La Bomba

29/10/2024

This Saturday we’re playing records at the Riverside Inn Saltford 💀

18/10/2024

Wahoo! 🔥 Coming up next month is our annual session with the one and only 💥

Every year we get together and it goes off, don’t sleep! Tickets on sale now from headfirst bristol 🎟️

For those of you that don’t know 🤷‍♂️
Ernesto Chahoud is an internationally renowned DJ, compiler and music researcher from Beirut who aims to bring the rarest and sometimes strangest records to people’s ears. He co-founded the Beirut Groove Collective, a decade-old vinyl DJ collective that runs one of Beirut’s hippest weekly parties, the BGC All-Nighter, where obscure 1960s and 1970s clubbing records from around the world can be heard.







📸 Si Jubb Carruthers

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10/10/2024

We’re sad to announce that due to circumstances beyond our control we’ve had to cancel tomorrows La Bomba Lost Horizon

All ticket holders will be refunded automatically. We’re really sorry for any disappointment, we’re gutted too 😕

02/10/2024

Wah Wah 45s 25th Anniversary with Afla Sackey & Afrik Bawantu with DJs Dom Servini, DJ John Stapleton & Boom Operator 9pm-3am Lost Horizon - FRI 11th OCT 💣

27/09/2024

Saturday 2nd November we’re back the Riverside Inn with our pal Spinning original vintage vinyl from around the world, on the beautiful Downbeat Melody sound. 🎵 💀

2pm-11pm
Riverside Inn, Saltford

23/09/2024

Coming up! 💫 Fri 11th Oct
We’re celebrating 25 years of with and 🎈

18/09/2024

Scenes from last time the Flammer Dance Band beamed down to the The Jam Jar Bristol 🛸 They’re back this Friday and you’d be foolish to miss out. Tickets over at Headfirst Bristol ✌️

03/09/2024

This Sunday! Our last day party of the summer and it’s a big one!

Quantic

No doubt, if you’re reading this you already know who Quantic is… a true musical explorer and cultural magpie - over the years and during the course of fifteen albums, he’s immersed himself in soul, funk, Ethiojazz, Cumbia, Salsa and all forms of club music, always arriving at a sound that is uniquely his.

Red Bananna (Barcelona)

Anna Fillat is red bananna, a collector and selector of vinyl music since the age of 15. From early on, she has been in contact with music from all over the world, but her horizons expanded after living in Chile in 2014. Her vinyl sessions highlights rhythms from Latin America, the Caribbean Coast, Middle East and Africa, with a goal to engage communities but above all to generate good energy,
enjoy the music and dance.

DJ Five-Stylez (Bristol)

For the last 20 years Five-Stylez has been a continuous presence in the Bristol scene. Traversing many genres, he is one of the most versatile party rocking turntablists’ this city has to offer. He has some seriously deep crates combining funk, cumbia and other Latin sounds.

La Bomba (John Stapleton & Boom Operator)
La Bomba is a DJ duo dedicated to playing the finest and funkiest vintage dance music from around the world - from Afrobeat to Highlife to Boogaloo to Funk.

John Stapleton
Vinyl Veteran John Stapleton has been DJing for over three decades - from Iceland to Australia, and played regularly at Glastonbury, WOMAD and Shambala amongst others. He has regular monthly radio shows on Noods and Totally Wired Radio, and runs Bristol’s finest vintage record shop – Wanted Records.

Boom Operator
The other half of La Bomba, Bristol’s Cumbia King, avid record collector specialising in vintage tropical rhythms from Latin America and Carribean. Known for spinning obscure Latin dancefloor shakers. Expect Cumbia, Salsa, Guaguanco & Funk, all on original vinyl.

The party starts at 2pm, with all-day music until 10pm on Bristol’s best rooftop terrace.

15/08/2024

Coming up in September return to

“Not one to miss - a mind-meltingly mesmeric hotpot of Scandi synth-groove-Afrobeat brings sultry end of summer vibes to the Jam Jar. Big, playful energy defines seven member strong Flammer Dance Band’s unpredictable and psychedelia-tinged live set, rife with highly danceable winding rhythms and crispy beats.” - Editors pick (Headfirst)

Last years show was a blast, don’t sleep!

Tickets on sale now via headfirst bristol (link in bio)

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13/08/2024

LA BOMBA X DOWNBEAT MELODY SOUND SYSTEM at WIPER AND TRUE TAPROOM 🍻 🔉

Saturday 24th August DJ is setting up his beautiful sound system at in Old Market with La Bomba DJs + for a day of great beer and funky music from around the world 🌎

12/08/2024

La Bomba and Bambalan Summer Sessions present Quantic!

On Sunday 8th September we’ll be throwing an extra special day party in collaboration with , headlined by the one and only Quantic.

The party starts at 2pm, with all-day music until 10pm on Bristol’s best rooftop terrace. The lineup for the day will include:

🎧 Will Holland - aka Quantic: A true musical explorer and cultural magpie - over the years and during the course of fifteen albums, he’s immersed himself in soul, funk, Ethiojazz, Cumbia, Salsa and all forms of club music, always arriving at a sound that is uniquely his.

He’s also one of the world’s most serious record collectors and crate diggers, travelling the globe searching for that perfect beat, and we can’t wait to see what he has for us!

🎧 Support from Red Bananna (Barcelona), DJ 5-Stylez (Bristol), and La Bomba residents John Stapleton and Boom Operator
Tickets start at £10.00 with VIP packages available.

https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/bambalan/sun-8-sep-bambalan-la-bomba-presents-quantic-113404

09/08/2024

Tomorrow night! Chilean afrobeat heaviness!! Don’t sleep, this will be a banger! 🔥 🔥

06/08/2024

Lost Horizon this Saturday… 🔥

Whilst on tour in the UK in 2022, Newen Afrobeat performed this very special collaboration with Dele Sosimi live at Young Thugs Studios in York. So much love...

01/08/2024

Next Saturday after the amazing 🔥 11pm-3am - Original vinyl from around the world. £5/£8 (or free with at Newen Afrobeat ticket) 👊

27/07/2024

17/07/2024

Massive thanks to for asking us to play alongside the wonderful last month. We had fun! 💃

📸 Shout out to the brilliant for documenting the evening 👊

Dates for your diary 📅
Fri 19th -
Sat 3rd Aug - w/
Sat 10th Aug - w/

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16/07/2024

This Friday we playing records at the iconic Star and Garter 🤩 8pm til late. Expect the usual funky sounds from around the world 🌎

06/07/2024

We’re coming to the iconic

04/07/2024

Saturday 3rd August La Bomba x Downbeat Melody Sound System 🥳

Vintage vinyl from around the around the world 🌍
Food served all day 🌮
Playground for kids 🛝
Right by the river 🌊
Fun in the sun ☀️