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The final opening weeks of the world’s fifth oldest zoo, Bristol Zoo Gardens was marked today with the unveiling of a giant interactive gorilla sculpture.

.But turning awareness into action still meets significant barriers.

The show comes to Bristol Hippodrome between Monday 17 July – Saturday 22 July 2023.

New music event series, Siren, will be in full swing at Bristol Harbourside on Friday 29 and Saturday 30 July, boasting an impressive electronic DJ lineup who will bring in the soundtrack to summer 2022 in Bristol.

Let the kids take the lead and have an adventure in Bristol together!

New consortium of leading British aviation companies awarded government funding to demonstrate the commercial and operational viability of Advanced Air Mobility.

There’s a summer of high-octane family fun just waiting to be discovered at Haynes Motor Museum.

The Natural History Consortium announces ‘Overstory’ – a free-to-attend artistic installation by leading contemporary artists, Ivan Morison and Heather Peak.

Bristol hoteliers have broadly welcomed news that the city’s Clean Air Zone will begin in November, providing a welcome boost to their businesses in an increasingly greener, cleaner world.

Throughout Summer there are a number of free, family-friendly activities and workshops at Arnolfini running alongside Forest: Wake this Ground, a major group exhibition celebrating what lies above and below the forest floor. 

Tackling themes of racism, masculinity, sexuality and mental health, through the prism of a powerful and poignant family drama, Revealed builds on the theatre’s commitment to producing original work that delights and provokes.

With over 2,000 solar panels, it will be one of the biggest community-owned solar rooftop arrays in the UK.