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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
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Clifton
- at the
Richmond Pub (and Kitchen) - 33 Gordon Road, Clifton, BS8 1AW -
starts at 9.00pm till
11.00pm. Hosted by Jocasta
- PA supplied. 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.
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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.
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St Werburghs. Every Tuesday 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, despite small charge. Close to the St Werburghs
Church, the 'Indoor Climbing Centre' - Facebook Group Here.
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 and performers will get a free drink. Hotwells - now at the Spring
Garden Tavern - 181 Hotwell Road, BS8
4RP (opposite SPAR shop). Nice pub atmosphere, and proper stage
with lighting and PA. Hosted most weeks by Neil of
'Funkweed' starting around 9.15pm.
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Welsh Back - The Old Duke Open Mic evening 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 available for those handy on the keys.
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Stokes Croft - Weekly at the Full Moon Pub
Bristol BS1 3PR, hosted by Bobby
Anderson of 'Yes Rebels'- Starts at 8.00pm, there is a PA, please bring your own instruments.
Good location map on Full Moon website. Bobby
on Facebook St George - NEWLY LISTED 4/10/2011 - Country & Western themed Open Mic - at
The Red
Lion - 206 Whitehall Road, St George BS5
9BP - You can perform your own favourite country songs or choose from a list provided. Hosted by
Alex and
Damien - Bring your friends to watch you play or sing backed by the Rhinestone Cowboys (if you wish). 8.30pm start.
Old Market - NEWLY LISTED 6/10/2011 - 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. Glos
Road - The Blue Lagoon Cafe & Bar
20 Gloucester Road, on the 'Promenade' part with the wide pavement, near the Zetland Road traffic-lights. The
Open Mic host is Linzi
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Fishponds - 2nd Tuesday of month at The
Cross Keys Pub 627 Fishponds Road,
BS16 3BA (opposite the DSS building near
turn-off to Lodge Causeway). Lots of info on
the Folk Around Fishponds website. Free entrance.
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Nailsea - 2nd Tuesday in month. 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
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Nailsea - The Blue Flame. Seems to be 1st and 3rd Tuesdays.
Nailsea, West End. Starts 8pm/8.30pm, really informal
singers / musicians night. Postcode BS48 4DE for those with
Sat-Nav. Tel: 0127 585 6910 to save wasted journey. |
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Wednesday... Hotwells - The Rose of Denmark
Open Mic, 6 Dowry Place BS8
4QL - Nice pub atmosphere with space for performers and listeners
in music section of the L-shaped bar. It's being newly-hosted by
Ben
and Nick Davies
from 9.00pm till 11.00pm.
The piano is no longer there. |
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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.
Clifton - Every Wednesday at Illusions Bar, 2
Byron Place, on the south side of the Triangle, Clifton, BS8 1JT - hosted by Ryan
Inglis - PA in situ, and a Baby Grand Piano available for performers to play -
9.00pm 12-00pm. No Free drinks, but a 'Happy Hour' all night.
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Centre - Open Mic night at Mr Wolfs
33 St Stephen's Street (off Baldwin Street) BS1 1JX - Now hosted by Jack
Baldus - 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 - Facebook
Group Here |
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Southville - NEW VENUE LISTING - 21st Nov - at the
Spotted Cow - 139 North Street, Bedminster
BS3 1EZ - hosted by
Deirdre Ward -
starts around 8.00pm. House guitar available. PA supplied. Looking for new
musicians to come along.
Gloucester Road - NEW VENUE STARTING 26th Oct - at the Prince of Wales 5 Gloucester Road, BS7 8AA - Starts 8.00pm. Hosted by Sarah Atkinson. Performers get a Free Pint !! Barton Hill - NOW
CANCELLED - at the Rhubarb
Tavern, Queen Ann Road, Barton Hill. Portishead - at The Poacher -
106 High St BS20 6AJ -
All welcome; originals, covers, or musicians wanting to jam. Plenty of house instruments; guitar, bass, 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, 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
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Clevedon. The Royal Oak Pub at 35 Copse Road, Clevedon, Map 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.
