No Godzilla No + American You + Colin + I’m Designer
No Godzilla No www.facebook.com/NoGodzillaNo American You www.facebook.com/americanyou?fref=ts Colin I’m Designer www.facebook.com/imdesignerband
The Louie showcases a wide range of international, national and local live acts – some might say it’s a good place to discover new music before anyone else.
We also pride ourselves on being one of the best sounding venues in the UK.
Bookings Contact: Louisiana@thefleece.co.uk
Tel: 0117 9450 996
For advance tickets contact: Bristol Ticket Shop 0117 9299008
For our past acts list (click here…)
Young Kato + + Meadowlark + Flags
Tue 21st May | £5adv | 7:30pm | Ages 16+ Young Kato www.facebook.com/weareyoungkato Since the release of the critically acclaimed Young Kato EP in the summer of 2012, Young Kato have been touring the UK tirelessly with headline shows across the country and successful support slots with a wide array of bands, including Spector, Bastille, [...]
South Divide + SKIES + Manners + City Of Six
Wed 22nd May | £5adv | 8:00pm | 16+ South Divide www.facebook.com/southdivide SKIES www.facebook.com/SKIES.UK Manners www.facebook.com/mannersofficial City Of Six www.facebook.com/CityOfSixUK
The Beards + special guest
Thu 23rd May | £8:50 | 7:30pm | 16+ The Beards The concept of The Beards is simple – A rock band that exclusively perform songs about just one subject: Beards. With a three-album back catalogue of crowd favourites like If Your Dad Doesn’t Have a Beard,You’ve Got Two Mums, You Should Consider Sex with [...]
Control + Not Since the Accident + Disruptive Influence
Death or Glory Presents- Control http://www.myspace.com/controlrocknroll https://www.facebook.com/pages/Control-hooligan-rock-n-roll/103753232992294 + Not Since the Accident https://www.facebook.com/pages/Renegade-Sounds/227109757342426?ref=ts&fref=ts + Disruptive Influence https://www.facebook.com/DisruptiveInfluenceUK?ref=ts&fref=ts 16+ Tickets- £8 adv (More on the door) Available from- Rock Shop St Nicks Market (only 50p Booking Fee) Bristol Tickets Shop- www.bristolticketshop.co.uk Ticketweb- http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/38869 Seetickets- http://www.seetickets.com/Tour/CONTROL-DISRUPTIVE-INFLUENCE . Please note onstage times and support bands are subject to [...]
DOT TO DOT FESTIVAL 2013
DOT TO DOT FESTIVAL 2013 Tickets are now on sale: Bristol: £20 “One of the UK’s fastest rising festivals” – NME “An eclectic mix of innovative, ground-breaking acts manage to secure the festival’s spirit and provide the musical kudos”. – Virtual Festivals “With a stunning bill and venues within yards of one another we’ll leave [...]
One Inch Badge presents: Princess Chelsea
SUNDAY 26TH MAY TICKETS: www.seetickets.com/event/princess-chelsea/the-louisiana/704102 // www.wegottickets.com/event/217311 // www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/54147 // gigantic.com One Inch Badge presents: PRINCESS CHELSEA “Absolutely Sublime” – Rolling Stone “If you have a stomach for the ravishingly strange, check out Chelsea Nikkel’s magical yet menacing morality tales” – The Guardian Having been cherry picked by ALT-J for their upcoming tour, we’re delighted [...]
Charlie Parr + Boat To Row + My Two Toms
Tuesday 28th May | £10 adv | 7:30 | 16+ Charlie Parr www.charlieparr.com Many people play roots music, but few modern musicians live those roots like Minnesota’s Charlie Parr. Recording since the earliest days of the 21st century, Parr’s heartfelt and plaintive original folk blues and traditional spirituals don’t strive for authenticity: They are authentic. [...]
The Dunwells + Special Guests
The Dunwells www.thedunwells.com Utterly natural. There’s no more fitting description for both the music of The Dunwells as well as the story of their magical rise from the pubs of Leeds, England to an American record deal and a stunning debut album in just two short years. The group is two brothers, two cousins and [...]
Sam Eason + Joe Probert + Harry Gould + Adam Britton + Ben Cooling
Thur 30th May 2013 | £5adv | 7:30pm | 16+ Sam Eason www.facebook.com/SamEasonMusic Joe Probert www.facebook.com/JoeProbert Harry Gould www.soundcloud.com/harry-gould Adam Britton www.facebook.com/adam.britton.581 Ben Cooling www.facebook.com/pages/Ben-Cooling-Acoustic/260362767321205
Coasts + Auction For The Promise Club + Ayre Point
A Fear Of Fiction & Fleece Presentation: Coasts www.facebook.com/coastsband Coasts is the result of a unique evolutionary process, a classic example of survival of the fittest, that has seen the band evolve from various musical projects, covering an expanse range of genres. Conceived almost a year ago, this Bristol-born five-piece has a wealth of musical [...]
