Music: Arthur Coates & Kerran Cotterell.
2026-04-24 20:00 - 22:30 UTC | Chicken Shed
Traditional Celtic / Americana acoustic folk duo.
Arthur Coates & Kerran Cotterell are a two-man trad tornado tearing through the folk world with fiddle, guitar, foot percussion, vocals, and groove to spare.
Mixing Scottish and English roots with modern flair, they deliver foot-stomping tunes, rich harmonies, and cheek and charm. Whether in a village hall or a festival field, their shows radiate connection and joy.
Winners of the Robinson Emerging Artist Showcase at Canada’s Goderich Celtic Roots Festival, they’re fast becoming one of the scene’s most talked-about acts. Their upcoming album turns tradition sideways – storytelling with soul, and grooves that smoulder, spark, and occasionally catch fire.

Music: Xpress Fest Grand Finale
2026-05-17 14:00 - 23:00 | Chicken Shed
Seven days… Seven events giving back… It was all building up to this. Come join Xpress Fest for our grand finale of exceptional local music talent, all to raise funds for vital mental health charities, one of which is Mind Your Music whose founders you may also know as Sarah and Elliott, hosts of our open mic night.
Express Fest is Bristol’s newest grassroots music and comedy festival running from 11 May to 17 May. The line-up at the Hen is:
Paul Antony Brookshaw AKA Tall Paul
The man who puts himself into self-expression.
Watch Paul on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWzGYqMDN6p/
Feud
This funky, fun 5-piece is part of the Bristol Youth Studios project created by Bristol Beacon for 13 – 18-year-old singers and musicians.Watch Feud on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWtGNYniCbt/
Band of Buggers
A chaotic affair of silliness, slapstick and singing accompanied by a uniquely bluesy whisky sound.
Watch Band of Buggers on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DEHp5NquZzU/
Pilot Scheme
Earworms and mind treats from the Bristol story-song guy and a nice line in audience participation.
Listen on Bandcamp: https://thebighowever.bandcamp.com/track/static-caravan-single
Odessa Steps
The West Country’s observant tunesmiths that blend catchy folk with other flavours.
Watch on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reel/4362095210672714
Bethany Jane
Bethany is Bethany: a singer-songwriter of immense emotional power with a gorgeous voice.
Watch on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reel/3989176168037509
The Open Mic Surgeons
Pilot Scheme and buddies become The Open Mic Surgeons in a brassy voiced romp from New Orleans of the 30s to the Talking Heads era of New York.
Sam Elliott
We’re privileged to host the debut performance by very talented Bristol songwriter Sam Elliott. Expect beautifully melodic, poetic song in the mould of Waterboys, Doves and Prefab Sprouts.

Music: Dirk Powell, Amelia Powell and Cedric Watson.
2026-05-26 20:00 - 22:30 | Chicken Shed
Infectious mountain music and Zydeco rhythms where Appalachia meets the Louisiana bayou …
Dirk Powell, renowned fiddle, banjo and cajun accordion player, with his daughter, Amelia Powell – guitar and vocals, have teamed up with Cedric Watson – creole fiddle, accordion and francophone vocals.
This promises to be an evening when the mountains of Kentucky meet the Louisiana bayous.

Music: Joe H. Henry - Cancelled
2026-06-04 20:00 - 22:30 | Hen & Chicken Studio
CRH Music regrets to announce Joe H. Henry’s performance, due for Thursday 4th June, 2026 has been cancelled for reasons beyond our control. Ticket purchasers will be contacted.

Music: North Street Sounds
2026-06-06 15:00 - 21:00 | Hen and Chicken, 210 North Street, Southville,, Bristol, BS3 1JF, United Kingdom
A brand new music event for North Street this Summer.
North Street venues have joined together to organise a one-of-a-kind walking music festival.
All day, live music, bands, DJs, and good vibes!

The Hen & Chicken Show Case
Saturday 6th June from 3 pm | Free Live Music
Join us as Bristol’s brilliant grassroots performers take to the stage, performing in the main bar.

