American roots music from Southern California 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...
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...
Get ready for a full day of music, fun and feel-good festival vibes at the Bristol Ukulele Festival 2026! Join us on Saturday, 11th July, from 12:30pm right through to midnight for a joyful celebration of all things ukulele. Across two large performance spaces, you’ll find an exciting mix of beginner and advanced workshops, live...
Acclaimed Australian songwriter Les Thomas 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,...
An original take on traditional folk music. Poor Old Dogs is a Bristol-based folk band known for blending traditional folk with skiffle, punk, and Caribbean influences. Formed in Bristol with a shared passion for honest, rhythm-driven music, the band’s style combines traditional folk with elements of skiffle, punk, ska, calypso, and dub, creating a sound...
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. https://youtu.be/FZEW6r-YKJI?si=EBo_dGJckqKxQXmR PGlmcmFtZSBkYXRhLXRlc3RpZD0iZW1iZWQtaWZyYW1lIiBzdHlsZT0iYm9yZGVyLXJhZGl1czoxMnB4IiBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vb3Blbi5zcG90aWZ5LmNvbS9lbWJlZC9hcnRpc3QvN3RENXQ2UjhKNDNHaGVBazMwTkswQT91dG1fc291cmNlPWdlbmVyYXRvciIgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMzUyIiBmcmFtZUJvcmRlcj0iMCIgYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuPSIiIGFsbG93PSJhdXRvcGxheTsgY2xpcGJvYXJkLXdyaXRlOyBlbmNyeXB0ZWQtbWVkaWE7IGZ1bGxzY3JlZW47IHBpY3R1cmUtaW4tcGljdHVyZSIgbG9hZGluZz0ibGF6eSI+PC9pZnJhbWU+
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,...
“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...
Catch Amy Speace bringing her soulful tunes and stories live for a night you won’t forget! Heralded by Rolling Stone, Billboard Magazine and The New York Times and featured on NPR’s “Weekend Edition”, Amy Speace is one of the leading voices of contemporary Folk and Americana songwriters. She was discovered 2005 by Judy Collins, who...
A solo performance from an award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter. Bad ideas, VCRs, crumbling factories, hairy dogs, questionable tattoos...all are fair game for Nova Scotian funeral director-turned-songwriter Terra Spencer. And the songs are good ones, judging from the accolades her four albums have received, and from the caliber of her collaborators, which include David Francey, Dave Gunning,...
