Hey hey - It's Festival time! Where and when I hear you cry? Its right on your door step in the lovely Bristol in (hopefully) sunny May. So it started in Nottingham in 2005 and the nice people of Dot to Dot realised how awesome Bristol was and decided to bring it down to the West Country. Dot to Dot Festival takes place in Bristol over the weekend of the 23rd and 24th of May in a variety of venues around Bristol from the intimate Louisiana, Cooler and The Fleece to larger venues like Thekla and Academy. This year we’ve got goodies like Friendly Fires, Ladyhawke, Annie Mac, Patrick Wolf, Cage The Elephant, Little Boots and many many more...

'The Wave' Cometh... On Saturday the 17th of May a new audio-visual spectacular will be born in Bristol... Featuring the music of: The Elementalists - London-based hiphop/funk experimentalists, Fred moTh - Sound explorer, sensation adventurist, Rory Nunn - folk family dinners plus DJ action from The Disco Hobbit, Bilbo Bassbins and DJ Mandella. Music-videos and live visual delights from visual-hybrid, Lightrhythm and guests at the cool venue that is The Polish Club.

Lady Nade's Messy Subjects playing soulful blues and melancholic jazz at the Blue Lagoon, Gloucester Road. Sat 14th March, 9:00-11:30, Free entry. Their material is inspired by relationships, people, places, families, and real life experiences and they share an eclectic list of influences that form their unique sound - loosely described as soulful blues meets melancholic jazz.

Songsmith@MayorsArms brings you some of the best singer songwriters in Bristol and beyond. On the 9th May bill we have Miss Cecily (a BBC Radio 2 new talent songwriters competition finalist) plus Joe Miles, Bourbon and the Barman. Barroom blues and folk with junkyard romance. A one-man outfit playing live with his piano, and Steve Page country bluesy with fantastic and dreamy guitar. 9th May 2008 from 8pm onwards. Mayors Arms, 69 Clarence Road, Temple Meads. BS1 6RP Tickets £3.00 at the door. 

The acoustic Blue Mangoes, Dave Wright (guitar, vocs and songs), Pat Slade (guitar vocs), Steve Pavey (bass vocs) and Steve Taylor (vocs, sax and harmonica) will be playing at the Prom Music Bar on Thursday 12th of March. 9-11pm, free entry. They will be playing songs from Dave's soon-to-be-released new album The Handkerchief Lady, which you can check out on Dave Wright's EZfolk profile .
 

A special SongSmiths club night at the Mayor's Arms featuring London-based Naomi Hates Humans with her highly original and bluesy original compositions with such kicking titles as Drunk Dickhead Strikes Again she also does some great covers of all styles (from En Vogue to Patti Smith) and makes them unmistakably hers. Support from local band The Great Admirers. Wednesday 23rd April. 

'Integrity'- Jazz at the Pump House. Stellar talents Iain Ballamy (Sax) and Jason Robello (Piano) are the stars for the launch of the Pump House’s new, improved Jazz season. Launching on Wednesday June 4th the music starts at 8pm and entry is free. “This night combines two of life’s greatest pleasures – food and music" says Luke Harney from Open Source Studios, who are now promoting the event. Read on for more details of the food, the music and the Sunday Sessions at the Pump House.

BELL & BRUNTON Blues Duo Playing free entry gig @ The Portcullis 693 Fishponds Rd Bristol BS16 3UH 9pm Tuesday 22 April Credits include working with Jimi Hendrix' bass player Noel Redding, Gerry Rafferty, Doctor John