The Downs

• News / Forwards 2022

  Chemical Brothers and Jamie xx top lineup for major new Bristol festival

  Team Love reveal details of a brand new festival on the Downs

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• News / The Downs

  Legal threat over music events on Downs

  It comes after two music festivals were held on the site last year

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• News / Merchant Venturers

  Master of Merchant Venturers defends society’s control over Downs

  Campaigners say the society has been 'exercising power without responsibility for too long'

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• News / The Downs

  Events planned to take place on the Downs in 2022

  Bristol Pride and Funderworld are among those set to return this year

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• News / The Downs

  Plans for new cafe on The Downs still up in the air

  Planning consent for the cafe and toilet is due to expire in March 2022

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• News / The Downs

  Campaigners call for release of ‘confidential’ report into zoo parking on The Downs

  Council legal officers said it is 'not possible' to publish the report

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• Features / Reviews

  Review: Love Saves the Day 2021, the Downs

  The crowd was electric, the outfits were bold and the music was back like never before

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Idles, the Downs: ‘A triumphant homecoming gig’

  A gig under the stars by Bristol's finest

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