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Bristol best of 2014: Events
Food Connections, May 1-11
Food Connections was the largest food festival Bristol has ever seen. The festival began with the prestigious BBC Food & Farming Awards; encompassed Eat Drink Bristol Fashion in Queen Square; and included events across the city such as an open day at the Sikh temple in St George and food stalls on the walkway over the M32 in Easton.
Park Street slide, May 4
When it was first announced by artist Luke Jerram, a giant water slide down Park Street sounded like something out of a crazy dream. But on a sunny Sunday morning that dream became a reality. With hundreds of people lining the route, sliders careered down the road one after the other on a day that Bristol will never forget and has since been replicated across the world.
Two-Wheeled Drive-In, July 11
One of the highlights of this year’s Bristol Cycle Festival saw cinema fans meet at Creative Common behind Temple Meads before cycling along the Bristol & Bath Railway Path – with a bit of fun along the way – to a secret destination, which turned out to be All Hallows Hall in Easton, where they watched Zoolander.
The mysterious white line, September
Believed to be the largest ever public artwork commissioned in the UK, High Water Line saw a 32-mile chalk line drawn through the streets of Bristol with a football pitch marker. The continuous line was originally meant to mark out the areas of the city which could be submerged under water in the event of flooding but artistic license took it off in many unexpected directions.
Cary Comes Home, October 11 & 12
Cary Comes Home was a new festival of talks, tours, cocktails, a filmmaking challenge and red carpet gala screenings that celebrated the life of the Bishopston-born former Bristol Hippodrome call boy who travelled to Hollywood to became one of cinema’s biggest stars.
Two-Wheeled Drive-In photo by John Bewley
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