The back room arranged for an intimate folk session
Music · Quiz · Supper

The back room is rarely quiet.

No stage, no velvet rope. Just good players, hard questions and the occasional roomful of people singing the same chorus.

Coming up

Six reasons to stay for another

Our dates are deliberately small, free to attend and first-come, first-seated unless noted.

Fri12

Kilngate Folk Session

8pm · Back room

Fiddles, whistles and whoever walks in with a case. Running every second Friday since 1978.

Tue16

The Hard Quiz

7.30pm · Teams of six

Two pounds a head, six rounds, and a bar tab for whoever ends up least wrong.

Sun21

Roast & Records

12–5pm · All vinyl

Bring a record and we will play it between courses. Nothing after 1979; house rule.

Thu25

Wharfside Story Club

8pm · By the fire

Ten-minute true stories, told without notes. Put your name in the jug if you have one.

Sat27

Bristol Old-Time Trio

9pm · Back room

Close harmony, banjo and a wooden floor that becomes the percussion section.

Sun5

Cellar Supper

6.30pm · Booking needed

Four shared courses with six small pours chosen straight from the cellar.

Every week

Some traditions need no poster.

These are the nights the regulars set their clocks by. Bank holidays sometimes move things around; the bar team always knows.

Tuesday

The Hard Quiz

Six rounds from 7.30pm. Arrive before seven if you want the good table.

Thursday

Open tune table

Acoustic instruments and considerate neighbours welcome from 8pm.

Second Friday

Kilngate Folk Session

The chairs form a circle, the songs choose themselves, and the finish time is negotiable.

Sunday

Roast & records

Lunch from noon, all-vinyl soundtrack, last plates at five.

The back room laid for a private supper
The back room

Make the room yours for a night.

The back room seats thirty for supper and holds fifty standing. We host birthdays, small weddings, album launches and wakes with equal care.

There is no hire form. Call or email the pub and a person who knows the room will talk it through.

Coming for supper?

Book the table. The music is free.

Reserve externally for dining on event nights. Drop in without a booking if you are only here for the room.

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