Events for £20 or less in Bristol in October 2026: what’s on?

Sunday, October 11, 2026

Music
Oct 11 · 7 PM

Ear Trumpet Presents: Bruce Molsky & Darol Anger

Bruce Molsky & Darol Anger

Bristol Folk House · Park Street
- Music
£20

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Music
Oct 13 · 7 PM

Pack of Animals

The Louisiana · Harbourside
- Music
£8

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Music
Oct 14 · 7:30 PM

Night Flight

The Louisiana · Harbourside
- Music
£16.50
Exhibitions
until May 9, 2027

Bristol Photo Festival 2026: Time Machine

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery · Clifton
- Exhibitions
Free

Going Interested

Thursday, October 15, 2026

Music
Oct 15 · 7 PM

Kytes

The Louisiana · Harbourside
- Music
£14

Friday, October 16, 2026

Music
Oct 16 · 7:30 PM

Big Long Sun

The Louisiana · Harbourside
- Music
£7.50
Music
Oct 16 · 8 PM

Gadarene

Bristol Folk House · Park Street
- Music
£16.50–£18.50
Go dancing
Oct 16 · 10:30 PM

Off Campus VS Heated Rivalry (Bristol)

The Lanes · City Centre
- Go dancing
£7

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Music
Oct 18 · 4 PM

An afternoon with Kristin Hersh

Kristin Hersh

Bristol Folk House · Park Street
- Music
£1.50–£28
Music
Oct 18 · 8 PM

Kristin Hersh

Bristol Folk House · Park Street
- Music
£1.50–£28

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Music
Oct 20 · 7 PM

Chantel McGregor

The Louisiana · Harbourside
- Music
£20

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Music
Oct 21 · 7 PM

Hollow Hand

The Louisiana · Harbourside
- Music
£12

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Music
Oct 22 · 7:30 PM

Steve Pilgrim

The Louisiana · Harbourside
- Music
£15
Go dancing
Oct 22 · 10 PM

On&On Presents: Fright Fest @ Lakota

Lakota · Stokes Croft
- Go dancing
£15

Friday, October 23, 2026

Music
Oct 23 · 7:30 PM

Tia Gordon

The Louisiana · Harbourside
- Music
£15
Go dancing
Oct 23 · 8 PM

Bristol ceilidh presents: Hobsons Choice

Bristol Folk House · Park Street
- Go dancing
£1.50–£16.50
Go dancing
Oct 23 · 10 PM

Alternate Presents Photek, Total Science +more!

Lakota · Stokes Croft
- Go dancing
£12.50
Comedy
Oct 23 · 10 PM

UKRAVE x CHEFS TABLE Drum & Bass - Bristol

Basement 45 · City centre
- Comedy
£5

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Comedy
Oct 24 · 6:15 PM

The Hedgehog Comedy Club

Basement 45 · City centre
- Comedy
£12.50
Music
Oct 24 · 7 PM

A Different Thread

Bristol Folk House · Park Street
- Music
£14.50–£16.50
Go dancing
Oct 24 · 7 PM

The Eminem Experience in Bristol!

Lakota · Stokes Croft
- Go dancing
£18
Go dancing
Oct 24 · 10 PM

ACCESS: UKG Free Rave

Lakota · Stokes Croft
- Go dancing
- Rave
£5
Exhibitions
until Jan 31, 2027

The Secret Life of Colour

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery · Clifton
- Exhibitions
£8

Going Interested

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Music
Oct 25 · 7:30 PM

Sexytadhg

The Louisiana · Harbourside
- Music
£12.50

Monday, October 26, 2026

Go dancing
Oct 26 · 6 PM

BOXXED OFF Bristol Halloween Rave

Lakota · Stokes Croft
- Go dancing
- Rave
- Halloween
£20
Music
Oct 26 · 7 PM

Daphné Chenel - Live at Bristol Folk House

Daphné Chenel - Live

Bristol Folk House · Park Street
- Music
- Folk
- House
£10.50
Music
Oct 26 · 7:30 PM

