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Bristol Takeover 2022

Sat 19 Nov, 14:00
Free Entry
Bristol Beacon

Bristol Takeover returns this November! Our free entry festival celebrates the city’s music scene, with a multi-genre showcase of Bristol’s most exciting DJs, bands and artists taking place in our Foyer.

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Coming up in October

Choose from a wide range of gigs and performances this September

(11 events)
Person standing against a hedge with an acoustic guitar

Sat 1 Oct 2022

20:00

Folk

Martin Simpson

+ support

Folk House

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Headshots of a group of people sitting in a line

Thu 6 Oct 2022

20:00

Rock and Pop

Lazy Habits

+ The Scribes

Lost Horizon

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A warped and blurry photograph of a person wearing a leather jacket

Fri 7 Oct 2022

20:00

Folk

Kathryn Joseph

+ Maja lena

Folk House

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Photograph of Cass McCombs staring into the distance.

Mon 10 Oct 2022

20:00

Indie

Rock and Pop

Cass McCombs

Plus Kolumbo

Redgrave Theatre

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A group of three people wearing smart outfits sitting on rocks in a vast moorland

Fri 14 Oct 2022

20:00

Folk

Leveret

Folk House

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The artist Sean McConnell wearing a blue denim jacket.

Mon 17 Oct 2022

20:00

Rock and Pop

Sean McConnell

+ Fritillaries

The Louisiana

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Person wearing dungarees on stage playing a sarod

Tue 18 Oct 2022

20:00

Classical

Electronic

Indian Classical

Soumik Datta

+ support

Bristol Beacon Foyer

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A group of people standing next to a building

Tue 18 Oct 2022

20:00

Rock and Pop

Daddy Long Legs

plus support

Exchange

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A White man stands wearing a denim baseball hat and denim shirt in the shade.

Wed 19 Oct 2022

19:30

Rock and Pop

Jake Xerxes Fussell

+ support

Strange Brew

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Person standing on a beach with ball braided hair and wearing a black dress

Thu 20 Oct 2022

20:00

Folk

Rock and Pop

Soul

Lady Nade

plus Simeon Hammond Dallas

St Thomas The Martyr Church

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Man wearing a green jacket walks down a street lined with high windowed white buildings.

Fri 21 Oct 2022

19:30

Electronic

Rock and Pop

Murkage Dave

+ Miles From Kinshasa

Strange Brew

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Our top picks

Favourite events from the Bristol Beacon team

(10 events)
Photograph of Cass McCombs staring into the distance.

Mon 10 Oct 2022

20:00

Indie

Rock and Pop

Cass McCombs

Plus Kolumbo

Redgrave Theatre

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Man wearing a green jacket walks down a street lined with high windowed white buildings.

Fri 21 Oct 2022

19:30

Electronic

Rock and Pop

Murkage Dave

+ Miles From Kinshasa

Strange Brew

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A choir pose for a photograph in a church

Sat 22 Oct 2022

19:00

Community

Windrush Reggae Choir

Free Entry

Bristol Beacon Foyer

Sold Out
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A graphic with photographs of musicians split into different columns

Thu 3 Nov 2022

20:00

Jazz

R&B

Rock and Pop

Baduizm - The 25th Anniversary

The music of Erykah Badu

Trinity

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An emcee performing on stage

Sat 19 Nov 2022

14:00

Electronic

Rock and Pop

Bristol Takeover 2022

Free one-day festival

Bristol Beacon Foyer

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Thu 24 Nov 2022

20:00

Rock and Pop

Wayne Snow

Plus support TBA

Exchange

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Person standing on a beach with ball braided hair and wearing a black dress

Thu 20 Oct 2022

20:00

Folk

Rock and Pop

Soul

Lady Nade

plus Simeon Hammond Dallas

St Thomas The Martyr Church

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A group of people wearing trenchcoats and standing in a wood

Sun 6 Nov 2022

20:00

Indie

Rock and Pop

WOOM

The Jam Jar

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Photo of Jamz Supernova holding up her hand and wearing a multicoloured jacket

Fri 9 Dec 2022

22:00

Electronic

Rock and Pop

Jamz Supernova

Strange Brew

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Photograph of Courtney Marie Andrews wearing a dress and eye glitter.

