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Upfest

Upfest is Europe’s largest live street art and graffiti festival.

Bristol Sounds

Rock the night away with cider in hand at a series of open-air, Harbourside gigs at Bristol Sounds,…

Bristol Pride

Organisers of the award winning Bristol Pride Festival have confirmed that the annual event will…

Bristol Festivals

Festival fiend? Then Bristol is your natural home – there’s pretty much a festival for everything here. From ballooning to beer, this city’s got festival fever all year.

Bristol festivals are world famous. Take the Bristol Balloon Festival – an international fiesta of hot air balloons spanning four glorious days each summer. Head to Ashton Court Estate and watch mass ascents of balloons in all sorts of amazing shapes and sizes, morning and night. There’s also night glows set to music, fireworks and lots more family fun.

Then there’s Bristol Harbour Festival, the mother of all maritime festivals, which celebrates the city’s vibrant Harbourside. You can watch daredevil stunts, go on leisurely boat rides, nod your head along to local bands and eat and drink Bristol fashion from the many amazing market stalls.

But it doesn’t stop there! As the home of Banksy, we’re proud to host Upfest – Europe’s largest urban paint festival and a rare chance to see some of the best graffiti artists work their magic right in front of your eyes. No need to leave the kids at home either... It’s a great day out for the whole family, with lots of creative workshops and activities for the little ones.

Oh, and did we mention our many music festivals? From Love Saves the Day to Bristol Sounds and Bristol Americana Festival to Valley Fest – it’s a pretty pumping calendar if you like dancing in fields (or by the docks) with a cider in hand.

Of course there’s also cider festivals, craft beer festivals, food festivals, a chocolate festival, film festivals, a surf film festival, a Shakespeare festival… (take a breath) and Bristol festivals just for kids. There’s even a slapstick comedy festival and a festival dedicated entirely to local boy turned Hollywood A-lister - Cary Grant.

See what we mean? Bristol festivals are something to behold! So sunglasses and silly hats at the ready… Simply browse through the list below or search for the dates of your visit and find the perfect Bristol festival for you.

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Bristol Walk Fest

Central Bristol

Bristol’s month-long walking festival offers a variety of ways explore the city and its surrounds on foot.

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From:

1 May 2022to31 May 2022
Mayfest

Mayfest is Bristol’s biennial international festival of contemporary theatre, and over the last twelve years has consolidated its reputation as a vibrant and boundary-blurring context for the presentation of unusual, playful and ambitious live…

Dates

From:

13 May 2022to29 May 2022
Upfest

Bedminster

Upfest is Europe’s largest live street art and graffiti festival.

Dates

From:

28 May 2022to29 May 2022
Love Saves The Day

Ashton

Bristol's biggest music festival comes to Clifton Downs from 4 - 5 September, with a line up including Mahalia, Little Simz, Slowthai, Ghetts and Pa Salieu.

Dates

From:

3 June 2022to4 June 2022
Forest Live at Westonbirt Arboretum

S Gloucestershire & the S Cotswolds

In 2022 the Forest Live tour will be at Westonbirt from Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 June.

Dates

From:

9 June 2022to12 June 2022
Festival of Nature

Central Bristol

The UK’s largest free celebration of the natural world returns this summer with its biggest programme yet, promising a wild adventure for all the family. Explore the nature in your backyard and go wild at one of the family fun weekends in Bath and…

Dates

From:

10 June 2022to18 June 2022
Bristol Craft Beer Festival

Harbourside

A celebration of brewing culture in Bristol and beyond, the Bristol Craft Beer Festival will feature a huge variety of the world’s finest beers from local breweries, alongside national and international big hitters. Plus local food outlets and live…

Dates

From:

10 June 2022to11 June 2022
Transitions: Big Tent Ideas Festival Bristol

Central Bristol

he Big Tent Festival - this year focused on Transitions - gives you the opportunity to have your say on the issues that matter to you.

Dates

From:

10 June 2022to11 June 2022
Bristol Volksfest

Long Ashton

Bristol Volksfest is a traditional grass roots Volkswagen show and family camping weekend.

Dates

From:

10 June 2022to12 June 2022
River Town

Central Bristol

River Town returns for the first time in three years for a summer programme of roots and country music across venues in Bristol and Bath.

Dates

From:

11 June 2022to1 Aug 2022
Bristol Comedy Garden

the Downs

The mighty Bristol Comedy Garden returns this June with a prize-winning crop of comedians.

Dates

From:

15 June 2022to19 June 2022
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds & Confidence Man at Bristol Sounds

Harbourside

Wednesday 22 June welcomes the sounds of firm festival favourite Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds

Dates

From:

22 June 2022to22 June 2022
Bristol Sounds

Harbourside

Rock the night away with cider in hand at a series of open-air, Harbourside gigs at Bristol Sounds, with headliners Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, The War on Drugs, Elbow, Paolo Nutini, Jungle and First Aid Kit.

Dates

From:

22 June 2022to27 June 2022
Paolo Nutini at Bristol Sounds

Harbourside

Paolo Nutini returns to Bristol on Thursday 23rd June for the first time since selling out the harbourside site in 2014

Dates

From:

23 June 2022to23 June 2022
Elbow at Bristol Sounds

Harbourside

Elbow will be headlining Saturday night for the Bristol Sounds series of gigs in Bristol's harbourside.

Dates

From:

24 June 2022to24 June 2022
Bristol Pride

Central Bristol

Organisers of the award winning Bristol Pride Festival have confirmed that the annual event will return to the city again this year in a slightly different format, after 2020 saw the event, like many others, move online.

Dates

From:

25 June 2022to10 July 2022
Jungle at Bristol Sounds

Harbourside

Assured to get Bristol dancing, British electronic music collective, Jungle, will headline on Saturday 25 June.

Dates

From:

25 June 2022to25 June 2022
Bristol Ukulele Festival at The Hen & Chicken

Southville

Three large performance rooms will host beginner and advanced workshops, open mic sessions, live bands and a band merch area, as well as a planned flash mob for all to join in.

Dates

From:

25 June 2022to25 June 2022
First Aid Kit & Katy J Pearson at Bristol Sounds

Harbourside

Sunday 26 June welcomes the sounds of Swedish indie folk duo First Aid Kit.

Dates

From:

26 June 2022to26 June 2022
The War on Drugs at Bristol Sounds

Harbourside

Closing this year’s Bristol Sounds on 27th June is Philadelphian rock band The War on Drugs.

Dates

From:

27 June 2022to27 June 2022

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