The Lexington @thelexingtonlondon.bsky.social Your favourite London live music venue, latenight boozer and pizza spot
The Leadmill @theleadmill.bsky.social Est. 1980, The Leadmill is an events space and community hub based in Sheffield, specialising in live music, club nights, comedy, drag and talks.
https://leadmill.co.uk/
Trinity Bar Harrow @trinitybarharrow.bsky.social We're an independent 200 cap grassroots music venue & bar in Harrow, NW London, putting on shows since 1992
Overall winners & The Peoples Choice at the 2024 Harrow Bar Awards
Great music, good people & a community hub.
More info at www.trinitybar.co.uk
The Trades Club @thetradesclub.bsky.social Music venue & socialist members club in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.
By the people, for the people
thetradesclub.com
The Sound Lounge @soundloungecio.bsky.social Grassroots Music Venue. The 1st #CarbonNeutral venue in the UK. Plant-based Kitchen, bar & café. “I do not believe in art for a few; anymore than education for a few; or freedom for a few” ~ W.Morris
The Social @thesociallondon.bsky.social Let’s not rule anything out just yet
@100clublondon.bsky.social @100clublondon.bsky.social The world famous 100 Club, London. 80 years of British musical history from jazz to punk to rock and roll and beyond. Find out more at http://the100club.co.uk
Nath Brudenell @nathbrudenell.bsky.social Hi, How Are You?
Brudenell Presents @brudpresents.bsky.social Brudenell Presents is the live music & events promoter organisation, formed to an extension of the Brudenell Social Club.
Le Pub @lepub.bsky.social 120 cap venue bringing great events to Newport for 30 years. Vegan Food
Eclectic Music and Arts
Found at 14 High Street
Cover art by Carl Bevan 🎨
https://linktr.ee/LePub
Corn Exchange Newport @cornexchange.bsky.social On the way! A 500 capacity live music and events space in the heart of Newport 🌽
Cafe OTO @cafeotodalston.bsky.social New music venue & cafe.
18-22 Ashwin Street / London / E8 3DL
cafeoto.co.uk
Bedford Esquires @bedfordesquires.bsky.social Independent Music Venue for 35 years!
Brighten The Corners @btcipswich.bsky.social Live music organisation in Ipswich running three venues and an annual multi-venue festival, offering training and volunteer opportunities.
princealbertstroud.bsky.social @princealbertstroud.bsky.social Lotte & Miles, probably the best pub and grassroots venue at the top of a very steep hill just outside Stroud. Serving a fine selection of beers and wines, pizza and burgers. Family, walker and dog friendly. www.theprincealbertstroud.co.uk
@thegraystonunity.bsky.social @thegraystonunity.bsky.social Bar.Venue.Cultural Hub.Fiercely independent, views here are definitely our own😊 a grassroots venue supporting & encouraging new & established artists with the help of a great bar offer & staff & volunteers who care. www.thegraystonunity.co.uk
Polar Bear Music Club @polarbearmusicclub.bsky.social CIC Music Venue in Kingston-Upon-Hull 🎶
Live Music Every Tuesday - bit.ly/TUESDAYSESH
DJs Every Saturday Night - bit.ly/WIREDSATURDAY
www.polarbearmusicclub.co.uk
Dubrek Studios @dubrekstudios.bsky.social Recording, rehearsal, venue, art gallery and cafe bar in Derby UK
The Horn @hornvenue.bsky.social Grassroots Music Venue in St Albans
Ashburton Arts Centre @ashburtonarts.bsky.social Independent arts centre where all kinds of wonderful things happen. See ashburtonarts.org.uk for more. 
Troubadour London @troubadourldn.bsky.social The Troubadour - Est. 1954 - Earls Court London UK -
Bringing you the finest live music, great food, and a few laughs! The future of rock'n'roll is on our stage tonight!
Windmill Brixton @windmillbrixton.bsky.social Live music venue. South London. Home of Roof Dog.
Live At St Giles @liveatstgiles.com We are Camberwell’s newest, most beautiful and most eclectic music venue. Little big sister to Jazz Live. Wannabe Union Chapel of South London.
www.liveatstgiles.com
The Studio (Hartlepool) @thestudiohpool.bsky.social A Community Space and dedicated Grass Roots Music Venue in Hartlepool, Durham, England since 1998.