Thu 2 Mar 2023

20:00

Rock and Pop

Courtney Marie Andrews

Plus Support

Trinity

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Make Music

Be creative and join a Choir, Group or Ensemble

(10 events)
Join an Ensemble
Two people sit behind a mixing desk while a singer records behind a glass window

Tuesdays during term time

Education

Electronic

Bristol Youth Studios

Ages 13-17

Access Creative College

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The violin section of Bristol Youth Orchestra pluck their violins

Saturdays during term time

Education

Bristol Youth Orchestra

Ages 12-18 | Grade 7+

Bristol Cathedral Choir School

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Young jazz musicians play together

Saturdays during term time

Education

Bristol Beacon Jazz Ambassadors

Ages 14-18 | Grade 5+

Bristol Cathedral Choir School

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A young person smiles while holding a violin

Saturdays during term time

Education

Bristol Beacon Junior String Orchestra

Ages 7-12 | Grade 2+

Beacon Music Centre

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Wednesdays during term time

Education

Bristol Beacon Brass Sparks

Ages 7-11 | Beginners+

Beacon Music Centre

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Two saxophonists play together wearing white shirts

Thursdays during term time

Education

Bristol Beacon Jazz Ensemble

Ages 9-14 | Grade 1+

Beacon Music Centre

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Senior and younger members of Bristol Youth Choir before in black and red uniform.

Fridays during term time

Education

Bristol Youth Choir

Ages 7-18

Beacon Music Centre

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Several rows of young people dressed in summer colours. A young person sits in the centre with blue sunglasses

Various days during term time

Education

Bristol Beacon Mini Singers

Ages 6-7 (Year 1&2)

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Young people smile at each other while guitars lean against their music stands

Thursdays during term time

Education

Bristol Beacon Guitar Sparks

Ages 7-11 | Beginners+

Beacon Music Centre

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Young members of Bristol Youth Choir perform.

Fridays during term time

Education

Bristol Youth Choir, Junior and Intermediate Choir

School years 5-7

Beacon Music Centre

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Join an Ensemble

At Bristol Beacon

Gigs, takeovers, exhibitions, fairs, networking opportunities and more in Bristol Beacon’s foyer space.

(10 events)
A performer in a lycra suit jumping in the air

Thu 29 Sep – Sat 1 Oct 2022 20:00-21:00

Dance

Families

Prehension Blooms

Bristol Beacon Foyer

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A choir comprised of young people wearing matching t-shirts which read 'EUROPEAN YOUTH MUSIC'.

Sun 2 Oct 2022

15:00

Community

European Youth Music Refugee Choir

Bristol Beacon, Terrace Bar

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A jobs fair taking place across two floors with roller banners and tables.

Wed 12 Oct 2022

10:00

Exhibition

Jobs Fair

Bristol Beacon

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Photograph of three people wearing boots, sitting on leather sofa

Sun 16 Oct 2022

20:00

Jazz

Daniel Karlsson Trio

Bristol Beacon Foyer

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A graphic with details of the Race ahead summitt

Tue 18 Oct 2022

09:30

Conferences & Meetings

Black History Month, Time for Change: Action Not Words

Race Ahead Summit: Anti-Racism & Workplace Wellbeing

Bristol Beacon

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Person wearing dungarees on stage playing a sarod

Tue 18 Oct 2022

20:00

Classical

Electronic

Indian Classical

Soumik Datta

+ support

Bristol Beacon Foyer

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A choir pose for a photograph in a church

Sat 22 Oct 2022

19:00

Community

Windrush Reggae Choir

Free Entry

Bristol Beacon Foyer

Sold Out
Sold Out More info Info
A group of people seated in a music workshop. There is a snare drum on a stand. A person is holding a microphone.

Mon 24 Oct 2022

11:00

Community

Celebrating Age Festival – Our Music Club Open Session

Free Entry

Bristol Beacon Foyer

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A musician under stage lights playing a trumpet

Monthly

Jazz

Bristol Beacon & Bristol Jazz and Blues Festival present

The Tonic Sessions

A Celebration Of Women In Music

Bristol Beacon Foyer

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A split image with two photographs, on the left two people in winter clothes standing in a church, on the right a person holding a flower and wearing a bandana.

