The group that needs no introduction. Arguably the founders of recorded hip hop music with their instantly recognisable 'Rapper's Delight', and 'Apache'
The Sugarhill Gang , are bringing the classics back for an anniversary tour.
This special tour with Rock & Roll and Grammy 'hall of famers' Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio The Furious Five , who are widely regarded as among the most influential Hip Hop acts, play the legendary tracks, including the masterpieces The Message , White Lines and Freedom
Jump on it!
'Caution: excessive sound levels' - earplugs are available at the bar for 50p
]]>Following February's double headline show in Manchester with Mala and Loefah, Boom Sound welcome The Skints on a long overdue trip to Bristol and they will be joined by special guests Bedouin Soundclash.
The Skints are celebrating the release of their 4th album - Swimming Lessons - which has raised the bar again receiving rave reviews and seeing widespread support across the globe from the UK to the USA.
Bedouin Soundclash are one of the main headliners to play Boomtown Fair this year.
This event is now SOLD OUT.
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]]>The Skids formed in 1977 are a Scottish punk rock and New wave band, formed in their hometown of Dunfermline, Scotland by Richard Jobson, Stuart Adamson, Bill Simpson, & Tom Kellichan.
After releasing an independent single, the band were played by BBC Radio One's John Peel, supported The Clash in concert, and then were signed to Virgin Records in 1978. Their seminal debut album "Scared to Dance" came out in 1979, which was quickly followed by two chart singles. Both singles were taken from the Bill Nelson produced second album "Days in Europa” (1979). The album also featured new member Rusty Egan of Rich Kids & Visage fame after the departure of Tom Kellichan. The band released two more albums "The Absolute Game" (1980) and "Joy" (1981) before splitting. Spear Of Destiny first appeared on the scene back in 1983 fronted by Kirk Brandon after the break-up of his previous band Theatre Of Hate. Spear of Destiny released a series of incredible singles such as 'Prisoner of Love', 'Liberator', 'The Wheel' and 'Never Take Me Alive, the latter reaching the UK Top 20.
19:00: Doors
19:30: Spear of Destiny
21:00: Skids
23:00: Curfew
Please note this is a standing event, accessible seating is available.
Last entry: 2 hours before curfew
Venue levy: Trinity has introduced a £1 Restoration Levy on every event ticket sold. This income will be used to create a dedicated fund for critical building works that will protect and maintain the Trinity Centre building and grounds.
]]>Your entertainment:
✞ The Correspondents ✞
✞ The ASBO Disco ✞
✞ 24hr Garage Girls ✞
✞ Tremor Soundsystem All Stars ✞
Dress code: Beastly Brides and Ghoulish Grooms Prizes for the best dressed couple
Advance tickets: AfterDark & Bristol Ticket Shop
]]>Following a hugely successful debut Australian tour in 2024, The Saints ’73-’78 will make their UK debut this November.
Featuring founding Saints members, guitarist Ed Kuepper and drummer Ivor Hay alongside honorary Saints; singer Mark Arm of Seattle rockers Mudhoney, former The Birthday Party / Bad Seeds guitarist Mick Harvey and bassist Peter Oxley of Australia’s legendary Sunnyboys, The Saints ’73 -’78 carry on where the original band left off in 1978 performing the material from their three incendiary albums (I’m) Stranded (1977), Eternally Yours (1978) and Prehistoric Sounds (1978).
+ Support; Chimers
Please note this is a standing event, accessible seating is available. To reserve a limited seating spot and/or arrange a companion ticket, please contact info@trinitybristol.org.uk
Last entry: 2 hours before curfew
Venue levy: Trinity has introduced £1 restoration levy on every ticket sold. This income will be used to create a dedicated fund for critical building works, that will protect and maintain the Trinity Centre building and grounds.
]]>This Halloween zombie ravers will march upon the Trinity centre to witness Tremor Soundsystem and Ghetto Funk in a battle to the death.
Which undead horde will reign supreme?
We have the mighty Tremor Soundsystem in one corner, renowned in Bristol for their heavy weight sound and their eclectic mix of Jungle, Breaks and all out bass heavy party tunes and in the other corner we have the party breaks label Ghetto Funk who have completely re-imagined the breaks genre and conquered the world in their respective field.
TREMOR vs GHETTO FUNK
Featurecast vs JFB
T>I ft Gardna vs Dancefloor Outlaws ft Jakes
X-Ray Ted vs Dj Detta
TREMOR ALLSTARS vs GHETTO FUNK ALLSTARS
Howla / Bear Twists . . . . . . . . . Dj B-Side / Streetwise
Octo Pi / Trafic MC . . . . .Goodgroove / Special Guests
Twitchee Cordz
Five piece indie band hailing from New Zealand.
“Breaking away from their dance-heavy synth-pop sound, the Naked & Famous show off their soft side on A Still Heart, a compilation of acoustic renditions of their top hits.”
]]>+ The Weather Station
The Mountain Goats formed in 1991. Led by singer, songwriter and the man regarded as the best lyricist in American rock John Darnielle, they have released 15 studio albums since their debut effort in 1994.
John Darnielle was born on March 16th, 1967 in Bloomington, Indiana. At the age of two he lost his birth father, leading him and his mother to relocate to Central California where he grew up with a physically and emotionally abusive step-father. To cope with it he retreated into music and writing in a big way, but found that once high school was over, he couldn’t bring himself to stay in his hometown any longer. He found a job as a psychiatric nurse at the Metropolitan State Hospital in Norwalk, California and began writing songs on the guitar when he wasn’t working. He started performing live around 1990, and made a valuable friend in the form of Dennis Callaci.
