LIVE LISTINGS

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.

For advance tickets contact: Bristol Ticket Shop 0117 9299008

For our past acts list (click here…)



THE HIT UPS /  ABANDON MUTE / DEAD ELMS May 17th, 2012

THE HIT UPS / ABANDON MUTE / DEAD ELMS

THE HIT UPS / ABANDON MUTE / DEAD ELMS ENTRY//£4adv


BETH PORTER / DAISY CHAPMAN / KILLING NO MURDER /  LUKE BROOKS (FROM SR&TTW) May 18th, 2012

BETH PORTER / DAISY CHAPMAN / KILLING NO MURDER / LUKE BROOKS (FROM SR&TTW)

BETH PORTER / DAISY CHAPMAN / KILLING NO MURDER / LUKE BROOKS (FROM SR&TTW) ENTRY//£4adv Beth Porter is an in-demand cellist, based in Bath, UK. She has over 60 album credits on a wide spectrum of genres, from Eliza Carthy to Kula Shaker and plays regularly with a number of artists, as well as teaching, [...]


MUGSTAR / ISOLA / SVALBARD May 19th, 2012

MUGSTAR / ISOLA / SVALBARD

MUGSTAR / ISOLA / SVALBARD ENTRY//£6adv Bio: Mugstar are the sound of 10,000 suns exploding, pulsing with repetitive beauty, pounding like a supersonic mantra with shades of Sonic Youth, Neu!, Oneida and Pink Floyd. Mugstar’s new album ‘Lime” is released on Important Records in October 2010. Contact mugstar383@hotmail.com DISCOGRAPHY: “Spotlght Over Memphis” 7″ Critical MASS [...]


CRASH PARIS / THE RHINOVIRUS / ROOTS OF REASON May 20th, 2012

CRASH PARIS / THE RHINOVIRUS / ROOTS OF REASON

CRASH PARIS / THE RHINOVIRUS / ROOTS OF REASON ENTRY//£4adv


DHP PRESENT: PETE ROE / SAM BROOKES / STOKES WILLIAM May 21st, 2012

DHP PRESENT: PETE ROE / SAM BROOKES / STOKES WILLIAM

DHP PRESENT: PETE ROE / SAM BROOKES / STOKES WILLIAM ENTRY//£5adv Photograph by Mirja Kofler


LOFI HIFI PRESENT: MALCOLM MIDDLETON PRESENTS “HUMANS DON’T BE ANGRY” May 22nd, 2012

LOFI HIFI PRESENT: MALCOLM MIDDLETON PRESENTS “HUMANS DON’T BE ANGRY”

LOFI HIFI PRESENT: MALCOLM MIDDLETON PRESENTS “HUMANS DON’T BE ANGRY” ENTRY//£12.50 New album ‘Human Don’t Be Angry’ released April 16 on Chemical Underground Former Arab Strap guitarist Malcolm Middleton returns to Glasgow’s seminal alternative label Chemikal Underground in 2012 with his self-titled debut album as Human Don’t Be Angry. Named in honour of the German [...]


LOFI HIFI PRESENT: BEAR IN HEAVEN May 23rd, 2012

LOFI HIFI PRESENT: BEAR IN HEAVEN

LOFI HIFI PRESENT: BEAR IN HEAVEN ENTRY//£8adv Bear in Heaven is a Brooklyn-based rock band formed by Jon Philpot. The sound of the band incorporates influences from psychedelic music, electronic music, and krautrock. Jon Philpot has previously released music as part of the duo Presocratics, in collaboration with guitarist and composer Need Thomas Windham. Presocratics [...]


ELLIOT HALLS ELECTRIC EXPERIMENT / CASSETTE CULTURE May 24th, 2012

ELLIOT HALLS ELECTRIC EXPERIMENT / CASSETTE CULTURE

ELLIOT HALLS ELECTRIC EXPERIMENT / CASSETTE CULTURE ENTRY//£4adv


KILLING MOON PRESENT: PUSSYCAT AND THE DIRTY JOHNSONS / THE DYNAMITE PUSSY CLUB / RADIONASTIES May 25th, 2012

KILLING MOON PRESENT: PUSSYCAT AND THE DIRTY JOHNSONS / THE DYNAMITE PUSSY CLUB / RADIONASTIES

KILLINGMOON PRESENTS – PUSSYCAT AND THE DIRTY JOHNSONS / THE DYNAMITE PUSSY CLUB / RADIONASTIES ENTRY//£5adv PUSSYCAT AND THE DIRTY JOHNSONS-sounding like theYEAHYEAHYEAHS Karen O fronting THE RAMONES after a seriuos cough syrup binge,PADJ’s play slowed down,lewd and crude garage punk-rock’n’roll as evidenced on album ‘Excercise Your Demons’.Heavy doses of melody atop grinding guitar lines,this [...]


