They said he couldn’t make it as a global fashion icon; they were wrong. They said he couldn’t legally acquire his own roundabout; they were wrong. They said he couldn’t beat all the odds to become London’s first-ever YouTube mayor…to be fair, they got that one bang on. But now, armed with the rosiest of...
Henrik Jensen formed his quartet Followed By Thirteen in 2010, and the group are touring to coincide with the release of their third album. Bassist Henrik Jensen moved from Denmark to London in 1997 and is a graduate of the Royal Academy. He has toured the world from Tokyo to Moscow with various modern jazz...
Stand Up For The Weekend with Andrew Bird featuring Garrett Millerick plus compere Clint Edwards. Andrew Bird is a top headline act throughout the UK and Ireland and has performed all around the world. He is highly in demand as a tour support for big-name comics such as Rhod Gilbert, Rob Brydon, Jon Richardson and...
Welcome to our monthly Open Mic Night (2nd Monday of every month) in our custom-built music room 'The Chicken Shed' Hosted by James Slater, Elliot Hall and Sarah Larkham, we welcome musicians and music lovers alike. We can get very busy, so if you wish to play, you can book your slot in advance. Simply message...
Live music from Geraint Watkins with special guest James Oliver For so many years he has been a keystone of the bands of Nick Lowe, Van Morrison, Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings, Dave Edmunds and countless more. Geraint Watkins is also a revered creator of his own sublime music, much of which has already been perfectly...
Continuing our occasional Be-Bop Club Introducing series, tonight we're pleased to welcome two musicians to the stand who have recently relocated to Bristol, Luke Annesley on alto sax, and Liam Butler Webb on piano. Alongside his performance work, Luke Annesley is also a Senior Lecturer in Music Therapy at UWE. His playing career ranges from...
SOLD OUT The unstoppable Kae Kurd is back with a brand-new show for 2020! Smart, sharp and brilliantly astute, the young British-Kurdish stand-up is making a serious name for himself. The world's gone crazy and it doesn't seem to be getting any better. Fresh from appearing on Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), join one of the...
Stand Up For The Weekend with Olga Koch featuring Mickey Overman, plus compere Meryl O'rourke. Olga Koch does stand-up comedy onstage and creates cathartic performance art in the privacy of her own home. She was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2018 and for Best Show at Leicester Comedy Festival in 2020....
Sarah Larkham ‘Heavenly’ EP launch with support from Sue Harding. A fairy-lit, early winter's eve of the richly evocative voice and music of Sarah Larkham as she performs songs from her new EP among others – with support from beautifully ethereal folk singer-songwriter Sue Harding. Once described by Leslie Crowther as 'a young Stevie Nicks',...
John Murry with special guest Damian Katkhuda - The Mostar Diving Club John Murry’s third album is starlit and wondrous, like being wrapped in the softest black velvet. It’s an album of startling imagery and insinuating melodies, of cold moonlight and searing heat. It’s a record that penetrates to the very heart of you,...
Bristol is an increasingly exciting place for jazz and improvisation at the moment, with a recent influx of musicians from London and other areas leading to new collaborations with established heavyweights of the Bristol music scene. Alex Merritt, a lyrical, creative and extremely well-read tenor player is one of the most exciting of these new...
Stand Up For The Weekend with Pierre Novellie featuring Josh Jones plus compare Meryl O'Rourke. One of the UK's finest up-and-coming comedians, Pierre Novellie was a correspondent on BBC2’s The Mash Report hosted by Nish Kumar and performed on the most recent series of Stand Up Central on Comedy Central. He previously had a regular role...
Desi Central Comedy Tour brings laughter to Bristol. Acts on the night: Hyde Panaser Sukh Ojla Nabil Abdulrashid Imran Yusuf Desi Central is brought to you by LuvEntertainment, a Multiple Award Winning provider of comedy events since 2009. Desi Central comedy tour hosts memorable, quality shows all over the UK and feature the very best...
THE BEST STAND-UPS IN THE WEST Our new South West showcase evening featuring the best talent the Westcountry has to offer. Over the years some of the finest comedians on the UK comedy circuit emerged from the South West including Russell Howard, Stephen Merchant, Jayde Adams, Bill Bailey, John Robins, Joel Dommett and Josh Widdicombe....
Damon Brown is one of the UK's top jazz trumpeters, who released his debut album A Rhythm Indicative back in 1998 to great acclaim. He went on to work alongside most of the UK's best-known players such as Peter King and Don Weller and began to forge international links with players from Europe, Japan and the...
Stand Up For The Weekend with Jimmy McGhie featuring Marlon Davis plus compere Ross Noble. Highly acclaimed stand-up Jimmy McGhie performs all over the world when the world is behaving normally! He is “a brilliant talent” (The Scotsman) and with “an easy charm and appealing relaxed manner” (Chortle), he has performed 10 solo shows at festivals globally including the Edinburgh...
It was only a matter of time before Cuban born trumpeter and trombonist Michel Padrón crossed paths with ‘gringo’ Jim Blomfield, one of the South West’s best-known Jazz and Latin pianists. Two brilliant exponents of the Afro-Cuban and Salsa genres, the pair bring together some of their favourite musicians to play a dynamic set of...
Coming Winter 2021, Long Live Chainsaw reveals the incredible true story of the meteoric rise, untimely death and long-lasting legacy of Canadian downhill mountain bike legend, Stevie Smith. On September 22 2013, Stevie realized a seemingly impossible dream and took the UCI Downhill World Cup Overall title in Leogang, Austria. Today, 8 years since that...
Stand Up For The Weekend with Sara Barron featuring Tom Lucy plus compere Robin Morgan. Sara Barron is a relentlessly honest and desperately funny comic, relating brutal and sometimes filthy truths in a warm and welcoming way. She is an American writer turned stand up living in London. While Stateside, she wrote for Vanity Fair, published...