Thu 27 Oct 2022

19:30

Jazz

The Tonic Sessions: Sailing Stones (Jenny Lindfors)

+ Harriet Riley, Alex Garden and Stevie Toddler

Bristol Beacon Foyer

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Folk & Jazz

Influences from cultures across the globe

(10 events)
Person standing against a hedge with an acoustic guitar

Sat 1 Oct 2022

20:00

Folk

Martin Simpson

+ support

Folk House

More info Info
A warped and blurry photograph of a person wearing a leather jacket

Fri 7 Oct 2022

20:00

Folk

Kathryn Joseph

+ Maja lena

Folk House

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A group of three people wearing smart outfits sitting on rocks in a vast moorland

Fri 14 Oct 2022

20:00

Folk

Leveret

Folk House

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Photograph of three people wearing boots, sitting on leather sofa

Sun 16 Oct 2022

20:00

Jazz

Daniel Karlsson Trio

Bristol Beacon Foyer

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Person standing on a beach with ball braided hair and wearing a black dress

Thu 20 Oct 2022

20:00

Folk

Rock and Pop

Soul

Lady Nade

plus Simeon Hammond Dallas

St Thomas The Martyr Church

Book Tickets More info Info
A musician under stage lights playing a trumpet

Monthly

Jazz

Bristol Beacon & Bristol Jazz and Blues Festival present

The Tonic Sessions

A Celebration Of Women In Music

Bristol Beacon Foyer

More info Info
A split image with two photographs, on the left two people in winter clothes standing in a church, on the right a person holding a flower and wearing a bandana.

Thu 27 Oct 2022

19:30

Jazz

The Tonic Sessions: Sailing Stones (Jenny Lindfors)

+ Harriet Riley, Alex Garden and Stevie Toddler

Bristol Beacon Foyer

Book Tickets More info Info
A graphic with photographs of musicians split into different columns

Thu 3 Nov 2022

20:00

Jazz

R&B

Rock and Pop

Baduizm - The 25th Anniversary

The music of Erykah Badu

Trinity

Book Tickets More info Info
Three people pose for a photograph

Sat 5 Nov 2022

19:30

Folk

Show of Hands

Bath Forum

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Person wearing a hat and sunglasses

Sat 5 Nov 2022

20:15

Jazz

Jean Toussaint Quintet

Bristol Beacon Foyer

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Great gigs and class nights out

Bands you already love, and artists you will do soon

(10 events)
Headshots of a group of people sitting in a line

Thu 6 Oct 2022

20:00

Rock and Pop

Lazy Habits

+ The Scribes

Lost Horizon

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Photograph of Cass McCombs staring into the distance.

Mon 10 Oct 2022

20:00

Indie

Rock and Pop

Cass McCombs

Plus Kolumbo

Redgrave Theatre

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From Wed 13 Oct 2021, 19:00

Electronic

Rock and Pop

Bristol Beacon presents

Intermission

Feat. SCALPING & Limbic Cinema

Online

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The artist Sean McConnell wearing a blue denim jacket.

Mon 17 Oct 2022

20:00

Rock and Pop

Sean McConnell

+ Fritillaries

The Louisiana

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A group of people standing next to a building

Tue 18 Oct 2022

20:00

Rock and Pop

Daddy Long Legs

plus support

Exchange

Book Tickets More info Info
A White man stands wearing a denim baseball hat and denim shirt in the shade.

Wed 19 Oct 2022

19:30

Rock and Pop

Jake Xerxes Fussell

+ support

Strange Brew

Book Tickets More info Info
Person standing on a beach with ball braided hair and wearing a black dress

Thu 20 Oct 2022

20:00

Folk

Rock and Pop

Soul

Lady Nade

plus Simeon Hammond Dallas

St Thomas The Martyr Church

Book Tickets More info Info
Man wearing a green jacket walks down a street lined with high windowed white buildings.

Fri 21 Oct 2022

19:30

Electronic

Rock and Pop

Murkage Dave

+ Miles From Kinshasa

Strange Brew

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Person outside in woodland wearing a sparkly top and holding an acoustic guitar

Thu 3 Nov 2022

20:00

Rock and Pop

Aoife O'Donovan

plus Donovan Woods

St Thomas The Martyr Church

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A graphic with photographs of musicians split into different columns

Thu 3 Nov 2022

20:00

Jazz

R&B

Rock and Pop

Baduizm - The 25th Anniversary

The music of Erykah Badu

Trinity

Book Tickets More info Info

Streaming now

Re-watch and catch up on live streams.

Africa in the Lounge
The artist Diabel Cissokho wearing black denim and a gold necklace with an instrument over their shoulder against an orange background.

Africa in the Lounge

Bringing sounds and styles from across the continent of Africa live into your home featuring Electric Jalaba, Afriquoi, Seckou Keita + more.

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Intermission

Intermission

Available until 13 Oct 2022

A groundbreaking collaboration between creative multimedia studio, Limbic Cinema, Bristol based live electronic band SCALPING, and Bristol Beacon.

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