Latest News (2024) - Visit West

Bristol Airport has invested £11.5 million in next generation security scanners, enabling all customers travelling through security the ability to keep mobile phones, laptops and liquids in their hand luggage.

The event, taking place on 7 November, will help further ACH’s work in changing the systems that restrict opportunities for people seeking refuge in the UK.

Bristol Community Ferry Boats are beyond excited to confirm that the Bristol Harbour Office has supported extending the Netham Trial service to the end of September 2024. 

Dance Tent returns, Bristol Rising Stage announced and Royal National Lifeboat Institution confirmed as official charity partner for the 2024 Bristol Harbour Festival. 

The world premiere stage production of Laughing Boy visits the Theatre Royal Bath exclusively from Tuesday 4 to Saturday 8 June. 

Watershed is excited to announce Undershed, a new immersive gallery on the ground floor of Watershed that will be a home for curated exhibitions of extraordinary work from local and international artists and makers.

Local community groups and charities supporting food insecurity can apply for a share of the £110K raised by the event and wider Bristol Local Food Fund fundraising until Monday 17 June. 

Headlined by UK ragga-metal heavyweights Skindred, the full line-up for the Bristol Sounds 2024 launch night has today been announced. 

The events will celebrate the strides made within the LGBTQ+ community and recommitting to the work that lies ahead.

Stephen Merchant’s comedy thriller The Outlaws returns to BBC One/BBC iPlayer and Amazon Prime Video next week with a third series filmed at The Bottle Yard Studios and on location in Bristol. 

The exhibition, which will run from 10 July - September 2024, will feature designs by innovative architects, engineers, and designers, which show future “biophilic” visions of the city.

Award-winning studio 6a Architects have been selected to realise the vision to create an eminent new Fashion Museum in the centre of Bath.