Your guide to the arts in Bristol: exhibitions, plays and musicals, and concerts and gigs. Plus, discover what’s on at galleries, museums and cinemas across the city.
Bristol’s iconic Odeon cinema on Union Street closes its doors after 88 years next week (Wednesday, February 11). But there’s not much time to mourn, because a brand-new cinema is opening the very next day (Thursday, Fe...
Soft light; clear minds. The best Candlelight concerts in Bristol anchor evenings where strings and piano slip into the hush, inviting a reset for 2026. New tributes and special editions arrive across the year, pairing...
Forget Spring, my favourite season is awards season. There’s just something about taking in all the glitz and glamour of the season, while tucked up on your sofa, judging all the outfits, crying at all the speeche...
More than half of the UK’s grassroots music venues failed to make a profit in 2025, with thousands of jobs lost and the national touring circuit shrinking to a handful of major cities. The latest annual report from the...
The film awards season is in full swing, and the finishing line is now in sight, with all eyes now on the biggest prize, the 98th Academy Awards. The Oscar nominations are in (Thursday, January 22), and there are alread...
Who says classical music belongs only beneath chandeliers and velvet seats? In Bristol, Candlelight concerts are redefining the concert experience—bringing spellbinding performances to some of the city’s most gorgeous v...
The iconic smash-hit musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show, as it continues to play its UK tour through 2026 to sell-out crowds for its 52nd year. And thankfully, the musical is also showing at the Bristol Hippodrome&he...
“Hello, Patriots!” Elle and Bruiser are coming to a real-life stage in Bristol in 2026, bringing ‘Legally Blonde’ The Musical to life. The musical is produced by ROYO and Curve, under Made at Cur...
From Loco Klub to the Christmas Steps, the Invisible Circus is well-known for its immersive, site-specific spectacles that blur the boundaries between theatre, circus and protest. Having recently lost…...
Reading & Leeds 2026 have just gone ahead and dropped the names of all the headliners playing in 2026, with a corker of a first announcement for the festival next year. Topping the bill at Reading & Leeds festiv...
