Events
Forthcoming events
Design Awards 2026: 7th July 2026
There are three diverse winners of the Bristol Civic Society Design Awards 2026, celebrating the very best of new developments in Bristol.
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Events being planned
- Winter Social – The Watershed, Monday 26 Jan from 6pm onwards
General information
- Booking for events is via emails, normally sent out some four weeks before.
- To receive the events emails, you need to be subscribed to the events mailing list.
- Events are in principle open to non-members as well, but where numbers are limited they are advertised to members first.
- Zoom events are free, but there is normally a small charge for others.
Event videos
Video of working with developers: 21st January 2026
Video of a Zoom talk on the community approach to working with developers by Lori Streich, Co-Chair of Fishponds Community Planning Group.
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Video of Ashton Court discussion: 2nd July 2025
Video of a Zoom event about the future of Bristol's Ashton Gate Mansion.
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Video of Bristol cultural renaissance: 30th April 2025
Video of a Zoom event in which Andrew Kelly explores the idea of Bristol, cities and renaissance.
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Past events
Relive the Bristol Blitz: 9th June 2026
Artist and local history expert Duncan McKellar leads a tour of the air raid shelter beneath Bristol's Corn Exchange.
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Bristol, the Slave Trade and Abolition: 2nd June 2026
Author and historian Mark Steeds from the Bristol Radical History Group will lead a walk tracing Bristol's involvement in the Slave Trade.
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The Stones of Bristol, 28th May 2026
Join Pete and Allan Insole on a fascinating 90-minute walk tracing the evolution of mid-19th century Cotham through its building materials.
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