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🔔 Hear ye, hear ye, we at The Jam Jar have decided to celebrate the nearing of the festive break with a flash Yuletide sale on all items of merchandise on our online store! 💝 If you're in the market for a gift that is of exceptional quality & supports a grassroots music venue at the same time look no further. Alternatively just grab yourself a nice jumper for the chilly months! ❄️ Just plug the code "xmas24" in at checkout and you will receive 15% off of your purchase. All items are limited edition and only available whilst stocks last!! 🏃💨 Good will to all! x

🍂🤩 Our Autumn listings are here! 🤩🍂 It’s the biggest season of events we’ve hosted yet! Artists are travelling from all corners of the Earth to bring their talents to The Jam Jar. Bands, DJs, club nights and exclusive gigs - There’s something for everyone. We’ve got your nights out covered til Christmas. 👊🔥💥 Sshhh! Who said Christmas? Check our website for more info and to buy tickets. The link is in the bio ☝🏿☝🏽

Plans for 2025? Look no further then the first festival of the year! 🌞 Take a look at these great shots from last year’s Jam on the Horizon. 14 hours of music spread across 4 venues, spanning multiple genres with street parties, bars and delicious food. 🌶️ Early bird 🎟️🎟️ are already out, we just haven’t told you yet 🤫Grab them on Headfirst. Jam on the Horizon brings together The Jam Jar, Lost Horizon, the Swan with Two Necks and the Volunteer Tavern to bring you the first festival of the summer! ☀️ @theswanwithtwonecksbristol @volunteertavern

Sera Kalo’s eX.II crafts a unique fusion of 70’s jazz poetry, electronic experimentation, and hypnotic grooves. 🎤 ✨ Friday 21st February LowKey presents Sera Kalo’s eX.II + support at The Jam Jar, Bristol Expect an evening of genre-fluid performance where deep spiritual transformation meets boundless energy. With their debut album in the making, this is your chance to witness an emerging force in experimental jazz. 💥🎷🎶 🎟️🎟️ on Headfirst. @serakalo_exii

Some say that mid-week merriment should only be encouraged between Christmas and New Year. Here at The Jam Jar we strongly disagree. Over the next 2 weekends, we’ll have something to scratch the musical itch of anyone seeking festive revelry 😉🍻 🎟️🎟️ on Headfirst. Join us. @popola_uk @back_a_yard_events @dissonance.bristol @djloose_loosesound @weareterrain @chaiwallahs

On the 16th of January we’ll be bringing Arabesque back to our fav @thejamjar_bristol for another night of funky North African & Middle Eastern grooves 🌟🌟 We’re honoured to have invited @rishi_o_o_ (aka 1/2 of brown excellence) to be playing b2b with us as our first guest! It’s always such a fun night at the jam jar , come and join us - tickets in bio!!!🧡

We're back on the 18th of January .Bringing innovators Siraba for their debut performance in the UK . Alongside a lineup of some of Bristol and London’s best selectors spinning an array of global grooves and bass heavy stompers to get you moving Siraba In the music of Siraba, Malian donso Hunter Boubacar Samake’s Wassoulou vocals and ngoni rhythms collide with the electronic grooves of French electronic producer Damien Vandesande. The pair embrace their musical differences and similarities to create a unique sound full of melodic and rhythmic hooks that are immediately infectious and danceable. A musical conversation between the ngoni — the six-stringed instrument of the Malian hunter tribe — and a palette of drum machines and synthesizers, Siraba is the ancient sound of West Africa wrapped in a contemporary electronic soundscape. Inda flo DJ, radio host, and promoter, Inda Flo pulls up on the underground club scene to bend and blend cultural sounds in her stomping ground of global bass, percussive club, ethno-techno, electronic, and world. Her sets guarantee a bouncy energy that reaches across waters and beyond borders of Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and the Caribbean. Expect to move and sweat to heavy basslines, relentless rhythms, and certified bangers. Joeti Both a DJ and producer, Joeti, will provide an array of global bass stompers and percussive mayhem to satisfy your rhythmic needs. Sojebeats Hannah rarely sticks to one genre, so expect a tasteful mashup of wordly funk and a fusion of reggaeton, soca, jungle, samba, baile funk, techno; bhangra, dabke, afrobeats and more. Ajayi "If mediocre white men can do it, I can too!" Liz Ajayi plays a combination of music that she listened to, her mother did, and her grandmother too. Music through the diaspora has been wholly centred around popular afrobeats, but there is so much more to discover. you will be embraced with the versatility of Nigerian artists through the decades, and some other African countries might get some love, too. But we all know Nigeria's the best! There is gonna be a whole lot of amazing music, so come down, shake a leg, and make a friend or two. Twende! xx

