
Art / Conceptual Art
Interventions/2: Films by Yoko Ono
Legendary artist/activist’s solo intervention at The Georgian House Museum
: Saturday, Sep 28 2019 - Tuesday, Dec 31 2019
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Art / Conceptual Art
Legendary artist/activist’s solo intervention at The Georgian House Museum
: Saturday, Sep 28 2019 - Tuesday, Dec 31 2019
Art / Open Exhibition
RWA's huge and ever-impressive annual open-submissions show
: Sunday, Sep 29 2019 - Sunday, Dec 1 2019
Art / Civil rights
Celebrating Bristol’s history as a hotbed of radical feminist and queer resistance
: Saturday, Sep 14 2019 - Sunday, Dec 15 2019
Art / Printmaking
Graphic artist using using screenprint and risography
: Tuesday, Sep 24 2019 - Sunday, Nov 17 2019
Art / Conceptual Art
Exploring the precariousness of love in a world led by individualism and borders
: Saturday, Sep 28 2019 - Sunday, Dec 8 2019
Art / Art Trail
Windmill Hill and Victoria Park’s art trail returns
: Saturday, Oct 5 2019 11am & Sunday, Oct 6 2019 11am
Art / Perfume
Examining the artistic potential of perfumery
: Friday, Oct 4 2019 - Wednesday, Oct 9 2019
Art / Documentary Photography
Photographer documents Iceland's most controversial murder investigation
: Saturday, Oct 12 2019 - Sunday, Dec 22 2019
Art / Centrespace
Workshops, demonstrations and more at the city-centre co-op
: Friday, Oct 11 2019 - Wednesday, Oct 16 2019
Art / Documentary Photography
Images, some previously unseen, by influential photographer
: Wednesday, Oct 16 2019 - Saturday, Dec 21 2019
Art / Arts debate
Exploring links between artists, creative communities and urban regeneration
: Friday, Oct 18 2019 12pm & Saturday, Oct 19 2019 10am
Books & Spoken Word / Poetry
Great line up of Bristol poets celebrating Black History Month
Arnolfini: Friday, Oct 4 2019 6:30pm
Books & Spoken Word / Memoir
New memoir on grieving and foraging
Storysmith Books: Sunday, Oct 6 2019 6pm
Books & Spoken Word / Poetry
Popular Bristol poet's new collection
SPACE at PRSC: Thursday, Oct 10 2019 7:30pm
Books & Spoken Word / History
Talks, walks, bookstalls, readings, films and displays
M Shed: Saturday, Oct 12 2019 10:30am
Books & Spoken Word / Essays
Editors of landmark essay collection in conversation with Sharmaine Lovegrove
Storysmith Books: Sunday, Oct 13 2019 7pm
Books & Spoken Word / African Diaspora
Launch event for new book CARGO
Waterstones Bristol Galleries: Monday, Oct 14 2019 7pm
Books & Spoken Word / Festival
Great line up of writers, artists, politicians, scientists and more
: Wednesday, Oct 16 2019 - Friday, Oct 18 2019
Books & Spoken Word / Literature Festival
10 days of events, performances and workshops
: Thursday, Oct 17 2019 - Sunday, Oct 27 2019
Books & Spoken Word / Biography
New book, Finding My Voice
St George’s: Friday, Oct 18 2019 7:30pm
Books & Spoken Word / Bristol History
Launch event for much-anticipated second volume
Bristol Old Vic: Coopers’ Loft: Monday, Oct 21 2019 7pm
Books & Spoken Word / Poetry
Celebrated poet
Hen and Chicken: Wednesday, Oct 23 2019 7:30pm
Books & Spoken Word / Science Fiction
Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention
Hilton Double Tree Hotel: Saturday, Oct 26 2019 9am
Books & Spoken Word / Children's Literature Festival
New children's literature festival
: Saturday, Oct 26 2019 - Sunday, Nov 3 2019
Circus / Cabaret
An unapologetic satire on colour experience
: Friday, Oct 18 2019 7pm & Saturday, Oct 19 2019 7pm
Circus / Circus City Bristol
Emerging work by a range of artists working with the circus
Dance / Circomedia
The stories of women caught in genocide
: Friday, Oct 11 2019 7:30pm & Saturday, Oct 12 2019 7:30pm
Circus / Cabaret
Their second event for the LGBTQ+ community with circus and cabaret acts throughout the night
Dare to Club: Friday, Oct 11 2019 7:30pm
Theatre / Aerial circus
Cinematic, surreal piece of aerial theatre
: Friday, Oct 25 2019 7pm & Saturday, Oct 26 2019 7pm
Circus / Circus City Bristol
World premiere from Finland
: Thursday, Oct 17 2019 - Saturday, Oct 19 2019
Circus / Barely Methodical Troupe
Audacious and internationally award-winning circus show
: Thursday, Oct 31 2019 - Saturday, Nov 2 2019
Circus / Circus City Bristol
A solo cabaret of contradictions
: Friday, Oct 18 2019 8:30pm & Saturday, Oct 19 2019 8:30pm
Circus / Circus City Bristol
UK Premiere
: Saturday, Oct 19 2019 6pm & Saturday, Oct 19 2019 9pm
Dance / Broken Box Collective
Juggling, sculpture and dance... a game of ever-changing rules
Trinity Centre: Friday, Nov 1 2019 7pm
Circus / Circus City Bristol
Welcome to the topsy-turvy world of Plink and Boo
: Monday, Oct 28 2019 - Tuesday, Oct 29 2019
Theatre / Circus City Bristol
Two bouncy besties are seeking some top-notch cookie hunters and they need your help!
