
Theatre / Comedy
The Play That Goes Wrong
Award-winning comedy about an ill-fated theatre production
: Monday, Jul 16 2018 - Saturday, Jul 21 2018
Music
Jimmy Cliff and Grandmaster Flash to play Harbour Festival
Three huge names will join forces for the Friday of Bristol Harbour Festival
Art
Next affordable arts fair at BS3’s Estate of the Arts
Thriving artists' studios complex opens its doors again on July 21
Food & Drink
Square Food pop-up – The summer edition
Series celebrating the seasons with guest chef Fabrizia Lanza
Bristol Harbour Festival kicks off at the Lloyds Amphitheatre on Friday night with a show presented by the Colston Hall featuring Jimmy Cliff, Grandmaster Flash and Trojan Soundsystem. It’s the precursor to a weekend of fun featuring for the first time ever this year a family-friendly fringe event at Wapping Wharf.
Other highlights this week include a piece of promenade theatre focusing on Bristol’s piratical past, a summer art fair at Estate of the Arts, a Zambian circus troupe and a summer feast at Spike Island Cafe.
Theatre / Comedy
Award-winning comedy about an ill-fated theatre production
: Monday, Jul 16 2018 - Saturday, Jul 21 2018
Books & Spoken Word / Poetry
Leading Bristol poetry night
The Room Above: Monday, Jul 16 2018 7:30pm
Books & Spoken Word / Spoken Word
Live Podcast plus Gemma Brace & Saili Katebe
The Wardrobe Theatre: Monday, Jul 16 2018 8pm
Theatre / Comedy
The Wardrobe Ensemble's new Wessex-wide odyssey of revenge
: Tuesday, Jul 17 2018 - Friday, Jul 27 2018
Music / Post Punk
Canadian post-punk band
Fleece: Tuesday, Jul 17 2018 7:30pm
Theatre / Comedy
A man. A cow. A shed load of trouble. The brilliant Living Spit return
: Tuesday, Jul 17 2018 - Thursday, Jul 19 2018
Theatre / Circus
Circus performance plus acro-dance workshops
: Wednesday, Jul 18 2018 - Thursday, Jul 19 2018
Theatre / Devised theatre
New devised show from the latest MiB youth company
: Wednesday, Jul 18 2018 - Saturday, Jul 21 2018
Comedy / Edinburgh Previews
Kicking off a fine season of Edinburgh previews at the Comedy Box
The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Wednesday, Jul 18 2018 8pm
Film / Drama
Well-received drama about tensions arising in a Jehovah's Witness family after a transgression
Books & Spoken Word / Mental Health
Bestselling writer's new book on staying human in the technological world
We The Curious: Thursday, Jul 19 2018 6:30pm
Music / Folk
Siblings spinning americana
Thekla: Thursday, Jul 19 2018 7pm
Music / Reggae
Get set to go old school at the biggest party of the summer
Bristol Harbourside: Wednesday, Jun 20 2018 6:30pm
Theatre / Blackbeard
Show of Strength lead you around piratical Bristol
: Friday, Jul 20 2018 - Saturday, Oct 6 2018
Theatre / New Writing
New play examines language, censorship and offence
: Thursday, Jul 19 2018 8pm & Friday, Jul 20 2018 8pm
Art / Art fair
Launch of new arts fair and open studios in BS3
Estate of the Arts: Saturday, Jul 21 2018 12pm
Music / Sequences Festival
A mammoth bill featuring key industry names
Motion: Saturday, Jul 21 2018 12pm
Food & Drink / food
Series celebrating the seasons with guest chef Fabrizia Lanza
Spike Island: Saturday, Jul 21 2018 7pm
Film / Comedy
A bizarre, trippy Japanese curio screened in the Haunted Houses season
Music / Blues
Trio of uprising Americana artists
St George’s: Sunday, Jul 22 2018 7:30pm
Theatre / Bristol Shakespeare Festival 2018
A unique, audience-generated R&J
Trinity: Sunday, Jul 22 2018 7pm