Simple Things Festival 2026

Various Venues, Bristol

Simple Things Festival 2026

Simple Things Festival 2026

Various Venues, Bristol, , Bristol Directions

Sat 07.11.2026 11:00

GBP 73.70
Tickets / Registration

Simple Things returns to Bristol in 2026 for its twelfth edition, bringing together boundary-pushing music and contemporary culture for another city-wide celebration of discovery.

On Saturday 7 November, the multi-venue festival once again takes over some of Bristol’s most iconic spaces, uniting the city for one unforgettable day and night across Bristol Beacon, Strange Brew, Rough Trade, Sportsmans and new venue Shredenhams.

For the first time, Simple Things will feature guest curators, each performing and shaping their own part of the line-up. Squid, Shabaka, Jeremy Deller and Cobrah, with their curated line-ups still to be announced. Leading the second wave of announcements are this year’s very special guests The Avalanches. The pioneering Australian duo make their long-awaited return to Bristol for the first time in almost a decade, bringing their unmistakable blend of sample-driven, genre-defying music to Simple Things 2026. Also joining the line-up are Hannah Diamond, Alewya, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, Moor Mother, Nathan Fake, caroline, Chanel Beads, Cloud Nothings, Lord Spikeheart, Mykki Blanco and more..

Performers

  • THE AVALANCHES
  • COBRAH
    COBRAH

    RA: Resident Advisor

  • Shabaka
    Shabaka

    RA: Resident Advisor

  • Squid
    Squid

    RA: Resident Advisor

  • A Good Year
    A Good Year

    A Good Year is a Copenhagen-based audiovisual duo made up of Albert R. Hildebrand (film director and visual artist) and Tobias Laust (drummer and former member of Liss).

  • Alex Wilcox
    Alex Wilcox

    Born in Dallas, moved to Austin, moved to LA, then Detroit, and now based in Berlin - producer/DJ Alex Wilcox composes crazy bullshit and DJ's with lots of BPM and genre swings.

  • Butch Kassidy
    Butch Kassidy

    Creating coruscating walls of sound by way of an affinity for improvisation, minimalism and metal, Butch Kassidy's explosive immersive post-rock compositions and deafening live performances place them among London's most compelling new guitar projects.

  • Caroline
    Caroline

    RA: Resident Advisor

  • Fine (2)
    Fine (2)

    Fine is a Copenhagen based songwriter and producer

  • Gold Panda
    Gold Panda

    RA: Resident Advisor

  • Hannah Diamond
    Hannah Diamond

    RA: Resident Advisor

  • Joy Guidry
    Joy Guidry

    Joy Guidry is a bassoonist, versatile improviser, performance artist, and composer of experimental, daring new works that embody a deep love of storytelling.

  • Kloyd
    Kloyd

    RA: Resident Advisor

  • Lord Spikeheart
    Lord Spikeheart

    Lord Spikeheart's material is a frenetic blend of industrial sounds, mind-bending beats and hard trance.

  • Loukeman
    Loukeman

    RA: Resident Advisor

  • Marla Kether
    Marla Kether

    Born in London to Congolese parents, Marla Kether is a bassist, producer and DJ. The different strands of her musical career are almost as diverse as her selections, which commonly feature a bass-led blend of Kuduro, Dembow, Afro House and Global Bass.

  • Mermaid Chunky
    Mermaid Chunky

    Mermaid Chunky are an audio visual duo made up of artists Freya Tate and Moina Moon. Bathing in milkmaid serenity and improvised chaos, the duo boast of pumping trance rhythms, sad easter time chicks and bouncy ball rhythms.

  • Mietze Conte
    Mietze Conte

    Hailing from the Austrian Alps, Mietze Conte is on the rise for their unique fast paced, uninhibited euro-dance-pop sonics that have been resonating with listeners around the globe.

  • Moor Mother
    Moor Mother

    RA: Resident Advisor

  • Ms Ray
    Ms Ray

    Ms Ray interweaves themes of empowerment, self-discovery and the healing potential of the present. Her songs are ‘minimal, vocal led tracks, but more than that, there’s songcraft at play… The delivery is heartfelt’ (Test Pressing 2023).

  • Mykki Blanco
    Mykki Blanco

    RA: Resident Advisor

  • Nathan Fake
    Nathan Fake

    Growing up in Norfolk and attending a school where being into music made you an outsider, Nathan Fake’s early interest in the electronic scene came from hearing acts like Aphex Twin and Orbital.

  • Olof Dreijer
    Olof Dreijer

    Olof Dreijer is a music producer, DJ and musician and a member of the Swedish electronic pop group, The Knife.

  • Panda Bear
    Panda Bear

    Panda Bear was born Noah Benjamin Lennox on the 17th of July in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is an experimental electronica solo artist and one of the founding members of psychedelic pop band Animal Collective. Since his debut in 1998 he has released six highly acclaimed solo albums.

  • PVA
    PVA

    RA: Resident Advisor

  • SILVERWINGKILLER
    SILVERWINGKILLER

    SILVERWINGKILLER - ‘International Industrial City Punk’

  • Takuya Nakamura
    Takuya Nakamura

    RA: Resident Advisor

  • Tony Bontana
    Tony Bontana

    Tony Bontana is the enigmatic Artist + producer.

  • 96 Back
    96 Back

    Sheffield-born now Manchester-based Evan Majumdar-Swift is a young DJ/Producer embodying the renegade spirit of his native Steel City spanning genres, sounds and attitudes.