 9pm - 3am // £3 student before midnight £4 Adv/ £5 door // The Lanes

Live Music

3rd May // 9pm - 3am// £5 (£4 NUS) // The Lanes

Live Music

CLUB

Last month at No 51

No 51 No 51 is one of the oldest public houses in Bristol, embedded in the core of the cultural quarter of Stoke Croft. We offer a vast selection of spirits, wines, lager and ale to accompany our hand crafted and delicious menu from which we serve food on a daily basis. Open ‘til late, 7 nights a week, whatever you are looking for from a night out, No 51 is sure to deliver.

www.51stokescroft.com wolffmark@hotmail.com facebook.com/51stokescroft Tel: 01179 148 048 51 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3QP

May 2014 listings Thursday 1 st Eat Your Greens DJS FREE Friday 2nd Paddy Jinnah FREE Saturday 3rd Speak Easy DJs FREE Sunday 4 th *Bank Holiday* DJs ‘til Late FREE Monday 5 th DJs ‘til Late FREE Tuesday 6 th Blankety Quiz Plus DJs ‘til Late £1 Quiz Entry Wednesday 7 th DJ’s ‘til Late FREE

Saturday 17th *RAVE ON AVON* Sunday 18 th DJs ‘til Late FREE Monday 19 th DJs ‘til Late FREE Tuesday 20 th Blankety Quiz Plus DJs ‘til Late £1 Quiz Entry Wednesday 21st DJs ‘til Late FREE Thursday 22 nd DJs ‘til Late FREE Friday 23rd DJs ‘til Late FREE Saturday 24 th DJ Barlow FREE

Thursday 8 DJs ‘til Late FREE

Sunday 25 th *Bank Holiday* DJs ‘til Late FREE

Friday 9th Papa Moomin FREE

Monday 26 th DJs ‘til Late FREE

Saturday 10th DJ Barlow FREE

Tuesday 27 th Blankety Quiz Plus DJs ‘til Late £1 Quiz Entry

Sunday 11 th DJs ‘til Late FREE Monday 12 th DJs ‘til Late FREE Tuesday 13 th Blankety Quiz Plus DJs Anonymous Sound £1 Quiz Entry Wednesday 14 th DJs ‘til Late FREE Thursday 15th 5 Dollar Shake FREE

Friday 16th DJ Harsh Nature FREE

Wednesday 28 th DJs ‘til Late FREE Thursday 29th DJs ‘til Late FREE Friday 30 th Big Chief Weird Bird FREE Saturday 31st DJs ‘til Late FREE

Last month at o2 Academy

02 ACADEMY The o2 Academy is one of Bristol’s busiest music venues playing host to major touring acts as well as up and coming artists. We’ve established ourselves as one of the best venues to catch your favourite bands in the Southwest. We are also home to Ramshackle - the biggest weekly Indie night in Bristol - every Friday.

www.o2academybristol.co.uk info@o2academybristol.co.uk facebook.com/o2academybristol Tel: 0905 5020 3999 Frogmore Street, Bristol, BS1 5NA

Fri 2nd May • SOLD OUT

Sat 24th May • £20 adv

Fri 5th Sept • £11 adv

John Butler Trio

Dot to Dot Festival

Sat 3rd May • £19.50 adv

Peace + The Midnight Beast + Cortney Barnett + Drenge + The Pizza Underground & many more

Guns2Roses & Metallica Reloaded

Rise Up Rise: Buzzcocks + Anti-Nowhere League + The Mob + Ed Tudor Pole + [spunge] + Slagerij + U.K’s Lowest + more

Wed 6th Oct • £13.50 adv

Sun 25th May • £19.50 adv

Hopsin Fri 24th Oct • £16 adv

Sun 4th May • £4 adv

Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

10.30pm - 3.30am • over 18s only

Thu 29th May • £27.50 adv

Ramshackle’s Bank Holiday 90s Party

Busta Rhymes

Ramshackle is proud to be bringing back it’s 90’s night - and this time it’s for our first ever bank holiday party!

