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19 things to do in Bristol this week, July 24-30 2023
Monday: Grindhouse Cinema Club: Sukiyaki Western Django, Sidney & Eden
The popular Gloucester Road cinema club hosts a screening of the 2007 low budget western flick. With a cameo from Quentin Tarantino, some say this movie was the inspiration for his own Django interpretation.
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Monday-Thursday: Barbie, Watershed
Brand new and fresh out of the box comes the most perfect film about the most perfect doll in the world!
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Open throughout July: Beyond Submergence, Propyard
Wondering what a 20,000sq. ft. immersive experience looks like? Step into Beyond Submergence this summer, a world-first exhibition of light and sound by Squidsoup, brought to Bristol by the team behind Four Tet’s immersive live performances dubbed ‘the best live show in the world’ by Mixmag. Take part in a once-in-a-lifetime experience, discover the host of events taking place in the exhibition space and find out how to book via the link above.
Beyond Submergence, Propyard, 2023 – photo: Chris Cooper/Shotaway
Tuesday: Chris Arnold & Eva Bindeman, The Room Above Theatre
Two of Bristol’s hottest up and coming stand-ups head to the comedy club above the White Bear pub to showcase an hour each of their latest material. This will also be one of the last times to catch these acts before they head up to Edinburgh for the Fringe Festival, so be quick.
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Wednesday: Improv’s Greatest Hits, Crofters Rights
A monthly night of top tier left of centre, experimental live music on Stokes Croft. Showcasing some of the finest acts from across the improv/jam scene in the city, it’s an opportunity to meet fellow fans of the space, and hear some fantastic live sounds.
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Wednesday onwards: Cinema Rediscovered Festival, Watershed
Cinema Rediscovered – the UK’s leading festival of classic cinema and film restorations – returns to venues in and around Bristol UNESCO City of Film for its 7th annual edition featuring big screen experiences of brand-new film restorations, rediscoveries and film on film rarities from around the world, alongside a multitude of starting points for lively conversation.
Cinema Rediscovered Festival – photo: Watershed
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Thursday: Toddles & the hectic pity album launch party, The Mount Without
Sell out warning! Sell out warning! Loveable emo-folk-punk trio Toodles & The Hectic Pity celebrate the release of their new album along with fellow Specialist Subject Records pals in the form of garage pop-punks Cosmit and Soot Sprite’s shoegaze bedroom-pop. FFO: Martha, Dogeyed, Trust Fund.
Thursday-Saturday: Siren Bristol 2023, Lloyds Amphitheatre
Transforming the Amphitheatre for three days of fantastic music – there’s something for Everyone. Thursday sees Fabio & Grooverider, David Rodigan and Roni Size, delivering a history of rave. Friday sees an already sold out show, bringing Dancehall royalty Sean Paul to the stage, with Saturday delivering a drum & bass shellout all day from Hospitality Records.
The weekend on the harbour ends with a Hospitality drum & bass takeover – photo: SIREN
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Thursday: Double Deckers Comedy: Scott Bennett & Jason Whitehead, Hen & Chicken
Scott Bennett: Stuff
A show about stuff, society and design. Star of Live at the Apollo (BBC One) The News Quiz (radio 4) Comedians comedian 2020 and Best Club Comedian Nominee by Chortle 2022.
“Without doubt live comedy’s best kept secret” The Evening Standard
Jason John Whitehead: White Noise
The LA-based comedian (The Jim Jefferies Show, Comedy Central) is back slinging jokes in the country that he used to call home. White Noise promises to be another fun show filled with self-deprecation and the skewering of social norms.
“Blistering, hysterical… the audience lap up every word” Metro
Double Deckers comedy at Hen & Chicken – photo: Comedy Box
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Thursday: The Amazing Bubbleman, Redgrave Theatre
Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences worldwide for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles. Louis explores the breathtaking dynamics of bubbles, combining comedy and artistry with audience participation and enough spellbinding bubble tricks to keep everyone mesmerised.
The Amazing Bubbleman – photo: Redgrave Theatre
Friday: Livity Sound w/ Hodge & Peverelist, Strange Brew
Keeping up their string of parties at the grassroots venue, one of the defining labels of the last decade of dance music puts on a no questions asked guaranteed special night of bass driven explorations from two of the artists spearheading the label.
