Feel all warm and glowy after the weekend - @eastonpunkfestival was a success again and Sunday service at The Lion was a smasher!
The place was rammed from start to finish and each set was packed full of people enjoying themselves. There's nothing better than selecting a line up of fave music and seeing a packed venue, happy people dancing, and knowing that collectively we're raising money for good causes with it 😈
I don't use social media much any more but have been sharing people's pics and videos here for the memories 😄 I have a few videos but was too busy to take photos. Share yours pls if you have any! Attached are other people's photos. Will tag them if it'll let me or tag yourselves!
Massively grateful to the bands and artists who travelled to play (none of them were from Bristol), each person who came to the show, all the Lion staff, @klubprintartproject and @wandom_rankah on the door, @gunstonemark for helping from start to finish, the rest of the collective who pulled off their own brill individual shows, and @bristolskumcollective whose idea this weekender was originally 🖤🤘✨️
Happy days
What. A. Show! We had a lot of fun and it was great to see everyone having a good boogie!
Thank you to @redlionbs5 for having us, the sound guy for making us sound spectacular, the fans for making Nat look like an 80s rock star, @wrongwaypromo for putting us on and @eastonpunkfestival for creating such a fantastic festival. We're feeling the love for sure 🩷🖤
Swipe to the end for bonus pics of Nat and Graham having an 80s power ballad moment
📸 @mandwolfe@greg_r_t
Sunday service at the Lion for EPF 26 🙏
17:30 – 18:00 : T.A.T // Female-fronted punk rockers from Bath playing hard-hitting tunes to prick your social conscience // /t.a.ttheresalways/
18:25 – 18:55 : Dystopian Dread // Trowbridge hxc crust punk coming to tear you a new one // /dystopian_dread/
19:20 – 19:50 : Phat Problem // fast n hard Brighton-based street punk fucking up the cis-tem daily // /phatproblem/
20:15 – 20:45 : BRICK // transfeminist hxc punk from Brighton // /brick_tfhc/
21:10 – 21:40 : @systemofslaves // female-fronted hxc/crust/punk/metal band from South Wales featuring current and ex members of "In The Shit", Social Experiment, Zero Again, Stitched-Up, Red Light Syndrome & Trigger Mc'poopshoot // /
22:05 – 22:35 : @bomber.command // D-beat/hxc punks from Brighton back for round 2 after smashing it at our winter hunt sabs fundraiser // /album/demo
23:00 – 23:45 : @pxssyliqxor // pure uncensored female rage from all-girl Brighton punks
00:10 – 01:10 : @glitchgirlofficial // DJ & producer from Spain bringing big bad mashup rave biznessss to shut down the night
We're back again 🖤
Wrong Way Promo will be taking over the Lion again on Sunday 3rd May for our big bank holiday bash.
We have a new IG for all things EPF - @eastonpunkfestival
We also have a form for anyone who wants to get involved. You can find this on the EPF socials.
We love being part of this community event and we can't wait to get amongst next year's edition with everyone 🔥
Annual winter solstice punk party and benefit for BRISTOL HUNT SABS
£10 OND. No one turned away for lack of funds!
Featuring...
@bomber.command
D-beat hxc from Brighton featuring membes of MTA, Substandard, Constant State Of Terror, Flue Sniffers and more.
/album/demo
@hissyfist
Queer punk metal from Bristol giving wall-shaking riffs and screaming in your face spliced with ethereal bog witch vocal harmonies.
@thronk_band
Rapid-fire punk rock trio from Newport and WSM.
/track/theres-no-a-i-in-team-single
@burningcows
Raging antifascist hxc punk from Bristol.
/album/demo24
FB event page: /events/s/winter-solstice-sabs-benefit-p/1335513074343230/
Easton Punk Festival 2025 was an epic success 😈
Thank you to every person who came through, every band that played, our amazing sound techs, everyone in the Easton Punk Fest collective, and all the venues who contributed to 2025's events. Everybody smashed it.
We will be back bigger than ever in 2026🤘
💥 Easton Punk Fest 2025 - Sunday service at the Lion 💥
We invite you to celebrate the unholy incantations of eight of our favourite bands from Bristol and beyond bringing no-holds-barred dance punk, hardcore punk, noise and more.
Expect Satanic sacrifices, music to make your nan cry, and standard sesh behaviour.
Early start, late finish = bank holiday fun times. Get down early to catch all the bands.
💥 10£ suggested donation OTD - NOTAFLOF
💥 This is a not for profit event - any cash left over after paying bands will be put into a pot and distributed amongst a few select local activist groups (we'll share more about this)
💥 Easton Punk Festival is organised by a small Bristol-based collective who all love music and gigs
💥 DIY til we die