Callaci was the owner of Shrimper Records, and after Darnielle gave him a boombox recorded demo tape of some of his early songs, Callaci released it as Darnielle’s first album “Taboo IV: The Homecoming”. Unwilling to perform under his own name, Darnielle took the moniker The Mountain Goats from the Screamin’ Jay Hawkins song “Yellow Coat” and began to tour with only himself on guitar and his friend Rachel Ware on the bass guitar. In 1991, Darnielle started attending the Pitzeer College in Claremont to study for an English degree, and it was during this time that he started properly focusing on songwriting, becoming renowned for his massively prolific output of songs.
Between 1991 and 1995 he released a large number of cassette’s and seven inch vinyl’s and built up a devoted following because of it. However, once he left college he decided to take his band more seriously and make a go of starting an actual career in music. His debut album proper, “Zopilote Machine”, had been released in 1994, and he spent the rest of the 1990’s building his following into a proper, nationwide fan-base. While the group have never been commercially succesful, they remain one of the most critically acclaimed and respected acts in American indie rock. Darnielle remains as prolific as ever, and has grown into a truly captivating live act to boot. The Mountain Goats are a band to see as soon as possible, and they come highly recommended.
]]>Semi fictional Outsider Ouija Pop Group featuring Adrian and Dean from the Eccentronic Research Council and Lias and Saul from the Fat White Family.
]]>For the last 20 years, for The Lovely Eggs being in a band is a way of life. It’s about art. It’s about creativity and expression. It’s about following your own path and doing things your own way. To celebrate two decades of operating on their own terms- spewing out music, records, art and television shows the cult band will mark their 20th anniversary with a very special show in Bristol.
Please note this is a standing event, accessible seating is available. To reserve a limited seating spot and/or arrange a companion ticket, please contact info@trinitybristol.org.uk
Last entry 2 hours before curfew
Venue levy: Trinity has introduced a £1 Restoration Levy on every event ticket sold. This income will be used to create a dedicated fund for critical building works that will protect and maintain the Trinity Centre building and grounds.
]]>The Last Poets, who are considered the birthplace of rap (Chuck D), return with their fist album in 20 years, ‘Understand What Black is’.
Born in the wake of the civil rights movement, Harlem’s Last Poets are influential spoken word artists, poets and commentators who fuse politically outspoken lyrics with inventive percussion.
Their 1970 album is considered the first hip hop album of all time.Produced by Ben Lamdin (Nostaglia 77) and Brighton legend Prince Fatty, whose speciality is traditional reggae and dub, ‘Understand What Black Is’ is a ten-track album which speaks of a revolutionary struggle defined by both race and identity, that has never sounded more relevant.
Tickets £15 +BF
]]>Having taken their time to craft, and with their new, self-titled, fourth album on the way, The Hunna are open, raw, rocking hard, and saying it how it is. Their musical angst is seething with colossal riffs, irresistible melodies, and memorable lyrics. The group have an insanely devoted fanbase guaranteed to turn every gig and festival appearance into an unmissable event.
Tickets on sale: Fri 5 Aug, 9am
Please note, this is a standing show
]]>Taking the band's blazing, urgent and infectious sound, 'Sons' flits between blues-heavy rock, run through with Mayfield-esque vocals to James Brown style funk and soul and, and takes it to dizzying new heights.
]]>DJ: 7:30pm-8pm
Open mic 8pm - 9pm
DJ: 9pm - 9:30pm
Fantasy Orchestra - 9:30pm -11pm
DJ 11-1am
Two years after he left us celebrate all that is weird, wonderful and Bowie with Bristol's own 60 piece Fantasy Orchestra!
Bowie fashion; costumes, lights, extravagance will abound aplenty. The Orchestra, with a full choir, in full regalia, will be bringing to life a multitude of Bowie classics and lesser known gems.
Come dressed as your favourite Bowie and bring the spirit of the many incarnations of DB!
For those musically inclined, we'll be starting the proceedings with a David Bowie open mic session. People from all musical walks encouraged! Please get in touch with chef d'orch, Jesse, at bowie@fantasyorchestra.org for more information and if you would like to take part.
The Dualers are a 9-piece Jamaican Rhythm & Blues band from South- East London. They first hit the headlines when the single ‘Kiss on the Lips’ stormed in to the UK top 30 despite no industry or professional backing, the follow up single Truly Madly Deeply charted at number 23 & featured in Hollywood blockbuster Fools Gold. They progressed to playing alongside some of the finest names in Ska and Reggae including The Skatalites, Toots and The Maytals, Ziggy Marley, Jimmy Cliff, UB40 and Madness. With a number of album releases, several top 40 chart singles, a record breaking 10 sell out shows at indigo at the 02 and an ever increasing large worldwide fan base behind them their success has continued. Now heralded as Britain’s finest Ska & Reggae band The Dualers continue to play to sell-out crowds all over the UK, Europe & Asia.
Q Magazine – “The Dualers soulful harmonising has admirable echoes of Bob Marley & Sam Cooke”
The Independent – “These local superstars are inching towardsfame”
Mark Lamarr – “If only all bands were like The Dualers the world wouldbe a better place”
Set times:
Doors 7:00
The Naverones 8:10 - 8:50
The Dualers: 9:20 - 10:50
Curfew: 11:00