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Friday: Bristol Beacon Amplified Tour: Servo, Easton Community Centre
The Amplified Tour is bringing fun, free, family concerts to community centres around Bristol this summer. This week the tour visits Easton Community Centre with a live performance from Servo Severin, a drummer and teacher from Congo who has been performing with his family in the Bristol area since 2018. You’ll also have the chance to meet some of the Bristol Beacon team and learn how you can get involved. Whether you are a young musician, want to improve your wellbeing through music, or just enjoy listening to your favourite bands play live – we look forward to welcoming you to our transformed venue, opening this November.
Bristol Beacon Amplified Tour – photo: Bristol Beacon
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Friday & Saturday: Dinosaur Adventure Live, Redgrave Theatre
Join our intrepid rangers on a quest to recover the data crystal, restore power to the island and save the Dinosaurs! Stomp, Roar and Swish your tail as we introduce you to some of the most incredible species ever to have lived on planet Earth.
Dinosaur Adventure Live at Redgrave Theatre – photo: Redgrave Theatre
Saturday: Booty Bass x RepresentAsian Day Party, Trinity Centre
Collaboration between collectives is a massive part of the Bristol scene. This weekend, two of the city’s most exciting crews join forces in the Trinity Centre garden, for a bass filled day party, where you can come as you are and not be afraid to let your hair down.
Sunday: 100 years of 16mm: Surgeons Girl, St John on the Wall
A celebration of a century of the 16mm film format, Compass will be hosting three screenings of the 1936 anti-war semi-animated silent picture Hell Unltd, soundtracked and reimagined by a live set from the ambient techno powerhouse Surgeons Girl.
And coming soon…
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August 6 & 7: Lie down & listen… Float on a cloud, The Mount Without
You’ll feel as if you’re floating on a cloud after experiencing ‘Lie down & Listen’ – a blissful Tibetan bowl sound healing and lying down classical concert experiences coming to Bristol this August 6 & 7th.
As you Lie down and Listen on soft mattresses in the stunning Mount Without in Bristol you can gaze up at the ceiling painted with clouds. Afterwards you’ll feel relaxed, blissed out, reenergised and you’ll likely sleep better than ever before.
Lie down and listen – photo: The Mount Without
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August 9: Dane Baptiste: Bapsquire, Hen & Chicken
Following his award-nominated tour ‘The Chocolate Chip’; Dane Baptiste returns with a brand new show and mentality.
Most of us are supposed to mellow with age, and Dane shouldn’t be the angry black man the media portrays him to be at times. But the more things change, the more they stay the same. Dane Baptiste is now a grown-ass man. No longer ‘Daneger’, ‘Joke Dza’, ‘ASAP Bap’, or any of his old, bad-boy aliases, Dane now presents a mature comic for comedy palettes. Dane Baptiste is BAPSQUIRE.
“Powerful and persuasive” Fest Magazine
“Masterfully crafted” The Herald
“A striking set” Guardian
“Observational comedy at its finest” The Independent
Dane Baptiste – photo: The Comedy Box
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August 19: Bristol Beacon presents: Jake Xerxes Fussell, Strange Brew
Singer, guitarist, and folk music interpreter Jake Xerxes Fussell has distinguished himself as one of his generation’s preeminent interpreters of traditional (and not so traditional) “folk” songs, a practice which he approaches with a refreshingly unfussy lack of nostalgia. In all his work, Fussell humanizes his material with his own curatorial and interpretive gifts, unmooring stories and melodies from their specific eras and origins and setting them adrift in our own waterways.
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September 21-23: Margaret Thatcher: Queen of Soho, Tobacco Factory Theatres
JUST ANNOUNCED! MAGGIE COMES TO BRISTOL IN HER SMASH HIT DRAG EXTRAVAGANZA!
★★★★ “Gloriously camp with a political punch” – The Times
★★★★ “Definitely not for Thatcherites. Everyone else? Most definitely.” – Mail on Sunday
Following four sell-out runs at Edinburgh Fringe, a UK tour and West End season, the Iron Lady is back and more fabulous than ever in this big gay odyssey about LGBT rights, the 80s, and disco!
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho – photo: Tobacco Factory Theatres
Main photo: Khali Ackford
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