The Gryphon

The Gryphon Bristol's Premier Real Ale & Metal Pub. Est. 2010
"BEST PUB" 2019. "TOP 10" 2026
14yrs CAMRA GBG Beards preferred but not essential.
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Bristol's premier Heavy Metal pub and purveyors of the finest real ales 🍺
Est.2010.
153yrs Old 1873-2026
"Best Pub" 2019🏆
"Top 10 Pubs" 2026🏆
Good Beer Guide 2013-2026

Bringing you the finest selection of Real Ales from near and far across 6 hand pumps. Specialising in the darker side of Ales: Porters, Stouts and Milds etc. Playing the very best of an eclectic mix of Metal, Rock, Punk, Ska, Hummpa and MORE METAL.

COMING UP THIS WEEKEND! BULLY! 🤘🎩
16/06/2026

COMING UP THIS WEEKEND! BULLY! 🤘🎩

✨SATURDAY 24TH OCTOBER🔥SAMAVAYO; THE RETURN!Welcoming back German rockers Samavayo to my living room this October, with ...
10/06/2026

✨SATURDAY 24TH OCTOBER

🔥SAMAVAYO; THE RETURN!

Welcoming back German rockers Samavayo to my living room this October, with northern doomers Son Of Boar

ON SALE NOW: £8.00 adv
https://good-show.co.uk/events/4007


I am excited to be part of "Everywhere At Once" powered by The National Lottery this June.Taking place from 26-28 June, ...
02/06/2026

I am excited to be part of "Everywhere At Once" powered by The National Lottery this June.

Taking place from 26-28 June, it’s the UK’s biggest music festival on your doorstep with 1000+ gigs, 400+ venues, 1 weekend.
It celebrates the importance of grassroots music venues and the communities around them.

A different kind of festival.
Closer to the music.
Where local matters.
Where everyone belongs.

👏Whilst I am incredibly chuffed that Jo's return has already rightfully sold out I'd like to take the opportunity to point out that sold out shows here are incredibly rare.

Bringing in exceptional international and homegrown talent to an intimate space some of you may be shocked to hear that only a handful of shows officially sold out (50 cap) over the past 12 months.
The shows that do sell out tend to be the bigger names (understandably), but then they are also the shows that are £20+
Anything less than £15 remarkably seems to struggle. Even the Free Entry shows rarely hit capacity. 🤷‍♂️

Last year I paid out over £46K to live music talent.
Ticket sales barely reached £21K to cover that, and so my business subsidised the remaining £25K to support those artists.

That is not a viable way to operate, and I come ever closer to the bottom line and hard questions on the sustainability of this business.

Every grassroots/independent live music venue across the country takes those financial burdens to continue to bring you unique music experiences, but we cannot keep it together forever, and that's when we lose great venues.
Not because we don't care enough for the scenes we build; but because of the lack of central support from our dear leaders in government who could easily save this industry but they choose not to; and the choices you make in prioritising which bands/venues/businesses you think should have your hard earned money.

PLEASE: support local, independent venues and grassroots entertainment.


THIS WEEK: ✨THURSDAY: OPEN 4PM✨🍻PRE-SHOW: Cryptic Shift @ The Croft 🍻PRE-SHOW: Venom Inc @ Thekla ✨FRIDAY: OPEN 4PM TIL ...
02/06/2026

THIS WEEK:

✨THURSDAY: OPEN 4PM✨

🍻PRE-SHOW: Cryptic Shift @ The Croft
🍻PRE-SHOW: Venom Inc @ Thekla

✨FRIDAY: OPEN 4PM TIL 1AM✨

JUNKHEAD (ALICE IN CHAINS TRIBUTE) & KARMEN FIELD @ THE GRYPHON
👉 LIMITED SPACES LEFT: https://good-show.co.uk/events/3776

🍻PRE-SHOW: War Shepherd @ The Croft

✨SATURDAY: OPEN 3PM TIL 1AM✨

[FREE ENTRY] SPEED STROKE (ITALY) & HELENBACH @ THE GRYPHON

✨SUNDAY: ⛔️CLOSED⛔️✨

To celebrate the recent unveiling of the winning Album Day mural on my house; Bristol Metal Quarter will soon be releasi...
30/05/2026

To celebrate the recent unveiling of the winning Album Day mural on my house; Bristol Metal Quarter will soon be releasing a merch run of Brandon's original; most excellent design.

Details for pre-order purchasing will follow soon as more merch designs will be teased over the coming days, but for now; please bask in its glory🎉
..and once again; congratulations .uk 🔥🤟

Address

41 Colston Street
Bristol
BS15AP

Opening Hours

Tuesday 4pm - 11:30pm
Wednesday 4pm - 11:30pm
Thursday 4pm - 11:30pm
Friday 4pm - 12:30am
Saturday 3pm - 12:30am
Sunday 6pm - 10:30pm

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