: Tuesday, Oct 29 2019 - Wednesday, Oct 30 2019
Circus / Circus City Bristol
Live sound performance that uses the body to produce an acoustic universe
: Friday, Nov 1 2019 8:30pm & Saturday, Nov 2 2019 8:30pm
Circus / Circus City Bristol
From the award-winning circus company
: Thursday, Oct 24 2019 7:30pm & Friday, Oct 25 2019 7:30pm
Circus / Circus City Bristol
Return of the circus scratch night
Circomedia: Thursday, Oct 31 2019 7:30pm
Clubs / Electronic
The other-worldly Pickle Factory resident plays Stokes Croft's most famous back room
The Crofters Rights: Tuesday, Oct 1 2019 11pm
Clubs / Drum and Bass
A new DnB Thursday night in Bristol featuring Fabio? It all sounds very... intriguing
Asylum Nightclub: Thursday, Oct 3 2019 9:30pm
Clubs / Electronic
Calamitous dance carnage from Chaos In The CBD and other Move D-ers and Dan Shake-rs
Lakota: Saturday, Oct 5 2019 10pm
Clubs / Drum and Bass
Slippery liquid goodness from the best in the business
Lakota: Friday, Oct 18 2019 10pm
Clubs / Techno
When night falls, the festival migrates to Lakota for non-stop cutting-edge electronica
Lakota: Saturday, Oct 19 2019 10pm
Clubs / Drum and Bass
Expect high energy, high grade DnB and High Contrast
Motion: Saturday, Oct 19 2019 10pm
Clubs / Techno
Magical electronica from across the spectrum
Motion: Friday, Oct 25 2019 9pm
Clubs / dance music
Get sweaty with an alchemist cocktail of house, techno and UKG
Dare to Club: Friday, Oct 25 2019 10pm
Clubs / Jungle
Mungo's HiFi, Sir Spyro, Chopstick Dubplate and more hit up this Halloween hootenanny
The Boxing Club: Saturday, Oct 26 2019 7pm
Clubs / Techno
Dive down into the cells and get locked in to techno-flavoured heat
The Island: Saturday, Oct 26 2019 9:30pm
Theatre / Physical comedy
Brilliant physical comedy trio
: Tuesday, Oct 1 2019 - Saturday, Oct 5 2019
Comedy / How Lazy Is He
Top-notch Thursday night comedy at The Lazy Dog, BS7
The Lazy Dog: Thursday, Oct 3 2019 7:45pm
Comedy / Stand-Up
Friendly, gossipy comic who loves a conspiracy theory
The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Saturday, Oct 5 2019 8:30pm
Comedy / Chuckle Busters
Brilliantly articulate, intense and sometimes dark comic
The Wardrobe Theatre: Sunday, Oct 6 2019 7:30pm
Comedy / Comedy and music
High-energy, high-camp pop dissecters
Redgrave Theatre: Tuesday, Oct 8 2019 8pm
Comedy / How Lazy Is He
Top-notch Thursday night comedy at The Lazy Dog, BS7
The Lazy Dog: Thursday, Oct 10 2019 7:45pm
Comedy / Comedy and music
Celebrating the less shiny side of parenting
: Wednesday, Oct 9 2019 8pm & Thursday, Oct 10 2019 8pm
Comedy / Comedy and music
About the best musical satirist in the business
The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Thursday, Oct 10 2019 8pm
Comedy / Observational comedy
Videos, japes, multimedia silliness and irreverent anarchy
Tobacco Factory Theatres: Spielman Theatre: Saturday, Oct 12 2019 8pm
Comedy / How Lazy Is He
Top-notch Thursday night comedy at The Lazy Dog, BS7
The Lazy Dog: Thursday, Oct 17 2019 7:45pm
Comedy / Bristol festival of Ideas
Master satirist and impressionist in conversation
St George’s Bristol: Thursday, Oct 17 2019 8:30pm
Comedy / Surreal comedy
Surreal, playful comic
The Wardrobe Theatre: Friday, Oct 18 2019 8am
Comedy / No Such Thing As a Fish
More surprising trivia from the QI Elves
St George’s Bristol: Tuesday, Oct 22 2019 7:30pm
Comedy / How Lazy Is He
Top-notch Thursday night comedy at The Lazy Dog, BS7
