Bands and Venues in Cardiff/Bristol/Bath/Gloucestershire

[NJE]

Hello,

My current band did our first gig last night after months of practice and now we are really trying to get as much going musically as possible. We play Rock/Pop/Riff Rock i suppose, a bit foo fighter meets stone temple pilots.

I am putting out a feeler to find venues that support originals bands around Cardiff/Bristol/Bath/Cheltenham/Gloucestershire and also make some contacts with bands in these areas. We are looking for support slot gigs with bands as well as looking at setting up nights of our own with a few other bands. We have already started to talk to MusicBox studio in Cardiff who are interested in getting something up and running in Cardiff but looking to do something a bit wider afield as well. You dont have to play metal or rock, the idea of the Cardiff night would be to show off a mixture of styles and show the range of bands.

If you can help with venue names or if you are interesting in making contacts in other areas please get in touch or post a reply. You can also go to my MySpace and message through there and do some social networking as well: www.myspace.com/spiritualmachinesmusic

Thanks,

Nathan

[Adrenochrome]

I'll send you a PM for a guy in Glastonbury that might well be interested.
Jon

[andyonbass]

I expect you know about [url="http://www.zyworld.com/Riff/"]Riffs Bar[/url] near Swindon, they do "Half hour sessions" pretty frequently, to showcase unsigned bands, could be right up your street. You could also try the [url="http://www.the12barswindon.com/get/home"]12 Bar[/url], also in Swindon

[alansanderson]

Hey man
We are trying to do a similar thing from the north west/manchester area.

Once you get your own night up and running, then we could do a gig swap if you want; you support us here we support you there kind of thing.
Let us know
[url="http://www.myspace.com/wearehsoshin"]http://www.myspace.com/wearehsoshin[/url]

Cheers
Alan

[NJE]

[quote name='Adrenochrome' post='462921' date='Apr 15 2009, 12:41 PM']I'll send you a PM for a guy in Glastonbury that might well be interested.
Jon[/quote]

Thats great, i will be seeing the band at the weekend and will give this chap a call or email.


[quote name='andyonbass' post='462954' date='Apr 15 2009, 01:12 PM']I expect you know about [url="http://www.zyworld.com/Riff/"]Riffs Bar[/url] near Swindon, they do "Half hour sessions" pretty frequently, to showcase unsigned bands, could be right up your street. You could also try the [url="http://www.the12barswindon.com/get/home"]12 Bar[/url], also in Swindon[/quote]

Didnt know about these venues (only just starting to look around) but thanks for the links, and it will mean I dont have to travel too far. Big help, cheers.


[quote name='alansanderson' post='464046' date='Apr 16 2009, 03:48 PM']Hey man
We are trying to do a similar thing from the north west/manchester area.

Once you get your own night up and running, then we could do a gig swap if you want; you support us here we support you there kind of thing.
Let us know
[url="http://www.myspace.com/wearehsoshin"]http://www.myspace.com/wearehsoshin[/url]

Cheers
Alan[/quote]

Alan, sounds good, we are looking at getting our first night within the next month hopefully. Once we have one sorted and we can check venues etc i will definately be in touch about getting some swapping going. The venues we have scoped in Cardiff so far are well equipped so we should hopefully be able to get a good night going. Will be in touch soon hopefully.

Cheers all,

Nathan

[TheRev]

For Bristol, your best bets are the Fleece and Firkin, The Thekla, The Louisanna and The Croft - all have myspace pages and the Fleece has a website.

You could also have a look at bristolrocks.co.uk for gigshares and other venues.

Edited April 16, 2009 by TheRev

[nick]

Also for Bristol; Mr Wolfs
Great, but small venue. Treat bands well in my experience.

[chris_pokkuri]

Which venues are you looking at in Cardiff?

There is a great new venue in Bridgend called Hobos which is very good and has quickly become established - let me know if you want contact details.

Some venues in Newport - TJ's, Le Pub, Meze Lounge, Riverside Tavern..

A bit further west you've got places in Neath and Swansea like The Duke, Sin City, Bar Co, Monkey Bar..
A great venue to play is The Masons in Llanelli. Small but very friendly.

[NJE]

Hello

Thanks to everyone so far for the names of the venues. I am in the process of getting a spreadsheet together (sad I know) with potential venues contacts etc so this has been really helpful.

Just out of interest, how does everyone go about getting gigs in these venues? I am thinking about getting a small pack with CD contact card, flyer and letter together to send to all of them, then follow up with a call a week later. Anyone done anything similar? am I going too far?

Also if anyone is reading this and interested in setting some gigs up together, or if anyone has any gigs coming up and needs support please send me a PM or visit www.myspace.com/spiritualmachinesmusic and add us as a friend or send us a message.

thanks again.

Nathan