Latest News (March 2025) - Visit West

Shindig Festival reveals the full programme. The family friendly event will be held at Charlton Park Estate, Wiltshire.

Bath Assembly Rooms has launched a new fundraising campaign to support the restoration and conservation of the building and its ten original chandeliers.

Bath & North East Somerset Council is making pedestrian safety improvements in Bathampton and is advising people plan their journeys if travelling in the area.

Visit West, the Local Visitor Economy Partnership for the West of England, hosted its annual Regional Visitor Economy Conference at Bristol's We The Curious on 20 March 2025. 

The 80s chart topper will join celebrations, taking the festival's Afternoon Legend slot on Saturday 12 July.

A £41.5m turnover for businesses, support for more than 500 jobs and a £60.4m associated spend in the city are among the findings of a survey of Bath Christmas Market 2024.

The delights of the historic Parade Gardens in Bath will be enjoyed by visitors for free from this April, after a pilot event removing the entrance fee helped attract more than 29,000 visitors to the park.

An innovative and interactive tool that highlights more than 200 current and future transport projects set to be delivered, developed and studied over the next three years has been launched by the council. 

Visitors and residents in Bristol and Bath are once again asked to show their support to the incredible Project Zulu Choir, as the biennial tour returns to the region in May.

Piano Day - the global celebration of the instrument founded by Nils Frahm - takes place on Saturday 29 March, filling the venue with the rich, expressive sounds of the piano.

M Shed in Bristol is proud to announce the launch of GRIOT, a thought-provoking intervention in the Transatlantic Traffic of Enslaved Africans Gallery, developed by the ‘Rebel Curators’.

Lyra - Bristol Poetry Festival invites all poetry enthusiasts to join this unparalleled celebration of words, creativity, and community.