Lakota is a dance club in Stokes Croft, Bristol.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The Gardens day events sell out fastest; the original rooms still deliver the sweaty jungle history lesson.
Address: 6 Upper York Street, Bristol BS2 8QN
Thekla stages gigs and club nights in the hold of a 1958 German cargo ship moored in Bristol's Mud Dock, an institution of a venue running since 1984.
Tip: Pressure on Thursdays and Pop Confessional on Saturdays are the student rites; check the hull for the Banksy grim reaper story.
Strange Brew mixes club nights, gigs and art shows in its Fairfax Street event space, the connoisseur's small room of central Bristol's night-time scene.
Tip: Its bookings lean leftfield; trust the venue's own programming even when you know none of the names.
The Old Duke runs free jazz and blues every single night of the week on King Street, Bristol's cornerstone jazz pub in a building dating from around 1775.
Tip: Sunday afternoon sessions are the gentle way in; weekend nights spill onto the cobbles.
The Fleece has hosted touring bands in a Grade II listed former wool hall since 1982, Bristol's classic sticky-floored 450-capacity rock room by Temple Meads.
Tip: The stone pillars eat sightlines at the back; arrive at doors for anything sold out.
The Louisiana books tomorrow's bands into a harbourside corner pub, the small Bristol room that hosted Amy Winehouse and Muse on their way up the bill.
Tip: Gigs are upstairs and tiny; downstairs pints before doors are part of the ritual.
Exchange is Bristol's community-owned, not-for-profit music venue on Old Market Street, keeping punk, DIY and brand-new bands on its stage almost nightly.
Tip: Buy through Headfirst and keep the booking fee in the city; the daytime cafe funds the stage.
