QWAK club #23

Kulku

support from Rachel Musson (solo)

Wed 1 April // 19:00

Berlin based septet explore the sound spectrum of wood, metal and the human voice. A mix … [more]

Worms Theatre Company presents

The Children of Mike

Thu 2 April // 19:00

The Children of Mike: A story of the estranged human severed from ancient kinship. A collection … [more]

Worms Theatre Company presents

The Children of Mike

Fri 3 April // 19:00

The Children of Mike: A story of the estranged human severed from ancient kinship. A collection … [more]

TOUGH SELL presents

Neil Luck & Monika Czyżyk + Rojin Sharafi

Sat 4 April // 19:30

Far-out, form-crossing international experimentalism - digital and organic, elemental and futuristic. [more]

Sound of Falling

(In die Sonne schauen)

Mon 6 April // 19:00

One of the breakout films of last year's Cannes Film Festival (and co-winner of the Jury … [more]

Holy Motors

Tue 7 April // 20:00

Leos Carax is back for the final time at the Cube with his surreal 24 hour … [more]

Resurrection

狂野时代

Wed 8 April // 19:00

Millennial auteur Bi Gan (Kaili Blues, Long Day's Journey Into Night) re-enters the neon-soaked landscape of … [more]

Storysmith presents

Polly Barton: What Am I, A Deer?

Doors at 7PM, event starts at 7.30PM

Thu 9 April // 19:30

One of the most anticipated debut novels of the year is here, and it just so … [more]

The Cube Presents

Bill Orcutt

Support from Yoke (Bristol)

Sun 12 April // 19:30

BILL ORCUTT is an American guitarist and composer. [more]

Downtown Lights presents:

Let Spin

{ cutting-edge post-jazz grooves to wake the dead }

Mon 13 April // 20:00

Let Spin is a punky, cutting-edge post-rock electric jazz quartet whose headbangingly hypnotic grooves 'could wake … [more]

The Cube Present

Pictureframes + Louis O'Hara + Edward Penfold

Tue 14 April // 19:30

An evening of Warm chamber folk and minimalist guitar pop from Pembrokeshire and the South West. … [more]

Counter Culture – Boundary Transgressions that change history

Wed 15 April // 19:30

In the first of many Cube events exploring counter culture, we take a deep dive into … [more]

HOT MATURE SINGLES IN YOUR AREA - The Cube Experimental Dating 6 (45ISH+)

Thu 16 April // 19:00

We've put our normal audience to bed early and opening up to our older friends this … [more]

The Love That Remains

Sun 19 April // 17:00

Funny, strange, and quietly heartbreaking, The Love That Remains is one of those rare films that … [more]

Crick Crack Club presents:

Ben Haggarty/Steph Brittain: Bodies On The Beach - The Last Battles Of Fionn MacCumhaill

Fairytales For Grown-Ups

Thu 23 April // 20:00

On the westernmost tip of Ireland, a beach of crystal white sand once ran crimson with … [more]

BLUESCREEN at 25! Celebrating 25 years of Short Films

Sat 25 April // 19:30

Welcome to Bluescreen at 25: Screening YOUR Short Films for the last 25 years! Come and … [more]

Gravy Train presents:

Book of Churches

Wed 29 April // 19:30

Divorce's co-vocalist and guitarist Felix Mackenzie-Barrow steps out solo with his newly announced Book of Churches … [more]

Toni Erdmann

Introduced by Polly Barton

Mon 4 May // 19:00

With her brilliant new book What Am I, A Deer? out in the world after a … [more]

DRAG FAMILY VALUES: Party Girl Productions x FemTop

Fri 8 May // 19:00

They're creepy and they're kooky...Mysterious and spooky...They're all together ooky...Party Girls and Fem Top family! [more]

Enter the Noid & Terror Management presents:

