Experience & Promotion
2 Apr 2026

Discover the best of Bristol – Spring 2026

Celebrate Easter and beyond in Bristol with our guide to the city's cultural hotspots.

The holidays are here, with the Easter bank holiday beginning tomorrow. Across Bristol, cultural venues are packed with things to see and do, from live music and theatre to exhibitions and museums; there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

This spring is the perfect time to celebrate the fantastic cultural offerings right on our doorstep. Whether you’re heading out with friends or family, exploring solo, there’s plenty to discover. Make the most of your visit by stopping by some of the city’s most iconic spots and hidden gems.

Broadmead

Sparks – International Cultural Festival, 6th June / Crafty Fridays / Life Drawing Extraordinaire, Saturdays / Slow Fashion Saves the Day, 18th April

John Wesley New Room – Nature Treasures Family Trail, Family Workshops Draw and Explore, Singing for Wellbeing Workshops – all part of the Care and Repair Festival, 7th-19th April.

Shredenhams – 1st birthday, 2nd April, from 6pm

Care and Repair Festival – The Care & Repair Festival is a joyful, family-friendly celebration of making, mending, and creativity, taking place from 7-19 April 2026.

Cabot Circus –  Free Easter Egg Hunt, 4th April

Circomedia – Half Day Youth Circus Camps, 7th-10th April ⁠/ Final Major Projects 2026, 1st-8th May

Latin Market – 12th April, 10th May, on Broadmead. Music, incredible food and good vibes

College Green / Park Street

Bristol Museum and Art Gallery – Mini-museum hunt! 50 years of Aardman, throughout Easter / Silent Disco- Bangers and Mashups, 25th April / William Hogarth’s Altarpiece, from 18th June

Bristol Cathedral – Toddlers’ Easter Service, 8th April / A Night at the Opera, 10th April / Crafty Cathedral, 16th April

The Georgian House Museum – Museum Highlights Tours, from 1st April / Easter Family Fun, 18th – 19th April / Spring Family Fun, 3rd – 29th May

RWA – Cosmos: the art of observing Space, until 19th April / Twilight: The Blue Hour, until 26th April / This Is Jungle Takeover, 19th May – 21st June

St George’s Bristol –  Family Poems with Michael Rosen, 18th April / Bristol New Music: Claire Rousay, 25th April / Lucy Spraggan, 10th May

Bristol Folk House – Things I Live With – exhibition, until 30th April  / Bristol ceilidh presents: Crowdy-Kit, 17th April / Suntou Susso, 16th May

Stradling Collection – Bauhaus, Breuer, Bristol – exhibition, until 17th May / Toys & Tales: A Curator’s Tour, 24th April

Harbourside

Arnolfini – Mounira Al Solh: A Land as Big As Her Skin until 24th May / FVU New takes – Film Programme until 4th Oct / DIASPORA! Exhibitions: Out of Many from 2nd May 

Bristol Aquarium – Ancient eggsplorers until 19 April / Silent Disco 16th May / Aquarium exhibitions permanent

Thekla – full programme here, highlights include Tom Smith 15 April / Just Mustard 27th April / Smash into pieces 5th May / Girl Scout 21st May / Flip Trix 5th June / Dot To Dot 23rd June

Watershed – Catch latest films / Pervasive Media Studio 

Bristol Hippodrome – Missed out on The Greatest Showman tickets? Matilda the Musical starts 2nd June 

We the Curious – Easter Holidays Curious Adventures 3rd-19th April / AI in the City / Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon at the Planetarium / Bristol Film Festival until 12th June

Old City

Bristol Old Vic – Theatre tours – Fridays and Saturdays / The Gruffalo, 7th – 18th April / The Woman in Black, 21st-25th April / Little Musical Theatre, 29th April – 3rd June

The Gaffe – Jayde Adams, 6th May/ Friday Comedy Club / Saturday Night Comedy Headliners / Thursday Comedy for a Fiver!

Bristol Beacon – Blue, 19th – 29th April / National Children’s Orchestras: Music in Motion, 5th April / Fisherman’s Friends, 9th April, 7pm / Record Fair, 11th April / Sunday Jam – accessible music for everyone, 12th April & 31st May

O2 Academy – Protoje, 10th April / Wild Style screening with Grandmaster Caz, 11th April / Cat Burns, 15th April/ Coldplace, 24th April / Midnight til Morning, 14th May

Centrespace – Backhand 4, 3rd-7th April / Containment, 10th-15th April / In Form and Colour, 16th-22nd April / Personal Mythology, 24th – 29th April

Redcliffe / Temple

Wapping Wharf / Spike Island

M Shed – Anatomy of Solidarity until 12th April / Boat Trips from 11th April / Historical walk: 1831 Riots until 7th June / Train rides / Historical Walk: Bristol in the Electrical Age until 1-2nd May / Cracking Exhibition, Gromit! 50 Years of Aardman in Bristol from 20th June 

The Louisiana – Full programme here, highlights include b l e e t i n g presents:Bludud + Horsefair + Sid Plimmer 4th April / Yo Hablo 11th April / Emma 2nd May / Haggard Cat 30th May / The Slingers 10th June

SS Great Britain – While the Dockyard Museum is closed for refurbishment until July, there’s still loads to do as well as visiting the ship! Go Aloft: Rig Climbing experience / Ocean Photographer of the Year until 28th June / The Great Egg Hunt until 31st May / Afternoon Tea at The Boardwalk / Sunday Roasts on Board

Spike Island – Olukemi Lijadu, Feedback until 10th May / Phillip Lai, Rain / Ruin until 10th May / Özgür Kar until 23rd May /  Nancy Lupo, Several Chickens Later from 20th May / Tohé Commaret from 30th May