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It’s one of the more surreal festive sights you’ll see in the South West. A huge gang of motorcyclists revving their engines and beeping their horns through the streets of Bristol, all dressed up as Father Christmas. It...
Bristol Light Festival is set to return to Bristol for 10 days of dazzling light-based artworks in 2025. Hoping to brighten up the darkest nights, and lift your spirits during the winter months, the festival’s 2025 edit...
Well, that didn’t last long. Less than 24 hours after we reported that the UK could get an extra bank holiday next summer to mark Victory in Europe Day (May 8, 1945), we’ve learnt it won’t happen after all. Sorry for ge...
Way back in 2013, Nick Park’s Academy Award-winning character was unleashed on the streets of Bristol in the first Gromit trail. Over 10 years, 500 sculptures and £20 million raised for Bristol Children’s Hospital later...
UPDATE: False alarm folks! Downing Street has confirmed that there will not be an extra bank holiday next year. Instead, the prime minister is apparently looking to use existing bank holidays for commemorative events. T...
An innovative charity looks to open a brand new coffee shop, The Key Café, on Gloucester Road very soon. Its mission? To reduce reoffending rates of ex-convicts by providing practical skills and work experience to indiv...
If I’m honest, after two hours of untangling fairy lights the other night, only to discover a third of the bulbs don’t work, I’m not sure I like putting up Christmas decorations. So I don’t know how the family at Winter...
Often considered one of the longest stretches of independent businesses in the UK, you will find the odd chain establishment on Gloucester Road. Even still, in this day and age, the sheer number of fiercely independent...
Move over Coca-Cola truck as the holidays are coming but with seasonal scents of spiced apples, roasted chestnuts and oranges in tow as a new festive bus heads to the city. The Yankee Candle Express is set to stop off i...
The world’s newest festive tradition that’s taken the world by storm, Elf on the Shelf, will return to Bristol this Christmas. This November and December, Brunelf, the city’s own 15-foot-tall Elf – wea...