Hyunhye Seo

Sat 9 May // 19:00

Xiu Xiu's Hyunhye Seo graces our stage for some avant-classical freak-outs on our grand piano. Brought … [more]

Rose of Nevada

Sun 10 May // 17:00
Mon 11 May // 20:00

Shot on 16mm with all sound built in post-production, Mark Jenkin’s Rose of Nevada is an … [more]

The Blue Trail

Tue 12 May // 20:00

In a near future Brazil that forces its elders into remote colonies to prioritise “productivity”, Tereza, … [more]

Bristol Society Of Magic presents:

Stage Magic Championship 2026

Bristol's annual fiesta of magic. Six incredible magicians. One champion. One night of wonder.

Wed 13 May // 19:30

The Bristol Society Of Magic presents its 2026 Stage Magic Competition, an astonishing evening of wonder … [more]

A Way to Die: The Short Films of Coil

Thu 14 May // 20:00

A previously rarely-glimpsed side of COIL, incorporating medical art, homoerotic performances and body horror – A … [more]

Doc N Roll Film Festival and Cube Counter Cultures presents

RAVE CULTURE: A NEW ERA

Tue 19 May // 19:30

Doc N Roll Film Festival and Cube Counter Cultures presents: When society fractured, electronic music took … [more]

Crick Crack Club presents:

TUUP/Tim Ralphs/Nell Phoenix/Sarah Liisa Wilkinson: Downright Rude!

Fairytales For Grown-Ups

Thu 21 May // 20:00

Lowering the tone for your delight, the unorthodox, unprecedented preacherman TUUP; the oh-so-knowing Sarah Liisa Wilkinson; … [more]

BLUESCREEN

Wed 27 May // 19:30

Welcome to Bluescreen: Screening YOUR Short Films! Come along and enjoy the best in local short … [more]

BLUESCREEN

Wed 29 July // 19:30

Welcome to Bluescreen: Screening YOUR Short Films! Come along and enjoy the best in local short … [more]

BLUESCREEN

Wed 30 September // 19:30

Welcome to Bluescreen: Screening YOUR Short Films! Come along and enjoy the best in local short … [more]

Bristol Society Of Magic presents:

The Knights Of Magic

Annual Gala Show: Magic, Comedy, Cabaret

Thu 19 November // 19:30

With increasing levels of flabbergast, the Bristol Society Of Magic's most seasoned stage magic supremos blitz … [more]

Bristol Society Of Magic presents:

The Knights Of Magic

Annual Gala Show: Magic, Comedy, Cabaret

Fri 20 November // 19:30

With increasing levels of flabbergast, the Bristol Society Of Magic's most seasoned stage magic supremos blitz … [more]

BLUESCREEN

Wed 25 November // 19:30

Welcome to Bluescreen: Screening YOUR Short Films! Come along and enjoy the best in local short … [more]

APRIL 2026

Wed 01 19:00 .... Qwak Club #23 Kulku Support From Rachel Musson (Solo)

Thu 02 19:00 .... Worms Theatre Company Presents The Children of Mike

Fri 03 19:00 .... Worms Theatre Company Presents The Children of Mike

Sat 04 19:30 .... Tough Sell Presents Neil Luck & Monika Czyżyk + Rojin Sharafi

Mon 06 19:00 .... Sound of Falling (In Die Sonne Schauen)

Tue 07 20:00 .... Holy Motors

Wed 08 19:00 .... Resurrection 狂野时代

Thu 09 19:30 .... Storysmith Presents Polly Barton: What Am I, A Deer? Doors At 7pm, Event Starts At 7.30pm

Sat 11 20:00 .... Absurdist A/V JUMBLE SAIL with mr_hopkinson, Paul Hanson, Melanie Clifford and Matt Davies, Lord of the Cob, Snoozie and mr_stoloff and more

Sun 12 19:30 .... The Cube Presents Bill Orcutt Support From Yoke (Bristol)