KNIGHT’S MOVE THINKING (LP LAUNCH) / HELLO LAZARUS / SIMPLISTIC SCIENTISTS / JOEL (FLIGHTS) May 26th, 2012

KNIGHT’S MOVE THINKING (LP LAUNCH) / HELLO LAZARUS / SIMPLISTIC SCIENTISTS / JOEL (FLIGHTS)

KNIGHT’S MOVE THINKING (LP LAUNCH) / HELLO LAZARUS / SIMPLISTIC SCIENTISTS / JOEL (FLIGHTS) ENTRY//£4adv Knight’s Move Thinking will soon release their 2nd album A Series of Short-Lived Obsessions’ which they have been working for the last 163 months in the studio they built out of love and death threats.


DHP PRESENT: JAKE MORLEY / HOT FEET May 27th, 2012

DHP PRESENT: JAKE MORLEY / HOT FEET

DHP PRESENT: JAKE MORLEY / HOT FEET ENTRY//£7.50adv **** “Jake Morley and his impressive band more than have what it takes” The Independent 9/10 “There will be nothing to stop this guy” Virgin Music “This is music to cherish” MusicRiot “A superb show even for myself, a newcomer to his music” AllGigs “There is no [...]


STB PRESENT: DZ DEATHRAYS May 29th, 2012

STB PRESENT: DZ DEATHRAYS

STB PRESENT: DZ DEATHRAYS ENTRY//£6adv We started at a house party… we will most likely end at one. We used to be called DZ now we are DZ DEATHRAYS. We hope to one day party with Andrew W.K.


HI FICTION SCIENCE / PORCELAIN / SINKING May 30th, 2012

HI FICTION SCIENCE / PORCELAIN / SINKING

HI FICTION SCIENCE / PORCELAIN / SINKING ENTRY//£4adv


BLACK ELEPHANT (EP LAUNCH) / TOWERS May 31st, 2012

BLACK ELEPHANT (EP LAUNCH) / TOWERS

BLACK ELEPHANT (EP LAUNCH) / TOWERS ENTRY//£4adv


SARAH McQUAID | DAN ASHTON (Cellar Acoustic night) May 31st, 2012

SARAH McQUAID | DAN ASHTON (Cellar Acoustic night)

SARAH McQUAID | DAN ASHTON Louisiana Cellar Room ENTRY//£8adv Renowned for her warm, engaging stage presence, Sarah McQuaid is a versatile and beguiling performer. In addition to her own elegantly crafted originals, she interprets traditional Irish and Appalachian folk songs, Elizabethan ballads, 1930s jazz numbers, surprise covers and lively guitar instrumentals with panache and poignance. [...]


DHP PRESENT: NEAL CASAL / DANNY GEORGE WILSON June 1st, 2012

DHP PRESENT: NEAL CASAL / DANNY GEORGE WILSON

DHP PRESENT: NEAL CASAL / DANNY GEORGE WILSON ENTRY// £13.50 Neal Casal’s debut record, Fade Away Diamond Time, was released in 1995 to much critical acclaim. Produced by Jim Scott (Wilco, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash) in a sprawling mansion in the hills of Santa Ynez, California, the album introduced the intimate songwriting and lyrical guitar work [...]


DOT TO DOT FESTIVAL 2012 for BRISTOL: FEATURING – The Drums / Pulled Apart By Horses / Willy Mason / Summer Camp / Lucy Rose / Dog Is Dead / Hooray for Earth / Pond / Turbowolf / Wavves / Willis Earl Beal / Neon Indian + many more bands tba June 2nd, 2012

DOT TO DOT FESTIVAL 2012 for BRISTOL: FEATURING – The Drums / Pulled Apart By Horses / Willy Mason / Summer Camp / Lucy Rose / Dog Is Dead / Hooray for Earth / Pond / Turbowolf / Wavves / Willis Earl Beal / Neon Indian + many more bands tba

DOT TO DOT FESTIVAL 2012 for BRISTOL Saturday 2nd June 2012. 1pm – 4am. A Plastic Rose Admiral Fallow All The Young *Bastille Beth Jeans Houghton Bondax Broken Hands Clock Opera *Cloud Nothings Deaf Club Dirty Goods *Dog is Dead Doldrums Eugene Francis Jr Eyes on Film Here We Go Magic *Hooray for Earth Hyde [...]


