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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. 

FORWARDS drops its first wave music lineup and announces British rapper, Loyle Carner, as the 2024 Saturday headliner, alongside Four Tet. Dance-punk legends, LCD Soundsystem, will be headlining on Sunday alongside Jessie Ware for Bristol’s biggest international music festival. 

A plan to regenerate Radstock and support future funding bids for projects including community spaces, reuse of brownfield sites and repurposing of vacant units is going before Bath & North East Somerset Council’s cabinet.

Bring the whole family together this Easter and treat your loved ones to a spring adventure with the National Trust. 

Get ready to elevate your karaoke game and shine like a superstar at Bath Karaoke, the fabulous new addition to Robun, kicking off on 1 March. 

Spanish Bristol-Based Filmmaker Jacobo Lagüela Takes Audiences on a Nostalgic Journey with 'Julia.' 

Kate Spence Duod runs Bristol’s Afro Street with husband Danny, and is fronting a new Mother’s Day campaign for the Love Bristol Gift Card.

The Bristol International Balloon Fiesta will return to the rolling hills of Ashton Court this summer, with changes afoot to overcome recent challenges and allow this iconic event to soar to new heights. 

Diving deep through the mists of time this Easter, Bristol Aquarium turns the clocks back to a world when giants ruled the oceans in Prehistoric Sealife.

The spectacular open doors event will take place at St Paul’s Church on Saturday 2nd March