Bristol Beacon

• Music / Review

  Review: BBC Introducing, Bristol Beacon – ‘A grand stage for the emerging local musical talent’

  The five-hour songathon featured some of the top emerging talents from the West Country

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Mozart, Arvo Pärt and Gavin Higgins, Bristol Beacon – ‘Unexpected moments of joy’

  Britten Sinfonia shone during day two of the BBC Proms residency in Bristol

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Symbiosis, Bristol Beacon – ‘A tour de force of catharsis, healing and affirmation’

  The award-winning Paraorchestra raised the curtain of the Bristol leg of the BBC Proms

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• Things To Do / Bristol

  24 things to do in Bristol this week, August 25-31 2025

  Highlights include John Cleese, a radical book club and a night of Balochi music

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• Dance / Neon Dance

  Bristol Beacon hosts bold fusion of music, film and dance set 2 billion years in the future

  Neon Dance’s ‘Last and First Men’ features Johann Jóhannsson & Yair Elazar Glotman’s live score

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• Comedy / Live Podcast

  Hit podcast Three Bean Salad comes to Bristol Beacon

  Henry Paker, Mike Wozniak and Ben Partridge are touring the podcast for the first time

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• Things To Do / Bristol

  25 things to do in Bristol this week, August 11-17 2025

  Highlights include a boat ride, photography exhibition and silent disco

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• Things To Do / Bristol

  23 things to do in Bristol this week, August 18-24 2025

  Highlights include jazz parties in the streets, a beer trail and Forwards Festival

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