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The Bristol International Balloon Fiesta – one of the most iconic events in ballooning – will this year host the long-standing British National Hot Air Balloon Championships (The Nationals).

Proposed changes to car parking charges in Bath & North East Somerset are going before councillors ahead of wider public consultation later this year.

Watershed, in partnership with Ad Infinitum, are delighted to present a special screening and Q&A of Extraordinary Wall of Silence, a production shedding light on a relatively undocumented history of oppression experienced by Deaf people.

Hoteliers in Bristol say the Chancellor's recent Budget statement has once again left their businesses out in the cold and facing extremely challenging times ahead.

Construction of a new public space to rejuvenate Midsomer Norton town centre and provide space for community events will begin next month.

The independent venue is determined to reignite a passion for true culinary art and innovation, and beat the chains at their own game.

Launched at Arnolfini, Bristol, Hayward Gallery Touring’s major group exhibition Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood plunges into the joys and heartaches, mess, myths and mishaps of motherhood through over 100 artworks, from the feminist avant-garde to the present day.

Jacobs Wells Baths in Hotwells, Bristol, will benefit from a grant of £56,895 from Historic England that will see emergency repairs made to the Grade II Listed building.

The sixth successive year of Lyra will take place from the 12-21 April 2024.

Steve Backshall, one of Britain’s best-loved and most intrepid naturalists and television presenters, is returning to Longleat for the first time in over a decade this May half term. 

A charity which increases opportunities for the community to learn from and enjoy art is being supported with a rent subsidy by Bath & North East Somerset Council.

With over 250 comedians performing over 100 shows at 15 venues across our city, Bath Comedy Festival will see Bath roaring with laughter over three weeks this April.