Colston Hall
- Telephone 0117 922 3686
- Website www.colstonhall.org
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There are 41 events at this location
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Al Murray: The Only Way is Epic
A brand new show from everyone's favourite bigoted landlord, Al Murray, star of Happy Hour. Please only cheer at the irony and stay in your house if you actually hate the French.
Sun 23 Jun
£25.50 / 0117 922 3686
Alison Moyet
The much loved Yazoo chanteuse with the big smokey voice tours her latest album the minutes.
Sat 19 Oct
£25–£45 / 0117 922 3686
- 19:00 Colston Hall Alison Moyet
Aranyosi Peter
Hungarian stand-up.
Sun 2 Jun
Billy Bragg
Self-styled 'progressive patriot' and veteran political activist who is still one of the UK's finest writers of love songs.
Wed 20 Nov
£20 / 0117 922 3686
- 20:00 Colston Hall Billy Bragg
Bryan Ferry
The veteran singer-songwriter and Roxy Music frontman performs pop-rock and 1920s jazz style songs with his backing band to promote the album The Jazz Age.
Sat 16 Nov
£35–£65 / 0117 922 3686
- 19:00 Colston Hall Bryan Ferry
Caro Emerald
Dutch singer putting a modern pop spin on post-war jazz styles.
Thu 19 Sep
£19.50–£37.50 / 0117 922 3686
- 19:00 Colston Hall Caro Emerald
Claire Martin With Montpellier Cello Quartet
Mainstream jazz from the award-winning vocalist and group as it performs songs from the Great American Songbook.
Fri 31 May
£16 / 0117 922 3686
Coma Bristol Ensemble
- Directed by: Jolyon Laycock (cond)
Jolyon Laycock conducts works by members of the Severnside Composers Alliance, plus other contemporary pieces, with Alison Gillies, cello.
Wed 5 Jun
Deacon Blue
Pop-rock band from Glasgow known for the hits Real Gone Kid and I'll Never Fall in Love Again.
Wed 11 Dec
£29.50–£39.50 / 0117 922 3686
- 19:30 Colston Hall Deacon Blue
Ed Byrne: Roaring Forties
Observational humour from the Dublin-stand-up and actor about reaching middle age.
Fri 6 Dec
£22.50 / 0117 922 3686
Ed Harcourt
The singer-songwriter and musician plays alternative rock, reflective indie and orchestral pop.
Wed 29 May
£12.50 adv / 0117 922 3686
- 19:30 Colston Hall Ed Harcourt
Eliza Carthy & Jim Moray
Contemporary folk and country from the two singer-songwriters and their accompanying musicians.
Sat 1 Jun
£16.50 / 0117 922 3686
Elvis Costello & the Imposters
The classic songwriter undertakes this Revolver tour, featuring a spinning wheel marked with hits, rarities and covers from which he and his band will make their song selection.
Sun 2 Jun
£42.50 / 0117 922 3686
Emily Wright
Mainstream jazz and swing by the Bristol-based vocalist.
Fri 7 Jun
Greg Davies: The Back Of My Mum's Head
Stories and anecdotes from The Inbetweeners actor and TV panel show regular.
Sun 24 Nov
£25 / 0117 922 3686
Hugh Laurie
The celebrated film and TV actor takes his blues band out on tour and showcases his piano-playing skills with cohorts the Copper Bottom Band.
Thu 13 Jun
£32.50–£35 / 0117 922 3686
- 19:30 Colston Hall Hugh Laurie
Jimmy Carr: Gagging Order
The deadpan one presents his new crude, rude, but clever show, no doubt packed with puns aplenty and jokes that teeter on the verge of acceptability.
Fri 23 Aug
£25 / 0117 922 3686
Sat 5 Oct
£25 / 0117 922 3686
Joe Satriani
When rock guitarists gather, one of the names that elicits the most respect is that of Joe Satriani. The guitar virtuoso and teacher has, for many years, been at the pinnacle of rock instrumentalists and inspired many a tyro strummer to higher things. Picked by Mick Jagger to play on his solo tour in 1988, Satriani soon…
Wed 12 Jun
£33.50–£37.50 / 0117 922 3686
- 19:30 Colston Hall Joe Satriani
John Cooper Clarke
The legendary Mancunian punk poet, who is a spiritual godfather to the likes of Mike Skinner and Plan B hauls his insatiable laconic wit on tour.
Fri 7 Jun
£18.50 / 0117 922 3686
With support from Keith Allen's Grow Up, Simon Day, Thea Gilmore and Mike Garry.
Johnny Flynn
- 180 min
Johnny Flynn has certainly done something right when it comes to impressing the big shots in the music industry. Flynn was chosen as one of Fricke's Picks in Rolling Stone magazine in 2008 and Kentucky Pill was the March 30th Hottest Record In The World on Zane Lowe's Radio One show. Johnny Flynn released his second album…
Wed 12 Jun
£12 adv / 0117 922 3686
- 19:30 Colston Hall Johnny Flynn
Lady Nade Quartet
Mainstream jazz by the Bristol-based singer and her accompanying musicians.
