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Open Mic Music links to venues in and around Bristol.
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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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Bedminster. - weekly at
'The Candle
Club' Open Mic at the Southbank Club in Dean Lane, Bedminster, BS3 1DB - Hosted by Alex Furr - 8.30pm start till 11.00pm. House Guitar available.
Low-cost drinks. Nice sounding PA system set-up. Monthly showcase of best performers.
Stokes Croft - NEW VENUE STARTED WEEKLY - at The
Junction, 51 Stokes Croft
BS1 3QP -
Hosted by Annie
Callaghan and Jimmy
Aldridge - starts around 9.00pm. PA supplied. All welcome in pleasant
intimate setting.
Clifton - At the Thali
Cafe, 1 Regent Street, BS8
4HW - First Monday in month - Tel: 0117 974 3793 - Hosted by Liz Smith
(Facebook)
- Sing, dance, play the guitar, use our house piano. 8.00pm start. Facebook
Open Mic group
Clifton
- At The Mall Pub -
66 The Mall, Clifton BS8 4JG -
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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Glos Road. Alternate Mondays, at The Halo Bar a 50% Poetry, 50% Music mix at 141 Gloucester Road, Bishopston. Please visit the following website link to establish which Monday the Open Mic is on, at
www.AcousticNight.com
Kingsdown - 1st Monday in month. The Hillgrove Pub On corner of Dove Street / Hillgrove Street North, Kingsdown BS2 8LT. Starts at 8pm. Hosted by Doreen Ashley and Stewart Sharkey. PA and Mic already set-up. Pub tel no: 0117 944 4780. Best approached from Jamaica Street and King Square, if you want to park nearby.
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Tuesday
... Clifton. The Somerset House Pub - weekly open mic in Clifton, 8-30pm start,
hosted by Anthony Noel - The Somerset House is in Princess Victoria Street,
just up the road from the Somerfield Store. There is a house
piano available for those handy on the keys.
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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.
Centre - The Stone House (Jongleurs), Baldwin
Street, BS1 1NG, Tel: 0117 946 8160. Free Entry. Free Drink for every performer. £1.50 Drink deals all night. PA supplied. Starts at
9.00pm until 3.00am. Hosted by Andy Shelton of 'Classic Sadie'.
Bedminster - At the Albert Inn Open Mic, hosted by Neil Murray - Start time 8-00pm - 11.00pm - Free drink for
performers. It's all happening at 1 West Street, Bedminster, BS3 3NN
- Facebook link
Greenbank - Extended playing hours - Weekly at at the Greenbank Pub, Bellevue Road (corner of Greenbank Road), Easton,
BS5 6DP -
Now hosted by Bill and 'Geordie Steve'. No room for drum-kits,
but hand percussion welcome. PA system in situ, so anything that
plugs in is ok. Now runs from 9.00pm till
11.00pm (and sometimes beyond)
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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 - LISTING CHANGE, STARTS 5th March -
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 Glos
Road - The Blue Lagoon Coffee Shop
20 Gloucester Road, on the 'Promenade' part with the wide pavement, near the Zetland Road traffic-lights. The
new Open Mic host is Janec Lillis-James, and it has a rather nice new built-in PA
system there. Starts around 8.45pm.
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Stokes Croft - at The Junction - Monthly - Every first Tuesday
of the month, starting 3rd November at 9.00pm. At 51 Stokes Croft
BS1 3QP -
Hosted by Nadine
- One free drink per performer. Admission
Free. All welcome. Facebook
link
Fishponds - 2nd Tuesday of month at The
Cross Keys Pub 627 Fishponds Road, BS16 3BA. 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. Nice pub atmosphere with space for performers and listeners
in music section of the L-shaped bar. It's currently being hosted most weeks by Neil of
'Funkweed' starting around 8-30pm. There's a visitor's review HERE of one particular 'Rose of Denmark' Open Mic night.
House piano available. |
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Centre. Open Mic night - CANCELLED
- OWNER SELLING - the Bunch Of Grapes Denmark Street, near the Hippodrome.
Hosted by Acoustic
Satch. It kicks-off at about 8pm - 11pm. The open-mic area is away from the main bar, so tends to be occupied by people who are actually interested in the music.
Facebook
site
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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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Totterdown - (on Bath Road) - Last Wednesday at The Thunderbolt Pub -
124 Bath Road BS4 3ED - Now being hosted by Katy
Tucker and Dan Moore. There' a good map on the Thunderbolt website. All performers are welcome, whatever their musical style or genre.
Facebook
page here.
West Harptree - Spotlight Acoustic - NO LONGER RUNNING -
VENUE PROBLEMS - at The Blue Bowl Pub.
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. Pensford - First Wednesday of month. At the Rising Sun, Pensford, BS39 4AQ. Hosted by Andy Collins and Jacqui Haigh. It's held in a smallish room, with no amplification. Around 8.00pm start time.
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Glos Road. The Somerville Club
Open Mic, start at 8pm. On corner of Somerville Road and Upper Belmont Road, St Andrews, and
difficult to find, so please use the location map. Inexpensive drinks and simple bar food (rolls). Read a review of a typical Somerville Club Open Mic night, by Kevin of 'Bristol Rocks' by clicking here. You'll understand why you need the map!
