Bristol scene guide
Bristol scene guide — find your venue by sound. Drum & Bass lands at The Prospect Building. The venues, promoters and artists shaping Bristol’s electronic scene.
Find your venue
- Drum & Bass — if you like Turno: The Prospect Building, The Clock Factory, Pytch Yard - Skyline Park
- House — if you like Kyle Starkey: Sawmills, Document, Clifton Downs
- Jungle — if you like Turno: The Clock Factory, Document, Lakota
- Techno — if you like Daniel Avery: Strange Brew, Green Works, The Love Inn
- Garage — if you like Yung Singh: The Clock Factory, Lakota, The Students' Union at UWE
- Bass — if you like Mobilegirl: The Clock Factory, Moon Club, Strange Brew
- Disco — if you like Andy Mac: Sawmills, Strange Brew, The Jam Jar
Busiest venues
How big is Bristol’s electronic scene?
Over the last 12 months soundcheck tracked 1,948 club nights across 129 venues in Bristol, featuring 1,754 artists. Every listing carries the line-up, times and venue — see what’s on in Bristol tonight.
Which Bristol venues have the most club nights?
Counted over the trailing 12 months of listings:
What time do Bristol club nights actually start and end?
From the 1,948 listings publishing door times: the median Bristol night opens at 22:00 — 33% open before 22:00, 67% between 22:00 and midnight, and 0% after midnight. Of the 151 listings publishing a close time, the median close is 03:00, 17% run past 04:00 and 1% go to 06:00 or later.
How much does a club night in Bristol cost?
Across the 150 listings publishing prices (8% of all nights): the median advance ticket is £8, with half of all nights between £4 and £12. 21% of listed nights are free.
When does Bristol go out?
Friday is the biggest night (34% of all listings); Friday and Saturday together carry 69% of the week. The busiest month of the year is October.
What does Bristol sound like?
By share of genre tags across the year’s line-ups: House 22% · Drum & Bass 21% · Jungle 17% · Techno 10% · Disco 9% · Bass 8%. Genre-by-genre venue picks are in the routes above.
All figures derived from soundcheck’s listings database over the trailing 365 days; updated with each rebuild.
Artists to watch
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