Fri 14 Jun
Lee Nelson: Live
Comedy rogue and South London tearaway Lee "Nelsy" Nelson is fronting his latest live show, Lee Nelson's Well Good Show. The show involves a little audience participation which sees Nelson waling through the audience sharing mortifying tales and cheeky banter with unsuspecting members assisted by his loyal friend fat…
Mon 3 Jun
£22.50 / 0117 922 3686
- 19:30 Colston Hall Lee Nelson: Live
Louise Jordan
Light and laid back acoustic folk from the singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist as she promotes her second album Florilegium.
Fri 21 Jun
Micky Flanagan: Back in the Game
You may have caught him on one of his increasingly regular TV appearances, so here's a chance to catch the distinctively voiced Cockney in the flesh.
Sat 14 Sep
Times to be confirmed / £27 / 0117 922 3686
Mr Dowland’s Midnight
The two musicians, Simon Leach and Knud Stuwe, mix European guitar with the lute-like sound of the Middle Eastern oud.
Fri 24 May
Paper Aeroplanes, Zervas & Pepper
Melodic and laid back alternative folk-pop indie-rock band from Milford Haven.
Tue 21 May
£8 adv / 0117 922 3686
Reginald D Hunter: In the Midst of Crackers
The self-proclaimed 'comedian, swashbuckler and scientist' takes his latest and no doubt controversial show on the road.
Wed 5 Jun
£23 (£21) / 0117 922 3686
Sun 6 Oct
£23 / 0117 922 3686
Room on the Broom
Songs, laughs and scary fun for children with stories of witches, cats, dogs, birds and frogs. Ages 3+.
Fri 20 Sep
Times vary / £11.50 / 0117 922 3686
Sat 21 Sep
Times vary / £11.50 / 0117 922 3686
Sun 22 Sep
Times vary / £11.50 / 0117 922 3686
Sandi Thom
Joe Bonamassa is one of the premier Blues/Rock guitarists on the planet and he is also evolving into a singer-songwriter of stylistic depth and emotional resonance. His ability to connect with live concert audiences is transformational. Joe Bonamassa was discovered by blues legend BB King at the age of twelve and hasn't…
Thu 13 Jun
£14.50 / 0117 922 3686
- 20:00 Colston Hall Sandi Thom
Sarah Millican: Home Bird
You'll know her face from talking about cake and cats on the telly, so here's another chance to see the Millican phenomenon in full flight live onstage.
Fri 29 Nov
£25 / 0117 922 3686
Sat 30 Nov
£25 / 0117 922 3686
Snarky Puppy
The Texas-based collective, led by bassist, composer and producer Michael League, performs a fusion of jazz-funk with progressive and instrumental rock to promote its album Ground Up.
Thu 4 Jul
£12; £10 adv / 0117 922 3686
- 20:00 Colston Hall Snarky Puppy
Stand-Up (Again) For Slapstick
Sharp one-liners from the BAFTA award-winning comic and star of Not Going Out, Lee Mack. Also featuring Henning Wehn, Shappi Khorsandi, Boothby Graffoe and MC Rob Brydon.
Mon 20 May
£25 / 0117 922 3686
Steve Earle & the Dukes
Over-14s show. A welcome return for the talented troubadour and sometime actor, most recently seen performing in post-Katrina drama Treme.
Fri 24 May
£29.50 / 0117 922 3686
Steve Winwood
From his early beginnings as a precocious teenager with the Spencer Davis Group, Stevie Winwood has always been an outstanding feature of the British music scene. First heard on Keep On Running in 1965, his blue-eyed soul voice has become instantly recognisable, whatever he sings. His multi-instrumentalist abilities have…
Sat 22 Jun
£29.50 / 0117 922 3686
- 19:00 Colston Hall Steve Winwood
Steven Wilson
Steven Wilson and his band featuring Nick Beggs, Guthrie Govan, Adam Holzman, Marco Minnemann and Theo Travis perform at Royal Festival Hall.
Tue 15 Oct
£19.50 / 0117 922 3686
- 19:00 Colston Hall Steven Wilson
Stewart Lee: Much A-Stew About Nothing
Typically subversive humour from Lee as he works on material for the latest series of Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle. Please note: this is a work in progress show.
Fri 25 Oct
£20 / 0117 922 3686
Strictly Confidential
- Directed by: Craig Revel Horwood
- Written by: Craig Revel Horwood
An intimate show written and directed by Craig Revel Horwood and starring celebrities and dancers of Strictly Come Dancing, Lisa Riley, Artem Chigvintsev, Natalie Lowe and Ian Waite, who talk about their backgrounds, love for dance and performance, as well as performing dance routines.
Sat 15 Jun
Hall 1
£22.50–£42.50 / 0117 922 3686
Texas
Pop-rock by the well-established band fronted by singer Sharleen Spiteri.
Wed 13 Nov
£37–£48.50 / 0117 922 3686
- 19:00 Colston Hall Texas
Texas
Reformed Glasgow rockers fronted by Sharleen Spiteri have another crack at the whip, touring in support of new album The Conversation.
Sun 9 Jun
£37–£48.50 / 0117 922 3686
- 12:00 – 16:00 Colston Hall Texas
Wed 13 Nov
Times to be confirmed / £37–£48.50 / 0117 922 3686
The Waterboys
Indie-pop and folk with Celtic overtones by Mike Scott and his accompanying musicians.
Tue 17 Dec
£26.50–£28.50 / 0117 922 3686
- 19:30 Colston Hall The Waterboys






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