The Lazy Dog: Thursday, Oct 24 2019 7:45pm
Comedy / Comedy and music
More riotous, feelgood musical satire
The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Thursday, Oct 24 2019 8pm
Comedy / Chuckle Busters
Winningly caustic and curmudgeonly comic
The Wardrobe Theatre: Sunday, Oct 27 2019 7:30pm
Comedy / Puns
His final tour
Bristol Old Vic: Sunday, Oct 27 2019 8pm
Comedy / Chuckle Busters
"Stand-up’s answer to Waiting For Godot"
The Wardrobe Theatre: Wednesday, Oct 30 2019 8pm
Dance / The Lion King
Celebrate The Circle of Life at a contemporary dance workshop
Motion Dance Studio: Saturday, Oct 12 2019 12pm
Dance / Dance
A fashion, dance and music extravaganza
The Pennywell Project: Saturday, Oct 19 2019 7pm
Dance / African dance
Journey through the ancestral mbira music of Zimbabwe
Trinity: Sunday, Oct 20 2019 2pm
Dance / Arakwara and Gins
Enter the inflatable dome with Neon Dance
: Thursday, Oct 24 2019 - Friday, Oct 25 2019
Dance / Impermanence
A night of improvised performance
Bristol Old Vic: Weston Studio: Monday, Oct 28 2019 8pm
Theatre / Circus City Bristol
Two bouncy besties are seeking some top-notch cookie hunters and they need your help!
: Tuesday, Oct 29 2019 - Wednesday, Oct 30 2019
Film / Drama
A brief opportunity to see Scorsese's Netflix gangster epic on the big screen
Film / Documentary
Annual cinematic celebration of women in extreme sports kicks off with adventure doc premiere
Film / Documentary
Documentary about the trailblazing rocker + in-person Q&A by Ms. Quatro herself
Film / Event Cinema
The former Pink Floyd fella's latest spectacular live show, recorded in Amsterdam
Film / Documentary
New documentary about African Caribbean people living in Bristol and the mental health system
Film / Drama
Silent Soviet Commie classic fantasy from 1924, soundtracked by Mike Cooper
Film / Drama
Emma Rice's much-acclaimed Angela Carter adaptation, captured live at the York Theatre Royal
Film / Drama
Fascinating early experiment in realism launches Weimar Sundays season
Film / Documentary
Shorts made by video activist collective Reel News + director Q&A
Film / Event Cinema
20th anniversary performance of the late Michael Kamen's arrangements for metal band & orchestra
Film / Comedy
The Big Yin's final stand-up tour, plus cinema-exclusive interview
Film / Drama
An authentic portrait of female friendship from the director of Suffragette
Film / Documentary
Documentary exploring humanity’s massive reengineering of the planet
Film / Event Cinema
Gwendoline Christie stars in Nicholas Hytner's immersive staging of the Bard's romcom
Film / Horror
Controversial 1932 freakshow classic returns to accompany Sarah Houbolt's KooKoo the Birdgirl
Film / Documentary
A philosophical journey through democracy, spanning millennia and continents
Film / Ballet
Hugely acclaimed contemporary dance reworking places R&J in the sinister 'Verona Institute'
Film / Event Cinema
4K restoration of this German expressionist masterpiece from 1920
Film / Documentary
Celebrating the creativity of emerging BAME filmmakers for Black History Month
Film / Drama
4K restoration of the 1928 silent film that inspired The Joker - on screen for Halloween
Food & Drink / cheese
A tasty, gooey and utterly delicious evening
Two Belly: Thursday, Oct 3 2019 7:30pm
Food & Drink / Pizza
An endless carousel of delicious freshly baked pizza
Bertha’s Pizza: Wednesday, Oct 23 2019 6pm
Food & Drink / Beer
