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The purpose of this page is that you can do a web-browser 'search' (normally 'Edit' > 'Find') and then search for a location, or a Pub name, or words such as 'keyboard', or 'guitar' to locate places which already have a house instrument to play, to save lugging yours along. |
| Monday ... Weekly Open Mic Music venues in and around Bristol. |
Hotwells. The Nova Scotia Folk Club
Open Stage 
Held in a quiet upstairs room af the Nova Scotia Hotel away from the busy bar, so no
mic, no amplification, but an appreciative listening audience. £1 admission. Check the website if wishing to do an open mic spot, as some Mondays are 'Special Guest' nights. Address is 1 Nova Scotia Place
BS1 6XJ
Central - At the
Three Sugar Loaves
(bottom of Christmas Steps) BS1
5BS - from 8.30 till 11.00pm - hosted by Sam
Whitlock
- Free Drink for performers - PA setup in place - House Guitar available to
borrow - Three
Sugar Loaves Facebook Page
Clifton - at the
White Harte
54-58 Park Row, BS1 5LH
- Hosted by Aaron
"Aza" Douglas - Starts 9.00pm - with PA and monitor - Free drink for performers.
Totterdown - at the Shakespeare
Pub 1 Henry Street, Totterdown, BS3 4UD
- hosted by Ben
Hopkin - Wonderful BOSE PA system provided - Free drink for every performer - Start 8:30pm - 11:00pm Cheltenham
Road - at the Cat
& Wheel Pub - 207 Cheltenham Road, BS6 5QX
(close to bottom of Cotham Brow) - Starts around 9.00pm - Hosted by Julie
Baker - House Guitar available - PA System provided - Free drink for
performers.
Gloucester Road - at The
Gallimaufry - (previously "The Prom" bar)
on Gloucester Road BS7
8AL- Starts around 8.30 pm. With Excellent PA and lights. The Open Mic is
hosted as before by local musician Rimas Mollis. Gloucester Road - The Golden Lion, 244 Gloucester Road, Bishopston, Bristol,
BS7 8NZ - Dates
shown here, hosted by Bobby Anderson of Yes
Rebels - Bar open till midnight. PA system is set
fairly loud. Free drink for performers. The Golden Lion
Myspace site
Clifton, Lower Park Row, UNI of Bristol Folk
Club, now back at The
Ship Inn
at Lower Park Row, BS1
5BJ Meet every Monday from 9pm. We play in the downstairs room. Everyone welcome. Bring an instrument or
come along to enjoy. Sessions are sometimes themed, mostly playing together with occasional solo spots.Not weekly . . .
Gloucester Road - Alternate Mondays, at 'Acoustic
Night' at the Halo Bar
a 50% Poetry, 50% Music mix at 141 Gloucester Road, Bishopston BS7
8BA - For Dates of Open Mic nights please
click here. PA in place.
Pill - CHANGE OF
VENUE - to The Star Inn, 13 Bank Place, Pill,
BS20
0AQ -
1st Monday each month - there will be one 30 minute 'Featured Artist' spot, but the rest will be Open Mic - Superb BOSE PA System supplied - Starts 8.45pm till 11.00pm - Hosted by
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Tuesday ...
Weekly Open Mic Music venues in and around Bristol.
St Werburghs - In upstairs room at the
Miners Arms, Mina Road,
BS2 9YQ. Hosted by Sarah
Joy. No amplification, so purely acoustic. Low lighting,
candles and a few 'string-lights',
attentive audience. Well-attended by both musicians and audience
alike. There is a small voluntary charge, which Sarah donates to local
Charities. The Pub is close to St Werburghs
Church, the 'Indoor Climbing Centre' - Facebook Group Here. Starts between 9.00pm - 9.30pm
when enough turn up to perform.
Redland -
at the Shakespeare
Pub Lower Redland Road,
BS6 6SS - hosted by
Barry Walsh
- 8.30pm start till 11.00pm. Tel: 0117 973 3909 - In-house PA, all are welcome.
One of the quieter Pubs where customers do listen. Glos
Road - The Blue Lagoon Cafe & Bar
20 Gloucester Road, BS7
8AE on the 'Promenade' part with the wide pavement, near the Zetland Road traffic-lights. The
Open Mic host is Linzi
- There is a rather nice built-in PA system there. Starts around 9.00pm.
Welsh Back - The Old Duke
45 King Street, BS1 4ER
hosted by Eddie Martin. Starts around 9pm. If you don't know the location, it's at Welsh Back, opposite the Llandoger Trow Pub, off Queen Square. There is a house Piano
/ Keyboard available for those handy on the keys.
Totterdown - at the
Star and Dove
pub - 75-78 Saint Luke's Road, BS3 4RY
- Hosted by Ben Hopkin - All welcome - House PA system used - There's also a House Piano / Keyboard and organ, and guitar and bass amps to use - also a Free drink for performers - Starts 8.00pm till 11.00pm.
