Live music at Bristol Harbour Festival 2015

One of the highlights of the year, Bristol Harbour Festival isn’t all about beautiful boats; it also provides a great opportunity to see some of the best live music the city has on offer with all-dayers in harbourside venues.

From the nautical offerings on board Thekla and Grain Barge to several stages in venues such as the Louisiana and in some of the city’s best harbourside spots, there’s plenty to caress and/or assault your ear drums – depending on which way inclined you are. Here’s a round up of some of that offer for you.

The Louisiana (free, 18+ after 6pm)

Sat July 18

Ground floor

9pm – White Parker

8pm – A Year Today 

7pm – Stone Cold Fiction

6pm – Rauschenberg 

5pm – Bristol Samba – Bloco Carnavalesco Band

4pm – Cursor Major

3pm – Dellavega 

2pm – CENTREFOLDS 

1pm – Little Dusty

Noon – Bethany Porter

Upstairs (£11adv)

The Psychedelic Warlords plus special guests

Sun July 19

Ground floor

9.30pm – Milo’s Planes

8.30pm – Me, You & Thomas

7.30pm – Radio Nasties

6.30pm – Dead Royalties

4.30pm – Brockley Forest 

3.30pm – Winter

2.30pm – Cambridge Park

1.30pm – The LarryFish Experiment

12.30pm – Moonbeeva

Upstairs

10pm – October Drift

9pm – Sienna Chorus

8pm – Oh, The Guilt

7pm – Drone Soul

6pm – Violet Heights 

5pm – Big R Big Band

4pm – The Rupees

3pm – Ema Sierra 

2pm – Karma Control 

1pm – KAMINO

Noon – IDestroy

Thekla (free, two stages – dockside for all ages, Cargo Hold stage 14+)

Fri July 17

Smerins Anti-Social Club + Funk From The Trunk DJs + Motorcity Bath Soundsystem (£4adv) Read our full interview with Smerins here.

Sat July 18 — Sun July 19

Running order tbc.

Aaron Douglas

Andy Oliveri

Aztecs

Beyond Rivers

Bim 

B O A

BRIDGES

Foreign Affairs

Gaz Brookfield

Heg & The Wolf Chorus

Jacob Riddall Music

Joshua Milton

Light Falls Forward

Lionface

Moon Club

Natalie Holmes

New Palace Talkies

Nicholson Heal

Quiescent

Rebecca Clements

Rusty Shackle Official

Sam Eason

Sarah Proudfoot & Tom Mitchell Music

Something Anorak

TAMU Massif

The Crisis Project

Future Dub Orchestra

The Lasting Days

Towers

Twin Falls

Whitebelt

Why We Love

Grain Barge (free entry)

Sat July 17

8.40pm – THE DUKES OF MUMBAI

7.40pm – SCHNAUSER

6.30pm – JILK

5.30pm – WASUREMONO

4.15pm – THE RELAY RIPS

3pm – THE EVIL USSES

2pm – SNOWAPPLE

1pm – WOODLICE

Noon – THE TIXX

Sun July 19

6pm – POOR OLD DOGS

5pm – THEE MANATEES

4pm – CEILIDH DANCE with MR MEDLER

3pm – THOMAS FORD

2pm – HUSKY TONES

1pm – CROW PUPPETS

Whapping Wharf Jazz Quarter (free)

Saturday 18 July

5 – 6pm Dam Busters 3 piece

3:30 – 4:30pm Mohawkestra 5 piece

12 – 3pm The Gershwin Gang

Sunday 19 July

4 – 6pm World Government

1:30 – 3pm Mark Lawrence

12 – 1pm Bucucrasu Kesty Morrison Duo

There is also live music at Queen Square (programmed by Bristol247’s Tony Benjamin and including Cardboard Box, Dawn Penn, Mim Suleiman and more) and on Cascade Steps (programmed by Jelli Records and featuring Funkinsteins, The Honeyfire, Dry White Bones and more.

More information available at: www.bristolharbourfestival.co.uk/music/ and look out for programme sellers for a copy of the official programme.