18th May 2015 TIP OF THE WEEK What: Swans // Where: Motion // When: Weds 20th May // Cost: £18.50 Often described as the loudest band in music (so loud as to cause audience members to faint & vomit) New York noise rock band Swans bring their unique… Continue Reading
16th May 2015 Starting where Shakespeare left off This Last Tempest ponders “what happens after the revolution, when a tyranny has been overthrown and those who held authority have been deposed.” Pitching itself as a sequel of sorts to the… Continue Reading
10th May 2015 TIP OF THE WEEK What: Mayfest 2015 // Where: Various // When: Thurs 14th – Sun 24th May // Cost: Various Are you excited for Mayest? We most certainly are!! Mayfest is Bristol’s unique annual festival of contemporary theatre and is dedicated to… Continue Reading
4th May 2015 TIP OF THE WEEK What: Bristol Food Connections // Where: Bristol Wide // When: Fri 1st – Sat 9th May // Cost: Various Bristol Food Connections is a unique, citywide food festival that celebrates Bristol’s diverse food culture and community. Visitors of all… Continue Reading
9th March 2015 Ahead of what promises to be another closely fought, and probably inconclusive election this May, Tariq Ali questions what it would take for the left to stay true to it’s political convictions rather than capitulating to fear. Since… Continue Reading
2nd March 2015 TIP OF THE WEEK What: Bristol International Jazz & Blues Festival 2015 // Where: Various // When: Fri 6th – Sun 8th Mar 15 // Cost: Various Last year the Bristol International Jazz & Blues Festival saw over 8,000 people descend on Colston Hall for an… Continue Reading
18th February 2015 We’re back into the archives this week. Brother and Bones have been stomping around stages all over Europe and the US for a number of years now, with their huge live performances, while releasing a flurry of… Continue Reading
What: Cary Grant Comes Home Festival // Where: Watershed/Hippodrome/Various // When: Sat 11th-Sun 12th Oct // Cost: Various Before Banksy, Bristol’s most famous son was Archie Leach, aka Cary Grant. This weekend Bristol celebrates how Horfield-born Grant changed his name and his fortunes to become internationally… Continue Reading