173 things to do in Bristol in December 2018

There’s plenty of festive fare on offer this month, of course, from screenings of all your favourite Christmas flicks – everything from Yuletide Muppets and Gremlins to Bill Murray and Macaulay Culkin offering their own alternative takes on the festive season – and a typically packed Christmas theatre season spanning everything from Dickensian antics on board ship to regal felines fighting their heaven-ordained destinies, via the more expected Scrooges and Cinderellas.

But that is very far from being all that Bristol has to offer this month. A return for the Bristol Palestine Film Festival, a pre-Christmas run at the Wardrobe Theatre for probably the nation’s favourite sketch comedy trio, a mouth-watering array of food and drink events, a healthy bevy of festive artists’ and makers’ markets (not to mention the opening of perhaps Bristol’s biggest artist-led gallery, in an increasingly vibrant and busy Bedminster) and a tribute to one of the 20th century’s most joyously colourful abstract painters are among the many, many tempting cultural events for your delectation.

Art

  • Art / Homelessness

    A Year Outdoors

    Street art project highlighting homelessness returns to Bristol where it began

    : Saturday, Dec 1 2018 - Friday, Dec 21 2018

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    Make Shift

    Exploring the discourse between painting and communities

    : Saturday, Dec 1 2018 - Wednesday, Dec 5 2018

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  • Art / 100 years of suffrage

    We Are Warriors

    Light and sound installation celebrates 100 years of women's suffrage

    : Saturday, Dec 1 2018 - Sunday, Dec 16 2018

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    Radiant

    Regular and new faces from That Art Gallery's roster

    : Friday, Dec 7 2018 - Saturday, Dec 22 2018

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    Fringe Things

    Caroline Watson explores the abstract and anthropomorphic qualities of stuff

    : Saturday, Dec 8 2018 - Friday, Dec 28 2018

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  • Art / Bedminster

    SPACEs reimagined

    Debut show at Bedminster's new artist-led gallery

    : Saturday, Dec 8 2018 - Thursday, Dec 20 2018

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  • Art / Exhibition

    Honey Art Show

    Third show for this platform for women, femmes, non-binary and trans artists

    : Friday, Dec 14 2018 - Wednesday, Dec 19 2018

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