New underground music venue opens in Bristol
Posted on: 04 Aug 2017Zed Alley, the new venue nestled beneath the streets of central Bristol, opened its doors last month and is set to become one of the city’s most exciting musical spaces.
Bristol, it seems, is a city of tunnellers, its streets underscored by a subterranean network of musical nooks and acoustic crannies. The news that Colston Hall was to transform a series of tunnels that lay beneath the venue into an event space seemed little more than commonplace in a city which boasts a series of nightclubs (Lizard Lounge, Pam Pams and (the establishment formerly known as) Bunker) linked up below the Clifton Triangle, and has seen the box beneath The Island host some of the sweatiest knees-ups it has ever seen.
Nonetheless, the addition of another venue to the Bristol musical landscape is something to celebrate and in recent weeks we have had just that.
Zed Alley opened its doors a couple of weeks back and already looks set to fit comfortably into this sonic landscape. Situated beneath the space adjacent to the Christmas Steps, just off Colston Avenue, the venue is the baby of local band Hooper.
Open every night of the week apart from Tuesday, from next month the venue will host touring bands, student nights and open mics, with a reasonably-priced bar (reportedly offering pints of Kronenburg for £3.50) to keep audiences refreshed.
Hooper frontman Martin Morris said, “I think every band secretly wants to start their own club. We certainly always have, but we never thought we'd actually be able to.
“It’s taken a lot of hard work over six months, but we’re delighted to finally have it up and running and the reception so far has been incredible.
“Due to the design of the tunnel the acoustics in here are fantastic and we’re looking forward to welcoming plenty of bands and DJs to play.”
To keep up to date with the latest information from Zed Alley, check them out on Facebook.
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An ardent Geordie minus the accent, Sam seemingly strove to get as far away from the Toon as possible, as soon as university beckoned. Three undergraduate years at UoB were more than ample time for Bristol (as it inevitably does) to get under his skin, and so here he remains: reporting, as Assistant Editor, on the cultural happenings which so infatuated him with the city. Catch him at sam@365bristol.com.
