Latest News (2026) - Visit West

Mendip Adventure is looking for motivated, passionate and brilliant instructors to take on outdoor instructor jobs roles within Mendip Activity Centre, Mendip Outdoor Instructor Training and SUP Bristol.

Are you a marketing expert, with a love of creativity, insight, and (of course), theatre?!
The Marketing and Communications manager is the driving force behind the smooth, sustainable and efficient promotion of TFT’s Visiting Shows & Get Involved Programme, whilst also providing occasional appropriate promotional support for TFT theatre hires.

John Wesley’s New Room is looking for a welcoming and reliable Part-Time Duty Manager to help oversee the smooth running of our historic site in the heart of Bristol.

Bristol’s hoteliers hope 2026 continues in the way it has started as Easter approaches, which traditionally marks the start of the holiday season.

Are you a data whizz with great people skills, a love of insight, and (of course), theatre?!
The Data & Ticketing Manager supports the effective delivery of TFT’s Box Office operations, ticketing systems and audience data function: ensuring that sales, customer experience and insight all work together to maximise revenue and engagement.

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.