Fri 6th June • £5 adv

Wed 7th May • £25 adv

Fri 20th June • £16.50 adv

De La Soul

Celebrating 25 yrs of Hip Hop Tue 13th May • £19.50 adv

Embrace Wed 14th May • £16.50 adv

Action Bronson Thu 15th May • £16.50 adv

St Vincent Sat 17th May • £12.50 adv 10pm - 4am • over 18s only

Beyond Recall + Tuskens + Goodnight Harvey

Winger Thu 3rd July • £8 adv

Katy B Tue 4th Nov • £16.50 adv

Asking Alexandria Thu 6th Nov • £16.50 adv

The War On Drugs Tue 11th Nov • £17.50 adv

Band Of Skulls Sat 15th Nov • £20 adv

Andy Jordan

Passenger

Fri 4th July • £11 adv

Tue 25th Nov • £18.50 adv

The Smyths

Pop Punk’s Not Dead

Wed 9th July • £18 adv

New Found Glory

Dropkick Murphys

+ The Story So Far + Candy Hearts + Only Rivals

Sat 19th July • £12.50 adv

Sun 30th Nov • £26 adv

Onslaught

Mr Scruff Keep It Unreal

Wed 20th August • £25 adv

Sun 18th May • £26.50 adv

Jimmy Cliff

Echo & The Bunnymen

Sun 31st August • £12.50 adv

Mon 19th May • £24 adv

Mordred

Courtney Love

Saxon Warriors Of The Road 35th Anniversay Tour Tue 9th Dec • £18.50 adv

Professor Green Wed 17th Dec • £22.50 adv

Arch Enemy & Kreator O2 Academy Bristol Frogmore Street Bristol BS1 5NA

o2academybristol.co.uk

Venue box office opening hours: Mon - Sat 12pm - 4pm No boooking fee on cash transactions ticketweb.co.uk • seetickets.com gigantic • ticketmaster.co.uk

May • 2014

Last month at Be in Bristol

BE.IN BRISTOL Be.in Bristol, a unique, beautiful venue on the Whiteladies Road. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an all day melting pot where innovation meets sustainability, where a sun dried morning coffee makes way for seasonal lunches. We have great spaces for meetings, evenings of free live music (MondaySunday) and Bristolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first indoor Vertical Garden.

www.thebe.in info@thebein.co.uk facebook.com/beinbristol Tel: 0117 973 6142 59-61 Whiteladies Road, BS8 2LY

Last month at Big Chill Bar

BIG CHILL BAR A social hub bringing together a community with a love of quality music, drink and food and a passion for art & design. DJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and live music from Tuesday to Saturday plus their Mi Casa pop-up restaurant serves highly rated food every lunch and dinner. Open from 12pm until late Monday to Thursday and 3am at weekends.

www.bigchill.net/bristol infobcbb@bigchill.net facebook.com/the.big.chill.bristol Tel: 01179 304 217 15 Small Street, Bristol, BS1 1DE

Last month at Cosies

COSIES Low expense, no pretence still supplying the alternative, cheap booze, church pews, all set to music from the hippest cats and kittens. There’s no shortage of top DJ’s playing at this legendary little venue. Music wise the remit is mainly Reggae and Hip Hop, Bristol Bass and Funky Stuff with a friendly party vibe for all ages.

www.cosies.co.uk info@cosies.co.uk facebook.com/cosies.bristol Tel: 01179 424 110 34 Portland Square, Bristol, BS2 8RG

