Beyond the Bassline Exhibition
Mon 13 Oct
|Saint Paul's
Beyond the Bassline shines a spotlight on different voices and perspectives to celebrate Black British music as a form of entertainment and vehicle for community, as well as a source of liberation, protest and education.
Time & Location
13 Oct 2025, 10:00 – 31 Oct 2025, 17:00
Saint Paul's, 94 Grosvenor Rd, St Paul's, Bristol BS2 8XJ, UK
About the event
British Library's exhibition Beyond the Bassline shines a spotlight on different voices and perspectives to celebrate Black British music as a form of entertainment and vehicle for community, as well as a source of liberation, protest and education.
Stepping into carnivals, clubs and record shops across the country, Beyond the Bassline draws on different places that have cultivated creative expression and inspired a number of Black British music genres.
On display in St Pauls Learning Centre Cafe from 13th to 31st October 2025, this panel version of British Library's major exhibition has been arranged through the Living Knowledge Network, with each library’s collection, regional connections and local music scene at the core, to help tell a national story about Black music in Britain.
Accessible during cafe opening times only:
Mon - Thurs: 10am - 6.30pm
Fri, Sat: 10am - 4.30pm