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Learn more about this year's Gromit Unleashed 3 sculpture trail and how to maximise your involvement.

With just a month to go until the hotly anticipated Gromit Unleashed 3 trail, the countdown is well and truly underway, and The Grand Appeal is thrilled to now release locations for the sculptures in this year’s trail.

The Bristol Craft Beer Festival is back - and this year it’s raising the bar as it celebrates a full decade of craft, community and unforgettable beer experiences.

The ninth annual edition of Cinema Rediscovered, the UK’s biggest celebration of screen classics from the past, returns from 23 - 27 July 2025 with a packed programme. 

Bristol’s brewing greats will unite for the first time at this year's edition of the Bristol Harbour Festival, as the Thatchers Cider balloon takes flight and the Made In Bristol stage champions emerging local talent and food and drink. 

A select exhibition of Martin’s Parr photos of Bristol Pride from over the past decade is set to take stage at Bristol Museum this May.

Bristol Refugee Festival’s (BRF) main programme will take place from 7 - 22 June 2025 with the theme ‘Community as a Superpower.' 

With their beautiful project Broad Meadow, Bristol based artists Sylvia Rimat and Charli Clark are bringing back the nature that used to grow in Bristol’s busy shopping district.

The Bristol Hippodrome is delighted to share that it has helped to raise £14,817 for its 2024 charity partners.
 

The new Women’s Rugby World Cup trophy is coming to Bristol on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 May. 

Bristol’s iconic celebration of African-Caribbean culture, St Pauls Carnival, will return this summer with a scaled back series of events celebrating the timely theme of ‘Roots of Resistance.' 

The 'Social Value of Tourism' report demonstrates the positive cultural and social impacts that tourism has on local communities across the UK.