ZCOSIES • MAYZ THU 1

RARE PRINTS

RARE PRINTS DJS &10 -GUESTS TBC LATE • £3 HIP HOP

FRI 2

SOUTHWEST FRESH

BEAR 10TWISTS, FORTRESS & MORE - LATE • £3 ELECTRO SWING, GHETTO FUNK, JUNGLE

SAT 3

FLAVA OF THE MONTH

SUN 4

REGGAE SUNDAY

FRI 9

COSIES WASHING MACHINE

SAT 10

DUB THEORIES

SUN 11

REGGAE SUNDAY

FRI 16

DEEPBEAT

SAT 17

DIG.ITAL.SOUND

SUN 18

REGGAE SUNDAY

FRI 23

WUK UP

SAT 24

IN FINE STYLE

SUN 25

REGGAE SUNDAY

FRI 30

DUBCONSCIOUS MOVEMENT

SAT 31

6AM

TIL

DJ FAGAN & MEL CARROL 10 - LATE • £3

SKYLION & FLORA 10 - LATE • £2/£3

REGGAE, DUB

FUNKY SLOTH, CARLITOS MENDES POSH BOI, NAKES & SPECIAL GUESTS 10 - LATE • £3

HIP HOP, FUNK, GARAGE

EVERMOOR SOUND ALL NIGHT LONG! 10 - LATE • £3

DUB

MORE FIRE & AMON 10 - LATE • £2/£3

REGGAE, DUB

ANDY DEEPBEAT & SPECIAL GUEST JSTAR 10 - LATE • £3

HIP HOP, D&B, DUBSTEP

STASH OF DUB & GUESTS 10 - LATE • £3

DUB

ROOTS INJECTION 10 - LATE • £2/£3

REGGAE, DUB

HENRY HEATWAVE & K ANTHONY 10 - LATE - £3/£4

RAGGA

2ND BIRTHDAY! J DA FLEX (GHOST) FACTA (IDLE HANDS) E-ROY (IN FINE STYLE) 10 - LATE • £5

GARAGE

JAH LOKKO 10 - LATE • £2/£3

REGGAE, DUB

JESS TICKLES, DANCEHALL TACTICS, SHMIKE 10 - LATE • £3

TEULU

the basement • 34 portland square • bristol • bs2 8rg

HIP HOP, R&B, HOUSE

OLD SKOOL, R&B, HIP HOP

TBC 10 - 6 • £TBC

HOUSE, TECHNO

Last month at Crofters Rights

CROFTERS rights Situated in the heart of Stokes Croft, Crofters Rights brings you fine craft beer, exciting street food and a big versatile arts space for the local community. Passionate about beer, we are dedicated to seeking out the finest beers the UK craft beer scene has to offer. Our carefully selected list includes some lovely local beers from Bristol as well as some interesting international beers.

www.croftersrights.co.uk twitter.com/Crofters_Rights Tel: 0117 2310079 117-119 Stokes Croft Bristol, BS1 3RW

Last month at Dojo

DOJO Dojo has become one of Bristol’s leading venues for underground electronic music. This intimate venues see’s international DJ’s play to one of the best crowds in the city. A good sound system, dancefloor and beautiful outdoor terrace makes this the perfect small venue. Last entry is now 2am for non members and 4am for members.

www.dojolounge.co.uk dojo.bristol@facebook.com facebook.com/dojo.bristol Tel: 01179 251 177 12-16 Park Row, Bristol, BS1 5LJ

Last month at The Elbow Room

THE ELBOW ROOM Lively but laid back, both urban and urbane, ‘Purple Haze’ meets purple baize with two fantastic eight foot pool tables and walls decorated with graffiti by some of the nation’s finest artists. Open until late every night with free entry. A great place to hold a party for up to 100 guests with your own bar, DJ equipment, toilets and dance floor.

www.theelbowroom.co.uk bristol@theelbowroom.co.uk facebook.com/The-Elbow-Room-Bristol Tel: 0117 930 0242 64 Park Street, Bristol, BS1 5JN

Last month at The Fleece

THE FLEECE Legendary live music venue previously hosting the likes of Oasis, The Strokes, Goldfrapp and Bloc Party. Live music 7 nights a week and new club nights coming soon The Fleece is a must for music lovers and students. The in-house promotions team are also responsible for promoting many gigs across the city in other venues so follow us on Twitter and Facebook to receive updates on our upcoming gigs. www. thefleece.co.uk info@thefleece.co.uk facebook.com/fleecebristol Tel: 0117 945 0996 12 St. Thomas Street, Bristol, BS1 6JJ

Last month at The Full Moon

The FULL MOON / Attic Bar The Full moon pub, Attic bar, with its Moonshine bar and Shisha bar are all the on the same grounds. This really is a hub for all nightie activities from events, parties, drink and food. To add to this there is also a backpackers hotel which adds an international vibe to a great night out. What more could you ask for?

www.fmbristol.co.uk info@fmbristol.co.uk Tel: 01179 245 007 1 North Street, Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3PR

MAY

WWW.FMBRISTOL.CO.UK

Summer’s coming - get yourselves down to our massive courtyard!

