21 things to do in Bristol this week, August 6-12 2018

Comedy / Observational comedy

A Bunch of Japes

Weekly stand-up/open mic: newbies and old pros look in

: Monday, Aug 6 2018 - Monday, Aug 27 2018

Music / Rap

Bishop Nehru

An American rapper and producer from Rockland County, NY

The Fleece: Monday, Aug 6 2018 7:30pm

Music / Experimental pop

Deerhoof

The best band in the world?

Thekla: Monday, Aug 6 2018 7:30pm

Art / Ceramics

Liz Vidal

Bristol potter working in stoneware and porcelain

: Wednesday, Aug 1 2018 - Saturday, Sep 29 2018

Music / Hardcore

Spirits

Spirits are a political hardcore punk band from Boston

Exchange: Tuesday, Aug 7 2018 7:30pm

Film / Art House

One Sings, The Other Doesn’t

Agnès Varda's decades-spanning feminist drama charting the friendship between two women

Books & Spoken Word / Live Podcast

Not Another Book Podcast Live Recording with Tomi Adeyemi

New York Times bestselling author of Children of Blood and Bone

Waterstones Bristol Galleries: Wednesday, Aug 8 2018 7pm

Music / Alternative Rock

Deaf Havana

UK 5 piece band

Rough Trade: Wednesday, Aug 8 2018 7:30pm

Theatre / Comedy

Shrek the Musical

Musical-comedy version of the much-loved film

: Wednesday, Aug 8 2018 - Sunday, Aug 19 2018

Theatre / Comedy

Nachos

More genre-blurring, high-stakes action comedy from the Wardrobe home team

: Thursday, Aug 9 2018 - Sunday, Aug 12 2018

Film / Documentary

Concrete Soldiers UK

Bristol premiere of a new documentary about social cleansing of London in the name of regeneration

Music / Stoner Rock

The Atomic Bitchwax

The Atomic Bitchwax formed in New Jersey, USA in 1993

Exchange: Thursday, Aug 9 2018 7pm

Food & Drink / Summer Food Celebration

Vegan Monsoon Indian feast

Part of the Watershed's Summer Food Celebration

Watershed: Friday, Aug 10 2018 7:30pm

Music / Alternative

Gabe Gurnsey

Solo artist soon to support Nine Inch

Rough Trade: Friday, Aug 10 2018 7:30pm

Music / Post Punk

Zounds

Classic anarcho-punk from Zounds

Exchange: Friday, Aug 10 2018 7:30pm

Food & Drink / Beer

Good Chemistry is three

The St Philip's brewery celebrate their third birthday

Good Chemistry: Saturday, Aug 11 2018 12pm

Food & Drink / italian

Jack & Matt’s bacari pop-up

A day of Venetian-inspired bar food to go with carefully selected wines and aperitivos

West Street Kitchen: Saturday, Aug 11 2018 12pm

Music / Bingo

Bingo Lingo BBQ

Evening party

Motion: Saturday, Aug 11 2018 8pm

Film / Drama

Mo’Better Blues

Denzel Washington plays a jazzer in rare Spike Lee dud

Music / Disco

Fatback Band

American funk and disco band who rose to fame in the 1970s

The Lanes: Sunday, Aug 12 2018 7:30pm

Art / Clifton Arts Club

Clifton Arts Club 109th Summer Open Exhibition

Annual show for the historic arts collective

: Saturday, Aug 4 2018 - Sunday, Aug 19 2018