The critically acclaimed modern super-quintet and their electrified, highly danceable Turkish psych sound is coming to Bristol. 🇹🇷 🪕🎶 Columbo Music Presents Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek Wednesday 19th March at The Jam Jar, Bristol Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek’s fresh approach combines Anatolian folk and contemporary grooves alongside a sprinkling of psychedelia and progressive rock flavours.🍄💥🌀 We’re really looking forward to this one 😉 🎟️🎟️ on Headfirst. @columbo_music @deryayildirim_grupsimsek

Bueno mis amores, save the dates! After the first two jam packed sessions Zaperoco returns to continue the mission of celebrating Colombian 'Picotero' soundsystem culture - once again at the unique Carpet Shop in Peckham the 18 Jan AND the night before, 17 Jan we are adding a Bristol debut at the one and only Jam Jar. 🤩🤯 Get ready for an unforgettable night of infectious Afro-Caribbean dance beats and to immerse yourself in the heart and soul of Colombian 'Picotero' soundsystem culture with international special guests, who have both been prominent in championing the Picó music and culture in Europe. Keep your eyes peeled 👀 line up to be announced very soon. In the meantime we have a handful of super early bird tickets on RA (London) and Headfirst (Bristol) - both links in our bio and they are already moving fast!

👀 What’s on this week at The Jam Jar 👀 Monday 16th December James Yorkston 🐉 A Scottish singer-songwriter with a literary, folk bent and unconventional approach 🐉 7.30 pm - 11.00 pm Wednesday 18th December Botanical Soundscapes 🌿 Harnessing the Power of plants to bring you music 🌿 7.30 pm - 10.00 pm Thursday 19th December Popola ‘Twerkle Temple’ Festive Ball ❤️‍🔥 A festive event for all genders to celebrate Queer Femme energy through Afro-Latinx Caribbean music ❤️‍🔥 10.30 pm - late Friday 20th December 30 Years of Inner Terrestrials >>SOLD OUT<< 🎸UK squat punk legends celebrate their 30th solar revolution. Punk meets folk, meets dub, meets ska 🤟 6.00 pm - late Friday 20th December Casino Joe (aka Joe Yorke) & Elijah Minnelli ☮ Come ‘n hear some rocksteady, dancehall, northern soul, lovers rock and probably some all round lush music 🔥 11.30 pm - late Saturday 21st December 30 Years of Inner Terrestrials 🎸 London’s finest, bringing a stomping & eclectic mix of dub, punk, ska, folk & diverse style 🤟 >> NEW DATE ADDED << 6.00 pm - midnight Saturday 21st December Hotsteppas meets Zoob & Fat Mark (DJ Set) 🎺 Live horns, guest vocals and a whole heap of Reggae music 🎷 11.30 pm - late Sunday 22nd December Back-a-Yard x Dissonance Winter Warmer 🔥 An inclusive space to push diversity within the Roots, Dub & Dancehall scene 🔥 7.00 pm - late 🎟️🎟️ on Headfirst. @jamesyorkston @botanicalsoundscapes @popola_uk @innerterrestrials @joeyorkemusic @hotsteppasmusic @zoobandfatmark @back_a_yard_events @dissonance.bristol

Kicking off our new season at The Jam Jar with a very rare Bristol visit from the excellent @mrandyvotel - the man behind the labels Twisted Nerve and @finderskeepersrecords , serious collector, digger, DJ, curator, graphic designer, and so on.... Plus we've also got our old pal @thegreyarearadio joining us. Limited £5 ticket on sale now! 💣💥 Sat 11th Jan The Jam Jar 11pm-3am

Raz & Afla + more Friday 31st January The Jam Jar, Bristol 🪘Live Afro-Club duo taking the festival circuit by storm💥 + free entry to afterparty with ticket 🤫 Raz Olsher & Afla Sackey: Music that represents a harmonious union of African influences with electronic music, full of soul, vibrant energy and captivating rhythms. 🔥🔥 🎟️🎟️ on Headfirst and already shifting. @raz.and.afla