Snowblind (Black Sabbath Tribute) + Support
Saturday 1st June | Tickets- £8 adv | 7:30pm | 18+ www.facebook.com/snowblind.england Snowblind are by far the UK’s best Black Sabbath tribute. Highly accomplished and experienced musicians sharing a great passion for early Black Sabbath in particular, resulting in an unforgettable experience for all having the privilege to see them perform. For those that missed [...]
Electric Harmony & Smugglers Records present: Cocos Lovers + Will Varley
Electric Harmony & Smugglers Records present: Cocos Lovers w/ Will Varley + support Entry: £6 ADV | 7.30pm | 16+ Tickets: www.Bristolticketshop.co.uk Cocos Lovers: www.cocoslovers.com Operating well beyond the remit of alt-folk, Cocos Lovers (pronounced Co-Coss) are a distinctive musical force, seamlessly channelling influences from Africa, the US Deep South and several other real and [...]
MMX + Special Guests
Mon 3rd June | £8adv | 7:30pm | Ages 16+ MMX www.facebook.com/mmxofficial The Louisiana website: www.thelouisiana.net TICKETS: www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/54023 www.bristolticketshop.co.uk www.seetickets.com/see/price.asp?code=704668
MARNIE STERN + Sky Larkin + The Hysterical Injury
Marnie Stern www.facebook.com/marniestern Marnie Stern is a musician, songwriter, and guitarist from New York City, citing influences that contribute to her sound, including Hella, Lightning Bolt and Yoko Ono. In early 2007, Kill Rock Stars released her debut album, In Advance Of The Broken Arm. It was well received by critics, and most favorably by [...]
Drenge + + special guest @
Fri 7th June | £7adv | 7:30pm | 16+ Metropolis Music presents Drenge www.facebook.com/drengeboys
Ben Marwood + Oxygen Thief + Chris Webb + Ieuan Williams
Saturday 8t June | £8adv | 7:30pm | 16+ Ben Marwood www.facebook.com/pages/Ben-Marwood/24698357745?ref=ts&fref=ts Brand New Album + UK Tour dates The latest labour of love from folk underdog Ben Marwood, Back Down is released 13th May 2013 on Xtra Mile Recordings. The third and final part of a loose trilogy that began back in 2008, the [...]
Joe Gideon & the Shark + Special Guests
Joe Gideon & the Shark www.facebook.com/joegideonandtheshark London thoroughbred brother and sister duo Joe Gideon and The Shark are a sight and sound to behold. Joe Gideon pounds bass and guitar whilst narrating his autobiographical tales of misadventure, and little sister Viva (The Shark) drives the whole thing along with glorious drums and piano and 8-track, [...]
The Weeks + Special Guests
The Weeks www.facebook.com/theweeksmusic “The sound of wind through the pines, bare feet brushing through leaves, snapping sticks like the spines of the weak. When we started we were small and strong at heart, five southern souls damned to speak the truth. But with this responsibility comes pain and loss. And as the years passed our [...]
Frankie & The Heartstrings + Spectrals
Tue 11th June | £8adv | 7:30pm | Ages 16+ Frankie & The Heartstrings www.facebook.com/frankieandtheheartstrings Frankie & The Heartstrings are a 5-piece band from Sunderland, Northeast, United Kingdom. Having met in early 2009 over a mutual appreciation of cocktails (lead singer Frankie Francis worked in a pub frequented by drummer Dave Harper and guitarist Michael [...]
Access To Music presents The Unsigned Takeover
Access To Music presents The Unsigned Takeover 6 Bands from Access To Music performing a range from acoustic, rock and alternative. Thursday 13th june 2013 | £5adv | 7:30pm | 16+ £4adv from ATM college if you are a student !
Cautioners + Hello Lazarus + ForgetMeKnot
Cautioners www.facebook.com/pages/Cautioners/407436909307259 Cautioners are a lively Bristol 3-piece who’s stated aim of ‘not taking things too seriously’ is belied by their ambitious arrangements and accomplished presentation. Since the soft release of their debut EP ‘Mountains Over Time’ in summer of 2012 they have been busy writing and recording the follow up, ‘Conditional Identity’, as well [...]
