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The First Installations Of The FREE Bristol Light Festival 2026 Unveiled – With Cabot Circus Car Park To Be Transformed Into A Dazzling Display

The First Installations Of The FREE Bristol Light Festival 2026 Unveiled – With Cabot Circus Car Park To Be Transformed Into A Dazzling Display

Bristol Light Festival looks to return to the city for ten unmissable nights next year (February 19 to 28, 2026)—with the first few days to coincide with school…

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5 Wonderful Things To Do In Bristol This Weekend (January 23-25)

feverup · September 7, 2020 Not sure what things to do in Bristol this weekend? Whatever the…
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“Jazz Washes Away The Dust Of Everyday Life”: The Jazz Room Brings Bristol’s Vibrant Soul To Life

The Jazz Room in Bristol captures the city’s creative heartbeat. It’s a cozy spot where smooth…
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Bristol’s Biggest Free Festival Is Back This July And There’s One Huge Change – Expect Cardboard Boat Races, On-The-Water Stunts And Floating Performances

Bristol Harbour Festival is ready to make a splash this summer with a bold new move from one of the South West’s biggest free festivals. The 2026 edition…
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Take To The Skies With Your Human-Powered Flying Machines When The Second-Ever ‘Bristol Birdman’ Returns This Summer – Here’s How To Enter
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14 Fabulous Things To Do This February In Bristol – From A Dazzling Light Festival To The ‘Year Of The Horse’ Celebrations

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You Can Currently Go For A Swim In Bristol Beneath Luke Jerram’s Huge Floating Sun In A World-First Exhibition

Just when you think you’ve seen it all from Luke Jerram, he surprises us again and again. The Bristol artist has enthralled audiences all over the UK with…
January 16, 2026

This Bristol Neighbourhood ‘For In-The-Know Foodies’ Among The Coolest UK Postcodes To Move To In 2026

Where’s Bristol’s coolest neighbourhood? Ask around, and you’d probably get a lot of answers along the lines of…
January 15, 2026

Fathers Will Get Paternity Leave From Day One Under New UK Employment Law – Thousands Of Parents To Benefit From April 2026

New parents in the UK are set to gain stronger, day-one rights to time off work, with landmark reforms to paternity and bereavement leave due to come into force from…
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Rachel Reeves Confirms New £150 Cost-Of-Living Payments To Help Reduce Energy Bills – Millions Of UK Households Set To Save From April 2026
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The Biggest Lunar New Year Party In The South West Returns To Bristol This February – And It’s FREE To Attend

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This Iconic Bristol Gorge Was Supposedly Carved By Two Rival Giants – And You Can Still Find Their ‘Footprints’ Hidden Across The City

So says the myth, before the first King of Britain, Brutus, this island was ruled by giants, with many of the landscape’s unique features attributed to the colossus creatures…
What’s Up With Bristol’s Secret Obsession With The Mythical Unicorn? – The City’s Unofficial Mascot Is Hidden In Plain Sight

You might remember a few years ago that Bristol was invaded by a ‘blessing’ of unicorn sculptures to celebrate…
10 Of The Quirkiest Pieces Of Public Art That We Walk Past Every Day Without Noticing In Bristol

Bristol is full of art. It’s not just Banksy either. The whole city is eye-catching thanks to walls-upon-walls of…
Welcome To England’s Steepest Street – Where Cars Are Parked Sideways So They Won’t Roll Away

Any newbies to Bristol will quickly discover you need calves of steel to survive the South West’s incredibly hilly…

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