Friday 2nd

Thursday 15th

Saturday 24th

Sticky Fingers (live) Solko (live) Littleboselecta DJ Papamoomin

High Cross Society (live) Toby Thompson Rebecca Tantony Silvertortoise DJ Dad

TEMWA Art Auction Please check our site for full details

8pm - 2am

Thursday 29th

Live tonight:

8.30pm - 2am

Free before 9.30pm, £3 after

Saturday 3rd Live tonight:

Sisyphos (live) Uri Green & The Seeds DJ Ramboy DJ Trivial Pursuits 8.30pm - 2am

Free before 9.30pm, £3 after

Phantom Laundry presents:

£5 / £6 in advance

TEMWA Art Auction:

8.30pm - 2am

Phantom Laundry presents:

Friday 16th Live tonight:

La La & The Boo Ya ASBO Disco DJ Dad 8.30pm - 2am

Free before 9.30pm, £3 after

Ian McMillan Anna Freeman Lori Campbell 7.30pm - late

£10 / £12 in advance

Friday 30th Live on stage:

Friday 9th Live tonight:

Live music TBC (live) DJ Misterlong

Coda Littleboselecta More TBC

8.30pm - 2am

Live on stage:

Live tonight:

Klumzy Tung (live) Kaptin Is Dead DJ Andres (Feel The Real) 8.30pm - 2am

Saturday 17th

Free before 9.30pm, £3 after

Saturday 10th Voila! presents:

Free before 9.30pm, £3 after

Friday 23rd Live tonight:

We Are Enfant Terrible (live) Lionface DJ Hiphoppapotamus DJ G Kinder

By The Rivers DJ Dr Moody More TBC

8.30pm - 2am

Free before 9.30pm, £3 after

Saturday 31st Arawak (live) DJ Ramboy Tenja DJ Stevie Bear 8.30pm - 2am

Free before 9.30pm, £3 after

Stokes Croft • Bristol • BS1 3PR

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Last month at The Golden Lion

the golden lion Live music 6 nights a week! Mondays - Open Mic Night. Tuesdays - A live evening of Folk music hosted my Nuala Honan. Wednesays - Uberphonic: A surprise mix bag encompassing the whole music spectrum. Keep up to date on our Social Media pages for full listings and details. Bar open â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;til 1am Friday and Saturday, and midnight on Sunday -Thursday. @goldenlionbriz facebook.com/goldenlionbristol 0117 924 6449 goldenlionbristol.co.uk 244 Gloucester Road, BS7 8NZ

Last month at Lakota

LAkota Situated in a converted warehouse, hosting a wide range of underground events. It now welcomes a larger crowd of people owing to the mix in music styles on show. The club covers 3 storeys, 4 dance areas, a huge balcony. Lakota also boasts a massive outside smoking area. Lakota remains one of Bristol’s big players.

www.lakota.co.uk info@lakota.co.uk facebook.com/lakotabristol Tel: 01179 232 225 6 Upper York St, Bristol, BS2 8QN

May 2014 SATURDAY 4TH MAY

WONKA VISION: MAY 4TH BE WITH YOU FREESTYLERS FULL LIVE BAND, TENOR FLY & NAVIGATOR MC, BLACK SUN EMPIRE, ONLYJOE, RAY KEITH & CARASEL AMBUSH, ASBO DISCO, DUB SMUGGLERS SOUNDSYSTEM, DREADSQUAD & BLACKOUT JA, STEREO 8, BEN DALEY, FREEFALL COLLECTIVE, SLIPMATT, 9PM-6AM // £15/£20

SATURDAY 24TH MAY

WIDE EYES PRESENTS:

LOVE SAVES THE NIGHT - OFFICIAL FESTIVAL AFTER-PARTY ROUTE 94, ROBERT JAMES, WAIFS & STRAYS, KIDNAP KID, MY NU LENG B2B WOZ, GOTSOME, DIE, KOVE. £8/ £15