Moxie Dolls

The Louisiana · Harbourside
- Music
£5

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Music
Oct 27 · 7 PM

Tommy Wá

The Louisiana · Harbourside
- Music
£15
Literature
Oct 27 · 7:30 PM

Julian Baggini: The Art of Flourishing

Bristol Folk House · Park Street
- Literature
£5–£10
Go dancing
Oct 27 · 10 PM

The Lakota Haunted House Party

Lakota · Stokes Croft
- Go dancing
- House
- Halloween
£5
Go dancing
Oct 27 · 10 PM

Wide Eyes Halloween

Lakota · Stokes Croft
- Go dancing
- Halloween
£1

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Music
Oct 28 · 7:30 PM

Rob Clamp & the Ashmen

The Louisiana · Harbourside
- Music
£13
Go dancing
Oct 28 · 10 PM

F*CK ME It's Halloween - Bristol

Lakota · Stokes Croft
- Go dancing
- Halloween
£12
Go dancing
Oct 28 · 11 PM

Black Parade - 00's Emo Anthems Halloween Party

The Fleece · Old City
- Go dancing
- Emo
- Halloween
£6

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Music
Oct 29 · 7 PM

Conway The Machine + Daringer - Reject 2 Tour

Lost Horizon · St Paul's
- Music
- Hip hop
£20
Literature
Oct 29 · 7 PM

Dancing on the bridge - Poetry

Bristol Folk House · Park Street
- Literature
£5
Music
Oct 29 · 7:30 PM

The Fargo Railroad Co.

The Louisiana · Harbourside
- Music
£12.50
Go dancing
Oct 29 · 10 PM

Cirque Du Soul: Bristol // Halloween Special

Lakota · Stokes Croft
- Go dancing
- Soul
- Halloween
£20
until Oct 30

Gasolina Bristol 🔥 Día de reggaeton x Halloween Special

The Brass Pig
- Music
- Reggaeton
- Halloween
£2–£5

Friday, October 30, 2026

Music
until Nov 8

People’s Art Fair: Autumn 2026

SPACE at PRSC
- Music
Free

Going Interested
Music
Oct 30 · 7:30 PM

Any Young Mechanic

The Louisiana · Harbourside
- Music
£12.50
Music
Oct 30 · 8 PM

Three Rivers Ten Year Anniversary Gig

Bristol Folk House · Park Street
- Music
£14.40–£18
Go dancing
Oct 30 · 9 PM

Ross From Friends and Friends

Lakota · Stokes Croft
- Go dancing
£12
Music
Oct 30 · 10 PM

Brockout x Posh End - Sunil Sharpe, Jerome Hill + more |30.10.26

Lost Horizon · St Paul's
- Music
£17
Go dancing
Oct 30 · 10 PM

Charlie Tee presents: UNITEE [Halloween]

Thekla · Harbourside
- Go dancing
- Halloween
£20
Go dancing
Oct 30 · 11 PM

Halloween: Dusky

Electric Bristol · City centre
- Go dancing
- Halloween
£16.50
Go dancing
Oct 30 · 11 PM

One More Time - 90s & 00s Halloween Party

The Fleece · Old City
- Go dancing
- Halloween
£10

Saturday, October 31, 2026

Oct 31 · 1 PM

Drop-in Tile Decorating @ PAF

SPACE at PRSC
- Music
£15–£20
Music
Oct 31 · 6:30 PM

Shaking Hand

The Louisiana · Harbourside
- Music
£10.50
Music
Oct 31 · 7 PM

Ear Trumpet Presents: The Furrow Collective + Heartwood Chorus

Heartwood Chorus · The Furrow Collective

Bristol Folk House · Park Street
- Music
£15
Comedy
Oct 31 · 7:30 PM

Pulse halloween

Bristol Beacon · City Centre
- Comedy
- Halloween
£10
Music
Oct 31 · 10 PM

Dick & Dom In Da Haunted Bungalow

O2 Academy Bristol · City centre
- Music
- Halloween
£20
Go dancing
Oct 31 · 11 PM

The Halloween Ball 2026 at Electric Bristol

Electric Bristol · City centre
- Go dancing
- Halloween
£12

Everything on in Bristol

Events for £20 or less in Bristol in October 2026: what’s on?

Sunday, October 11, 2026

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Thursday, October 15, 2026

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Wednesday, October 28, 2026

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Friday, October 30, 2026

Saturday, October 31, 2026

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