• Music: Rose’s Pawn Shop

    Chicken Shed

    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...

    £15
  • Talk: Sylvia Plath, Witchcraft & Radical Poetry

    Hen & Chicken Studio

    Explore the politics of the witch trials and powerful witch imagery in Sylvia Plath’s poetry. Followed by Q&A. Sylvia Plath is best known for her novel The Bell Jar (1963)...

    From £11.50
  • Comedy: Wednesday Night Improv

    Chicken Shed

    Wednesday Night Improv returns to the Hen & Chicken with two halves of unscripted comedy — all made up on the spot, all inspired by your suggestions. Expect quick wit,...

    From £6
  • Music: Les Thomas (Australia) + Anya Pailthorpe

    Chicken Shed

    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...

    £12
  • Music: Heathen Apostles

    Hen & Chicken Studio

    Born of the voices of past lives and baptized in the dust bowl dirt, the Gothic Americana music of the Heathen Apostles harkens back to a bygone chapter of American...

    £15
  • Music: The Alan Fletcher Band

    Hen & Chicken Studio

    We are thrilled to welcome The Alan Fletcher Band back to Bristol this September, performing songs from their Americana/Country Music catalogue. Alan Fletcher may be best known for his 31...

    From £21.50
  • Comedy: Alfie Brown – THE ENTERTAINER

    Hen & Chicken Studio

    A show so entertaining you can scarcely believe it. Written and performed (both!) by a man in crisis, desperate to find meaning in life.  As technology makes life easier, where...

    £24
  • Music: Joe Martin

    Chicken Shed

    Singer-songwriter Joe Martin, returns to the Hen & Chicken this September. 21st century troubadour Joe Martin is deservedly gaining attention on both sides of the Atlantic seeing him play shows...

    £15
  • Comedy: Mark Thomas – 40 IN STAND-UP YEARS

    Hen & Chicken Studio

    What?! Mark Thomas has been ‘standing up’ for 40 years? Impossible!! But how old does that make you…? Alas it is true; one of our oldest surviving alternative comics celebrates 40 years...

    £22
  • Music: My Darling Clementine

    Hen & Chicken Studio

    “Johnny Cash & June Carter, Dolly Parton & Porter Waggoner, Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris, Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra. Now add to that list Michael Weston King and Lou...

    £18
  • Comedy: Jacob Hawley- FIGHTING AGE MAN

    Hen & Chicken Studio

    The Screen Rot Podcast’s Jacob Hawley presents a bold new hour of blistering stand-up, questionable opinions, and stories that most people would need waterboarding to admit to. As seen on The Have...

    £22
  • Music: Poor Old Dogs

    Chicken Shed

    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...

    £10