SongSmith at Mayors Arms - Great live original music every Friday. This week the live music includes A Band Named Brian, Laienda, and semi-finalist Songwriter of the Year‭ ‬2007,‭ ‬Richard Riley promoting his first self penned album‭ '‬Not Here But When'. Music starts 8:00-11:00 admission £3:00 Read on for more details of the bands and musicians.

The "Books for Amnesty" fund-raising concert takes place at the QEH Theatre, Jacob's Well Rd, Bristol on the Saturday 7th June 2008 with music from Steve Tilston, well-known to Bristol Folk audiences, Dave Griffiths (mandolin and double bass) and Jim Reynolds (guitar). Completing the bill is Alphonse Daudet Touna,from the Cameroon, who plays balafon, guitar and hand-drum....and Ruth Royall, a talented young Bristol-based singer songwriter, who is already being mentioned around as having a very bright future. Tickets are £10 (£8 concessions) in advance, £12/10 on the night, more details after the link. 

More than two dozen acts will be filling the stage and bars of the Colston Hall on Wednesday 30th April, Tickets are £5. A Passage to Bristol brings together musicians, dancers & performers from a whole range of backgrounds to celebrate the diverse riches of modern Bristol.  The line-up is impressive, ranging from acoustic to electric, from gospel/soul to Celtic and Didgeridoo. Return to Field, It's Us!, Carole Douglas, Pindrop Club, Bollywood Dance, Somali Wedding songs, Gum Boot dance, Tibetan Overtone Chant and the Jenako-Akumapa Dance Ensemble from Ghana. There are too many riches to list in full here on the page, so follow the link for full details.

All that jazz Access to Music is expanding its repertoire with a new course for jazz musicians starting in September. The Hengrove-based college is celebrating its 10th anniversary providing popular music courses to the South West’s budding artistes and the new programme will further develop the performance-based curriculum by focussing specifically on all genres of Jazz.  The full time course leads to a recognised and industry-relevant qualification and students will need to play at grade 6 or equivalent to join up.

Well this looks like something different! On Sat 23rd Feb 2008 DROID at Trinity will be combining a big and heavy physical clubnight with an online version in the virtual world Secondlife. The Bristol-based Xtreamlab partnership will use multiple cameras to capture the event from different perspectives, edit the video live and stream it to the world. Huge screens at Trinity will show the Secondlife event. The club event D.R.O.I.D; will be big and heavy. An extraordinary occasion featuring a stellar cast of 21st century dance music from top draw live guests, DJs and some virtual avatar stars. - Luke Vibert, Various Production DJ and Vexkiddy - D.R.O.I.D is an event to challenge our reality. 8pm till late.