A non-profit ran solely by volunteers.
Concorde 2 @concorde2.bsky.social Concorde 2 is Brighton's legendary Live Music Venue & Nightclub. Established 1999.
https://linktr.ee/concorde2
@komediaents.bsky.social @komediaents.bsky.social 
KU STOCKTON @kustockton.bsky.social Live Music & Late Bar - est 2002.
@poprecsltd.bsky.social @poprecsltd.bsky.social 
Band on the Wall @bandonthewall.bsky.social Manchester’s multi award-winning historic music venue, promoter and music learning centre. Where the World Comes to Play.
Woolwich Works @woolwichworks.bsky.social Multi-disciplinary arts hub on the Thames📍Woolwich.
Music, comedy, theatre, dance, cabaret & free fun too.
@timeoutlondon’s “best new culture spot”.
Union Chapel @unionchapeluk.bsky.social Award Winning Independent Live Venue | Homelessness & Crisis Support | Heritage Site | Radical Church | Social Justice & Community Engagement
http://linktr.ee/unionchapeluk
CLF Art Lounge & Roof Garden @clfartlounge.bsky.social 2 Floor cocktail lounge bar, live entertainment space, restaurant & roof garden. A place for adults to meet, chill & be thoroughly entertained…
Book your spot / table👇
www.clfartlounge.com/book
4a Station Way, Peckham, London, United Kingdom SE15 4RX
Exchange, Bristol @exchangebristol.bsky.social Independent grassroots music venue in Old Market, Bristol. Proudly supporting the arts and the community since 2012. Check ExchangeBristol.com for more info, gig and event listings.
Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social Music Venue Properties is a new ownership model creating permanent homes for live music.
Music HQ Hull @musichqhull.bsky.social New bluesky account for Music HQ which includes our gigs promoted at bars like Gardeners Arms & Mad Hatter in Hull City Centre, O'Rileys live music venue (which we help run/own) & our festival stages :)
@barrowbums.bsky.social @barrowbums.bsky.social 
Beoley Village Hall @beoley.bsky.social Beoley Village Hall, B98 9AN, is available for hire for parties, wedding receptions, etc. The hall puts on a wide variety of live music events, featuring top musicians from the UK and around the world. See beoley.org.uk for full details.
Hare & Hounds @hareandhounds.bsky.social Award-winning independent music venue/pub, programming music & arts every week of the year.
📍 Birmingham, UK
The Live Rooms @theliverooms.bsky.social 💙 Est. 2013
🎤 Live Music // Comedy // Cabaret // Theatre
📍 1 Station Road, Chester, CH1 3DR
🗨️ www.theliverooms.com
@thelouisiana.bsky.social @thelouisiana.bsky.social 
The Railway Inn Winchester @railwaylive.bsky.social 📍Live Music Venue & Bar in Central Winchester
🌍 We host local, national & international artists!
📧 Booking enquiries: info@railwayinn.pub
🎶Check out our listings - www.railwayinn.pub/shows
3 St Paul’s Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22, 5AE
Biddulph Up In Arms @biddulphupinarms.bsky.social www.biddulphupinarms.com
Banquet Records @banquetrecords.com record shop and concert promoter in Kingston 
@kingtuts.bsky.social @kingtuts.bsky.social 
The Brook - Southampton @thebrooksoton.bsky.social Feel the music 🎶 See the band 🎸
31 years of great atmosphere!
Wedgewood Rooms @wedgewoodrooms.bsky.social Independent Live Music, Comedy and Arts venue in Portsmouth. Est 1992. Please send enquiries to info@wedgewood-rooms.co.uk
📸Shot By Tony
www.wedgewood-rooms.co.uk 
The Booking Hall Dover @thebookinghall.bsky.social Kent's most Independent Live Music Venue, EST 2017
bookinghalldover@outlook.com
Wolverhampton Arts Centre @wolverhamptonarts.bsky.social Busy community arts centre in Wolverhampton a stone's throw from the Wolves ground. Gigs, courses and a ton of activities and events.