Old Market - at the Stag and Hounds - 74 Old Market Street, BS2 0EJ - There's a full PA provided, a welcoming atmosphere and a free drink for all performers, hosted by
Mark Legassick
from "Howlin' Lord" - 9.00pm - midnight.Not weekly . . . Nailsea -
1st Tuesday - Now back at the Blue Flame, West End
BS48 4DE
(0127 585 6910) - Starts 8.30pm till 11.00-ish, informal unamplified singers / musicians night.
Fishponds - 2nd
and
4th
Tuesday at The Cross Hands Tavern - 1 Staple Hill Road,
BS16 5AA
- Lots of info on
the Folk Around Fishponds
website - Now an entry charge of £2, (£1 concessions) - No amplification - Starts around 8pm.
Nailsea -
2nd
Tuesday. Nailsea
Folk Club
Meet at the Grove Sports Centre, Nailsea, BS48 4NQ. Hosted by 'Rob and Rich'. All welcome to join in, or just sit back and relax with others in an older style folk
club done in a 'sing-around' fashion. Wraxall -
3rd Tuesday -
at the Old Barn, restarts 15th Jan 2013, Bristol Road, Wraxall BS48 1BU
- 8.30pm till 11.00-ish, informal unamplified singers / musicians night. |
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Wednesday ...
Weekly Open Mic Music venues in and around Bristol. Cheltenham Road - At Leftbank
128 Cheltenham Road, BS6 5RW - Hosted by Oliver
Dennison - Open stage kitted with a house guitar, drums and PA for musicians of all genres to showcase themselves.
Starts around 8.30pm. Piano / Keyboard available to use. Centre - at
the Birdcage Cafe 28 Clare Street, BS1 1YE
- From 8.00pm till 10.00pm - Hosted by Sam Craven of the Band "Baskerville" - PA setup - House Guitar available to
borrow - Facebook
Page for Birdcage Cafe Centre - Open Mic night at Mr Wolfs
33 St Stephen's Street (off Baldwin Street) BS1 1JX - Hosted in rotation by Alan
Green - Bobby
Anderson - Lewis
Creaven - Starts at 8.30-ish. It's a weekly event, with a headline band to round off the evening after the Open Mic session has finished
Southville - at the Spotted Cow - 139 North Street, Bedminster
BS3 1EZ -
now hosted by Ben Hopkin - Wonderful BOSE PA system provided - starts around 9.00pm -
Always looking for new musicians to come along. Can be a noisy Pub.
Portishead - at The Poacher -
106 High St BS20 6AJ -
All welcome; originals, covers, or musicians wanting to jam. Plenty of house instruments; guitar, bass,
Piano / Keyboard and electric
drum-kit as well as effects pedals, amps, PA system and mics. Hosted by Stuart Walsh:
0781 071 8601 - Good performers may get gigs! Starts about 8:45 and continues till 11pm. Plenty of parking.
Clevedon. The Moon and Sixpence Pub on Clevedon Seafront, at 15 The
Beach BS21
7QU has an open mic evening with amplification, and the PA is set quite loud. It's a busy Pub. Open Mic starts around 8.30 - 9.00pm
Clevedon - The Royal Oak Pub at 35 Copse Road,
Clevedon, BS21
7QN Tel: 01275 873 075. Folk Night, people generally go along for a jamming session, everyone plays together/sings together, sometimes busy from the start, sometimes not till later on, any types of instrument or music.
Back room used is small and maybe room for up to 30 people. Can be a really interesting night and lots of fun.
Starts about 8.30pm.
Not weekly - CURRENTLY NOT RUNNING, but will be back - Old Market - at the Arts West
Side Cafe (a Community Cafe) -
2nd and
4th Weds - NO PA System as it's UNPLUGGED - 6 West Street
BS2
0BH - Starts around 8.00pm until 11.00pm - House Guitar available - Facebook Page
- Hosted by UNKNOWN in future - intimate setting for those who like to perform acoustically.
Easton-in-Gordano
- CANCELLED
- at the Kings Arms
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Thursday ...
Weekly Open Mic Music venues in and around Bristol.
Glos Road - The Somerville Club
Open Mic, start around 8.30pm. On corner of Somerville Road / Upper Belmont Road, St
Andrews BS7
9AD BUT
use this Location Map -
It's hosted by Richard
Craine and Mireille
Mathlener - Inexpensive drinks and simple bar food.
Review of an Open Mic night, by Kevin of 'Bristol Rocks' click here
Cheltenham
Road - at the
Do'lii Coffee Bar
- 208 Cheltenham Road BS6 5QU
close to The Arches on the left-hand-side (towards town) - Hosted by Everton
and Emma Lou
- 8.30pm start - PA supplied.
Cliftonwood - NEWLY LISTED 6th April - at The Lion Pub 19 Church Lane, on the corner of Argyle Place, BS8 4TX - from 9.00pm till 10.30pm - Hosted by Rosie Southern and Pete Atkinson - PA supplied - Free drink for performers.