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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.
Colston Street - Fortnightly at
Wild Wood, 90 Colston St, Bristol BS1 5BB - Tel: 0117 929 3627 - Starts at 9pm, Hosted by
Matt Bee on
Myspace, (Matt
on Facebook), PA supplied, All welcome. Next event on 12th November.
Facebook
link. Clifton - NEW
VENUE LISTING 25 Feb - at The Royal Oak
Pub, The Mall, Clifton, BS8 4JG - From 9pm till 11.30pm, hosted by
Lee Chaplin, Everybody welcome, PA supplied.
Evening finishes with a Jam session. Totterdown - NEW VENUE
STARTED 4th Feb -
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 -
NOW WEEKLY - at the Bristol Cider
House, 8-9 Surrey Street, BS2 8PS
- Hosted by Acoustic
Satch - 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 - NEW
VENUE STARTS 25th Feb - at The
Arts House Cafe / Bar, 108 Stokes Croft, BS1
3RU - hosted by Antonia, starts at 8.00pm. Just one mic and and amp at
present, but will be to be added to over coming weeks. 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 Horfield - NEW
VENUE STARTS 4th March - at The Old
Fox, 301 Gloucester Road, Bristol BS7 8PE - 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 8.30pm - 11.30pm, hosted by
"The 19
Sixties" (3-piece covers band) Tel: 0789 977 8443. PA, mics and drums supplied. All welcome. The 19 Sixties can provide accompaniment if required - please get in touch beforehand -
russellhorner23@hotmail.com - to tell us what songs you'd like to perform.
Bedminster Down. The
Kings Head, 91 Bridgwater Road, BS13 BAE near junction with Kings Head
Lane.- Hosted by Mark Venus. Starts at 9.00pm. Sometimes has
'Special Guest' spots, so check Mark's 'Upcoming Shows' section on
his Myspace site. Loud PA set up.
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Friday ...
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
Yatton -
PERMANENT
CHANGE OF VENUE - to the the "Prince
of Orange" in Yatton, 17 High Street, BS49
4JD - The Platform
Acoustic Club weekly Open Mic hosted by Barry
Walsh - Nice atmosphere with friendly landlord. Admission £2
for performers and audience.
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
East Harptree. The Open Door Acoustic Club at The Waldegrave Arms East Harptree, on the 3rd Friday of each month. Very friendly venue, hosted by Mike and Maire. No amplification, but keyboards can be plugged in if arriving early.
For further info tel 0176 122 1448. It's the only Open Mic venue I've happened across that has youngsters regularly playing from about the age of 12.
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St Michaels Hill - First Saturday in month at BAR 155 155 St Michaels Hill, BS2 8DB - The 'Saturday Night Music Club' and Open Mic hosted by Mark Venus - Starts around 8.30pm. This is an acoustic showcase of at least two featured artists, and an Open Mic session. Facebook site Wookey Hole Acoustic Club at Wookey Hole, BA5 1BP, on the last Saturday of each month. It's opposite the shop in the village centre in
Wookey Hole, not at the Wookey Inn. No amplification. Host and contact is
Nicki Davey. Everyone welcome, all ages, styles and abilities are encouraged, but arrive early to be sure of a
slot ... 8pm start. Also welcomed are people who just want to come and
listen.
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| Sunday
... Clifton -
NEW VENUE STARTED IN FEB - weekly at the Picture
House - Whiteladies Road, 44 Whiteladies Road, BS8 2NH
- Hosted by Everton. PA in
place. Open Mic from 7pm - 9pm , with a featured artist to follow from
9pm - 10pm. Please check info on the Facebook
group just in case there's the odd cancellation. Redland - NEW VENUE
STARTED SUN 21
FEB - at the Shakespeare
Pub Lower Redland Road, BS6 6SS - hosted by
Barry Walsh
- 4.00pm start till 7.00pm. Tel: 0117 973 3909 - In-house PA, all are welcome and performers will get a free drink. Gloucester Road -
NEW VENUE STARTS 7th MARCH - Fortnightly at the Hobgoblin Pub - 69 Gloucester Road, BS7 8AS - Early start from 6.00pm till about 10.00-10:30pm. Hosted
by Andrew
Binning
- The Pub has a lively atmosphere and there's a PA system in situ.
Glos Road - At the "The Prom"
bar- NEW IMAGES ->
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.
Totterdown - The Shakespeare
at Henry Street, starting around 7.30pm. Hosted by Jim
Tigwell - If you are a performer who'd like to
do an Open Mic spot it would be courteous to let Jim know, or just turn up on the night. The pub has PA. Contact Jim on 0771 447 5585 or email JamesJmtgwll@aol.com Long
Ashton - At the Bird
in Hand Pub - - 17 Weston Road, Long Ashton, BS41
9LA - hosted by Barry
Walsh - Starts around 8.30pm till 11.00pm. PA set up.
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Clevedon. Weekly at The Clocktower,
Clevedon, run by Mike Panes and Paul Anslow, who also run the Wednesday evening
Open Mic at the 'Moon and Sixpence'. Map link to location
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