Mon 13 20:00 .... Downtown Lights Presents: Let Spin { Cutting-Edge Post-Jazz Grooves To Wake The Dead }

Tue 14 19:30 .... The Cube Present Pictureframes + Louis O'Hara + Edward Penfold

Wed 15 19:30 .... Counter Culture – Boundary Transgressions that change history

Thu 16 19:00 .... HOT MATURE SINGLES IN YOUR AREA - The Cube Experimental Dating 6 (45ISH+)

Fri 17 20:00 .... Bristol Radical History Group/Gafael Tir Present Gafael Tir A History Of Land Rights And Protest In Wales

Sat 18 14:00 .... Earth Ball, Commuted, Sullow, Rhizocrop, Alya L + More! Margin Forever Vol 3 An All-Dayer Of Experimental Music From The Margins... Forever

Sun 19 17:00 .... The Love That Remains

Mon 20 11:00 .... Relaxed Daytime Cinema The Love That Remains

Tue 21 20:00 .... BHAJAN BHOY + ZAHRA HAJI FATH ALI TEHRANI + DOUBLE PELICAN + DJ SCUD

Wed 22 20:00 .... The Cube Microplex Presents Tongue Depressor/Marija Kovačević/ZGTC Splintered Wood, Garbled Voices And Vibrating Air

Thu 23 20:00 .... Crick Crack Club Presents: Ben Haggarty/Steph Brittain: Bodies On The Beach - The Last Battles Of Fionn MacCumhaill Fairytales For Grown-Ups

Fri 24 17:45 .... Bristol New Music Festival 2026: Erwan Keravec & @xcrswx

23:00 .... Bristol New Music Festival 2026: Xterea

Sat 25 19:30 .... BLUESCREEN at 25! Celebrating 25 years of Short Films

Sun 26 13:00 .... Bristol Radical History Group Presents Utopias (& Dystopias)

19:00 .... Bristol Radical History Group Presents Ireland: The Silent Voices

Wed 29 19:30 .... Gravy Train Presents: Book of Churches

MAY

Mon 04 19:00 .... Toni Erdmann Introduced By Polly Barton

Fri 08 19:00 .... DRAG FAMILY VALUES: Party Girl Productions x FemTop

Sat 09 19:00 .... Enter The Noid & Terror Management Presents: Hyunhye Seo

Sun 10 17:00 .... Rose of Nevada

Mon 11 20:00 .... Rose of Nevada

Tue 12 20:00 .... The Blue Trail

Wed 13 19:30 .... Bristol Society Of Magic Presents: Stage Magic Championship 2026 Bristol's Annual Fiesta Of Magic. Six Incredible Magicians. One Champion. One Night Of Wonder.

Thu 14 20:00 .... A Way to Die: The Short Films of Coil

Tue 19 19:30 .... Doc N Roll Film Festival And Cube Counter Cultures Presents RAVE CULTURE: A NEW ERA

Thu 21 20:00 .... Crick Crack Club Presents: TUUP/Tim Ralphs/Nell Phoenix/Sarah Liisa Wilkinson: Downright Rude! Fairytales For Grown-Ups

Wed 27 19:30 .... BLUESCREEN

JULY

Wed 29 19:30 .... BLUESCREEN

SEPTEMBER

Wed 30 19:30 .... BLUESCREEN

OCTOBER

Fri 23 19:00 .... The Song Has No Ending Presents Robin & Bina Williamson + Rosie Brownhill + Fohn Visionary Folk Duo Alongside Innovative Traditional Instrumentalists

NOVEMBER

Thu 19 19:30 .... Bristol Society Of Magic Presents: The Knights Of Magic Annual Gala Show: Magic, Comedy, Cabaret

Fri 20 19:30 .... Bristol Society Of Magic Presents: The Knights Of Magic Annual Gala Show: Magic, Comedy, Cabaret

Wed 25 19:30 .... BLUESCREEN

 

* cheap night