It's an alternative music show with a focus on local bands and gigs. It puts the local scene in context with the wider alternative music world, so it actually plays tracks by bands from all over the globe, not just Bristol.

You'll hear loads of new music and plenty of bands/artists getting their first radio play, interviews and sessions too, alongside the better known. It's presented by Richard Pitt and Gary Smith. They have two shows on at the weekend. There should be more local radio like this.

You can hear the show on line. You'll find links to the BBC i-Player from www.myspace.com/bristoluncovered or via www.bbc.co.uk/bristol just follow the entertainment and local music links.

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Weird and wonderful inner-city music festival that has been compared to Sónar in Barcelona. It takes place over the first weekend in June each year. The focus is on Stokes Croft as well as other venues across the city hosting gigs. The spirit of eclecticism means the festival organisers want you to hear music you wouldn't have previously chanced upon, be it experimental electronica, Brooklyn punk rock or folk ballads. There are workshops and Venn Radio which broadcasts the festival highlights over the weekend.

Various venues in Stokes Croft and around Bristol;
www.vennfestival.co.uk

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Online radio show that provides a taste of Bristol's strong and diverse independent music scene, a scene so loved there's a record shop in Tokyo devoted entirely to it. There's a great deal more to it than that lazy industry 'trip hop' moniker suggests.

www.dsoundz.co.uk and click on Straight Outa Bristol

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Old church turned Community Arts Centre with its own online radio station. The main auditorium is used for live gigs throughout the year. One monthly highlight is 'A Rum Do' and their sell-out cabaret show.

Trinity Rd, Lawrence Hill BS2 0NW;
tel: 0117 935 1200;
www.3ca.org.uk; www.arumdo.com

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