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10 things to do this weekend, April 19-May 1

By Alison Maney  Wednesday Apr 27, 2016

Friday: Golden Years released, various venues
The comedy, based and filmed in Bristol, follows a group of pensioners who decide to start robbing banks.
b247.staging.proword.press/channel/whats-on/film-01/comedy/golden-years

Friday & Saturday: The Ricochet Project, Circomedia
Acrobatic exploitations examine the contorted state of America in the pursuit of happiness.
www.circomedia.com/whats-on.html

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Smoke and Mirrors is from The Ricochet Project

Friday-Sunday: Bristol Folk Festival, Various Locations
The city’s celebration of all things folky arrives at the Bristol Ram, St George’s and the Folk House with workshops, sessions, music and a silent disco.
www.bristolfolkfestival.co.uk 

The Folk Festival returns with tickets ranging from £10 to £60.

Friday-May 2: Spike Island Open Studios, Spike Island
Spike Island’s resident artists welcome visitors into their workspaces.
www.spikeisland.org.uk/events/activities/spike-island-open-studios-2016/

Read more about some of the artists taking part – photo by Max McClure

Friday-May 7: Food Connections, various locations
Third outing for the quite literal feast of scoffular delight.
www.bristolfoodconnections.com

Food Connections events take place across the city

Friday-May 8: Chaos on the Streets of Bristol, Trinity
This “surreal model village experience” last seen at Dismaland is a post-riot landscape in miniature.
www.3ca.org.uk/whats-on/2016/jimmy-cauty-adp

Read more about artist (and KLF co-creator) Jimmy Cauty’s project – photo by Irati Gostidi

Saturday: Anarchist Book Fair, Trinity Centre
How do we prepare for the fall of capitalism? With a book fair! Make friends and share ideas about creating a new, more equal society.
www.bristolanarchistbookfair.org

The Anarchist Book Fair returns for its eighth year.

Saturday-May 2: The Noise, various locations
Dozens of volunteers get together to organise events within the urban estates in north and east Bristol.
www.thenoise.org.uk

Sunday: SWU.FM Launch, on the radio
Brand-new radio station SWU.FM hits the ground running with Bristol favourite Blazey Bodynod.
www.swu.fm

Read more about Blazey Bodynod, the grime artist helping to launch SWU.FM.

Sunday-May 31: Bristol Walk Fest 2016, various locations
Ramble and stroll on over 170 different walks through Bristol’s streets and paths.
www.bristol.gov.uk/streets-travel/bristol-walking-festival

Most walks will be free of charge.

 

 

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