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Taking place on Sunday 5 June as part of the weekend of Jubilee celebrations.

Celebrating all genres from the world of sci-fi and fantasy, fantasy art, board games, cosplay, steampunk and historic re-enactment.

The new dates include returning venues such as the Bristol Hippodrome.

Nancy Medina appointed Artistic Director and Joint CEO of Bristol Old Vic.

Lead guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor watched the Concorde show that Aerospace Bristol visitors see projected on to the side of the aircraft, before going on board to visit the Concorde flight deck and passenger cabin. 

The Big Jubilee Lunch will take place on College Green on Sunday 5 June to celebrate HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

The Grand Appeal and a duo of Bristol’s baking stars have joined forces ahead of the Jubilee weekend, for Wallace & Gromit’s BIG Bake.

The highly anticipated return of Europe’s largest live street art festival, Upfest, is days away.

Hotels in Bristol are hoping holidaymakers stick to staycations this summer to provide a much-needed post-pandemic boost to their businesses.

An exciting summer of arts and culture events will animate the city centre and bring Bristol’s communities together again as we move out of the pandemic.

After two years online during Covid-19, the festival returns in its 19th year with 95 events across the region.

Back A Yard is a traditional Jamaican phrase that typically means back home or where I’m from.