Music: Rose's Pawn Shop
2026-06-30 20:00 - 22:30 | Chicken Shed
American roots music from Southern California live in Bristol
Rose’s Pawn Shop are a 5-piece band with acoustic, folkie Americana roots and a rock n’ roll vibe.
For two decades, they have evolved their version of modern-day American roots music. It’s an anthemic sound that’s taken the group from their hometown of Los Angeles — where frontman Paul Givant formed the band as a bluegrass-inspired act, making room for punky tempos and fiddle solos — to venues across the country, where their sound grew to encompass the sweep of rock & roll, the sonics of folk music, and the storytelling of country.
“Our music is a patchwork of American styles,” Givant says. “We have country, rock, bluegrass, and folk — all sorts of American musical influences, and they all go into the Rose’s Pawn Shop sound.
““American Seams” is a masterclass in resilient roots music. It is a song for the seekers, the travelers, and anyone trying to navigate the complexities of modern life without losing their connection to the past.” – Country Music News International

Learn more about Rose’s Pawn Shop here: Rose’s Pawn Shop

Exclusive offer for all Hen & Chicken event ticket holders – July 2026.

25% off your food bill when you reserve a table in our bar /restaurant
When you book a table and enjoy dinner in our restaurant, we reserve great seats for you, ready for the performance, so you can skip the queue and relax while enjoying your meal.

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Music: Les Thomas (Australia) + Anya Pailthorpe
2026-07-28 19:30 - 22:30 | Chicken Shed
Live music from acclaimed Australian songwriter Les Thomas, who brings his 2026 UK tour to Bristol for an intimate performance at the Hen & Chicken, joined by the fabulous Anya Pailthorpe.
Blending folk, Americana and poetic storytelling, Thomas writes songs filled with humanity, memory and hard-won compassion. His music has been praised for its intelligence, authenticity and emotional depth, with performances that draw audiences in through powerful lyrics and understated delivery.
Touring in support of his forthcoming album I Remember Everything, this is a rare chance to catch one of Australia’s most compelling contemporary folk songwriters in an intimate setting.
Read more about Les Thomas here: Bio | Les Thomas

Pre-Show Dining at the Hen & Chicken
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When you book a table and enjoy dinner in our restaurant, we reserve great seats for you, ready for the performance, so you can skip the queue and relax while enjoying your meal.

Please make your dinner reservation under the same name you used to book your tickets.

*Does not include a ticket to your chosen event. Please purchase separately. Please order promptly on arrival and allow 1 hour before doors open.
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Music: Open Mic Night
2026-08-05 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-09-02 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-10-07 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-11-04 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-12-02 20:00 - 23:00, 2027-01-06 20:00 - 23:00, 2027-02-03 20:00 - 23:00, 2027-03-03 20:00 - 23:00 and 10 more dates | Chicken Shed
Join us at the Hen & Chicken for our monthly open mic night — a welcoming evening of live local music in a dedicated event space with a real concert feel. Hosted by Sarah Larkham and Elliot Hall, the night is open to both performers and music lovers, with free entry for all.
Event Details

When: First Wednesday of every month
Time: 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Where: Hen & Chicken, 210 North Street, Bristol, BS3 1JF
Entry: Free
Hosted by: Sarah Larkham & Elliot Hall

If you’d like to perform, it’s best to book a slot in advance as the night can get busy. Whether you’re trying out new material or simply coming along to enjoy an evening of live music, everyone is welcome.
Follow us at: https://www.facebook.com/henandchickenopenmic
And if you would like to perform at our next open mic night, send Sarah a message via the page’s Facebook Messenger.

Music: Poor Old Dogs
2026-10-09 21:00 - 23:00 | Chicken Shed
An original take on traditional folk music.
Poor Old Dogs is a riotous folk band from Bristol, bringing beer-soaked mayhem and foot-stomping energy to the timeless traditions of UK and Irish folk music.
Having been playing together for over a decade, they’ve honed their craft and their chaos, with a knack for turning any gig into a rollicking, rowdy singalong. They deliver raucous tunes, wild stories, and the kind of chaos that pairs perfectly with a pint (or three), performing both traditional music and their own self-penned songs
Expect a night of riotous folk, beer-soaked mayhem and foot-stomping energy.

Music: Sara Milonovich, with Greg Anderson.
2026-10-30 20:00 - 22:30 | Chicken Shed
Sara Milonovich brings us a fiddle-fueled, heady harvest of heart-stopping original roots rock and alt-Americana with guitarist Greg Anderson.
They will be touring off of the back of a new album release in Autumn 2026.

