Events

Join poet, Sharena Lee Satti, for this all-abilities workshop exploring how identity and home can shape creative expression. The session invites participants to reflect on their own stories, the echoes of memory and the spaces they inhabit, transforming personal experience into authentic poetry. Through gentle prompts, guided exercises and discussion, participants will: – explore how… Continue Reading DIASPORA! Online: Estate to Stage: Echoes, Breath & Words

A free monthly meet-up for creatives, artists and technologists interested in making things happen in/with communities. Whether you already work with communities or are curious to begin, you’re welcome here – all that’s needed is a genuine interest in community-centred, collaborative ways of making. These meet-ups are always evolving in response to the group. Currently,… Continue Reading Community x Arts x Tech Meetups

Big Team are hosting our annual Elevate Us networking event. The aim of this event is to explore how people with neurodiversities navigate creative freelancing. The panel will focus on sharing the personal and practical experience of those currently in the creative industry, gain insights of what it is like working in the industry, receive… Continue Reading Neurodiversity and Creative Freelancing: Elevate Us

Raise the Bar Raise the Bar presents Poems of DIASPORA! Featuring four headline poets, representing four different continents: Daljit Nagra, Maureen Onwunali, Bohdan Piasecki and Chloe Tenesha. Plus our resident DJ spinning tunes from across the world. Raise the Bar’s Spring quarterly show is presented as part of DIASPORA! 2026. Expect another dynamic, thought-provoking and… Continue Reading Raise the Bar: Poems of DIASPORA!

Expect ultra-tight musicianship and unstoppable energy as Nubiyan Twist bring their electrifying blend of jazz, afrobeat, soul, hip-hop and dance music to the stage with a brand new line-up and live show for 2026. Known for their powerful big-band sound and uplifting live shows, the 9-piece collective fuse global grooves with UK jazz finesse, percussive… Continue Reading Nubiyan Twist

Tuto Barrios creates a vibrant fusion of multi-instrumental Colombian roots and electronic production. Charango, marimba, gaitas and percussion weave through deep MPC beats, bringing together tropical groove, Andean melody and dancefloor energy accompanied a guest percussionist or DJ. No need to book just turn up. Age: 18+ Venue: The Plough Inn, BS5 0EG Access: Contact… Continue Reading Tuto Barrios

Bristol’s long-running Playback Theatre Company offers you an exciting opportunity to experience the basics of Playback Theatre. Come to The Wardrobe Theatre for a friendly, relaxed workshop to create spontaneous improvised theatre. Book now via Wardrobe Theatre. ABOUT PLAYBACK THEATRE Playback theatre is a unique form of interactive, improvisational theatre where audience members share personal… Continue Reading WORKSHOP: Playback Theatre – An Introduction