Simple Things Festival 2026

lau. 07.11.2026 11:00

GBP 73.70

Miðar / Skráning

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..

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THE AVALANCHES
There are few living musicians as influential and wholly original as world-renowned recording artists, producers and DJs, The Avalanches.

Their debut album 'Since I Left You', released in 2000, laid the blueprint for the future of sample-based music in the 21st century. Similarly, their follow up album, 2016’s ‘Wildflower', sits on a patchwork of samples earning the band further critical acclaim across the globe.

It’s not only through their studio albums that The Avalanches have made a mark on the musical landscape. They have released cult famous mixtapes that have become heavily coveted collectibles.

As DJs, they have performed at their own infamous monthly club night ‘Brains', to the main stage at some of the biggest festivals in the world including Splendour In The Grass, Fuji Rock, Primavera Sound, Glastonbury, Coachella and Creamfields.

Big believers in the life-changing power of music, wherever they’re playing and whatever they’re spinning, The Avalanches’ sets will always be joyous, raucous and celebratory affairs.

Their highly acclaimed third full-length album 'We Will Always Love You' was released Dec 11, 2020 and has received worldwide critical acclaim. It’s an album for music lovers that many are calling their album of the year.
COBRAH
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Shabaka
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Squid
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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
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
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
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Fine (2)
Fine is a Copenhagen based songwriter and producer
Gold Panda
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Hannah Diamond
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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
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Lord Spikeheart
Lord Spikeheart's material is a frenetic blend of industrial sounds, mind-bending beats and hard trance.
Loukeman
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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 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
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
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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
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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
The Knife is Olof Dreijer and Karin Dreijer Andersson. They are based in Stockholm, Sweden and have made music together since 1999, released on their own label Rabid Records.
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
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SILVERWINGKILLER
SILVERWINGKILLER - ‘International Industrial City Punk’
Takuya Nakamura
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Tony Bontana
Tony Bontana is the enigmatic Artist + producer.
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.