📅 August 2026 Events in Bristol

Fri 28 Aug — Sun 30 Aug

Thunderfest|Grassroots Music Festival in Totterdown Bristol

📍 The Thunderbolt

From £4.00

Sun 30 Aug

MONKEY at Three Horseshoes (Bradford-on-Avon)

📍 The Three Horseshoes

Sun 30 Aug

20th Anniversay Party

📍 Prestbury Sports Bar

Wed 5 Aug — Wed 2 Sept

Free Solo Jazz Dance Class

📍 Bristol Old Vic

Sun 30 Aug

Polygaze Presents: THUNDERFEST DAY 3 - INDIE ROCK!

📍 The Thunderbolt

Sun 30 Aug — Mon 31 Aug

Love The 90s Open Air

📍 The Prospect Building

Sun 30 Aug

Jaguar Sun

📍 The Louisiana

£20.25

Sun 30 Aug — Mon 31 Aug

For the Record at Bar ZaZa

📍 Bar Zaza

Sun 30 Aug — Mon 31 Aug

Clock Factory: REDACTED (Bank Holiday) - DNB FREE Rave

📍 Clock Factory

Sun 30 Aug — Mon 31 Aug

Clock Factory: REDACTED (Bank Holiday) - DNB FREE Rave [SPECIAL GUESTS TBA]

📍 Clock Factory Bristol

Mon 31 Aug

New Kind Of Cramps

📍 The Fleece

£20.16

Mon 31 Aug

beats & caffeine: bristol.

📍 Clubhaus Harbourside

Tue 4 Aug — Tue 29 Sept

Bristol Cathedral

📍 Bristol Cathedral

Tue 4 Aug — Sun 25 Oct

M Shed

📍 M Shed

Thu 13 Aug — Thu 31 Dec

Bristol Darkest Secrets: A Walking Ghost Tour

📍 Equestrian Statue of William III

£15.00

Wed 19 Aug — Sat 6 Feb

St. Nicholas Market and Air Raid Shelter Walking Tour

📍 The Corn Exchange

£14.00

Wed 19 Aug — Sun 7 Feb

The Best of Bristol Bike Tour

📍 Cycle the City - Bike Hire & Tours

£29.50

Wed 19 Aug — Wed 23 Dec

Fully guided Bristol Ghost Tours

📍 Bristol Cathedral

£17.00

Thu 20 Aug — Sat 2 Jan

Bristol’s Darkest Secrets Tour

📍 Equestrian Statue of William III

£20.00

Wed 26 Aug — Thu 1 Jun

Bristol - Interactive Treasure Hunt & Exploration Game for up to 5

📍 Bristol Central Library

£28.00

Sun 30 Aug — Sun 6 Sept

Summer of Play at Tyntesfield

📍 Tyntesfield

Mon 31 Aug

August Avon Gorge (Bristol) Wild Food Foraging/ Forager Walk.

📍 The Avon Gorge

£16.96

Sun 2 Aug — Wed 30 Sept

Swimming in Bristol Harbour

Sun 2 Aug — Sun 11 Oct

Bristol Packet Boat Trips

Tue 4 Aug — Sat 12 Sept

Bristol Old Vic Theatre

📍 Bristol Old Vic Theatre

Sat 15 Aug — Sat 12 Sept

Bristol Old Vic Theatre Open Days

Wed 19 Aug — Wed 30 Sept

Titanic: A Voyage Through Time

📍 11 Union Street

From £18.00

Sun 2 Aug — Sat 12 Sept

Bristol Old Vic Theatre

Thu 6 Aug — Mon 31 Aug

Improvised Theatre Workshop

Thu 6 Aug — Sat 12 Sept

Mysterious Folk Song Play

📍 Bristol Old Vic Theatre

Thu 6 Aug — Fri 4 Sept

Bristol Old Vic Open Doors

📍 Bristol Old Vic

Fri 7 Aug — Mon 31 Aug

Scenes are the building blocks of improvised theatre, but there are as many different ways to...

