
Music / Funk
Songhoy Blues
Funk/soul/rock from Mali
Anson Rooms: Friday, Dec 1 2017 7pm
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! As we slide face-first down the luge that is December while carols play at warp-speed, have a breather this weekend with some much-needed rest and relaxation.
Tickle your funny bone with Nathan Caton on Saturday, catch the marvellous new production of Beauty and the Beast at Tobacco Factory on its opening weekend, or see the 165 Annual Open Exhibition at the RWA on its very last day.
If you’ve already got the tree up and you’re in full novelty jumper mode, then embrace all that is festive with some great Christmassy events to get you into the spirit. Shop for gifts at the Bristol Makers’ pop-up shop, head over to Colston Hall to listen to the Royal Marines Band playing classic carols, and drop in on the Wapping Wharf Christmas party.
Crown the weekend off with a screening of Love Actually, accompanied by a live score. “But for now, let me say – without hope or agenda – just because it’s Christmas, and at Christmas you tell the truth: to me, you are perfect…”
Music / Funk
Funk/soul/rock from Mali
Anson Rooms: Friday, Dec 1 2017 7pm
Comedy / Improvised comedy
Top-notch stand-up, character comedy and improv
Cafe Kino: Friday, Dec 1 2017 7:30pm
Music / Dance
Chemical Brothers headlining
Motion: Friday, Dec 1 2017 8pm
Theatre / Family theatre
Kid Carpet promises power ballads, silly dancing and a cheeky talking fridge
: Friday, Dec 1 2017 - Sunday, Jan 7 2018
Art / Art fair
Festive selling exhibition: 50 Bristol-based artists, designers and makers
: Friday, Dec 1 2017 - Saturday, Dec 23 2017
Food & Drink / Wapping Wharf
Businesses on Gaol Ferry Steps and Cargo join forces
Wapping Wharf: Saturday, Dec 2 2017 12pm
Theatre / Improvised
Bristol’s acclaimed comedy improvisation company returns to the Alma
Alma Tavern & Theatre: Saturday, Dec 2 2017 7:30pm
Theatre / Christmas Theatre
Tobacco Factory Theatres/ New International Encounter Xmas offering
: Thursday, Nov 30 2017 - Sunday, Jan 14 2018
Comedy / Observational comedy
Engaging comic on our strivings towards happiness
The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Friday, Dec 1 2017 8:30pm
Film / Comedy
Festive rom-com with live score
Music / Drum and Bass
A festive Sunday Social
Christmas Spiegeltent: Sunday, Dec 3 2017 12:30pm
Music / Military
Historical band play a charity concert
Colston Hall: Sunday, Dec 3 2017 2:30pm
Film / Comedy
Scorsese & De Niro brilliantly skewer celebrity culture
Theatre / Black Theatre
Script-in-hand performances of plays by Black British, Caribbean and African writers
: Sunday, Oct 1 2017 - Sunday, Dec 3 2017
Art / Exhibition
Hugely prestigious annual open-submissions show
: Sunday, Oct 1 2017 - Sunday, Dec 3 2017