SAT 31ST MAY 2014

UNITEDSOUNDS SUMMER FESTIVAL 2014 MAMPI SWIFT, BRISTOL HIFI, MC BASSMAN, GROOVERIDER, DJ SWERVE, MAJISTRATE & LOGAN D, HIP HOP CONNECTION, UNCS, DANCEHALL KINGS, MC EKSMAN, DJ BROCKIE, VINYL JUNKIE, JAKES, DJ IRONIK, MC SKIBADEE, DJ 279, MATT JAM LAMONT, NICKY BLACKMARKET, CUTTING SHAPES, JUICE MC, LOGAN SAMMA, MC SHABBA, DJ RANDALL, SUPA D, DUB SCIENTIST, STEPPING RAZOR & RAGGADEE, HAILE BLESS & MANY, MANY MORE! DRUM & BASS, HOUSE, DANCEHALL, GRIME, REGGAE, DUBWISE, JUNGLE, DUBSTEP, UKG, HIPHOP, RNB, BASSMUSIC, TRAP, OLDSKOOL FLAVOURS 12PM TILL 6AM £25+BF/ MOTD - TICKET IS HIGHLY ADVISED

FRIDAY 30TH MAY

CUBANA BEN PEARCE, JAYMO & ANDY GEORGE, MONKI, FANTASTIC MR FOX, REAL CONNOISSEUR HOUSE £8/ £15

@LakotaBristol facebook.com/lakotabristol 0117 923 2225 | lakota.co.uk 6 Upper York St, BS2 8QN

Last month at The Lanes

THE LANES Rapidly establishing itself amongst the ranks of cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most respected music venues. As well as playing host to both international and local live music and clubnights, The Lanes also offers round the clock bowling, an Italian style pizzeria, karaoke, a vintage shop and even a bed for the night. All in a genuinely laid back atmosphere.

www.thelanesbristol.co.uk info@thelanesbristol.com facebook.com/lanes.bristol Tel: 01173 251 979 22 Nelson Street, Bristol, BS1 2LE

Last month at The Love Inn

the love inn The Love Inn is a brand new neighbourhood bar with a healthy emphasis on quality food and drink brought to you by Team Love, the minds behind Love saves the Day. The spacious and slickly-outfitted venue offers a tasty selection of dishes during the day, whilst evenings are given over to exotic cocktails and soundtracked by visiting DJs from Bristol and beyond. www.theloveinn.com facebook.com/theloveinnbristol Tel: 0117 923 2565 84 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3QY

LISTINGS Friday 2nd May MAD MATS - LOCAL TALK Saturday 3rd May SIP THE JUICE PRESENTS OLLIE TEEBA & OXYGEN Sunday 4th May STUDIO 89 PRESENTS FRANCIS INFERNO ORCHESTRA Friday 9th June HERD DJS Saturday 10th May SOUL TRAIN VS REGGAE TRAIN Sunday 11th May BACK TO OURS - DUB FROM ATLANTIS Thursday 15th May E ROY Friday 16th May FUTUREBOOGIE PRESENTS RAINER TRUBY Saturday 17th May RAVE ON AVON FT LUKAS, THRILOGY HANNAH MULVANEY, FEEL THE REAL + MORE TBC Sunday 18th May BACK TO OURS - KAPTIN AND THE KREAMY KAT Friday 23rd May BEDMO DISCO Saturday 24th May LOVE SAVES THE DAY AFTERPARTY FT CRAZY P PBR STREETGANG & FUTUREBOOGIE DJS Sunday 25th May LOVE SAVES SUNDAY AFTERPARTY FT QUANTIC Friday 30th May RED RACK EM + JAY L Saturday 31st May HYPERCOLOUR FT JAMES WELSH + CEDRIC MAISON Sunday 1st June BACK TO OURS - SLOW & LOW

Last month at Mr Wolfs

mr wolfs Wolfies is the place for live music and late night party. It’s the place you’ll get the opportunity to see up and coming bands, to bust some moves on the dance floor, to watch talented artists paint live, to hear some quality musicians come together and jam their hearts out. We are open 7 nights a week and look forward to seeing you soon....

