A DIY Revival is coming to The Old England with a week of special shows

A DIY Revival is coming to The Old England with a week of special shows

Posted on: 18 Jul 2024

Once a beacon of underground music in Bristol, The Old E’s live music programme has been less buzzing in recent years but now it’s back with a DIY Music Revival Week.

 

Old E DIY Music Revival Week runs at The Old England from Monday 22 to Sunday 28 July 2024.

 

Celebrate the spirit of DIY music with a whole week of shows at the Montpelier pub and venue, featuring high-profile sets from local legends including Repo Man, HAAL, Heavy Lungs and more. All proceeds from this action-packed week will be donated to some very worthy causes – help welcome and nurture Bristol’s freshest creativity and talent!

 

Buy tickets for this exciting new event series HERE.

 

 

Night one of this event series (Monday 22 July) will see Sunglasses After Dark and Klyphex present eclectic five-piece mutant pop stars MP3 Chainsaw, headlining a night that will also see sets from jank pop superstars Belishas alongside shwank and splurge pioneers Trans-Siberian Express.

 

On Tuesday 23, it will be time for an open jam night from Community Jam Collective. A great night for networking with other leftfield musicians, attendees can bring their own instruments or use a house piece for an experimental jam where all are welcome.

 

 

On night three (Wednesday 24) art rock fans will be able to enjoy some of the very best Bristol has on offer with experimental group JAKABOL, fusing world folk influences with progressive textures and explosive riffs. Support comes from local noisenik ‘rock groop’ Repo Man and improv specialists Improvs Greatest Hits.

 

Cult favourites HAAL will be bringing their post-rock, metal, trip-hop and industrial noise blend to The Old E on Thursday 25, with support coming from Bristol/Brighton-based alternative rock four-piece The New Cut and instrumental live looping duo Socks & Ballerinas.

 

 

Sell out warning for this next one! Iggy Pop-approved noise punks Heavy Lungs and perennial favourites of the Bristol live scene will be lighting up Montpelier on Friday 26. They will be joined by four-piece post-punk outfit Peach and captivating post-rock buzz band Bible Club.

 

Saturday 27 at The Old sees Bristol post garage/punk trio Holy Popes play a set that is bound to be filled with grit and distortion. Support acts for this one are unmissable fast-rising shoegaze and punk band Taipan and groove-laden outfit Bigbyrd.

On Sunday 28, the DIY Revival week will conclude with a headline show from Cardiff-based seven-piece Papa Jupe’s T.C., merging sleazy surf rock and post-punk cynicism with gospel and disco. Support bands are alt-folk five-piece Foot Foot and daring pilot, intrepid explorer, seminal crab anthropologist and musician Dubi Dolczek.

 

Old E DIY Music Revival Week runs at The Old England from Monday 22 to Sunday 28 July 2024. Help put this essential Bristol venue back on the live music map buy grabbing a ticket, HERE.

 

 

Visit the 'Old England Music' Instagram page to keep up to date with shows.

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Article by:

Stanley Gray

Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.