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Fantasy Forest, a unique festival celebrating the popular fantasy genre, will make a spectacular return to the glorious grounds of Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire from 19 – 21 July 2024

Diverse Artists Network (DAN), champions of local arts and culture, are excited to present DIASPORA! - a new arts festival for Bristol and the South West, taking place from 3 - 6 May, Early May Bank Holiday weekend 2024. 

As International Women’s Day approaches on 8 March, The Independent Health and Wellbeing Group has launched a pioneering research initiative aimed at highlighting the challenges faced by women in the workplace.

Dot To Dot Festival have just announced the second wave of artists to join the 2024 edition of the metropolitan music event.

Next month M Shed will extend its display about the history of protest in Bristol, with the permanent inclusion of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston, which was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter march in 2020.

Hoteliers in Bristol are calling on businesses to back the city’s famous International Balloon Fiesta to ensure its survival for many years to come.

The best fish and chip businesses were honoured this week at the National Fish and Chip Awards in London, which was hosted by comedian Rob Beckett.

Bristol Jazz Festival makes its highly anticipated return for its eleventh edition this month (22 - 24 March) at its new South Bristol home, the Tobacco Factory Theatre.

The Charity’s LGBT+ Film Festival is on the lookout for film submissions from South West filmmakers.

Bristol Folk Festival returns with a breathtaking lineup of national and international artists across the city for the May Bank Holiday weekend (Friday 3 May – Sunday 5 May).

Six Chick Flicks (...or a Legally Blonde Pretty Woman Dirty Danced on the Beaches While Writing a Notebook on the Titanic) will be on tour in UK from 6 April 2024.

On Sundays throughout March, Watershed will be remapping the first century of cinema according to the final films watched by a selection of its cultural icons from JFK to Kurt Cobain and Charlie Chaplin.