A L P H A B E T @alphabetbrighton.bsky.social Audio-led venue & Hi-Fi pub in Brighton, U.K. 🐋
@thetinmusicandarts.bsky.social @thetinmusicandarts.bsky.social 
The Boileroom @boileroom.bsky.social 🎨 Creative. 🌈 Community. 🎶 Music. 🎙️ Studios.
https://linktr.ee/theboileroom
@fulfordarms.bsky.social @fulfordarms.bsky.social 
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social contributing editor at Wired // contributing writer at NYT opinion // making trouble at ■■■■■■■■ // https://signal.me/#eu/3aA6cspNTXUEOtEYwaK6KOFIw8nf-7G1jQBd3MRqrDeUvZxfzp5Py61cKq4GbcNg
Lawrence O'Donnell @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social MS NOW 10PM
Author of 2 books: Deadly Force & Playing With Fire
Former Executive Producer & Writer of NBC’s drama series The West Wing
ms.now/Lawrence
mmr @mmr3cords.bsky.social 💿 世界中のレコード・CD・カセットをアーカイブ & 発信
📺 音楽文化ポッドキャスト配信中 👇YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@MonumentalMovementRecords?sub_confirmation=1
🌐 最新コラム・👇コラム
https://monumental-movement.jp
🛒 コレクション購入 👇Mercari
https://jp.mercari.com/user/profile/937430248?afid=6142608987
Stevie Chick @steviechick.bsky.social Writer, sub-editor, pizza-maker. The Guardian, MOJO, Loose Lips Sink Ships. Books. The good shit. steviechick.com
Jude Rogers @juderogers.bsky.social Journalist on culture and news, author of The Sound Of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives, radio programme maker, public arts project leader. Ten Sunday Spells for you every week on juderogers.substack.com
Anna D @annaderbyshire.bsky.social 
Ellen E Jones @ellenejones.bsky.social Journalist and broadcaster (Guardian, Observer, Empire, Esquire, Elle etc) Author of 'SCREEN DEEP: How film and TV can solve racism and save the world'(Faber, 2024, linktr.ee/Screen_Deep); Co-host of SCREENSHOT on BBC Radio 4 and wherever you get your pods
Alex Needham @alexneedham.bsky.social Arts editor of The Guardian.
Fiona Sturges @fionasturges.bsky.social Arts & culture journalist, interviewer, spouter of opinions. Brightonian.
✍🏻: Guardian, FT Weekend, i newspaper, Independent.
"Rampant feminist snowflake" - Piers Morgan
"Well known lunatic" - Man on the internet
Danny Wright @dannyjwright.bsky.social Honk! Creative Director at CALM. Writes about music at various places.
Kat Lister @katlister.bsky.social Stay afraid, but do it anyway / words: Guardian, Observer, i paper, the Quietus / lecturing: City University / agent: http://blakefriedmann.co.uk/kat-lister / book: https://blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/kat-lister-fragile-bodies-auction-weidenfeld
Daniel Dylan Wray @danieldylanwray.bsky.social Write about music & culture & various things for various places, mainly the Guardian. Based in Sheffield. danieldylanwray@gmail.com
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/daniel-dylan-wray
Elizabeth Aubrey @aubreywrites.bsky.social Freelance arts & culture journalist / editor / lecturer.
Words: Guardian, GQ, IndieWire, MOJO, NME, Quietus, Radio Times, Record Collector, The Standard, Total Film & more.
www.elizabethaubrey.com
Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social Former editor of magazines that no longer exist.
Paper Cuts published by White Rabbit http://bit.ly/PaperCutsTK. More recently: To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorised Unauthorised History of Billy Childish
Also, http://thenewcue.substack.com
Sarah Donaldson @sarahdonaldson.bsky.social now: co-founder @thenerve.news before: deputy editor, Observer New Review
thenerve.news
Martin Horsfield @thehorse1.bsky.social Guardian Saturday production editor; RocknRollSoul co-founder; lapsed pop writer; youthful radio pirate; ex-kids’ footie coach; home brewer; playlist creator; and volunteer conservationist. Repository of old shite here … https://medium.com/@martinhorsfield
Luke Holland @lukeholland.bsky.social Writer, Guardian lifer, party starter, staggering Mario Karter, favourite Backstreet Boy Nick Carter
Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social Feature writer at the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/profile/samwollaston
The Fence @thefence.bsky.social Facts, features, fiction, etc. Buy a subscription to the UK's Only Magazine here: https://www.the-fence.com/shop/
kate solomon @katiesol.bsky.social freelance culture journalist
Richard Herring @herring1967.bsky.social Writer, comedian, podcaster, stone-clearer, snookerist, ventriloquist
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
Davey Jones @daveyjones.bsky.social Undistinguished Viz cartoonist
Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social Host of Today in Focus, the Guardian’s daily news podcast. Former North of England editor. Nominated for best host at the 2025 British Podcast Awards. Contact me in confidence helen.pidd@theguardian.com
Lara Baker @larabaker.bsky.social Music biz - Songwriter & Publisher Partnerships @ Spotify. Music Week Women in Music Awards cofounder. AIM Awards creator. Diversity & women in music advocate. She/her.