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Glos Road - CLOSED TILL JANUARY 5th - The Somerville Club
Open Mic, start around 8.30pm. On the corner of Somerville Road / Upper Belmont Road junction, St Andrews,
use the location map -
It's hosted by Richard
Craine and Mireille
Mathlener - Inexpensive drinks and simple bar food (rolls).
Review of an Open Mic night, by Kevin of 'Bristol Rocks' click here |
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Kingsdown - At the Kingsdown Wine Vaults 31 Kingsdown Parade,
BS6 5UE - weekly from 8.30pm. Hosted by Everton. PA in
situ. Totterdown - The Oxford
Pub
Oxford Street, BS3 4RL - Recently renovated - Hosted by
Stevie Yeomans - 8.00pm start - Free drink for performers - New PA in place ready to
go - Oxford
on Facebook
Portland Square -
at the Bristol Cider
House, 8-9 Surrey Street, BS2 8PS
- now hosted by Jonnie Marsden (0776 983 1206) - Sign-up at 8.30pm and starts
around 9pm start till 11pm. PA and guitar available to use.
Free cider for performers -
200 metres from Cabot Circus, just off Portland Square. Best to call to check
first 0117 942 8196
Stokes Croft -
at The
Arts House Cafe / Bar, 108 Stokes Croft, BS1
3RU - in the downstairs room, starts around 8.00pm. Very Poetry based Open
Mic with no PA, but singers and others welcome. St George - NEWLY
LISTED 15th Jan - at the Fire Engine Pub 188 Church Road, Redfield BS5 9HX hosted by Rob Cook and Gerry. PA system set up. Starts 9.00pm.
Stokes Croft - 1st and 3rd
Thurs at No
51 Stokes Croft (formerly The Junction)
BS1 3QP -
On 1st Thurs it's hosted by Lady
Nade
- Facebook
link
and on 3rd Thurs (called "Open Tales" and in a different format) it's hosted by Annie
Callaghan and Jimmy
Aldridge
- starts around 9.00pm. PA supplied. All welcome. Broadmead - 2nd and 4th Thursday at The Bank Tavern, 8 John Street, BS1 2HR - In an alley which runs from near the bottom of Broad Street down towards the Central Police Station in Broadmead - It's a little tricky to find
- Run by Neil Murray
(aka 'Rufus T Firefly')
from 8.30pm till midnight - PA in situ. Facebook site Fishponds -
at
St Matthias Campus
UWE, Oldbury Court Road, Fishponds BS16 2JP -
The Live Music Society of UWE hosted by
Finian Pye -
from 7:00pm until 11:00pm. All welcome. Normally bi-monthly. Check for dates
on The Live Music Society of UWE Clifton - at The Royal Oak
Pub, 1st Thurday 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
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Easton. 1st Friday of the month. Kebele 14 Robertson Road, Easton. A 50% Poetry / 50% Music mix. 8pm start, amplification is provided, but generally not used as it's a smallish room. "Kebele welcomes all to this unrestrained and uproarious monthly Open Mic session" Location map 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. Location Map
Gloucester Road -- NEWLY LISTED 4/10/2011 -
Last Friday of month at the Halo Bar
141 Gloucester Road, Bishopston BS7
8BA - Hosted by Kevin Spurgeon
and Joy Hyde
. PA provided, 2 mics, electro/acoustic guitar and keyboard, all of which people are welcome to use.
Start 8.00pm till midnight. Clevedon - NOW
CLOSED - at Campbells Landing
Pub (opposite Clevedon Pier) Redhill - Near Bristol
Airport (Lulsgate) - NEXT SESSION Friday 3rd FEB
- will continue on 1st Friday each month till July, at the Redhill Village
Club, Church Road, BS40 5SG
- just off the A38 - Tel: 0193 486 2619 - Bring your voice, your instruments, a great opportunity for Open Mic performers. 8.00pm - 11.00pm. Hosted by Jerry Blythe -
Please see website: - www.therandyswindlers.com
- House instruments available to use - Guitar and Keyboard.
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NO OPEN MIC events on
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Gloucester Road - At the "The Prom" bar
on Gloucester Road - www.theprom.co.uk
- Now a proper Open Mic. Starts around
9.00 pm. Now with Excellent PA and lights (and a couple of video screens!). They are promising spotlight gigs for the best
performers. The Open Mic is now hosted by local musician Rimas Mollis.
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