Music: Richard Shindell
2026-11-10 20:15 - 23:00 | Hen & Chicken Studio
Richard Shindell lives as both an immigrant and emigrant, crossing thresholds, that informs his illumination of the human experience through narrative song. Shindell has inhabited a Zen Buddhist monastery, busked in the streets of Paris, opened for Joan Baez (who covered several of his songs), and collaborated with Grammy-winner Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan, Levon Helm, Elvis Costello).

Originally from New York, now living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Shindell is a writer whose songs paint pictures, tell stories, juxtapose ideas and images, inhabit characters, vividly evoking entire worlds along the way and expanding our sense of just what it is a song may be. Meticulously recorded over three years in New York and Buenos Aires, his most recent release, Careless, offered an ambitious, luxurious, full-length statement. Shindell immersed himself in the studio, allowing the time and latitude to explore, experiment, take risks—to play—as each of these eleven songs was given form and substance. While his signature acoustic guitar style is used to good effect, Careless also found Shindell plugging in more. “The wider sonic and dynamic range of the electric has been a real inspiration. Rejuvenating.”

During the pandemic, Shindell stayed in Argentina, out on the wide open Pampa, reading, writing, taking walks, doing a little experimental recording, and tending the garden. He now returns to the road for a limited number of performances.

Innovative, original and occasionally spiritual, Shindell’s songs weave tales that interchangeably champion the downtrodden, exalt the disaffected or wax empathetic to those lost to society’s fringes. From lighthearted ballads and adulterous love songs, to dirges and diatribes that skillfully skewer politics, prejudice, war and religion, to the comic point-of-view of a cow stuck in a barbed wire fence, he has a unique ability to morph into the soul of the many and varied personalities he casts as narrators in certain songs—veritable novellas framed in haunting acoustic melodies.

“Occasionally an artist has a night that makes even skeptics think, “O.K., maybe he is the best.” Richard Shindell achieved this.” — Ann Powers, NY Times

Muisc: Abigail Lapell
2026-11-17 20:00 - 22:30 | Hen & Chicken Studio
“Abigail writes songs that stop you right in your tracks.”— Brooklyn Vegan
Toronto songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Abigail Lapell returns with a new album, Shadow Child, due for release 8th May, 2026.
Over the past six years and four spellbinding releases, Lapell has garnered four Canadian Folk Music Awards and accrued a staggering 60 million streams across online platforms. She tours regularly across Canada, the U.S. and Europe.

Music: Sarah Yeo - Joan Baez And Me
2026-11-18 19:45 - 22:15 | Chicken Shed
One of the UK’s high rising songwriters Sarah Yeo took the UK by storm earlier in 2026 with her sell out tour of the Music Of Joan Baez’ She is returning again to perform this material in her own “beautiful voice” (BBC) from Joan’s early career from the first recording, ‘Harvard Square’ and onward through her lengthy journey to date, telling pivotal stories and singing key songs from the Newport Festival days, her years in Nashville, activism around the world, her relationship both on and off the stage with Bob Dylan, and her love of recording just great songs.
The set list takes note of the current political climate and includes self penned songs ‘Diamonds and Rust’, ‘The Winds of the Old Days’, Dylan greats such as ‘Love Is Just A Four Letter Word’, ‘There But For Fortune’, ‘Farewell Angelina’ and the wonderful catalogue from songwriters Stevie Wonder, Phil Ochs, Janis Ian and not forgetting the early Folk covers, ‘The Banks of the Ohio’, ‘House of the Rising Sun’ and many more hits.
This time this singer and acoustic guitarist will include a small selection of her own beautiful compositions during the evening from her recent highly acclaimed album releases ‘The Wisdom Of The Wind’ and ‘The Circles Of The Grain’
Sarah, a recent finalist in the ‘International songwriting competition’, also delves into the Spanish language repertoire Joan loved so much.
Sarah’s ‘warm rich voice’ with sweet higher notes, lends itself perfectly for this special evening of songs and stories.
As Sarah learns more about Miss Baez’s life and career, she feels she can relate to her in many ways, making the project a very personal, interesting and inspiring experience.
Learn more about Sarah Yeo here: Songwriter | Sarah-yeo-singer | England

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Please make your dinner reservation under the same name you used to book your tickets.

*Does not include a ticket to your chosen event. Please purchase separately. Please order promptly on arrival and allow 1 hour before doors open.
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