Enjoy a day of brewing expertise and beer tasting
Watershed: Thursday, Oct 10 2019 12:30pm
Food & Drink / Europe
Featuring a menu packed full with the Pony & Trap team's favourite produce from all over Europe
The Pony & Trap: Thursday, Oct 31 2019 7pm
Music / Folk
Influenced by Paul Simon and Joni Mitchel, Jesca performs at the folk club
Fiddlers Club: Wednesday, Oct 2 2019 8pm
Music / Indie
Bristol's finest slice of indie
Exchange: Saturday, Oct 5 2019 7:30pm
Music / Roots
Iconic roots band land in the UK
O2 Academy: Sunday, Oct 6 2019 7pm
Music / Indie
Supported by Phoebe Green
Exchange: Tuesday, Oct 8 2019 7pm
Music / Indie Rock
A string of intimate live dates
SWX: Friday, Oct 11 2019 6:30pm
Music / Indie
Amsterdam indie dreamers
Thekla: Monday, Oct 14 2019 7pm
Music / Rap
Bet Ya A £5er Tour
O2 Academy: Thursday, Oct 17 2019 7pm
Music / Rap
Novelist, spoken word artist, rapper...
O2 Academy: Sunday, Oct 20 2019 7pm
Music / Rap
London's unfaltering hip-hop queen
Thekla: Monday, Oct 28 2019 7pm
Music / Electronic
You've never seen a loop pedal used like this before
Thekla: Thursday, Oct 31 2019 7pm
Theatre / Depression
Adaptation of bestselling memoir about working through depression
: Tuesday, Oct 1 2019 - Saturday, Oct 5 2019
Theatre / Hugh Hughes
Tale about inequality, myths and taking control of your own story
: Wednesday, Oct 2 2019 - Saturday, Oct 5 2019
Theatre / Broadmead
Site-specific masters Insane Root return
: Friday, Oct 4 2019 - Friday, Nov 1 2019
Theatre / D/deaf
Ad Infinitum explore a pivotal moment in our treatment of D/deaf people
: Saturday, Oct 5 2019 - Saturday, Oct 19 2019
Theatre / AI
Collaboration between an audience and an artificial intelligence
The Wardrobe Theatre: Wednesday, Oct 9 2019 7:30pm
Theatre / Comedy
Return of the improv comedy unearthing a 'lost' Austen novel each night
: Wednesday, Oct 9 2019 - Friday, Oct 11 2019
Theatre / Activism
How do we build a better future? Three days of art, activism and conversation
: Friday, Oct 11 2019 - Sunday, Oct 13 2019
Theatre / Latin America
Festival of British and Latin-American theatre and music
: Thursday, Oct 10 2019 - Saturday, Oct 12 2019
Theatre / 1532 Performing Arts Centre
Improvised Potter joy
1532 Performing Arts Centre: Friday, Oct 11 2019 8pm
Theatre / Chris Thorpe
Chris Thorpe examines national identity
: Friday, Oct 11 2019 7:30pm & Saturday, Oct 12 2019 7:30pm
Theatre / Bristol Old Vic
Tristan Sturrock stars, Tom Morris directs new verse adaptation
: Saturday, Oct 12 2019 - Saturday, Nov 16 2019
Theatre / Theatre West
The brilliant Theatre West return
: Wednesday, Oct 16 2019 - Saturday, Oct 19 2019
Theatre / Sexuality
Surreal joyride through femme sexuality and violence
The Wardrobe Theatre: Wednesday, Oct 16 2019 7:30pm
Theatre / Shakespeare
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory celebrate 20 years in BS3
: Wednesday, Oct 16 2019 - Saturday, Nov 9 2019
Theatre / 1532 Performing Arts Centre
Travelling Light / the egg co-pro for ages 7+
1532 Performing Arts Centre: Wednesday, Oct 23 2019 7pm
Theatre / Improbable
Turns out getting the public to write your story is quite an adventure
: Thursday, Oct 24 2019 - Saturday, Oct 26 2019
Theatre / Children's Theatre
Pickled Image return with more magical Granddad tales
: Sunday, Oct 27 2019 - Saturday, Nov 2 2019
Theatre / Children's Theatre
Alph, Betty and Gammo are back...
: Wednesday, Oct 30 2019 - Saturday, Nov 2 2019