Latest News (March 2026) - Visit West

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An ambitious new plan setting out how culture can boost health and wellbeing, strengthen local communities, support the creative economy and enhance the visitor experience across the district has been agreed by Bath & North East Somerset Council.

Spike Island is pleased to announce the dates for Open Studios 2026, offering free behind-the-scenes access to its 80,000-square-foot arts space over a vibrant weekend of exhibitions and events. The hugely popular annual event will take place from 1–3 May 2026.

UPFEST will launch its 2026 programme with Quakers Art Lane in Quakers Friars, a new permanent outdoor street art gallery delivered in partnership with Cabot Circus.

Following its acclaimed world premiere at Nottingham Playhouse in 2023, a restaging of Christy Lefteri’s best-selling novel, The Beekeeper of Aleppo, will visit Bath as part of a national tour. 

Forty years after studying in the city, Glenn Brown will return to Bath this spring with a major exhibition that disrupts the calm order and symmetry long associated with Georgian design.

A new podcast from Show of Strength Theatre Company exploring Bristol’s hidden history of pirates, crime and punishment launches this month - revealing the extraordinary true stories behind the city’s past. 

The Bath Waiters’ Race returned for 2026 with a burst of energy, drawing crowds, cameras, and plenty of competitive spirit.

The Hall Estate in Bradford-on-Avon has announced a unique collaboration with Moulton Bicycles to launch the new 'The Hall Special Edition' bike. 

Bristol Zoological Society’s Royal Patron, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh will make a special visit to Bristol Zoo Project on 17 March, ahead of the public opening of the site’s major new African Forest habitat on 1 April.

Theatre Manager & Artist Development Producer for Bristol’s The Wardrobe Theatre, Aisha Ali, was recognised as a local theatre hero at The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals. 

The Underfall Yard Trust has announced the opening of the ‘Underfall Showtime Ticket Raffle.’