“A home for Bristol’s nightlife for years to come”: Iconic nightclub Motion is reopening in a new locationJust weeks after iconic Bristol music venue Motion closed its doors, owners have confirmed it’s set to reopen in a new location.
“Motion is evolving,” organisers write in a new post on Instagram. “We’re moving to a new space, designed to be a home for Bristol’s nightlife for years to come.”

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Per Bristol Live, Motion’s new home will be located on Victoria Terrace, St. Phillips, roughly a 10-minute walk from the club’s previous home on Avon Street, near Bristol Temple Meads.
Motion permanently closed its doors on July 20, 2025, 19 years after it first opened. Organisers battled with the venue’s landlord in order to secure a lease extension, but admitted it was becoming “increasingly likely” it would close.
“If Motion goes, Bristol loses more than just a venue. It loses a part of its soul,” organisers wrote at the time. “Watching spaces like this disappear, knowing more could have been done to protect them, is gutting. It’s happening in every major city, and it’s happening here. We’re fighting it with everything we’ve got, but we need the powers that be to step up too.”
While a lease extension on Avon Street was not to be, Motion owners are now moving forward with reopening in the new location, and are kicking things off with a new party concept, Momentum, which will “champion local artists and independent brands”.
“This is our way of letting the new venue grow organically, just like the early days of Motion.
A space for the city’s underground to connect, discover and shape its own future,” they write.
What is Momentum? “A creative lab in our new home, where we test ideas and shape the future of Bristol’s nightlife together.”
Organisers are encouraging artists, brands and collaborators to get involved by emailing info@motion-bristol.com.

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