Dave Simpson @davesimps0n.bsky.social Guardian music critic. https://www.theguardian.com/profile/davesimpson Author of The Fallen - Life In And Out Of Britain's Most Insane Group and The Last Champions. Yorkshire. 
Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com UK news editor, Financial Times. I write some of the headlines. I also wrote a book, How to Love Animals. https://www.ft.com/henry-mance
Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits. Not a tribalist.
I like good things and I don't like bad things.
Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social Political journalist & broadcaster |
Westminster Editor at the Lead UK |
Presenter on Fubar Radio |
Chatting on Oh God What Now |
Find my work and commission me here: https://www.zoegrunewald.com/
sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social Writer | Senior Investigative Reporter at openDemocracy | Bylines in i; Observer; Guardian; The Times | BWLF | Book: Bodies Under Siege, Verso | Got a story? Email sian.norris(at)opendemocracy.net
Daniel Trilling @trillingual.bsky.social Journalist and author in London. LRB, Guardian Long Read and others. Books about refugees in Europe and Britain's far right. danieltrilling.co.uk for contact details etc 
El Hunt @elhunt.bsky.social Freelance music and culture journalist: formerly ES Culture + NME
Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social Guardian reporter and author of Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain.
Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social 🌎 Former MP for Brighton Pavilion, former Leader @greenparty.org.uk Professor of Practice, University of Sussex. Author of 'Another England: How to Reclaim our National Story'. Writing & campaigning on climate & nature 🌎 linktr.ee/carolinelucasbrighton
Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social Britain's best-selling news and current affairs magazine with a unique mix of jokes and investigative journalism.
Website: https://private-eye.co.uk
Subscribe: http://subsonline.co.uk
Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social Broadcaster & environmental campaigner
chrispackh.am/links
Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social Guardian columnist & writer, author of Half a Wife, sometimes on telly/Guardian Politics Weekly podcast. No, I didn't write the headline. Event host & speaker https://www.specialistspeakers.com/?p=2705 
rob evans @robevansgdn.bsky.social Reporter for Guardian - stories http://guardian.co.uk/profile/robevans.
Jon Sopel @jonsopel1.bsky.social Host of daily podcast The News Agents. And author of Strangeland. Available at all good bookshops….
Sam Coates @samcoatessky.bsky.social Deputy Political Editor, Sky News
Co-host Politics at Jack and Sam’s Podcast
Imogen Carter @imogencarter.bsky.social Co-founder of the Nerve ⚡️
NEW fearless, independent journalism covering culture, politics and tech.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
John Windmill @johnwindmill.bsky.social Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. Picture editor on Guardian sport. In the stupidest timeline.
Simon Hattenstone @shattenstone.bsky.social Guardian interviewer/features writer, with a thing for prison and miscarriages of justice (well not a thing for them as such, a thing for writing about them). Proud Mancunian/Salfordian. City fan of some vintage
John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social Guardian. Free Substack pieces at maybeimamazed.substack.com Plus music writing in MOJO. Maybe I'm Amazed, my new memoir about autism & music, out now. Order here https://linktr.ee/maybeimamazed
Tim Adams writes @timadamswrites.bsky.social Editor of Observer New Review, London; believer in untrodden ways and Invisible Cities, dawn choruses and last-minute winners.
Severin Carrell @severincarrell.bsky.social Scotland editor for the Guardian (currently on sabbatical). A personal account. Likes and reposts ≠ approval or endorsements (with thanks to Dr Seuss)
I once played in the second violins for the Edinburgh primary schools orchestra. Just once