Just a month until an indie punk extravaganza takes over Old Market
Posted on: 11 Mar 2024Outer Town, one of Bristol's most fiercely independent multi-venue festivals, is nearly back – with a huge expansion.
Outer Town is one of Bristol’s best independent multi-venue festivals, and a real celebration of Old Market’s venue scene, as well as the near-mythical wellspring of fantastic talent that Bristol constantly produces, and it's just a month away, with the festival taking place on 13 April.
As mentioned – the main focus of Outer Town’s line-up is showcasing the powerful, raw talent and energy in the fresh-faced bands of Bristol, describing the festival as a chance to “discover garden-fresh, unprocessed, up & coming talent from Bristol and further afield.”
The other side of Outer Town is the locale – whilst it may not be the only indie multi-genre festival in Bristol, it is the only one in Old Market; a criminally underrated part of the city home to a bevvy of great venues.
Outer Town is hosted by some seriously good venues, from community-owned not-for-profit punk haven Exchange, to idiosyncratic Americana pub The Ill Repute. Other venues include Old Market Assembly, Stag & Hounds, Elmers Arms, & Moor Beer.
This year, however, Outer Town are staging a huge expansion – with a brand new festival hub and stage at Trinity Centre, as well as vegan street food, the return of the DIY Creatives Market, and an afterparty with a DJ set from Tokky Horror.
It’s a powerful line-up, too. There are some big local names headlining the festival; shamanic post-punks Snapped Ankles will be bringing their ghillie-suited eclectic sound to OT, and Danny Nedelko’s IDLES-inspiring noise-rock outfit Heavy Lungs will also be in attendance.
Beyond that, Outer Town will see visits from English-Bahranian psych-rockers Flamingods, genre-defying duo Getdown Services, didactic six-piece DEADLETTER, and Ian Dury & the Blockheads for the modern age, workfriends.
Outer Town takes place on Saturday 13 April. For more information on the line-up of Outer Town festival, click here. To get your tickets for the festival, head to their website.
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Patrick is a filmmaker with so much Bristol in his blood the white blood cells are graffiti'd. Educated at the Northern Film School in Leeds, he’s returned home to be a Videographer and Reviewer for 365Bristol and BARBI. When he’s not messing about with cameras, he enjoys playing guitar, spending far too much time on tabletop RPGs, and being an awful snob about cider. Have a look at his work here, or get in touch at patrickb@365bristol.com.