Death or Glory Presents – Koffin Kats + Radio Nasties
Death or Glory Presents- Koffin Kats https://www.facebook.com/koffinkats www.koffinkatsrock.com + Radio Nasties https://www.facebook.com/Radionasties 16+ | Tickets- £8 adv (More on the door) Available from- Rock Shop St Nicks Market (only 50p Booking Fee) Bristol Tickets Shop- www.bristolticketshop.co.uk Ticketweb- www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/44859 Seetickets- www.seetickets.com/see/price.asp?code=698637
Big Deal + Special Guests
Big Deal www.facebook.com/weareabigdeal A lot has changed for Big Deal since the release of their critically acclaimed debut album Lights Out back in September 2011. Big Deal’s bedroom-composed songs struck a pure and resonant chord with music fans and critics all over the world. Built on the duo’s gilded melodies and just two guitars, it [...]
Poltergeist (feat. Will Sergeant from Echo &…
Poltergeist www.daspoltergeist.com Poltergeist are an instrumental dynamic power trio featuring original Echo & the Bunymen members Will Sergeant on guitar, Les Pattinson on bass, and also featuring Nick Kilroe on drums. ? “We create a form of rock music with its toes paddling in the progressive ocean foam of the sixties and seventies and its [...]
The Electric Soft Parade + Special Guests
The Electric Soft Parade www.facebook.com/electricsoftparade Following a 6-year hiatus, The Electric Soft Parade return with Brother, You Must Walk Your Path Alone; the first single from their forthcoming album IDIOTS. It’s been a long six years since the band’s last record, 2007′s No Need To Be Downhearted, but they’ve not missed a step. IDIOTS is [...]
Evacuees EP Launch + A Life in Orange + BLOCK + Roll OnTwo
Fri 21st June | £5adv | 7:30pm | 16+ Evacuees www.facebook.com/pages/Evacuees/186952978001644?fref=ts A Life in Orange www.facebook.com/alifeinorange?fref=ts BLOCK www.facebook.com/pages/BLOCK/501439616581081 Roll OnTwo www.facebook.com/rollontwo
Rebelution + Special Guests
Rebelution www.facebook.com/rebelution On Jan 10th, 2012 the Santa Barbara, CA based band Rebelution released “Peace of Mind” through their own label 87 Music in partnership with Controlled Substance Sound Labs. Peace of Mind was released as a multi-length triple album which includes Peace of Mind: Acoustic as well as Peace of Mind: Dub. Marking the [...]
Jane Thomason + Sarah R-K + Rebecca Cullen + James Slater
Mon 24th June | £5adv | 7:30pm | 16+ Jane Thomason www.facebook.com/JaneThomasonSongs Sarah R-K www.facebook.com/sarahrkmusic Rebecca Cullen www.facebook.com/rebeccacullenmusic James Slater www.myspace.com/jslatermusic
Fjokra + Goodnight Harvey + The Bewildered
Tue 25th June 2013 | £5adv | 7:30pm | 16+ Fjokra www.reverbnation.com/fjokra Goodnight Harvey www.facebook.com/TheBewildered The Bewildered www.facebook.com/TheBewildered
Strobe + Winter Milan + New School Futures + Sun Machine
Thur 27th June | £5adv | 7:30pm | 16+ Strobe www.facebook.com/strobeofficial Winter Milan www.facebook.com/wintermilanband New School Futures www.facebook.com/newschoolfutures Sun Machine www.facebook.com/pages/Sun-Machine/116918648389757
All Cramped up + Sheena Live
Death or Glory Presents- All Cramped Up (Cramps Tribute) https://www.facebook.com/pages/All-Cramped-Up/401247016615224?ref=ts&fref=ts + Sheena https://www.facebook.com/sheenaband Louisiana http://thelouisiana.net/ 16+ More info and tickets soon
Dub Colossus Dub Band
Sat 29th June | £8adv |7:30PM | Ages 16+ Dub Colossus Dub Band www.facebook.com/dubcolossus This project is the vision of Dub Colossus – Dubulah – aka Nick Page. Composer, guitarist, bass player and programmer Nick has worked with a long list of notable artists and eccentrics. From Glastonbury, to WOMAD, audiences have delighted in the [...]
SIMONE FELICE + special guest
Sun 30th June | £12:50adv | 7:30pm | 16+ SIMONE FELICE www.facebook.com/SimoneFeliceMusic?ref=ts&fref=ts Simone Felice is a celebrated songwriter, author, and poet. He was born on 4 October 1976 in Palenville, New York, a tiny working-class hamlet in the Catskill Mountains. At the age of 12 the young Simone suffered a brain aneurysm and was pronounced [...]
