By Josh Pitts
With over 450 different species and 12 acres of beautiful gardens, the world’s oldest provincial Zoo in Clifton, Bristol, is comparatively small in area – but what it lacks in space it makes up for in its rich diversity of conservation and educational-based outlook.
There’s still time to visit for the day before the [...]
By Josh Pitts
Greatly anticipated, The Girl Who Played With Fire makes its opening along with one of Roald Dahls famous stories, a festival dedicated to the forces of wind and Jonsi tours his debut solo album.
Here’s our pick of the best entertainment in Bristol in the coming week (August 27 onwards) …
Festivals
Bristol International Festival of Kites [...]
Susie Weldon rounds up the best of Bristol, with festivals, comedy, music and more adding to an already vintage summer in the city.
Performance
Spoken word at the Cube – tonight
Birmingham-born wordsmith Polarbear presents a new forward-thinking live literature piece, Return, which tells the story of Noah, a man trying to figure [...]
Keep your eyes on the skies of Bristol tomorrow, as the world-renowned Bristol International Balloon Fiesta gets underway.
Locals will be keeping an eye out for old favourites the Churchill Dog, Bertie Bassett, the Scottish Piper, Monster and Jaguar car, along with dozens of exciting new shapes, in the first mass launch on Thursday.
Up to 900 [...]
This year’s Bristol’s Pride Week is shaping up to be the biggest, most ambitious yet. Running from Saturday August 14 until Monday August 22, plans include a large free festival in Castle Park on August 21, as well as theatre, films, events and a sports day.
Saturday August 14 kicks off with fun games in the [...]
Record crowds are expected at this weekend’s Bristol Harbour Festival. So many, in fact, that organisers have expanded the traditional festival route to incorporate Castle Park, next to Broadmead and Bristol Bridge.
The Bristol Harbour Festival is one of the best-loved and most diverse festivals in the South West of England and one of the biggest [...]
Gil Scott-Heron will break his World Tour to perform at this summer’s WOMAD festival, held in Wiltshire later this month.
It’s a new way to make friends and maybe more… introduction site CitySocialising is now organising events in Bristol for anyone looking to expand their social horizons.
As a twist on the classic social media networking site, CitySocialising doesn’t want people to interact solely across computers. Regular events, everything from wine tasting from hula hooping classes, [...]
What better way is there to treat Blondie-loving dads this Fathers’ Day than with tickets to the band’s Westonbirt concert?
A 17-year-old girl from Crewkerne, Somerset, stole the show at the first Ladies’ Day event at the Royal Bath & West Show, which finished on Saturday.