www.mrwolfs.com wolffmark@hotmail.com facebook.com/MrWolfs Tel: 01179 273 221 33 St Stephens Street, Bristol, BS1 1JX

LISTINGS MAY 2014 Thursday 1st Soul Vaccination, Theloneus + DJ Vallee £3-£4 Friday 2nd King Tuts Revenge, The Rude Em Outs + DJ Mako and The Hawk AND DJ Lunchbox £3 - £4 Saturday 3rd Dirty Funk Syndicate, Traps + Ewan Hoozami £3 - £4

Mighty Leap + DJ Asbo £3 - £4 Saturday 17th Red Shark Sound System, Geeta, The Rat a Tat Tat DJs £3 - £4 Sunday 18th DJs ‘til Late FREE Monday 19th SongSmith Live Music and DJs ‘til Late FREE

Monday 5th SongSmith Live Music plus DJ’s ‘til Late FREE

Tuesday 20th The Space Jam (Animation Fundraiser) With Big Tent and the Gypsy Lantern, Panda Bear Jones and Factory + DJ F-Block £3 - £4 (£2 with NUS or Fancy Dress!)

Tuesday 6th Bristol Live Soc Takeover + DJ F-Block £3 - £4 (£2 with NUS)

Wednesday 21st Open Mic Night + DJs ‘til Late FREE

Wednesday 7th Open Mic Night + DJs ‘til Late FREE

Thursday 22nd SpeakEasy With Live Music and DJs ‘til Late £3 - £4

Thursday 8th The Real King(s) of Spain With Natalie Hughes, Krantz & Bobby Anderson and Friends + DJ Alfie £3 - £4

Friday 23rd Kes, The Knights of Mentis + DJ Papa Moomin £3 - £4

Sunday 4th *Bank Holiday Special* With The 45’s, Seb Hawley + DJs ‘til Late £3 - £4

Friday 9th Brizzle Kicks, Edd Keene + DJ Alfie and Dave Remix £3 - £4

Saturday 24th Dubbed Over Plus Live Support + DJ Rackabeat £3 - £4

Saturday 10th Future Dub Orchestra Plus More Live Music TBC + DJ Vallee £3 - £4

Sunday 25th *Bank Holiday Special Pt. 2* With The Yes Rebels And Three London Planes + DJs ‘til Late £3 - £4

Sunday 11th DJ Lunchbox FREE

Monday 26th SongSmith + DJ Alfie FREE

Monday 12th SongSmith Live Music plus DJ’s ‘til Late FREE

Tuesday 27th Access To Music Takeover Plus DJ Lunchbox £3 - £4 (£2 with NUS)

Tuesday 13th Fat Pedro, The Rosa Gray Band + Dave Remix £3 - £4 (£2 with NUS)

Wednesday 28th Open Mic Night + DJs ‘til Late FREE

Wednesday 14th Open Mic Night + DJs ‘til Late FREE

Thursday 29th Seb Hawley Band, 4Square +DJs ‘til Late £3 - £4

Thursday 15th Jazz/Funk Fundraiser Feat. In Zanadu and More Live Music TBC + DJ Lunchbox £3 - £4

Friday 30th Dirty Old Town + DJ Paddy Jinnah £3 - £4

Friday 16th Ansum and The Vibes, The

Saturday 31st Live Music TBC + Big Chief Weird Bird £3 - £4

WEB: WWW.MRWOLFS.COM 40

TEL: 0117 9273221

Last month at Star & Garter

STAR & GARTER The world famous Star & Garter has been owned by the legendary Dutty Ken with his unique reggae dancehall blend for almost two decades. Offering bargains from taps, through the fridge right up to top shelf, the party atmosphere promotes positive vibes from all who make this journey to part of Montpelier’s Bohemian quarter.

dj.flora@yahoo.co.uk More on Facebook Tel: 01179 405 552 33 Brook Rd, Montpelier, Bristol, BS6 5LR