Thy Art is Murder + Special Guests
Thy Art is Murder www.facebook.com/thyartismurder Australian extreme metal band, THY ART IS MURDER, have been making an unmistakeable impression in the underground metal scene since their initial conception in late 2005. They have headlined countless sold out live performances, sold over 10000 copies of their releases, received over 2 million ‘fan video’ plays on ‘YouTube’ [...]
Josh Record + Special Guests
Josh Record www.joshrecord.com Debut ‘Bones’ EP out now Following his recent sold-out show at The Lexington, London multiple radio plays and a thumbs-up from The Sunday Times Culture, folk-soul troubadour Josh Record’s star is definitely in the ascent. Joined by his three-piece band – guitarist Tom Prothero, keyboardist Alex Montague and backing vocalist/drummer Kandice Holmes [...]
Goodnight Lois + Genetic + Joshua Milton + September Falls
Sat 6th July | £4adv | 7:30pm | 16+ Goodnight Lois: www.facebook.com/goodnightlois Rock band from Bristol. Recently released “Hollywood’ out now on iTunes. Debut album out in the summer. A storm is coming. Don’t forget to batten down the hatches. Genetic: www.youtube.com/officialgenetic UK hip hop artist, producer, songwriter. The best rhymes in the country. Joshua [...]
Alela Diane + Special Guests
Alela Diane www.aleladiane.com Alela Diane is pleased to announce some select UK shows around the release of her 4th album, About Farewell, out June 24 in Europe and July 29 in the UK on Believe Recordings. The album serves as an eloquent goodbye to lovers from years past, coupled with some poignant last walks down [...]
Mikky Ekko + Special Guests
Mikky Ekko www.mikkyekko.com John Stephen Sudduth, aka Mikky Ekko, was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, son of a tar plant manager. Around age 7 his father became a preacher and relocated the family to Mississippi, moving frequently from small town to small town. Surrounded by southern gospel, poverty and the resilient past of the deep south, [...]
Goldheart Assembly + Special Guests
Goldheart Assembly www.goldheartassembly.com “This London six-piece’s life-affirming melodies will remind you why you fell in love with pop.” The Guardian “Such is the inherent sweetness of Goldheart Assembly’s debut that the listener can’t fail to be touched by its charms.” BBC “They take a joyous acoustic beardy bunch of ideas and mess around with them [...]
THE LUCID DREAM + Special Guest
The Lucid Dream www.facebook.com/theluciddream ‘noisier northern hopes” NME Magazine ‘reverb drenched majesty’ The Fly ‘beautiful traditional psychedelia’ Lauren Laverne, BBC 6 Music ‘jangly psychedelia, listeners tip of the week’ Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 2 The Lucid Dream were formed in Carlisle, Cumbria, in 2008. On the back of ‘Erbistock Mill’ EP, and 3 sold-out 7″ [...]
Warm Soda + Special Guests
Tues 16th July | £7adv | 7:30pm | Ages 16+ Warm Soda www.facebook.com/warmsoda777 Perfecting the blend of glitter and grime that earned Bare Wires a soft spot in the hearts of the bubblegum-popping, foot-stomping masses, Matthew Melton joins with bassist Chase Oren, guitarist Rob Good, and drummer Ian McBrayer as Warm Soda. With their debut [...]
Dinosaur Pile-Up + Special Guests
Dinosaur Pile-Up www.facebook.com/dinosaurpileup Formed by Matt Bigland in 2007, Dinosaur Pile-Up are an English alternative rock band, often compared with the Seattle grunge scene of the early 90s. The band released My Rock ‘n’ Roll EP in late 2008 and the Traynor 7” and The Most Powerful EP in the Universe in 2009. Also in [...]
Six. By Seven + Special Guests
Six. By Seven www.facebook.com/sixbyseven Nottingham’s six. by seven, released their first album, The Things We Make to rave reviews in 1998. Five Peel Sessions followed, an appearance on ‘Later With Jools Holland’ and much touring. The band gained a strong underground following, and released four more albums. Lead singer and creative force, Chris Olley preferred [...]
BlackWolf – Headline Show
BlackWolf http://www.reverbnation.com/ukblackwolf + Special Guests ……………………………………………………………………….. BlackWolf return to their hometown Bristol for the first time since their sold out show @ The Fleece with The Union Earlier this year. This time round they will be performing a full headline slot including never before heard songs from their upcoming debut album! Pledge on BlackWolf’s debut [...]
Kathryn Williams + Special Guests
Kathryn Williams www.facebook.com/KathrynWilliamsMusic “In years to come, I’ll look back at the records I’ve made and not have any regrets about a man in a suit making me fit in with fashion. They’re small, sketchy pieces. I’m not trying to make Big Art”. Kathryn Williams may not be trying to make Big Art. But, for [...]