Mon 10 Aug — Sat 12 Sept

Bristol Old Vic Theatre

📍 Bristol Old Vic Theatre

Thu 27 Aug — Sun 11 Oct

Holy Fool

📍 Park Theatre

£200

Fri 28 Aug — Sun 11 Oct

Holy Fool

📍 Park Theatre

£200

Mon 31 Aug

Live Fashion Illustration Workshop

📍 Centrespace

£120.00

Mon 31 Aug

Custom Body Butter Workshop

📍 Frenchay Common

£31.05

Mon 31 Aug

Kickstart Group with Hawkspring

📍 Southmead Development Trust

Mon 31 Aug

Betty’s Pom Pom Making Workshop

📍 Southmead Development Trust

Mon 31 Aug

Studio Sparks

📍 Bristol Beacon

From £45

Mon 10 Aug — Sun 13 Sept

M Shed

📍 Not specified

Tue 11 Aug — Tue 29 Sept

Bristol Cathedral Open Days

Tue 11 Aug — Mon 31 Aug

Scenes Improv Workshop at Arnolfini

Tue 11 Aug — Wed 2 Sept

Watershed Open Days

Tue 11 Aug — Sun 13 Sept

M Shed Open Days

Mon 24 Aug — Mon 31 Aug

Bristol Festival of Summer

📍 Durdham Downs

From £2.00

Mon 31 Aug

Ukraine independence day festival in a castle

📍 Walton Castle

Sun 30 Aug — Sun 6 Sept

Pokémon joins Tyntesfield's Summer of Play

📍 Tyntesfield

Mon 31 Aug

Ukrainian Independence day festival

📍 Walton Castle

£0.00 - £22.38

Mon 31 Aug

August Bank Holiday Family Fun Day 2026 at Chepstow Racecourse

📍 Chepstow Racecourse

Mon 31 Aug

Riverhouse Carnival

📍 The Riverhouse

Mon 31 Aug

Maker Market

📍 Clifton Observatory

Mon 31 Aug

Hampton Village screen on the Green

📍 Hampton Village

Sun 2 Aug — Sun 27 Sept

Documentary Photographer Polly Braden

Thu 6 Aug — Thu 31 Dec

Watershed Accessible Screenings

📍 Watershed

Fri 7 Aug — Sun 27 Sept

Documentary photographer Polly Braden (b.1974) explores the effects of coastal poverty in a...

Fri 7 Aug — Thu 31 Dec

Watershed offer Audio Description, Descriptive Subtitling, Relaxed Screenings and Visits and Masked...

Mon 10 Aug — Wed 2 Sept

Watershed celebrate 50 years of Bristol’s global animation stars, Aardman

📍 Not specified

Tue 11 Aug — Sun 27 Sept

Documentary Photographer Polly Braden Exhibition at Arnolfini

Mon 31 Aug

Pirate Boat and Pub Crawl - Bristol

📍 The Orchard Inn

From £29.95

Fri 28 Aug — Mon 31 Aug

PRE-BEACH PARTY RAVE️ ☀️

📍 OMG Bristol Bar

Sun 30 Aug — Mon 31 Aug

CIRCUIT: BANK HOLIDAY SUNDAY

📍 Circuit Bristol

Sun 30 Aug — Mon 31 Aug

SLIPPIN' - DJ Flight & MC Chickaboo (2hr set) + Deselecta, Chamba, Nathan Worm & visuals

📍 The Jam Jar

From £15.00

Sun 30 Aug — Mon 31 Aug

Strange Brew presents Lakuti & Tama Sumo + Winkles

📍 Strange Brew

From £15.00

Mon 31 Aug

Disco Isn't Dead with Tia Cousins B2B Sarahtonin

📍 The Red Church

From £10.00

Sun 30 Aug — Sun 6 Sept

P WEEK

📍 Blue Coat School

Sun 30 Aug — Mon 31 Aug

Tems, Self Esteem, Wet Leg, Little Simz, Amyl and The Sniffers, Dijon, Maribou State, Joy Crookes, Tricky, Goldie, Viagra Boys, Oklou, Jim Legxacy, Princess Nokia, Jean Dawson in Bristol

📍 Clifton Downs

Mon 31 Aug

Techy Tea Party: Digital Support Drop-in with a Cuppa

📍 Southmead Development Trust

Mon 31 Aug

Monday Lunch Club with Neighbours Connect Southmead

📍 Southmead Development Trust

Mon 31 Aug

Shorinji Kempo - Windmill Hill - 2026

📍 Windmill Hill City Farm (John James Room)

£9.00 - £450.00

Mon 31 Aug

Greenway Snooker

📍 Southmead Development Trust

Mon 31 Aug

Community Badminton

📍 Southmead Development Trust

Sun 23 Aug — Sun 27 Dec

Bearcat Running Club

📍 Turks Head Pub