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Local leaders and the Mayor of the West of England have announced plans for the return of the popular initiative from 20 December 2025 to 4 January 2026. 

Find out how we are developing the China inbound market and how Visit West members can get involved, including a webinar.

Bristol Sounds is closing its 2026 run with a bang. Royel Otis, the duo whose emotionally loaded, nostalgia-fuelled anthems have a massive global following, will headline the final night of the Harbourside series on Sunday 28 June 2026.

This December, something rather wonderful is taking to the water in Bristol’s historic Floating Harbour.

A major new exhibition titled “Cracking Exhibition Gromit: 50 Years of Aardman in Bristol” will launch at M Shed in summer 2026. 

BANK Bristol will welcome Whyte’s Restaurant to Totterdown on Thursday 11 December, for a one-night collision of live-fire cooking, big-flavour and no-rules plates.

Bristol Airport is about to start work on the next exciting phase of its £400 million transformation plan with new facilities and more shops and restaurants.

A major milestone towards creating the UK’s first new national forest in more than three decades is underway as the first trees are planted in the new Pucklechurch Wood, part of the Western Forest. 

New figures show that Kids Go Free, a pioneering initiative on the West’s buses, saw 912,460 free journeys by children and young people over the summer holidays - saving local families almost £1 million.

The humid climate of Asia and Africa is being recreated in a new habitat at Bristol Zoo Project.

Ashton Gate Stadium continues to be recognised as a leading international sports venue by being included in the UK’s bid to host the 2035 Women’s Football World Cup.

Haynes Motor Museum invites families, car lovers, and festive fun-seekers to celebrate the Christmas season in style this year.