Centre - NEWLY LISTED 2nd April - At
The Greenhouse 37 College Green BS1 5SP - Early start at 8.15pm till 10.00pm then 'Featured Artists' take the next hour or so, then more Open Mic from 11.15pm till midnight - Hosted by Tom Mounsey
( 0777 574 4289 ) - PA ready set up.
Redcliffe - at the Velindra
Pub (newly refurbished), Commercial Road BS1
6SY (next to the New Cut) - 9.00pm start - Hosted by Barry Walsh -
Nice sounding PA. Totterdown - The Oxford Pub - Oxford Street, BS3 4RL - Recently renovated - Hosted by Lewis Creaven - 8.00pm start - Free drink for performers - New PA in place ready to go - Oxford on Facebook
Kingsdown
- at the Kingsdown
Wine Vaults
31 Kingsdown Parade, BS6 5UE - now hosted by Ben Hopkin - Wonderful BOSE PA system provided - From 9:00pm until 11:00pm.
Centre - Harbourside - at Under The Stars - the boat moored near the Cascade Steps, next to the City Centre -
BS1 4QA - 9.00pm to 11.30pm -
Under The Stars Facebook Page PA supplied.
Stokes Croft - at The Arts House Cafe / Bar, 108 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RU - in the downstairs room, starts around 8.00pm - Poetry based Open Mic hosted by Zen Beat poet Jeremy Toombs - no PA, Singers, songwriters, poets and all welcome.
St George - at the Fire Engine Pub 188 Church Road, Redfield
BS5 9HX hosted by Rob Cook and Gerry. PA system set up. Starts 9.00pm. Not weekly . . Clifton - at The Royal Oak
Pub,
1st Thursday
of month only at The Mall, Clifton, BS8 4JG - From 9pm till 11.30pm, hosted by
Lee Chaplin, Everybody welcome, PA supplied.
Evening finishes with a Jam session. |
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Friday ...
Weekly Open Mic Music venues in and around Bristol.
Mangotsfield - the Dragon Folk
Club - at the
Bridge Inn, Main Road,
Shortwood, Mangotsfield, BS16
9NG It's a traditional type of Folk Club, where people sing in a round from their seating places, with no amplification. Host is Mike Starkey 01454 321 943. On every Friday around 8.15pm. Not weekly . . . Clevedon - NEWLY LISTED 12th April -
1st Friday of Month - at Campbells Landing Pub (opposite Clevedon Pier) - 21-23 Beach Road,
BS21 7QT - Hosted by
Mike Bullock - 9pm start - Busy pub, but has attentive audience. |
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Saturday ... Open Mic Music venues in and around Bristol.
Claverham - (off Weston-S-Mare road) - at Claverham Village Hall
- Bishops Road, North Somerset, BS49 4NF - in the "Tannery Bar" - Hosted by Barry Walsh -
PA supplied - starts 8.00pm - 11.00pm - 2nd Saturday
each month. Please check this page from time-to-time, as
other 'occasional' Open Mics are sometimes listed here.
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Sunday ...
Weekly Open Mic Music venues in and around Bristol.
Clifton - at The Fringe - (previously the Greyhound) at 32 Princess Victoria Street,
BS8 4BZ - starts at 7.00pm - Hosted by Jocasta - PA setup at a pleasant listening level - Piano / Keyboard available to use.
Portishead - starts at 4.00pm - at The Lido Kitchen Portishead Esplanade, BS20 7HD - It's the cafe adjoining the Open Air Swimming Pool - Now re-scheduled
for an early start from 4.00pm till about 7.00pm - Hosted by Stuart
Walsh - It's best to call Stuart 0781 071 8601 if you wish to play or attend, as the Café can be busy or sometimes have a Private Function - Free drink for performers - PA supplied - plenty of parking nearby.
Not weekly . . . Easton - RESTARTED 21st APRIL - 1st and 3rd Sundays - at the Maitreya Social - 89 St Marks Road, Easton BS5 6HY -
Hosted by Steve Graham, email: maitreyasocialmusic@gmail.com - Mobile: 0797 599 6946 - from 7.00pm - 10.00pm - Free entry - music and spoken word welcome - All abilities welcome - Facebook Page
Hotwells - CANCELLED - OPEN MIC FOR UNDER 18 yrs performers - check back in a couple of weeks for the NEW Venue - NO LONGER at the at The Adam and Eve Pub
Long Ashton - Last Sunday at the Dovecote,
Ashton Road - BS41
9LX - Hosted by Barry Walsh
- From 8.30pm till 10.30pm - PA supplied. Hanham - 2nd Sunday - at Hanham Community
Centre, High St, Hanham BS15 3EJ
- Starts 7.45pm - 10.30pm - All types of performers welcome, but most are using backing tracks, so can be rather Karaoke at times -
PA supplied - Hosted by Kevin Lawrence. |