ECHO PILOTS / SYMMERIAN June 3rd, 2012

ECHO PILOTS / SYMMERIAN

ECHO PILOTS / SYMMERIAN ENTRY//£4adv


PETE AND THE HARMONICS / BEYOND RIVERS June 8th, 2012

PETE AND THE HARMONICS / BEYOND RIVERS

ENTRY//£5adv Peter & The Harmonics are an acoustic folk four-piece from the South West who write songs inspired by the likes of Neil Young, Belle & Sebastian and Simon & Garfunkel. Biography With a discernible pop sensibility, their songs chime with catchy melodies throughout. The band is building a buzz in the South West and [...]


LOU LOU PRESENTS: ARTMAGIC / GOAN DOGS June 10th, 2012

LOU LOU PRESENTS: ARTMAGIC / GOAN DOGS

LOU LOU PRESENTS: ARTMAGIC / GOAN DOGS ENTRY//£6adv Artmagic is guitarist Richard Oakes and producer / vocalist Sean McGhee. Richard Oakes is best known for his work as guitarist and songwriter with Suede. Sean McGhee has recorded and mixed #1 singles for Britney Spears, sung with Alanis Morissette, and worked with Robyn, Sugababes and Imogen [...]


THE BAD HANDS / VOODOO / THELONIOUS June 11th, 2012

THE BAD HANDS / VOODOO / THELONIOUS

THE BAD HANDS / VOODOO / THELONIUS ENTRY//£4adv Thelonius/Voodoo/The Bad Hands A night of infectious instrumental music by three of the south west’s most infectious hip hop to fusion based bands! Thelonius Thelonius is a five piece hip-hop/jazz band based in Bristol UK performing a mix of originals, classics from the golden age of hip-hop [...]


APACHE / GLU June 12th, 2012

APACHE / GLU

APACHE / GLU ENTRY//£4adv


METROPOLIS PRESENT: KING CHARLES June 13th, 2012

METROPOLIS PRESENT: KING CHARLES

METROPOLIS PRESENT: KING CHARLES ENTRY//£10


HERO HEROINE / STANZ June 14th, 2012

HERO HEROINE / STANZ

HERO HEROINE / STANZ ENTRY//£4adv


SCARLET FIELDS plus special guests June 15th, 2012

SCARLET FIELDS plus special guests

SCARLET FIELDS plus special guests ENTRY//£TBC


DELTA STIKS / CRINKLE CUTS June 17th, 2012

DELTA STIKS / CRINKLE CUTS

DELTA STIKS / CRINKLE CUTS ENTRY//£4adv


SCOUT KILLERS / NEOTROPICS / THE GEORGE MONTAGUE BAND June 20th, 2012

SCOUT KILLERS / NEOTROPICS / THE GEORGE MONTAGUE BAND

SCOUT KILLERS / NEOTROPICS / THE GEORGE MONTAGUE BAND ENTRY//£4adv


BRAINS IN VATS / SIMBIENT June 21st, 2012

BRAINS IN VATS / SIMBIENT

BRAINS IN VATS / SIMBIENT ENTRY//£4adv


ROCK IN YOUR POCKET / ADDING MACHINE / JAILCAKE / SQUEEZE ME MACARONI June 23rd, 2012

ROCK IN YOUR POCKET / ADDING MACHINE / JAILCAKE / SQUEEZE ME MACARONI

ROCK IN YOUR POCKET / ADDING MACHINE / JAILCAKE / SQUEEZE ME MACARONI ENTRY//£4adv


GOODNIGHT LOIS plus special guests June 26th, 2012

GOODNIGHT LOIS plus special guests

GOODNIGHT LOIS plus special guests ENTRY//£4adv


LOFI HIFI PRESENT: CHEWLIPS + SPECIAL GUESTS June 28th, 2012

LOFI HIFI PRESENT: CHEWLIPS + SPECIAL GUESTS

LOFI HIFI PRESENT: CHEWLIPS + SPECIAL GUESTS ENTRY//£8adv Dance pop duo Chew Lips will release their new single ‘Do You Chew?’ on 11th June through the bands own label Family Records, as part of a new deal with Sony Music. Free download of ‘Do You Chew?’ available at: www.soundcloud.com/chewlips/chew-lips-do-you-chew Following the release of their debut [...]


FIRST OF THE GIANTS / VON BERTHA + special guest June 29th, 2012

FIRST OF THE GIANTS / VON BERTHA + special guest

FIRST OF THE GIANTS / VON BERTHA + special guest ENTRY//£4adv