MONDAYS

9pm - 1.30 // FREE

PAPA SMURF – REGGAE / DANCEHALL

TUESDAY 9pm - 1.30 // FREE DUTTY KEN

WEDNESDAYS

CRUCIAL ATLANTIK

9pm - 1.30 // FREE

Dub, Dance Hall, Foundation Steppers, Rub a Dub Roots

THURSDAYS

9pm - 1.30 // FREE BEEFY HYTAL – ROCKAS ROOTS & CULTURE

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FRIDAYS 9PM - 3.30AM 2nd - PAPA SMURF

REGGAE DANCEHALL JUNGLE DNB // £3 after 12pm

9th - CRUCIAL ATLANTIK

DUB DANCE HALL FOUNDATION STEPPERS // £3 after 12pm

16th - SKYLION & FLORA

ROOTS REGGAE DANCEHALL // £3 after 12pm

23rd - SKYLION FLORA

ROOTS REGGAE DANCE HALL // £3 after 12

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SATURDAYS

9PM - 3.30AM 3rd, 10th, 17th DUTTY KEN

REGGAE DANCEHALL // £3 after 12pm

24th RAY MIGHTY & ANDY SCHOLES £3 after 12pm

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SUNDAYS - live music

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HAPPY HOUR

9pm TILL 11PM

Bitter £2.20 Pint / Top Shelf £1.50 Plus cheap Double’s, Ales, Bottles and Cans Pool Table / Backgammon / Darts / Cards / Dynamos Stargarter facebook.com/starand garter

Last month at Thekla

thekla Bristol’s only music venue and club on a boat! From live toe-tapping Americana to the dirtiest Dubstep this side of London and everything in between, we have all your musical needs covered. We play host to the cream of the city’s weekly club nights as well as national and international touring live acts every week. Welcome aboard!

@theklabristol facebook.com/theklabristol 0117 929 3301 theklabristol.co.uk The Grove, BS1 4RB

Thursday 8th May

Wednesday 4th June

Saturday 10th May

Sunday 8th June

BO NINGEN + THE SCENES BEAR’S DEN + CHRISTOF Sunday 11th May

M.A.D

Monday 12th May

PHANTOGRAM

Wednesday 14th May

MARTIN STEPHENSON & THE DAINTEES Saturday 17th May

JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION Sunday 18th May

JIMI GOODWIN Monday 19th May

EAST INDIA YOUTH HOWLING BELLS

Wednesday 11th June

FUJIYA & MIYAGI + AK/DK Friday 13th June

PYLO - THE BRONZE MEDAL + TOWNS Saturday 4th October

DRAGONFORCE

Thursday 9th October

GRANT LEE PHILLIPS & HOWE GELB Saturday 1st November

HEATHER PEACE

CHARLIE SIMPSON Tuesday 20th May

HANK WANGFORD & THE LOST COWBOYS Thursday 22nd May

WEDNESDAY 13 - UNDEAD / UNPLUGGED Sunday 25th May

BLAIR DUNLOP

Wednesday 28th May

CHUCK RAGAN

+ NORTHCOTE + BILLY THE KID Thursday 29th May

GABRIELLA CILMI + HENRY GREEN Tuesday 3rd June

SMOKE FAIRIES Thekla The Grove Bristol BS1 4RB • 0117 929 3301 • theklabristol.co.uk • v t theklabristol alt-tickets.co.uk • gigantic.com • 0844 871 8819 • Bristol Ticket Shop

Last month at The Woods

The woods The Woods has been going strong for over five years. We have one of the biggest spirit selections in Bristol, not to mention a massive selection of bottled beers. When it comes to weekend no bar does it like us, open till 4am on Friday and 6am on Saturday where we work through all the different types of music possible until the early hours.

www.thewoodsbar.co.uk info@thewoodsbar.co.uk facebook.com/TheWoodsBristol Tel: 01179 250 890 1 Park Street Avenue, Bristol, BS1 5JN

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A BUMPER WEEKEND OF LOVE

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SUN 25TH MAY

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ADMIN / ALFRESCO DISCO / DRAMA DJS / HANNAH MULVANY B2B ANDRES B2B PATO JAM THE CHANNEL DJS / LUKE LANGSON / SHAPES DISCO SPECTACULAR / SUMMITS Sunday tickets from £29.50 & BF.

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