Forwards Festival

• News / live music

  Improved food accessibility at two of Bristol’s biggest music festivals

  The new measures include encouraging vendors to be nut-free and increasing gluten-free options

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• Music / Get To Know

  Get to Know: t l k

  Find out more about the artist who won best Newcomer at the Bristol Legends awards

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• News / Forwards 2026

  FORWARDS festival tackles fascism, global conflict and the manosphere

  A hard-hitting edition of the info tent programme doesn't shy away from the big topics

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• Music / Tricky

  Tricky’s new album ‘draws strongly’ on Bristol influence

  The album's release is due between the artist's two hometown shows of 2026

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• News / Forwards 2026

  Forwards festival lineup spotlights female talent

  Five of the six co-headliners are female artists

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• News / music festival

  New gig from Forwards team features pop visionary and Stranger Things star

  Bristol artist GROVE is also on the lineup

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• Reviews / Forwards 2025

  Review: Forwards 2025, Sunday – ‘Emotional rapport between stage and crowd’

  Day two of Bristol's festival of future-facing music and thinking on the Downs

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• Reviews / Forwards 2025

  Review: Forwards 2025 – ‘Rosy cheeks and flailing arms’

  In only its fourth edition, the festival has all the gravitas of a seasoned veteran

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