The Old Duke
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.
5 live music in Bristol our editors have drunk at, sorted by score. All Bristol nightlife.
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The Fleece
- ★ 4.1
- ££
- Harbourside & Wapping Wharf
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.
The Louisiana
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.
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Viator · 1.8 h
Alcotraz Prison Cocktail Experience in Bristol
Successfully smuggle your liquor past the Warden and serve your time with a covert supply of personalised cocktails. This is the bar behind bars, where the serving inm...
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Viator · 2 h
2 Hour Hands-On Super Fun Cocktail Class
The Espresso Martini was invented by British bar tender Dick Bradsell in London. Legend has it that a ‘top model’ asked for a drink that would ‘wake me up and f**k me ...
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Entry ticket · 2 hours
Bristol: 5-Gin Tasting at a Local Craft Distillery
Sip a garnished Bristol Dry Gin and tonic on arrival at St Nicholas Market, then taste five in-house seasonal gins. Learn the distillery's history, how botanicals are ...
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Exchange
- ★ 4.1
- £
- Old Market & Totterdown
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.
The Canteen
The Canteen stages free live bands most nights under Hamilton House's murals, the Stokes Croft room where Bristol's music scenes casually cross-pollinate.
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